We are just ending our stay. I must say I was apprehensive because of the negative reviews. We are in a Villa that has security gates. A nice courtyard with hot tub and picnic area. Off the bedroom is a patio with a secluded area for sun bathing. The villa was clean, but you can tell this is an older resort. I understand they will be tearing all this down and will be moving into a new resort. Never once have we felt in 'danger' even coming in at 4:30AM from the casinos. I am not unhappy with any part of my stay here. My home resort is on Orlando and is much newer so don't feel right comparing the two. Check in was a breeze, everyone was very friendly. Overall, we have been happy with our stay at Summer Bay Resort.

I am a Summer Bay owner. I must say that the "few" times I have stayed there, a total of 3 times since I have been a owner (2003), I have never been so disgusted in my entire life!!! I won a lottery of some sorts to be upgraded to hold a 2 bedroom deed for "my property" COOL, GREAT, whatever...so they had offered for myself & the other owner to come out to visit their new construction for the buyout from Harrahs. Ok! Another 90 minute timeshare presentation. We arrived on Friday morning, checked in right away went to our room, the last building next to the Italian Restaurant & the Liquor store. I wasn't feeling all that safe to be right there, because usually I am in the middle somewhere with other people around me. I am also with my 12 year old daughter & my sister. We drop off our luggage open some curtains & tons of moths flying from everyone. Once those were shewed out we head to Bally's to start our adventure for the day. We come back to the room later that evening. My daughter wanted to go swimming so we went to the pool by the Club House area, the pool was not heated, deflated pool toys, the hot-tub was cold, and moths flying everywhere. It was gross! We then headed back to our room for the night, started showers and there were dead bugs in the window sill, the water coming out from the shower head was low. Everyone finished their showers and headed to bed. We were gone all day saturday, came in late, took showers and packed for our departure the next day. My sister was putting stuff away in here suitcase on the bed & opened the curtains only to find that there was a coachroach laying dead on the dirty disgusting carpet. I find this out on the last day of being there for 3 days total. I was so sick I could not get out the that room fast enough. I took the coachroach to the front desk when I checked out & asked for a refund of my $10 a night upgrade to the larger room. The woman at the front desk said "oh my thats not good", needed to get help from anohter person for the refund. That woman came up and said "oh that's just a grasshopper". I dont know what country she is from but grasshoppers and cockroaches do NOT look alike. Needless to say I will never stay at this resort or "hell hole" ever again, and not even at the new place. Then having to go home & shake out all our clothes for other cockroaches!! I will just always exchange for a nicer place in Vegas. DO NOT BOOK THIS PLACE!!!!

This was my 5th trip to Las Vegas and each time i have used time share time for my accomodations. Summer Bay was new for us. It is located directly behind the Imperial Palace and very convenient to the strip. We previously stayed at Tropicana, Polo Towers and The Jockey Club. All are nice, but the staff at Summer Bay was extra ordinary. They were polite and helpful and went out of their way with any needs we had. The resort itself is old, but they are tearing down all the old buildings and replacing them with new rooms. They have many pools and spas. The a/c in our room was like a freezer which was good for us because we love the cool air. We had three units, 2- two bedrooms and 1- one bedroom and they were each a little different. i am assuming this is because the resort is older and things have been replaced. The resort was clean and neat and we really enjoyed our stay.

We booked this resort through our RCI timeshare. We are Gold Crown owners and usually always stay at a Gold Crown resort. Summer Bay is not a Gold Crown resort so I was a bit concerned when I read some of the reviews other people had written.
Those people that wrote bad reviews about Summer Bay Resort should go stay at the Wynn and pay $900 a night!!!!
We had a very pleasant stay. I did request a room in the main tower as was suggested in one of these reviews. Our room was clean and comfortable. The bed was very comfortable and the pull out couch was okay also. The pool area was very nice. All of the staff was very nice and there was not one who did not greet us as we met them. We used the free shuttle a couple of times on the strip and to downtown. The drivers were pleasant and was pretty much right on time every time. We would have liked to get to the grocery store but did not want to get up and ready by 8:30 am to catch the only shuttle offered there. We were also able to arrange to rent a car and the front desk printed our boarding passes for us. We would definately stay there again. The location is great and it is nice to get away from all the noise and action at the casinos.
Also, the new resort looks beautiful and is located right across the road.