Post #605226 by Wildsville man on Fri, Sep 2, 2011 11:48 AM

The problem with a Tiki Event is that a big star of the show is booze. So after awhile it brings in a crown less about Tiki and more about getting bombed.
I think that my First Oasis this year was Awesome but there was a kind of Roam is Burning feel after I looked out from my room after the fire alarm went off.

Every thing that was controlled by Otto and Babydoe went smooth.

But I think that the room party's need to be overseen by the Event/Hotel now. People throwing a room party usually don't have some kind of bar background or bouncer skills. Also they are there a lot of the time for PR so they want to play nice.

So security can play the bad guy,and truly make people feel safe.

It seems quit fixable

1. have all the early room party's on the top floors before people are truly bombed.Then by 8p.m. have all the room party's within 2 or 3 floors were you can have,1 guy at the door of the room party with a security shirt and 2 guy's by the elevator. You would not need security on the top floors because drunks are drawn to the room party:s like a bug to a zapper

2. Don't serve someone with out the right tiki attire. Or someone who looks like the walking wounded.

3. security being around shouldn't be a negative. People want to feel safe.

This would be easy to do if the people putting the room partys together arranged it this way and were told they had to have security outside the room.

Do I think the room should pay for security outside there room? No,the room party's are a huge draw from what i've seen.

So volunteers are great but wearing a security shirt vs. looking like a Mexican law ornament seems more fitting.

I hope this is not a bummer because it is just an idea from someone who has bar tended and worked the door t bar's before.

You cant trust that many people drinking to make the right choices or turn a blind eye to them.