Was truly bored out of my wits the other day and scrolled through Netflix for something to amuse me. And I stumbled onto The Chennai Express. A Shah Rukh Khan movie with Prakash Padukone’s daughter and a famous director. How bad can the movie be right? That’s what this resort is all about. The well-managed and modern Pacific Regency Group whose KL’s hotel-apartments I frequent with much joy. We always complain that Port Dickson’s hotels are mainly 3-stars and not well managed except for a couple of resorts. Well, this resort is spanking new, a reboot of the old Ming Court hotel of yesteryears. But the services and hotel layout are so 3-star that makes you wonder perhaps the operator is following the required mundane standards of a hotel here. Poorly trained front office desk, wasted space right up to the beach front for a carpark(!), wet floors at the lobby thats never mopped, no beach bar to speak of, etc etc etc. The rooms are nice though, maybe because it’s new. But I guess that’s about it. So now we know why the room rates are equivalent to a 3-star. Was really hoping Pacific Regency would make a difference here in PD. But i guess they are just going with the flow. Needless to say, The Chennai Express movie was a total waste of time. I could have better used the two and the half hours watching funny cat...Was truly bored out of my wits the other day and scrolled through Netflix for something to amuse me.

And I stumbled onto The Chennai Express.

A Shah Rukh Khan movie with Prakash Padukone’s daughter and a famous director.
How bad can the movie be right?

That’s what this resort is all about. The well-managed and modern Pacific Regency Group whose KL’s hotel-apartments I frequent with much joy.

We always complain that Port Dickson’s hotels are mainly 3-stars and not well managed except for a couple of resorts.

Well, this resort is spanking new, a reboot of the old Ming Court hotel of yesteryears. But the services and hotel layout are so 3-star that makes you wonder perhaps the operator is following the required mundane standards of a hotel here.
Poorly trained front office desk, wasted space right up to the beach front for a carpark(!), wet floors at the lobby thats never mopped, no beach bar to speak of, etc etc etc.
The rooms are nice though, maybe because it’s new.

But I guess that’s about it.

So now we know why the room rates are equivalent to a 3-star.
Was really hoping Pacific Regency would make a difference here in PD.

But i guess they are just going with the flow.

Needless to say, The Chennai Express movie was a total waste of time.

I could have better used the two and the half hours watching funny cat videos.
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