Location: Metropolitan Express hotel, 6323 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819, USA
Date: September 2013

Report by John

In September 2013, my wife and I had our first trip to the east coast of the USA (New York City and Orlando), and to Canada (Vancouver).

The Oasis Tiki bar is located at the pool side of the Metropolitan Express hotel. I arrived there in the early evening of a rainy day.

The main entrance to the Metropolitan Express hotel

The back door of the hotel's Oasis bar

The decoration of the bar is good, and it is very relaxing to have a beer at the pool side.

The main entrance and pool side

Inside the Oasis tiki bar

Games to play inside the bar

It had two pinballs - Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Stern, 2004) and Avatar (Stern, 2010).

The bar's two pinballs

It was the first time I had seen a real 'Believe it or Not!' machine.  It was not difficult for me to earn replays on this game.

Ripley's Believe it or Not!

In addition, it was also my first time seeing a DMD glare guard.  It is effective in shielding light reflections from the dot-matrix display; www.planetarypinball.com. 

The Glare Guard

The bar itself is good and elegant. However, the hotel itself had deteriorated.  So, I recommend you to visit the Oasis Tiki Bar but don't stay at this hotel.  One can reach the hotel easily by taking I-Ride along International Drive.

The I-Ride stop near the hotel

I stayed at the bar for around two hours and then came back to my hotel (the Holiday Inn Express, International Drive) on foot.

Additional information about Oasis Tiki bar is as follows:

• Opening hours: 12:00 to 02:00
  
  
• Subway: I-Ride Trolley stop #10
  
  
• Pinball cost: US$0.75 per 3-ball game,  US$2 for 3 games
  
  
• Website: facebook.com/OasisTikiBar
  
  
• Comments: The pinballs were kept in good condition

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