Mandalay Bay Beach

Mandalay Bay Beach is the resort pool every other resort pool gets measured against: eleven acres built around a 1.6-million-gallon wave pool throwing swells up to six feet onto 2,700 tons of real California sand, with a quarter-mile lazy river and three lagoon pools filling out the complex. Nothing else in Vegas swims like it.

Access works resort-first: registered guests of Mandalay Bay, Delano, and Four Seasons enter free (up to four per room), while non-guests can buy a day pass - from about $40 through ResortPass - generally Sunday through Thursday; on weekends the gates effectively close to walk-ins unless you've booked a daybed or cabana. It's family territory, all ages welcome, with one hard rule: the wave pool wants 48 inches of height. The season runs March through late October, 9am to 6pm daily; in winter the beach shuts for maintenance and one lagoon soldiers on.

Adjacent but separate: Moorea, the 21-plus daybed club, and Tailgate Beach Club, the sports dayclub that replaced Daylight in 2026, both share the complex with their own doors and tickets. Peak-day reality inside: the wave pool packs to bumping, lazy-river tubes run out by late morning, and lockers cost $30. Bring the group - four free entries per room is the quiet best perk in the building.