Originally Posted by
CPH-Flyer
He booked the GV most likely as he was there on a point booking, and counting on his status to get him an upgrade. As you said he lost his bet.
Apart from his comment about the out door shower, I did not really find any comments of value about the room. Sure there is no water view, but that would have been obvious if he looked at the room before booking. He was even unhappy with the toilet, what the devil was that about?
I think it's just a matter of Paris syndrome. (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome)
When your expectations are titillated to the extreme in every single travel blog, promotional video, influencer instragram, etc. and you show up and see that it's really not that special… it's an understandable reaction.