Lotus Hotel and Casino

The Lotus Hotel and Casino is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. It is designed by the Lotus-eaters so that anyone entering would never want to leave because of all the addictive games, food (in the case of the book) and other activities, combined with the unlimited money (on cards). The hotel causes those inside never to age, while time goes on at an accelerated rate outside. Known victims include Darrin, Nico and Bianca di Angelo, as well as Percy, Annabeth, and Grover for a short period of time. In the movie the people there eat "Lotus Flowers" and in the book they stay there because of the games.

The Lightning Thief
Percy, Annabeth, and Grover enter the hotel because they are looking for a place to rest. They are offered a nice suite and although Percy senses something is wrong, he goes against his better judgement and they indulge themselves in games. It is not only until Percy notices people from all different time periods that he is being affected by the hotel, and he snaps out of the trance. He grabs Annabeth and Grover and when they leave the hotel they realize that they have been in there for 5 days.i like bananas

The Titans Curse
In The Titan's Curse, Bianca di Angelo and her brother Nico di Angelo are mentioned to have been to the Lotus Hotel and Casino before. They entered the hotel before World War II and stayed for several decades. This way Hades could still try and make one of his children be the child of prophecy without breaking the pact. Then, the Fury Alecto came and got them out and sent them off to school. Because Hades had them dipped in the river Lethe (the river of forgetfulness), Bianca and Nico couldn't remember anything before their stay.

The Lightning Thief (Film)
In the film, instead of them just wanting to be at Lotus Hotel and Casino, Grover, Annabeth, and Percy had to get the last of Persephone's Pearls. Once they had gotten in, a waitress gave them a Lotus Flower, and it gave the effect of them never wanting to leave, which resulted in symptoms similar to intoxication. They forgot why they were there and decided to stay there and have fun, as suggested by Annabeth. Finally, Percy realized what was going on when he saw a person playing a game about a movie in the 70's, who said this was the best movie of the year. Percy also heard Poseidon's voice in his head, telling him "Don't eat the flower" while he had a Lotus Flower in his hand and was about to eat it. He got the others to stop eating the Lotus Flowers and come back from their trance. On the way out, they have a big fight with the hotel security, then they grabbed the third pearl and stole a black Maserati which was up for contest, crashed through the front door in the Maserati and escaped.

Trivia

 * The Lotus Hotel and Casino is likely derived from the myth of the Lotus Tree. In the myth, there is a tribe called the Lotus-eaters, who are addicted to the fruit of the tree. When Odysseus encounters this tribe during one of his travels, some of his men tasted the fruit and never want to leave again. Odysseus solves this problem by binding them and dragging them back.


 * The "time" part of the trap was probably inspired by the fact that there are no windows or clocks in any casino, so visitors have no idea if it's day or night. They have no idea how much time has passed in the casino.


 * In the film as they are leaving, Grover yells, "Out of the way, James Dean!" James Dean was an actor in the 50s. In reality he died in a car accident when he was 24 years old, while in the series, he apparently got trapped in the casino.
 * In the movie, the words, "You Will Never Want To Leave" is on the door. This is ironic because if you eat the flowers, you will indeed never want to leave the casino.