MB Penthouse Lounge question

Mike, its been two years since I last stayed at MB, but all the times I have stayed there in the last seven years, you had to be coded by a host for access to the VIP checkin (which also has a small lounge area inside it), but as long as you were booked in one of the three PH level floors, you had access to the sky lounge. You have to use your room key to enter the lounge. But as I said, its been a couple years, so maybe it has changed.

Also, FWIW, the sky lounge is a great view and has a friendly staff. During the week, the hours are limited. There might have been some weekdays it wasn't open at all during my last trip there (can't recall for sure). But on the weekends, it was open most of the day. If you stay on a PH floor, you also have access to the high limit room elevator, which is infinitely faster than waiting at the main elevator banks (its in the rear of the high limit room). To me, that's a much better benefit than the sky lounge!