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| - The girlfriend and I thoroughly enjoyed our stay here at the Luxor.
True, it is a bit of a walk to the north end of the strip from here... but we managed to walk all the way to The Mirage and back on a nice sunny day and survived unscathed with drinks in hand.
The pool was nice. There was 3 of them... one was closed every day when we went, but the other two were open. One of them had a bunch of hanging out bars/platforms in the water where you could set your drinks down while still sitting in the water which was cool. We got to the pool early in the AM so we got good seats, but they did tend to fill up pretty quick and by the time we left the pool area you would have been lucky to find a seat, let alone a seat for your entire party. Only bummer was the "no outside food/alcohol" policy at the pool. Not sure how well its enforced really... I mean, I brought my morning coffee out and I wasn't patted down for cookies. So it may be lax. i didn't try to charge in with a big ol frooty cocktail though. I would be bummed if I just bought a big frozen drink and then came to the pool without knowing the rules... so you've been warned!
The architecture and design of the hotel was really neat (obviously!) it's a pyramid! cool!
The room was clean and didn't have any funk or odors, etc. Cool pyramid shaped soaps in the bathroom. haha - the little things...
The McDonalds was hopping for breakfast inside the Luxor and I got coffee there every morning for a buck or two -- not too shabby.
Plenty of bars and casino action... although I found the bar service at the slots to be REALLY crummy at the Luxor. I would say it might have been because I wasn't high rolling... but after slottin' it up at the other casinos, I found the waitresses to be MUCH nicer elsewhere (especially New York, New York nearby). The couple waitresses we had at the Luxor we pretty much had to lasso to get any attention. They would hurriedly zoom past us and roll their eyes as we placed our orders as she clearly had better places to be. They were only giving out bottles of things like coors and bud light, etc. While at the New York New York we were sippin on Newcastle and Stella Artois for free. .... and I was tipping at both places... so it's not like I was stiffing them. sooo... YRMV, but if I were to go back, I definitely would go to a different casino if you plan on drinking.
Another annoyance -- that is apparently at all the casinos there is resort taxes and fees. Watch out for those... I think it was like $20 a day for me and my gf. Didn't really expect that on check-in, but oh well... when in Vegas!
It was convenient to walk between Excalibur/Mandalay bay as they had motorized walkways and things that made getting back and forth a breeze. The New york New York was really close by too, which is where we went for food a couple times. Seems like they had a lot better food choices if you wanted something quick, and not break the bank, but still being delicious -- some New York Deli place had the bomb Rueben. But that's beside the point, being a review of the Luxor.
Anyhow, in closing, I would stay here again given that it was ridiculously cheap to stay here and I didn't mind walking up and down the strip. If you don't enjoy walking, you might want to park yourself further north to be in the center of the action.
Soo... I give it 3 stars -- since its Luxor Hotel AND Casino. 4 or 5 for the hotel and 1 for the Casino. comes out to 3 in the middle.
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