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| - This is a 4-star hotel with a lot of 5-star ameneties about it.
1. Location is fantastic. You're in a centralized location on the strip and you can walk or shuttle it (what is that light-rail lookin' thing?) easily.
2. Check-in is a bitch. There isn't one single line - you line up at each individual employee. This is confusing and dumb and frustrating.
3. Our room was awesome. It was a suite that overlooked the pools. Came with internet, flat-screen TV, couch, fridge, two bathrooms. However, the shower water was low-pressure, lukewarm, and the sinks didn't drain properly.
4. Eating is easy. There is a fast-food court and a handful of restaurants that cover steaks, mexican, asian, brewpub. Whatever you're looking for. And room service is fucking the best EVER. Yeah, you pay a lot: It's ROOM SERVICE. But it comes fast, they don't forget anything, the portions are pretty big, and the ingredients are top-notch. You can really taste where that extra cash is going.
5. The casino bar (was there only one? that's all I saw) is overpriced at $6 for a bottled domestic, but hey - you are on the strip and the room was cheap, so suck it up.
6 & 7: The chapel and catering departments.
Top-notch since day one. Every call answered. Every voicemail returned. Every email responded to. Many choices in regards to food and even decor. They do your flowers and photos. Both are not as expensive as you would think, either. I hate flowers - my flowers were freakin BEAUTIFUL. For the ceremony, the chapel shuttles you in and out QUICK after meticulously explaining what you're supposed to be doing ("walk when I say GO!") Open bar? Not that expensive! We went with a buffet-style dinner and it was freakin delish. Long list of choices... I mean LONG... and it didn't taste like a buffet at all. Came with salads, crudites, and a dessert table in addition to the wedding cake! Open bar included red bull - now how nifty is that??
Absolutely the best, no, much much more than the best value for the price you pay.
However... they will nickel-and-dime the shit out of you. No free rooms or hefty discounts (just little tiny ones) even when you're dumping a shitload of money into one four-hour party. But at the end of the day, tally up all you spent and look at what you got and that is what makes all the difference.
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