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| - Came to Vegas for a wedding, so was looking for a cheaper place to stay that was still close to all the chapels.
Had a HORRIBLE experience with booking since I was flying in at 6AM, and originally booked through hotels.com and even though I was willing to pay for an extra night, they were still giving me issues saying i had to wait until 3:00PM , when I had the wedding at 5. Called the hotel directly and they wouldn't help me because I was going through hotels. com. Nice. My experience is with the hotel, seems like the don't care if its not booked through them. Called hotels.com... and they won't let me pay for the day before with an extra late check in... I mean really, no one wants my money? I finally had to book two days via Hotels.com and then call back to the hotel and book another night with notes that I wouldn't check in until 6AM the next morning and pay them directly. The second person I talked to at the Hotel directly was much nicer and they linked my two reservations together so that I didn't have to check out and then check back in.
After the above was all settled, upon arrival everything went smoothly. The rooms were ok, there was a resort fee that I didn't see anywhere in my hotel.com reservation information, but oh well. Plenty of parking, loved the casino, not too bad shows, yada yada.
I like that its away from the main strip, as we spent no time there. We did walk down to Circus Circus and the Riveria, but to go further would have been pushing it.... BUt its easy to get in and out of the hotel, and since we had a car we spend most days in Downtown Vegas...
The rooms are a little outdated, but they fit our need. We did go up to the observation tower (included in our room) and that was pretty cool. I had started coming down with the flu, so sadly i didn't get to partake in any of the extreme fun things you can do at the top... like jump :) You can even see video of other jumpers on the TV.
We did the buffet one morning... it was amazing. tons of breakfast foods and even lunch/dinner stuff too....it was good, and plentiful... and since we just joined the membership in the casino... it was free!!
I would stay here again unless I found something cheaper. I'd rather spend my money DOING stuff than needing 3 bathrooms and a tv in my mirror( ahem Bellagio)...
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