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| - Depending on what you are looking for, Mandalay Bay might or might not be a good choice for Vegas accommodations.
The main thing to consider about staying at the Mandalay Bay is its south strip location makes rather isolated from the rest of the strip. This means its not going to be easy to walk to other properties or to simply check out the strip. This also means cab rides are going to be a bit longer and a bit more $$$.
If you want to be close to the action on the strip, you should consider staying someplace near the center strip, e.g., Ceasar's, Mirage, Bellagio, TI, Planet Hollywood, The Cosmo, Aria, etc. You will have many more choices when it comes to gambling, dining, drinking, shopping, and whatever basically. Proximity to better shopping could even SAVE you some money. Case in point: There are are a number of CVS and Walgreens stores near the center strip. There are none I am aware of near the Mandalay Bay. Should you need some sundries, you will pay a pretty penny at the small sundries shops in Mandalay Bay. A person ahead of me was charged $15.00 for a pack of cigarettes, for example. I then decided I didn't need anything from that shop that bad.
I didn't find the on-site dining choices very compelling. For me, this further drove home the point about this property being isolated from the rest of the stip. If the on site restaurants are not to your liking, you are faced with a cab ride come meal time.
Is using your own wheels a solution? Not really. To begin with, it's a pretty long trek through the casino to get to the the parking structure if you self park. Then you've got to navigate the parking structure and go through basically the same process in reverse at your destination and do it again when you return to the Mandalay Bay. If you're drinkin as folks are wont to do in Vegas, this isn't an option anyway.
The rooms are nice enough, but probably a notch below properties like Wynn/Encore and Palazzo/Venetian.
Check in took too long in my opinion (about 30 minutes) due to a line of people queued up at the registration desk. Lots of empty terminals, though. Spare yourself a repeat of this on the backend by using the mobile check out feature explained on the folder they give you with your room key cards.
Housekeeping was a little aggressive on check out day and entered the room about 8:30 a.m. It was an intrusion I could have done without.
"Resort Fees," taxes, and taxes on resort fees are going to run you about $45.00 a night give or take depending on the price of the room, so be prepared for that.
Despite all of the above, Mandalay Bay was a good choice for me this trip because it is an easy walk to the MGM Resorts Village. I made the trip specifically to see the Slipknot show, so the location was an advantage to me in this instance.
Despite all of the above, Mandalay Bay might be a good choice if its pools or a show are your reason for staying there.
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