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| - This was my sixth time to Vegas with my daughter, who is now 24. We stayed seven nights. We decided on Treasure Island because of its lower price and location on the strip. There are no more shows on the lagoon. No pirates, no sirens, and part of the lagoon has been made into a frog bar.
I had heard the rooms were upgraded so I figured it would be acceptable. When we got to the room, we found the refrigerator was warm so maintenance brought me a new one. He told me not to put anything in front of the fan or it won't be cold. The only space available was in front of the fan. The refrigerator was so tiny the only thing it could hold was bottled water. The shower curtain was sour, and the maid kept throwing out perfectly good soap just because it was used. I resorted to hiding it.
There was room on top of the refrigerator for a coffee maker but no coffee maker. A plus was the magnifying makeup mirror in the bathroom, and at least the blow dryer was clean. To me, the bed was too hard, but the pillows were comfortable. The television reception was adequate. I was paying the $30 a night resort fee in part for wifi, which was adequate, but had to be registered every day.
The worst part of Treasure Island is its size. Other casinos are large enough to offer a variety of dining, shopping or entertainment options. Treasure Island's best feature is its close proximity to the strip, a CVS, and the monorail to the Mirage. It's so small, you can walk from one end to the other in five minutes. The Kahunaville restaurant we liked so much is no more. Now it's a bar. The pool is so tiny there's only room for the conventioneers.
My room was no smoking, but the hallway was not. The entire hotel was one big ashtray. It was so crowded, you were forced to literally walk into people with cigarettes. A guard sometimes checked room keys at the elevators, but was mostly absent. One time trying to leave the ground floor elevator corridor, I could not get past the guard because he was holding a woman's drink for her while she looked for her room key. Getting in and out of the hotel was a constant obstacle course.
If you are tempted to take advantage of the discount tickets to Mystere, held in the hotel, save your money. I got discount tickets for the show with our room, but they were so desperate for customers, they discounted them further for others. As Cirque shows go, it was mediocre. It looked like they recruited their cast from America's Got Talent.
Until Treasure Island can expand or at least offer more than overpriced restaurants and cheezy bars, stay somewhere else.
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