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| - Room was great, which, at the end of the day, is the most important thing. It a hardwood floor (hybrid?), which was nice, instead of disgusting Vegas hotel carpeting. Plenty of space, clean, nice tv. I've been to the Flamingo a number of times and have yet to get a back view. The strip view is obviously the best but even the 'back' view isn't back, now, if you don't mind a big ass glowing Ferris wheel.
However... BRING A POWERSTRIP!! No, I'm serious. At least in my room, there was a severe lack of power outlets and the six plugs that were available were being used by their alarm clock, lamps, etc. So, you have to start unplugging their stuff. I was trying to do some work with a computer, hard drive, etc., and I had to work with the lights unplugged.
Maybe I haven't been to Vegas in a while but check-in is 4pm...FOUR. Super lame. You have to pay $15 extra to check in around 1 or 2... lame. I had to because I assumed, like most hotels, check in would be a normal time.
Pool. Now, good and bad. If you want a nice quiet time, those days are gone. I used to like the quiet pool and I'm not even that old, nice and big. However, they turned it into a "pool party" now. If you're into that, cool... but if you have kids, you're hosed, but I think it's only on the weekends. There is still a normal little pool area for families but it's right next to the music. Also, this could be good or bad... if you're self conscious about how you look with a shirt off or in a bikini - don't sweat it here - believe me. This was like the, um... how do you say it in a nice way... "blue collar" crowd. Super red lobster tans, bellies, drunk guy on the pedestal with a beer bucket on his head. I had fun though.
Parking is tight. I went during the construction of the neighboring Cromwell and there were guards by the parking lot, asking if we were guests. The guy interrogated me, asking for me key card, but as I hadn't checked in yet, I was about to dig out the paperwork... but he 'believed me' and let me pass. Sucks if you wanna come here to gamble though. And, I got one of the only remaining rooftop parking spots. Hopefully they cleared that up by now though.
All in all, this place isn't "old," it's historic and there's some charm about it that I like, even though it can't match some of the other mega hotels. It's right in that middle tier of Vegas hotels.
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