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| - So my he-who-shall-remain nameless friend was in charge of the hotel reservations and thought he had secured them at the MGM...only he hadn't. For posterity's sake, his gaffe goes on the official ledger here. Luckily, there wasn't a major convention in town and the fine young lady at reception was nice enough to help us out and get us properly situated.
The MGM looks a lot different since I'd been here last, and I still remember the now-defunct MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park that we hit up as kids. Rest in peace, yo.
Bullets? Bullets.
- The location at the south side of the strip makes it convenient for airport arrival/departure, but puts the MGM a 20-30 min walk to the central area.
- The casino floor is huge, and just walking from the lobby to the book is a hike. Dealers were nice, plenty of tables.
- The book is sizable but is placed in a narrow corridor making standing room or backseat viewing quite difficult to virtually impossible. Enclosed space also makes it smokier than other books.
- Close proximity to casual mall-style dining, as well as fine-dining, including the dual Robuchon restaurants. L'Atelier did not disappoint but that goes in another review.
- Saw both families and adults migrating to the pool area and "lazy river." Didn't go, but it's supposed to be nice and has generally favorable reviews on Yelp.
- No trendy nightclub, but the terribly named Hakkasan is set to open in 2013.
- Overall service was solid to above-average with the exception of a curiously strange lost & found guy that was almost thoroughly unhelpful.
- Renovations look nice, no complaints about the room.
- Trying to throw in in-room movie charges was sneaky but doesn't fly with our Asian bookkeeping, son.
- $25 resort fee. Whatever. Hoped you liked that WatchESPN streaming.
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