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We won't be staying here again, despite getting bumped to a Tower Premier Suite for very reasonable additional charge.
When we first got to the room, the bedroom and master bath smelled like fresh cigarette smoke. We thought it was the previous person and dismissed it. However every morning the master bedroom and bath regained the smell of cigarette smoke, so of course with my asthma I woke each morning short of breath and sneezing.
Secondly they seem to have the largest number of per visitor timeshare creeps I've ever seen. You can't exit or enter the place with out getting bombarded at least twice. They were even pandering to my 5 year old, telling him to get mommy and daddy to take him to a free show. The same thing happened with their flying carpet video thing. My son was a step or two behind me, although still in my peripheral vision, and one of the workers in the booth walked over and asked if he wanted a ride.
Now the positive stuff.
The room was beautiful. We had a view of the backside of the pyramid out our window and we were placed at the end of the corridor so not only was it quiet, we didn't have to reign our son in as much as in another room. That being said..CRTs? If you aren't going to modernize your electronics, stop using wide-screen feeds.
The interior of the pyramid itself is great, albeit period incorrect. It's supposed to be Egyptian, but the food court was Tuscan and the MORE buffet was more Grecian ruin style. Pick one and stick to it.
The valet people were great. Despite the rain, they were prompt, courteous and friendly. The same can be said for the staff in their 24hr cafe and the buffet. In fact they were the best I've experienced while in Vegas (outside of a 4 star restaurant) in a long time.
We'll probably return for exhibits, but we won't be staying there again.
I was hovering at 4 stars, but those blasted time share people. They put enough of a dent in our vacation that I'm dropping a full star. It would be two if it wasn't for the awesome service we received.
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