I stayed there 2 nights Friday and Saturday night March 2nd and 3rd 2012. We chose the circus circus because this was the only place that was kid friendly as we were meeting a family member there that wanted to visit with the kids too. (otherwise we would not have brought our kids to Vegas period)
Friday night we were approached by the same black man trying to sell us weed right in front of our kids next to the elevator in the skyrise tower twice in one night. Then Saturday i had gone downstairs to smoke as I always get a non smoking room. (i know I'm a smoker but cant sleep in a smoke filled room weird I know) Anyway, I sat down at a slot machine next to the elevators and was going to play a few minutes why I smoked. Next thing I know I am being grabbed from behind, my arm was pulled out of socket by some crazy old lady that was yelling... I was sitting there thats my machine... I get her off of me finally and she came back punching me. WTF??? I was simply minding my own business... Thank Goodness there were a few witnesses... cause that old lady told the police I hit her... and I never touched her even after she started punching me because of her age.
Then come to find out... the circus circus's policy is that in any incident, that they kick both parties out, regardless of who started it??? Even if your the one being attacked for no reason... even if they have it and see it all on video (which they did capture it all on video in my case) unless the Las Vegas Police sign some form stating your the victim (which luckily for me that is what happened) Still though that is craziness that someone can get attacked in their hotel and there is NO justice. You can be kicked out too??? What kinda crap is that??? That wasted about 3 hours of our carefully planned day....
They did kick that old lady out along with her entire family. They escorted them completely off the property... and on Sunday low and behold they had security posted in there where they should have been all along!!! Especially on a Weekend and Especially being it was the beginning of college spring break??
I agree with the other reviews that the food had no flavor the blue Iguana mexican place had no flavor whatsoever.... The food looked nothing like the pictures... (we had the ultimate grande burrito) it was a dollar more for rice, for beans and for sour cream... 3 extra dollars and then it was 3 bucks for each drink as well... They only sold one size! We didn't even bother after that to try their buffet as we had read these reviews before we left..
The room in the Skyrise tower was alright but everyone was right about the outdated TV. The beds were comfy and loved the pillow... Loved the pillow so much in fact I ordered one off amazon. The bathroom was alright too until we realized the things in the shower were not ours (we all assumed they were each others things eww) and were left by the guest before us,,, they were still in the bathroom when we left as well. we had 2 rooms adjoined and only one key out of 5 total keys worked... they mixed the keys up too... we were supposed to have 3 keys, my family members was supposed to have 2 keys and their key worked only on our room... (Thank Goodness we had the ajoined doors left open to each others rooms) The slot on her door was completely broken.. It did not even light up at all... Our keys all had to be re-keyed. After spending forever in a long line to get that done. Ugg (forget it we sucked it up and used the one key... until after the incident when security took me straight to the front of the line to get it done)
We also signed up for and received players cards when we got to the circus circus and mine quit working, so I went to get a new one... everything was supposed too and should have been transferred over to the new card but... I lost all of my points...
The kids 14 and 8 had a blast at the Adventure Dome and at the Midway carnival games. The circus acts were much better then we expected! Those were actually spectacular and a joy to see!! The kids loved it!!!
The roulette table on the other hand had an admittedly strung out on crack guy at the table... He was clearly messed up and kept saying loudly how he needs to stop doing so much crack?
Rockin Ritas was full of hookers... They were bragging about being hookers and the bar tender seemed to know they were hookers too...
It is so sad that the Circus Circus is turning into a drug and prostitution hub for Las Vegas!
So all in all we had a good time and bad time all in one trip... It kinda evened itself out with the good and bad... Circus circus not great but just Okay. We also stayed 2 nights at the Flamingo and 2 nights at the Cosmopolitan... So the circus circus was defiantly a downgrade but was perfect for the kids!!!