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| - 3 stars for my stay at the Flamingo.
It was our first time in Las Vegas, and my boyfriend and I stayed here for 4 nights. We arrived at about 10:15pm on a Monday night, and WOW, the check-in line was long.
When we finally got to the desk, we were informed that there weren't any non-smoking rooms with king-sized beds available unless we were willing to have just a shower instead of a shower/tub combo. We agreed, not realizing until we got up to the room that this meant the room was a handicapped-accessible room...and that the "shower" was just part of the bathroom enclosed with a curtain and a low-hanging showerhead. Sigh.
We dealt with this tiny snafu and went down the next morning to see about changing rooms. Again, the check-in line was a mile long so we decided to try again later since we both had appointments at the spa. We got the spring fling special: a 25-min body scrub, a 25-min facial, and a 25-min massage for $150. Worth every penny.
After our visit to the spa, my boyfriend stopped by the front desk at about 1:20pm to see about changing rooms and was informed that they only do room changes between 11am and 1pm. Oh, and that you can do it over the phone so you don't have to wait in line! Good to know. We stuck it out another night and called the next morning and got a new room on the 20th floor. At this point I noticed that some of the rooms on this floor looked really, really cool....much cooler than our room, at least. I assume that these are the GO rooms that I read so much about -- next time I will have to spring for one of those!
The pool was fantastically large, and the hot tubs were great, but be forewarned that ordering a large drink to enjoy poolside will set you back $18.
Not much good food or entertainment inside the hotel, we ended up going elsewhere a lot, but that wasn't so bad because the Flamingo is very centrally located.
I would stay here again, but would upgrade to a GO room next time.
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