We had an amazing time at The Tropicana and would definitely stay here again. I think it's a really great value-- we booked on Hotwire for $75 a night and with some friendly smiles and charm, we were upgraded to a mini suite that had a view of the south strip and a huge bathtub. We were stoked.
The casino is actually my favorite one in this area. It was remodeled recently so it's very bright and clean-looking. They also must pump coconut-scented oxygen in this place as it has this pina colada type smell that I love!
The only okay thing about The Tropicana in my opinion is the pool...yet again we spent our entire Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Pool and this one is lackluster in comparison. It's good, but not great in terms of Las Vegas pools. They also have a swim-up poker table and I ALMOST fell for that gimmick.
Basically The Tropicana is a great place to stay if you can't afford some of the nicer places in the south strip like Mandalay Bay or the Four Seasons.