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| - I stayed at the Flamingo last week for my first vacation in 6 years!!! Holy overdue! Anyway, I had picked the Flamingo because of its vicinity to so many other strip attractions and yet rooms are so much less than surrounding hotels, minus Ballys and the Quad. I had been planning this trip for over 6 months and am not going to lie, some of the reviews here had me super worried....thankfully that was not the case and I have nothing but good things to say about my stay!
We arrived at 11am on a Friday...check in isn't until 4pm unless you want to pay a fee. I had already joined their Total Rewards program at home and printed our temp cards so we went to get the real cards at the TR booth and found out TR members can check in early at no charge...at noon! It wasn't quite noon but there was only one person in the TR guest line so we gave it a go. At that time we were able to take care of everything but had to come back to get the keys at 12. Piece of cake! The guy that helped us was awesome... Removed the resort fee for me since I had booked back in February but had changed to a better packed after they started the resort fee (on his own, I didn't even ask), gave us some tips on ways to get around quick and was super friendly and fast.
Our GO room was really cute and clean with a view of the pools. We were on the 25th floor of the Spa Tower. I was excited it had a mini fridge and a coffee maker...nice to have cold water available and store left overs to eat for breakfast. The bed was super comfy, there's a huge mirror for getting ready and lots of lights in the bathroom. We had no problems at all with the room, keys or house keeping during our stay.
Some tips....the coffee place in the hotel sucks and was way overpriced. Maybe we are Starbucks snobs, but really, yuck. None of the restaurants here were impressive, but like I said, it's in the perfect spot to walk to better restaurants. Serendipity across the street is FABULOUS!
If you hit the GO pool go early if you want a lounge chair. They open at 9 and there will be a line to get in. The party goes all day here...if you want beer buy a bucket before noon and save your self 10 bucks! The pool food was pretty good too.
My only 2 complaints were 1. Who ever had the room before us thought it'd be great fun to set the clock radio alarm for 2 am, full blast on static. Yes it's Vegas and yes I was asleep at 2 am and that really, really sucked. 2. The iPod docking stations are great, until you are awakened by a ridiculous alarm at 2 am and then forced to hear the base of your neighbors techno music til 4 am. Not the hotel's fault some people are inconsiderate...maybe if I'd had some good coffee I'd not be so grumpy about it.
Check out was easy. I went down early (10am) to pay my pool tab and took care of everything in about 5 min. Was told to leave the keys in the room and that was it. I vote stay here. You'll be close to it all and save money for fun on the strip...winning!
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