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| - Be ready for fees. Anything you can be charged for you will be. Got here early on Thursday and was told I had to pay a $25 fee for early check in. I did but the kicker was the room was already ready, so why the fee then. Next fee...Internet/wifi is $13.99 per 24 hours. No chance I was paying that. Next fee...phone. I got to my room and tried to make a local call for a dinner reservation, didn't work. Also my room phone didn't always work, you had to pull the cord to get a dial tone. I told the front desk about the phone and they did nothing . They then said that to make local calls you need to prepay a $150 on a credit card. I declined. Granted that fee eventually comes off but not the point. The room quality was not worth the price. The memorabilia in the room is cool but it doesn't serve a purpose other than for show. The bed was comfortable enough but dull looking with only sheets, no comforter, looked like a hospital bed. The furniture was scratched up also. I went in December so it was cold outside. The heater in the room has to kick on every five minutes or so to keep it at 73. Trying to sleep with this thing kicking on was a pain, kept waking up. On to the bathroom. Good size shower and tub, never used the tub however. The shower literally took ten minutes for the water to heat up. This wasn't major as I just let it run before getting in, but at a hotel for this price I expected better. But it wasnt a very strong shower either. The sink water pressure was good and the toilet was also good. The walls are super thin. You will hear other peoples showers. The rooms that are adjacent showers are so loud it drown out your tv noise. You will also hear doors opening and closing at all times so be prepared. The maid service was excellent, came daily. Elevators move quickly but can make your ears pop. The casino is very large but the table limits are higher than Paris next door. The pleasure pit is cool but its just an excuse to raise limits. The restaurant variety at the hotel was nice and the adjacency to the mile shops is awesome. Younger crowd plays here at night, older crowd during the day and afternoon. The location is excellent, center strip across from the Bellagio, but that isn't going to bring me back. Just not a good value for the money when compared to other hotels. Too many completely unneeded fees and too generic of a room for $$$
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