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| - I enjoy going to Las Vegas. I have stayed in a select few hotels over the years but the Flamingo is my favourite.
I think it is important to understand where I am coming from before progressing with this review. First I go to Vegas to have fun. My wife and I enjoy walking the strip and shopping during the day. We enjoy the huge selection of restaurants and clubs. We go to party. I am 41, didn't party much in my youth so we do so a bit now. I don't get wild at home but in Vegas my wife and I relax and let loose. The last time we were there I think we had 2 or 3 beers while standing in line to check in. So with that in mind please take my review as you may.
From the description above we come to Vegas to have a good time. Not so spend time in our hotel rooms. We do appreciate a nice room with a view and great service is a must. I am just not willing to let some set backs distract from the real reason I am there. For those of you that are going to obsess about the room I would just say what are you doing? Get out of your room! The Flamingo does not have the best rooms. Non-smoking rooms are still smoky at times. This is Vegas, people drink and party and they smoke. While I do not smoke I accept that I have walked into this environment. I think the Flamingo does a great job accommodating their guests.
So rather than go on about the rooms or service I will tell you why I stay at the Flamingo and you can decide for yourselves. First the location is right in the middle of the strip and barring any construction projects it is easy walking distance to just about everything. Second it has history, it is the essentially the last original hotel on the strip. Sure things have changed greatly over the years but you can't help but feel a bit of the history at the Flamingo. Third the pool is amazing. Is it the nicest pool on the strip? Absolutely not but it is a rockin' party pool there is no doubt. It is one of the key reasons we stay there. It doesn't seem to brag about itself but it certainly delivers. Forth my wife and I got married at the Flamingo so there are sentimental reasons we stay there as well.
At the end of the day it is not the greatest hotel. Having that said we accept that younger people will be loud, drink and stay up late. I accept that there may be loud music on our floor and that we may walk into a cloud of smoke. Vegas is what Vegas is, and it changes almost daily. If you want a great location, and a great pool the Flamingo is amazing with a touch of history to boot! If you want to stay in room and shake your fists at those young people then perhaps stay away...stay away from Vegas as well. This town is all about that so I think some things are a willing sacrifice for myself and my wife. I dont' want to down play service, but lets face facts, if the service staff in Vegas can handle drunk people 24/7 I cut them some slack.
So don't shake your fists as those young people, join them! The Flamingo has their shortcomings don't get me wrong, but please don't miss out on the big picture. I have never had a bad experience at the Flamingo and I have been there in the double digits of times.
Stay at the Flamingo, enjoy!
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