I had always heard of this place as a dump so I was a bit weary on staying here. But, we came on a family trip and this was the family (kids) place. Stayed in the skytower room and the check in desk was kind enough to set us up in a room near the elevator since my mom had problems with her knee. Pleasantly surprised by the room. It was clean and semi-updated. Towels were new since they were still leaving the linty stuff behind. Great view of the pool that we never got to use. The midway and adventuredome is where we spent most of our time. Got good use of our coupon book and my son had the best weekend ever! This place is overly crowded with families, kids and a few strange ones out there. Its a popular place for large groups on convention, competitions and school trips. Because this place is loaded with kids and teenagers...expect the debauchery of kids being kids running around all hours of the night and being loud and obnoxious. Didnt bother me none...these are kids enjoying time away from home! Beware of the typical check in and check out times as it is nearly impossible to get an elevator. Bell Desk was great and helped my mom out with a motorized scooter to get around more comfortably. Dont expect this place to be up to par with the nicer or average casino hotels on the rest of the strip.And it is kind of a distance to walk towards the center of the strip as the casinos on this end of the strip are a bit more spaced out. So, wanna visit vegas on the cheap and with kids? This is a good place. Don't be a cheapo with the valet or bellhop. The service comes in handy. The bellman was nice enough to take all our bags to our car in the skyrise parking tower and loaded them all in for us. Oh and they offer free wifi...but i was never really able to get good use out of it and my reception wasn't that great in the casino. And if you dont want to be woken up by housekeeping early in the morning, place your do not disturb sign on the door before bed. They woke us up both mornings pretty early to clean our rooms.