| rev:text
| - Caesars promotes the image of being classic and extravagant. It's certainly one of the largest and oldest casino/hotels on the strip and represents old-world charm.
I got a free upgrade to the Augustus tower. It is one of the newer towers, so I expected it would have modern upgrades. Granted, the room has a spa tub and granite tile shower with a large shower head. However, Caesars fails to meet expectations by the small TV in the main room area, a tv in the bathroom that is not hooked to the same cable tv system as the main tv, a Keurig coffee make without any coffee supplies, and most importantly, a place where most hotels fail in this age of mobile devices, there is a huge lack of power outlet locations for charging devices.
In Vegas, be ready to walk, and Caesars is no exception. The parking lot is far away and the forum shops are long stretches of mazes.
Just because of where you are, expect to pay more. As if Starbucks coffee weren't expensive enough, Caesars Starbucks charges double the price in many cases.
One thing I like about Caesars is that at the blackjack table, I can play two hands without having to bet double the minimum. Also, this is one of the few places that still shuffles by hand, giving you that mental break in between shoes. That's one classic part of Vegas they need to keep.
The problem with many casinos is the shift to eye-candy dealers like their Pussycat Dolls blackjack area where they take away the players' margin of winning by paying blackjack at 6-to-5 instead of 3-to-2. Sure sometimes the dealers are nice to look at, but don't play at those tables.
|