Okay-maybe i stayed in the old tower because all the pictures on here do not look like the place I stayed at. I'm reading these reviews and I see i should have asked to stay in the newer part of the hotel. Maybe they reserve the crap rooms for people that use the travel sites (like me).
I reserved via Expedia and pre-paid, i was asked upon checking in if i wanted to upgrade to a junior suite for an extra $25 a night. I thought it was a fantastic deal so did it. I just got home and checked my credit card statement and found out it wasn't a great deal, the Palms charged me the base cost (which i already paid) plus the upgrade fee. They are in the process of refunding the $200.
I got to my "non-smoking" room and it stunk. The room was really dated and the television was just like my tv from college that i just got rid of. Old style big clunky television that was all static. My white comforter had a suspicious blue stain all over it... I will say the bathroom was decent-except for the leaky shower head.
The entire old tower stinks like smoke and rattles all night because of the clubs, i was on the tenth floor and woke up at four and the tower was shaking from the music (i had been at another club drinking all night, so it must have been loud to wake me out of that alcohol sleep).
The food court that is located in the casino is decent and there is a movie theater that i wanted to check out. The casino is way off the strip, so it's about $10-15 for a cab.
I ended up mooching off my friends and staying in their fancy room at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay, which was not stinky and where I will be staying next time I'm in Vegas.