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| - I've been going to Vegas from a young age and the Luxor was the casino that I always wanted to stay at because it is a pyramid. The closest I got was Circus Circus at the other end of the Strip. Lo and behold, there was a Groupon deal advertising $33 prices per night. The advertised rate was misleading. I looked at the calendar and many weekends (Fri-Sun) were upwards of $200/day. I saw that the beginning of September (1-3) was available near the advertised price so I took the bait. I made reservations for 3 weekday nights after consulting with my man who had wanted to go for over a year. The die was cast! I was then unpleasantly surprised to learn they charge $25 per night for resort fees (FINE PRINT). Damn, that nearly doubled the advertised price and I was no longer happy. i thought it would be close to $100 for three days, but it ended up being just over $200.
We drove early in the morning from LA (4:30 in the morning). The drive was only bad because the sun rose and made it difficult to see the road (DANGEROUS). We arrived around 9 am. We went to eat and found a way to waste time (we were suckered into going to the Jockey's timeshare presentation and let me tell you those people were not pleased when we said N-O 5 times).
After wasting several hours, we headed to the Luxor, which is still quite the looker on the outside. We found the guest parking lot and were given a hard time by the parking attendant-this is the only hotel that hounds people parking in their "self-park" lot (I visited the Mirage, Bellagio, Wynn, Planet Hollywood, LINQ).
We waited in the food court and decided to grab some fries because we did not want to pay more money for checking in early. We make our way to the check-in at 3 pm. The line is somewhat filled (half), but there were a lot of workers. We get a lady who has no clue; she was curt and did not give us information or inform us about our $20 credit/coupon.
We were given a room in the PYRAMID on the 22nd floor! The view was amazing. We were facing the pool area. The room itself was basic, somewhat following the Egyptian theme with hieroglyphic painted dresser/chest, headboard, night stands, and lamps. However, the room did not include a refrigerator nor microwave--which is so weird because even at basic hotels like Best Western, they provide a mini fridge and microwave. Ugh, no cold drinks, I guess.
The elevators were also janky, one shook so bad we decided to avoid that one at all costs. Unlike other reviewers, the air conditioning in our room worked too well--my man woke up freezing the first night, lesson learned. The bed was comfy. The bathroom was ok (the sink made a weird draining noise when we were not even using water, hmmm), but I was sad there was no tub to soak in after walking miles along the Strip and inside the malls.
The internet also stopped working the second night, but only for me, not my man. Yeah, not so great when I really wanted to research some things to do while in town.
So the room was decent to average but I ended up feeling like we had paid too much. The novelty of staying in the pyramid wore off rather abruptly. They also cannot be commended on the fact that I had to insist on my $20 credit, which forced me to waste 30 minutes on the second day in the check-in line and 20 minutes on the phone (ugh), They also have the nerve to charge for the nicer pool, (yeah the audacity!) while limiting the pool available for the non-paying masses when several could be easily opened. It is also only 3 feet, so you cannot really swim.
On the flip side, I did win $30 with $5 and $10 with $1 at the slots (but then lost $6 =(). FYI, the food court at the Excalibur is superior, so go over there for fast food.
Ultimately, I probably would not stay at the Luxor again. After all the years I spent wanting to come here, it was not as nice as I hoped it would be. The price did not match the experience (I feel ripped off).
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