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| - The location: Best spot on the strip. You're really not too far from anything on or near the strip. Also, there are no hideously long driveways to walk down in reaching the strip. Once you're out the casino doors, you're standing right on Las Vegas Blvd. In fact, if you go out the main entrance (on the south side of the building where your taxi dropped you off), you can get onto the strip without even stepping into the casino. Not a bad way to avoid a second mortgage.
The rooms: Every time I've been here, I've always upgraded to a "Go" room at check-in. Yes, this is a sales tactic: you book a regular room for $60 a night (this was just our website offer) and it's not ready when you check in, and it won't be for another three hours; and by "three" they really mean "five." However, you can upgrade to a "Go" room for $20 a night more, and that room is ready right now. They're not quite suites, but they're as close to suites as us lower middle class types can get. The room is decorated with very plush furniture, wallpaper reminiscent of a 1940s ice cream parlor, and a pink bathroom with a television built into the mirror so you can watch yourself defecate and CNN at the same time -just like rich people do every day. Of course the best perk of all is that these rooms, at least the ones I've been in, have all been right next to the elevator. If you've stayed in a Las Vegas hotel before then you probably know how annoying it is hiking your way through a vast corridor every time you want to go down to the lobby and tell the hotel staff that you've stopped up the toilet again (no more poop jokes, I swear). Personally, I think they're totally worth it.
The casino: Aside from being very pink and very orange, it's nothing special. On a slow afternoon you might be able to find low stakes Blackjack, otherwise, be ready to shell out at least $20 a hand. Craps tables can be a bit lower, and they do offer daily tutorials on how to play Craps for those whose internet search skills are stuck in 1998 doing the Jesus dance with the monkey drinking its own urine. The goal obviously is that you end up playing Craps at their tables and, hopefully, compelling your child into a future life paying high interest loans from DeVry. Also, the cocktail service was about as dry as the desert surrounding the city. If you want close gaming, I'd recommend a fifty foot walk to Bill's Gamblin' Hall next door.
The pool: Very good. Not the best on the strip, but still relaxing. It gets a bit chilly, but on a 110 degree day it doesn't matter much. Of course, the pool side Blackjack tables don't keep you free from the casino's greedy clutches, but who cares? There's a waterslide!
The buffet: It's pretty unremarkable -for breakfast anyway. I've snuck into senior citizen brunches more exciting than this. There are more interesting buffets near the Flamingo for the same price.
Overall, this would be the ideal place to stay for a Vegas vacation. Yeah, the food, gaming, and entertainment may be pricey and mediocre, but you're not buried into one sector of the strip. It's an easy walk to pretty much anywhere to get whatever the Flamingo might be lacking.
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