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| - a group of us went to vegas this past weekend for my cousins 30th bday, and we decided to stay at the golden nugget, as the majority of us prefer to stay downtown. i was really looking forward to staying at this hotel because of the generally positive reviews i have read via yelp and yahoo.
maybe it had something to do with being spring break, but this place was overflowing with kids, and not teenagers, i mean kids (0-10). who brings kids this young to vegas?? i was with another cousin who has a young son, in which they planned ahead and organized a baby sitter. i counted 7 newborns at the pool! are you kidding me?! on the plus side, the water slide was fun...
the room was nice, but definitely not a room in which you can have a few people crash. i absolutely hated the fact you cannot lock the entrance to the bathroom. seriously, there are two huge sliding doors that open up to a fancy vanity, a lockable toilet room to the left, and a huge shower to the right, but you cannot lock the sliding doors. this would be a great room for a couple, but unfortunately, we requested two queen beds as we knew there would be more people tagging along, and something got fffed up during the reservation, and we were given one king (another reason for the two-star review). also, they make you pay for coffee and water in the room.
the casino was fun, as i ended up winning, but holy crap, the people were so sketchy. mind you, i love staying downtown, and i know it's a bit seedy, but i was expecting a little bit more from the nugget. i have a feeling that the trash from around town migrate here because it makes them feel less trashy. unfortunately, splashing a fresh coat of paint on a crack house doesn't change the fact that it's a crack house. if this were the el cortez or californian, i wouldn't care, but jazzing something up so much for it to ultimately be a ruse is just pathetic...
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