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| - This was my sister's first stay in Vegas and my 2nd (as adults). She was recommended the Rio by a coworker who lives there so she found a deal online and we booked it.
All in all it was a really nice hotel. Even though it is off the strip, there is a shuttle (as many mention) that takes you back and forth to Paris/Bally's and Harrahs. As everyone has noted, the rooms are HUGE. The sofa was plenty comfy. They had a lot of coupons in their booklet that helped bring the cost down for us on things like super fancy meal at the Seafood restaurant and for the show.
I wanted to like the pool area, but unfortunately when we went to go swimming at 3 on a Sunday, they had closed the whole area to get ready for a concert in the evening. What?! That was very disappointing as I had been dreaming all day about going swimming in the pool. When they did reopen the area at 4:30ish (to let the concert goers in) the concert was free, so we got to go in and swim, but then it was just weird because it was mostly full of people there for the concert, so we didn't stay long.
The dealers we experienced were for the most part really nice and helpful. There was only one I had a negative experience with and luckily her boss was right there when she made the mistake so I didn't have to argue with her. We had a very helpful roulette dealer in the early afternoon who showed my sister the ins and outs of betting which she appreciated since she had never done it before.
I found the beds to be off-puttingly firm, so I didn't like that. They also had (at least in our room) a weird window in the shower that looked into the room so when you were in there showering I felt a little exposed (It was only my shoulders up but I'm at 5'7" Any taller and you maybe exposing more). That meant, too, that if you turned on the light in the bathroom in the middle of the night, there was a flash of light in the room too.
All in all, though, it was a fun weekend getaway. We probably could have not left the hotel at all and had a pretty good time just there.
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