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I was here October 10-14 for kickball - it was our big tournament weekend. The Flamingo was our designated hotel, so imagine kickballers from all over the US packed in one hotel (think shit show). I got my own room because my friends' room was already packed, but I didn't mind since we got a pretty good deal. I got there Friday morning (right after the big Yelp OC party) at around 4 in the morning, but I wasn't able to check in til around 11am. My friend let me stay in her room that night since our other friends weren't coming til late Friday afternoon. The guy we talked to when we got there at guest services was awesome - he made it possible so that my room was directly across from my friends and got me early check-in, in addition to letting my friend have a key to my room in case I got locked out.
When I got to my room the next morning, I was really surprised with how big it was. I guess it was one of those mini suites. I had a nice view of the pool/flamingo area, hardwood floors, a king sized bed (you can bet I took up the whole bed by sleeping at an angle), nice sized bathroom, as well as a little couch.
I didn't really take advantage of anything else in this place. I had a staff meeting in the conference room downstairs so I didn't get the chance to go to the pool with all the other kickballers, but from what I saw from the pictures, the pool area was really nice. They had cheap tables and lots of different kinds of slots machine downstairs as well. I liked that the hotel was really close to all the parties we went to that weekend. It's on the strip and pretty much in the middle. The only downside really was all the construction going on. It took us about 30 minutes to figure out where the valet was and it also took a while for valet to get our stuff when we left Monday morning. Overall, this place is pretty sweet for the price I paid. I would definitely get my own room again next year if this is the sponsor hotel for our tournament.
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