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| - As a kid I was really into Egyptology stuff, and in 1996-ish I was staying with an uncle in Arizona, when my mom picked me up to take me back home to Oregon we flew out of Las Vegas, we had the time so my mom took me to the arcade in the Luxor and that awesome.
But that was a long, long time ago. I recently booked a vacation on a whim to Las Vegas and was excited to see we would be staying at the Luxor since I had awesome memories nearly 20 years ago. But a lot has changed in 20 years - but you wouldn't know that by the rooms at the Luxor.
Like many others we were hit with a fee when checking in we didn't even know about and there was no getting out of it. We were told free continental long distance was included in our room, but that didn't turn out to be true.
Then onto our room. The way the elevators are placed in the Luxor there are two in either corner, well our room was in the corner not near the elevator. Which basically meant we had to walk to one end of the casino to get the elevator then walk all the way back to get to our room. Not a big deal, unless you've been out walking the strip ALL DAY LONG and by the time you get back to your room and your buzz is wearing off the last thing you want to do is keep walking, and walking, and walking, and walking. The elevators are also kind of frightening. They had more turbulence then our flight in and I thought for sure we were going to get stuck in them one evening.... no they just paused..... for...... a..... terribly.....long....... time.
The room itself was dingy and grimy and the smell could knock you out. I'm a pack a day smoker and the air quality in our room was disturbing..... Our air conditioning had a mind of it's own, sometimes the room was so cold you needed a parka and other times I was sure we were baking alive in the room.
I didn't find the staff to be particularly helpful or friendly in an area of the hotel or casino. Everyone who worked their seemed to hate their life and hate ours just for being there.
Sooooo.... would I stay there again? If it was the only cheap place I could find - maybe. But I think you're better off if you're booking online to spend the fifty bucks up and stay at a different hotel. Also, it's so far down the strip it's kind of no-mans land.
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