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| - My first overnight at the Bellagio, and I have got to say ... IT WAS AWESOME! I'm usually swayed by some super-low-rates or new casino promotions at other properties, and I like to earn my Starwood points at the Westin, but this time everyone was at the Bellagio for a recent family get-together, so I joined in.
My recommendation to fellow Yelpers is to go for the Belllagio Suite. Not the penthouse or anything crazy, just the basic Bellagio Suite. These are plenty of promotions and discount codes out there; you'll end up paying about 1.5 times the price of a regular room, and you are going to thank me! My promotion (Bellagio Summer) included a $100 food and beverage credit. Yes, there is a $28 "resort fee," but everyone seems to have that nowadays. But, you say, I'm never in the room anyway except to sleep. Hear me out, I say. Here's why the suite life is so sweet:
1. Preferred Check-in. The Bellagio lobby, though pretty, is always in a state of pandemonium. Suite guests get their own "Invited Guest" line which was never mobbed during my four day stay. Totally worth it to whisk in and out. Fancier suite guests get their own check-in room, but no need to go there.
2. Front of line pass. The Bellagio buffet is, I suppose, a must do. When my group arrived, there were over 300 people in the buffet line, snaking out along the casino. The VIP line, for high rollers and other cool guests like you, had not one guest in it. Suite holders get a free front of line pass, good for the buffet and the Bellagio Cafe. Worth its weight in crab legs! We were inside and seated within two minutes.
3. The room. Suites are on high floors, 27 and up, and have their own elevator banks. Even the suite hallways are different, and, not to sound boy scoutish about it, they are just beautiful; my friends from lower floors were astounded. We did not spring for the much pricier Fountain View suites (for eyeballing the famed Bellagio fountains), but the standard view suite (of the Rio and beyond) is pretty awesome. Even for a jaded Vegas Yelper, the suite furnishings and size will take your breath away. Three bathrooms, a huge 600SF living room with furniture I would like to have, and separate 600SF bedroom with super comfy beds. I'm a sucker for that TV-in-the-bathroom-mirror thing, and there are two.
OK, enough already, give it a try. A hit!
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