I can only talk about the CASINO here, but from my impression of that I don't know that I'll ever experience the hotel by choice. (Maybe due to the price or demands from friends who want to see the slanted windows in the main building, but never without significant prodding.) The casino's fine, but there's an overall worn feeling. It's also overly dark, feels much smaller than it is, and over the years has seen significantly increasing clutter with the massive additions to the atrium level. I will say that the hotel gets some amazing exhibits and staff is very friendly. But for now it'll mostly remain for me a brief stop to see what exhibits are there on my walk to or from Mandalay Bay.