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| - Usually I stay @ the Wynn or Encore, but this was a short 2 night stay so we pricelined it and got Aria for $129 night, which ended up being way too overpriced for what you get. I can stomach the resort fee since you you get internet and it is pretty much unavoidable these days, but this place is so not amazing and doesn't meet my 4-5 star expectations!
Yeah the curtains are remote controlled, but the fancy stuff stops there. The room was a lot smaller than the ones @ the Wynn, and the bathroom didn't have that wow factor. No tv in bathroom, super scratchy towels, stinky shower with bathtub in it, and the very new bed had a big dent (aka hole) on hubby's side of the bed. We should have complained, but hubby said no point moving rooms since just walking to the room from the lobby is a feat since this place is so huge. I believe there are over 300 rooms on each floor and the walk to the elevator is looooong. We parked in self-park and followed the bad signs which just meant meandering through the casino for eons before we found the lobby for check in. Check in was easy and smooth, but by the time we got to our room it was 1 1/2 hour after we landed @ LAS! Be prepared!
The decor and ambience was new, but blah and looked like any other generic hotel you see these days. There was no Vegas vibe at all, and it lacked any character. Checkout was easy, though, as you can just leave the keys in your room, at 11am.
Vanilla smell was ok, and not overpowering, but hotel is pretty far back off the strip and we took the tram to the Bellagio. Didn't bother with Crystal high end shops, and all we ever saw were tons of businessmen.
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