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| - Why, oh why, does the greener grass over the fence always end up bitter and tasteless.
I found the hotel of my dreams the last time I stayed in Vegas. The Signature. It's quiet, room service at 1:30am is prompt and delicious and you can fit more clowns in the giant two person jacuzzi tub than in a VW beetle.
But this time we jumped on a deal to stay 3 nights at the Aria. One of the strips newest babies and supposedly a high tech wonder.
We drove up from Phoenix after work and didn't check in until after 11 at night, and the highest up we could get was the 4th floor. Yay. Paid extra for the Deluxe City View and got a deluxe view of the valet drop-off overhang.
Entrance to the room was nice, lights came on, curtains opened and soft music from the TV. That's about where the niceties stopped. 100lbs of covers on a to tall, to soft bed. It all ended up on the floor.
The next morning I found out several bulbs were out in the room. One in the shower, one in the weird frosted toilet area and the close up mirror. BTW what idiot decided to put a mirror next to the light switches. You either shut off the lights with your shoulder and you cant raise your right elbow.
The TV was horrible. The syncing between the audio and video was off, so any TV watching was akin to an old style dubbed karate movie. The touch pad also required a fair amount of pressure to function. For a place that touts it's high-techness, this is an uber fail.
The worst part is their TSA like card checker at the base of the guest elevators. Regardless of the time of day or how full your hands are with hot coffee from the cafe (or maybe because of it), you may be chosen at random to drop it all and show your room key to the over eager prison guard wanna be. If I wanted to go through a security checkpoint every time I came back, I'd be sleeping at the airport. Of course advising the person that you will no longer be staying there because of this, only earns you a healthy look of contempt.
There was nothing there worth visiting. The architecture of the casino only increases the noise levels. Other than the Lemongrass restaurant (which is hidden and unadvertised on the directional signs) and the Radiance jewelry store - very interesting watches and the staff are happy to talk regardless of your apparent income bracket - are both interesting if you happen to be there.
First and last time we'll stay there. The stay was so disturbing and uncomfortable came very close to packing my things up and move over to the Signature.
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