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| - My woman and I stayed here for NYE 2011 and could not have been happier. We were bummed that everything closer to the Strip was sold out when we booked and this was the only option. Our feelings about being so far away from the action quickly vanished when we walked into the lobby. I've stayed at a lot of Hilton properties and by far, this was the nicest. The hotel staff was extremely pleasant, nobody was pushing Timeshares on us, and the place was very clean. The rooms are the nicest you will get outside of 5* resorts on the Strip. Bed was comfy, lighting was perfect (especially when hungover), rooms were easy to get to, and spotless.
The only downside of staying here was that on NYE the entire Strip closes at 4pm, so we weren't able to take a taxi or anything else to get into the center of the action. Looking at these giant resorts makes you think they are a short walk away, long story short we walked to Mandalay Bay and back that night and it only took about 4 hours. There is no casino here, but if you need to gamble it's easy to walk across the street to Circus Circus, Riviera or Stratosphere. In the future we probably wont stay here again while we're young and want to be in the middle of the party, but I can definitely see this being our place to stay a decade or more from now.
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