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| - The companion and I were planning out first trip to Las Vegas just a few weeks ago. I narrowed our hotel choices down to just a few based on reviews: The Mirage, The Flamingo, and New York New York.
I chose NYNY because it looked the most exciting and had a fairly good location as well as by far the lowest price of the good hotels. We booked the rooms (three days, two nights) and started packing.
Arrival was a little irritating, unlike most hotels where you park out front and go in for a quick registration, you have to actually go around back, park, then walk all the way down to the front desk. A minor inconvenience and I can see how the valet area would get packed quickly, but still unintuitive. When we got to the front desk we chatted a bit with the girl checking us in. My limitless charm netted us a free upgrade from the Skyline to the Park Avenue Deluxe. What a sweetheart!
When we got to the room we were instantly impressed and amazed with the quality of it all. The marble tiled bathroom, enormous bathroom, great view. It was fantastic. I highly recommend the Park Avenue as the minimum choice for staying here. Even if it isn't a free upgrade it's well worth the small price premium.
Other amenities were nice. The spa gave a great massage and had great features, the restaurants we ate at (Chin Chin, Gallagher's, and Gonzalez Y Gonzalez) were actually really good, and the overall upkeep seemed really great. We also watched Zumanity which I highly recommend.
I am very happy I chose NYNY as my hotel for my first trip to Vegas. That coupled with the choice to go during the week (Tues-Thurs) netted us an amazing experience that wasn't diluted with the weekend party crowd and seas of people flooding the streets. I highly recommend NYNY, and I'm sure I'll stay here again in the future.
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