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| - Vegas hotels are a bit like their showroom magicians. A lot of slight of hand sells you on doing things that, anywhere other than Las Vegas, you might balk at. The Wynn is the Lance Burton of hotels. Slick, smooth, and opulent, from the multi-million dollar waterfalls to the championship golf course right behind the hotel, to the spacious rooms with flat screen tvs, it would appear that no expense has been spared to make your visit a memorable one.
The reality is a little less obvious than the smoke and mirrors that dazle you here, and I can see why Wynn hasn't dominated the Bellagio, THEHotel or Four Seasons, which, if you're reading this, you may also be considering.
I should add that I don't gamble, so how good or bad the casino is will have to be left to those with that bent. I also don't smoke, and I'm a lightweight drinker, which just puts me in a category of non-addictive personality that Vegas just hates.
If you don't have deep pockets, forget about the casino tables or the slots... The food and services here are all obscenely expensive. Double just about every bill that you're used to getting most other places. Admittedly, some of the restaurants feature the best chefs in the world, so the $145/per person to eat at Alex may be worth it, but the steakhouse is not all that great and you can find a better meal at other major eateries for about 1/3 to 1/2 less.
The golf course is beautiful, but at $500.00 a round, it's pretty empty. I hear that high rollers get to use it for free.
For a hotel that spent millions on one fountain display, and has spent millions more on the entry ways, carpets, etc. the ventilation system is its achilles heel. I'm on a smoke free floor but the air is carried up from the casino floor and the hallways reek of smoke. Point to Bellagio which manages that much better. Smoking is "allowed" in the casino but in practical fact it's allowed everywhere but the restaurants because no one is going to stop you. If you're not used to smoky environments, you will feel it quickly. If I wanted that, I would go to the Venetian and die from the pollution, and we're not talking the canals.
The view from our side of the hotel, where they have King/Queen combos (read families), faces the golf course, which is cool, and the construction of the new tower here at the Wynn which is not... Did they mention that I might be awakened at 5:30am by the construction when we booked? Noooo...
Okay, so that won't happen to most of you because you're booking after 2008's early part of the year. Or will it? The Frontier next door went down and a multi-billion (Yes B billion) development is going up there. READ MORE NOISE. To be fair, Bellagio is sitting next to a massive construction project at the moment too, but most of their rooms are not exposed to it.
It is a nice hotel, with fabulous fixtures. I think I would stay at Bellagio or THEHotel next time. Even though I can easily afford it, I take offense to $7.00 bags of potato chips and feeling nickled-and-dimed on everything.
Then again, this place works on PT Barnum theory, so I'm sure that the next sucker that comes along will pay it with a big smile and point to the nice trees in the entry and the lovely marble and the designer shopping and enjoy the slight of hand.
With all of the new hotels springing up that are one-uping each other, Wynn should focus on things that induce more customer loyalty and less shopping the latest and greatest.
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