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| - This hotel might be great at the price point being offered today, but my experience is based on a visit prior to the economic downturn that is currently taking place.
The only real advice I can provide that hasn't been covered in other reviews is that I wouldn't stay in the Zanzabar suite or anything in that stack of rooms. If you look at the NYNY Hotel from the outside, you will see that there are several "buildings" that make up the rooms of the hotel. For the Zanzabar Suite (and certainly some other room types) the exterior is green glass. In theory, it sounds nice, but after a few hours in the green glow, I was ready to leave. It did not provide a good feeling. Sound strange? Check it out for yourself. I have spoken to others who experienced the same thing.
As for the hotel and the amenities, I don't really know what to say. I don't understand who NYNY is trying to target. They have magnet stands and Nathan's Famous hot dogs for sale when you walk in, a roller coaster and arcade for kids, and a themed restaurant row. However, it is all wrapped around a casino that is for adults. Didn't Vegas give up on the "kid friendly" thing in the 90's? Time to renovate? I think they did...oh well.
I can tell you that the worst massage I have ever received came from the spa in this hotel back in 1999. I can also tell you that the pool is in a terrible location where most of the sunlight is blocked by the towers of hotel rooms.
On a lighter note, I once saw a guy in the NYNY casino win a small jackpot on the Wheel of Fortune machine. The next day when I walked by the same machine, he was still sitting there. I asked him how things were going and he said that the machine was still paying out. He was smiling ear-to-ear. The day after that when I walked by, the entire bank of machines had been removed from the casino. I have no further information to share so you will have to decide how much of that is good vs. bad.
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