A friend and I stayed at the Excalibur when we were in town to see a concert. I hadn't been in Las Vegas for many years and, quite honestly, thought the idea of themed hotels was kind of dumb. Well, I must admit that the theme does serve to differentiate this hotel from the myriad of others that line the strip and it was kind of fun, in a kitschy way, to see how thoroughly they played out the theme.
My friend is a poker player and spent some time down in their poker area and even won money. She taught me to play the quarter poker machines and I even tried my hand at Pai-Gow but I don't think I'll ever be the gambler she is.
The Starbucks next to poker area did a fabulous job of keeping us caffeinated and the food court upstairs did an admirable job of providing me with Chinese food and cinnamon rolls, even into the wee hours of the morning.
There is a free tram that runs between here and te Luxor and Mandalay Bay (I think) and it's right across the street from the MGM Grand where we attended the concert.
The room was not fancy, but it was cheap and got the job done.
My favorite thing about this hotel was that the bathrooms had Dyson air blade hand dryers that dried my hands in about 5-10 seconds, no lie. I've never used hand dryers that worked so quickly.