I stayed at the Excalibur Hotel-Casino during my recent trip to Vegas. It was one of 4 hotels associated with the conference I was attending - Mandalay Bay, Luxor, and NY-NY were the others. Excalibur was the cheapest.
Rough impression from visiting the other 3 casinos? This was the one that felt the cheapest. That being said, it wasn't a terrible place to stay. The tram runs directly from here to Mandalay Bay, the conference casino. There's a walkway directly to the NY, as a gateway to the rest of the strip. There was nothing especially objectionable about the rooms or casino itself, it just had a cheesier feel to it.
It had penny video poker, my game of choice while I was in Vegas. I'm not a gambler.
The biggest problem? When we arrived, midday Sunday, there was no food! Seemed like every place in the casino was closed. That's what left us stranded at Dick's Last Resort! Because it was, it really was.
There was also a bikini-clad dancer at the Excalibur at this time, a phenomenon I didn't see there or elsewhere the rest of the trip. Weird.
You know what area they fall down on? Toilet seats. That's right. I sat down on the (closed) toilet seat, and... it cracked in half. Look, I've put on a few pounds in the last years, but I'm still on the slim side of your average adult male. Toilet seats shouldn't just split apart!!!
Ok, really, there aren't many problems to complain about. Nothing super stellar though, either. I don't have anything to compare it to, as it was the only place we STAYED, but a lot of the other casinos gave the impression of being more fun and exciting and novel.