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[Jaya]

Mom, DH & I are heading to Vegas for Thanksgiving to spend some time with my best friend & her family. We usually stay down at the Bellagio end of the strip, but they've already all booked rooms at the Excalibur. I've never stayed down at that end (never even been IN any of the hotels!) and I'm hoping some of you can give me some reviews of the Excalibur or nearby hotels. All we need is a room with 2 QUEEN (not full!) beds that is nice. We usually stay at the Rio, so something on par with that class (read: Not Circus Circus!) would be fine for us (I've been in the business, I'm a little bit of a hotel snob. )

in advance!!

[Irene]

<font color="blue"> Hi I was in Vegas Superbowl week. It was a business trip. Due to the size of the crowd some of us got to stay in Paris and others in Bally.

I got Bally . . . I got a room in the area that was recently renovated. It was nice. The best part was being basically in the center. We were able to walk to MGM and the Mirage. We did one direction one day and the other direction the next day.

The monorail should be working now I believe. While we were there. I saw it. I kept telling my co-workers I saw the monorail outside my window and of course no one believed me. </font>

[goofy4goofy]

My best friend and I stayed at Treasure Island in May..and absolutely loved it!!! The rooms were gorgeous!!! We had a Tower Deluxe room that overlooked the Strip and pool. It was great! It was within walking distance to most of the Strip resorts (including Mirage, Imperial Palace, Caesar's, Bellagio, Flamingo, Paris and the Italian one that escapes me right now).

I thought Excalibur was ok, but more of a family place (not that there is anything wrong with that..but I was trying to escape my "mommyness" for the week..I was traveling for the first time without my 3 year old). I hear they have a great buffett though! Right next door is New York New York and across the street is MGM Grand! It's actually in a nice location for some casino/hotel touring on that end.

I think you'll have a great time!
Kelly

[JulieandChris]

We were in Las Vegas last year and visited alot of the hotels, I came back thinking I would love to stay at the Mandalay Bay- what a beautiful place.
The Excaliber is great for families, but I thought it was looking tired.
How about New York New York?
We stayed at the Paris which was wonderful.
Julie.

[PhillyPooh]

My best friend and I stayed at Mandalay Bay last May. It was absolutely wonderful, can't wait to go back.

[Figmentlvr427]

My DH and I went with his family from Arizona. WE didn't get to choose our hotel. My husbands cousin did. Which was The Boardwalk. Not a very nice place. Quite far from everything. It took us a half hour to walk to Treasure Island one night. Vegas is very nice though. We walked through all of the hotels. My DH's favorite was New York New York. Mine was Paris (I've been to Paris so I was the only one that appreciated it). My other favorite was Aladdin. Just because it was really cool on the inside. If we go again and get to choose our hotel it will probably be New York New York. Have a great time!!

[Las17]

My DH goes to Vegas once a year and offers the following: He has stayed at Ceasars, Hilton, MGM and the Luxor with the Luxor being his favorite due to the theming. MGM is great for its sheer size (Largest hotel in the world). Ceasars is definitely upscale. Hilton just boring. He has spent much time just walking the strip and has picked several others he would like to stay at. Mandalay Bay is gorgeous (they also own Circus Circus, Luxor, Excalibre and Monte Carlo). The Excalibre is an older property that recently went through a major renovation but is still kind of worn. The corner where Luxor, Mandalay and Excalibre are can all be walked through without ever going outside. It's about a two mile walk, all inside from Mandalay, thru Luxor and on to Excalibre. Really cool. Once you leave Excalibre, you can cross the street to New York New York on one corner or the Tropicana on the other. Once you cross to one of those, you can cross the street (via a overhead walkway) to MGM. This is my favorite area of the strip. If money is no object, the most expensive rooms on the strip are at the Bellagio. Very beautiful. Also very nice is the Venetian, also very expensive. Go to Luxor.com and check their rates and you can also check the rates of their other properties from the same site. Have a great trip!

[Straitlover]

On the Travel2Vegas message Boards (www.travel2vegas.com), there is a section for Hotel Deals. You might be able to find soemthing good there.

Excaliber has kids, kids and more kids. I also read on that same website above about some guy that found a dead prostitute under his bed there!!

If you wanted to try and catch a deal at the Luxor, here's a hint: on the Sky Auction website (www.skyauction.com), in the Las Vegas section, they have auctions from time to time on a Bid Per Night at a Luxury Las Vegas Hotel; they don't give the name. However, the auction talks about the "inclinator". Well, the elevator at Luxor is called an inclinator because of the pyramid shape of the hotel; it goes up at an incline! The Bid Per Night auctions have a $32/night fee, so if you were able to win an auction for say a $20 bid, that means you would get a room for $52/night, tax included. Sky Auction is legit; I have used it several times myself, twice for Disney trips. I just checked, and they don't have one of these auctions open right now, but keep your eyes open; it'll show back up. Usually the Bid Per Night ones are not good deals, but in this case it could be.