Guest Review of Luxor Las Vegas

Guest review by Rkstinger, visited 'November 2007

From Rkstinger: Check In, on Sunday afternoon, was a MESS! I waited in a zig-zag line for WELL over an hour and when I got to the desk, even though I was told (over the phone when planning my trip) a cashier's check was acceptable payment, it was NOT! They sent me (lugging my HEAVY suitcases across the casino) to the cashier's cage, to get cash for payment (I didn't PLAN to use a credit card for payment, I wish I had).

I supposedly upgraded my small spa suite to a large spa suite and was disappointed. I expected a couch, coffee table, BIG TV and a view, to lounge around after a full day of site-seeing. Instead, I got a small table, with 2 wobbly chairs around it, a 27 inch TV (that was SMALL, when viewing from the bed) and a view of THEHotel's air conditioners. The suite (if you can call it that) was VERY spartan indeed, CLEAN (good housekeeping daily), but NOT worth the $200 per night. I loved the hot tub (VERY relaxing), but diddn't spend very much time in my room at all, during my trip.

The worst part of my stay was having to zig-zag my way through the casino, avoid the ongoing construction project (that completely closed off the center of the casino) several times a day, just to get to and from my room. After getting lost MANY times (inside the casino), having to ask directions from employees (who would point and say that-a-way) and retracing my steps often, due to BAD signage (that didn't take construction into account) I finally got to know my way around, by the END of my 4 night stay.

The Inclinators were a hassle also! I was on the 10th floor and was not expecting a motion ride on every trip. People told me they were no big deal, believe me, they WERE! Having to hug the right wall at the start of the ride, then the left wall as the ride stopped, in order to keep from falling over, almost made me ill.

The motion rides (excluding the inclinators) were LAME and outdated. The shops had all the same stuff (if you had seen one of them, you saw them all). The Carrot Top show was WAY too expensive and always sold out.

Even with these few problems I still had a good stay. The location, being at the far side of the strip, was great (everything except Mandalay Bay, was to the North). The valet parking was very useful and the staff very friendly (other than the lady who wouldn't accept my cashiers check).

The best part was that the Poker Room was within sight of my inclinator. I'd finish every night with their midnight poker tourney (gobbling many free drinks) and wobble my way to my room without a problem.

I chose the Luxor because I am very interested by the Egyptian theme, BUT I hear that they are getting RID of that, in the VERY near future! Glad I got to see it (at least what was left of it, half way gone) before they completely get rid of the theme.

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