Stayed at THE Hotel for 5 days, 4 nights M-F for a conference. Upon arrival, staff was friendly and helpful getting us situated in the room. Located on the 18th floor on the NE tower, we enjoyed a view of the Luxor and McCarran Airfield. Room was large and spacious, I did however have to dial house keeping due to dirty linens (balls of matted hair and the like), a lovely and efficient member of housekeeping was up with in 1/2 an hour, even turned down the beds for us. (NOTE if you are calling housekeeping, be sure to turn your don not disturb sign off and the housekeeping one ON.) Once kids were in bed, I organized our snack area. In the living room they do provide a "wet bar" with 2 regular glasses, 2 wine glasses, an ice bucket, and a tray of "snacks".... expensive snacks. we filled our ice bucket and used it to keep beverages cold (we brought a small container of milk that stayed cold and was a nice treat for breakfast.) Bedroom & Living room areas featured floor to ceiling windows, dimming lights and blackout curtains.
Each morning, the kids enjoyed the enormous bath along with their favorite PBS or NICK friends (tv in the bath, as well as a phone and digital scale). bath samples included body balm, shampoo, cond, bath salts, shoe polish, shower cap, mending kit, bath soap and hand soap. The extra half bath was a plus. Dining:
Never ate at THE Hotel.
Luxor food court (accessible by following the Mandalay Place walkway and turning L towards Starbucks... we had McDonald's there. There is also several others Nathan's Hot Dogs, and a smoothie place I believe)
Excalibur buffet was average. Carving Station, Mexican, Asian, Fruits, Desserts, Salad. One night my kids had the dolphin..
Food court included McD's Krispy Kream, Quiznos, and a Chinese place (good by my standard) on the other side of the buffet away from the main area.
Food Court located next to MGM (North) has Wendy's Subway & various others.
Activities:
Monorail baby. Kids grooved that thing..Free (Train 1 stops at LUXOR , Train 2 is express to Excalibur.)
Excalibur: arcade on lower level you pay to play.
NYNY Roller coaster: something like $14 a person, my kids were content to sit in the food court there and watch it go by.
Rain forest cafe @ MGM lots of toys to tinker with, aquarium, animated animals, food (a bit pricey)
Lion Habitat @ MGM Lions switch out from 3:30 -4:30 other wise I believe it's a 9a-9p deal. You can walk through the gift shop via a tunnel THROUGH the habitat. Trainers play with and encourage activity. I think we went there every day. Cost: free.
M&M Store: North of MGM 10 min walk maybe. 4 floors of melt in your mouth goodness. Floor 3 has a walk through "production factory", and movie. LOTS of stuff to buy. Cost: Free.
Tidbit:
If you need drinks, meds, toiletries , there is a Walgreens just up and past the M&M store. Go during the day. As all the local color and "adult entertainment vendors" are passing out advertisements when dark. ALSO there may be folks on the walkways asking for handouts, just so you're not surprised.
With a little planning and creativity, the kids will never notice the : "sin" of "Sin City"! =0)












