This hotel was recommended by my travel agent and boy is she in some trouble when I get to see her. Like the previous reviewer I have to say it is a DUMP with a capital "D". I paid over the odds for this place as well (I found out that the rates are much much cheaper with lots ot travel packages ...but well you live and learn).

So after lining up to check in for at least a half an hour I was given a room in the Skyline Tower that was just awful. I took one look at the bed and went "no way".

I was able to upgrade - at $10 per night (where was the $5 a night upgrade one reviewer mentioned?)- to a room with a pillow top bed in the West Tower. It still was a very basic room - no door on the wardrobe (which couldnt really be called a wardrobe - just a hanging space - but there was only 5 coat hangers which made things a bit difficult). Very basic bathroom and toiletries very average. Trying to call down to reception was a nightmare - go through the choosing of numbers and then get put on hold for ages.

They slug you $1 a day (mandatory) for unlimited local calls (of which I made none) and then the $10 a day for the upgrade. I had a fax come through that I had to pay $5 per page for and then of course there was the $11.95 a day Internet charge. I was not a happy camper at all.

On top of all my woes, the walls were so thin I could hear the family next door quite clearly and it was very annoying when they came in late at night and woke me up and then of course they woke me up in the early morning too. After 3 days that family moved out and then even noiser peope moved in. I just HATED being here.

The hotel is really too far away from the main hustle and bustle and you really need to take a cab to get anywhere. I totally believe the best kindness anyone can do to this place is bulldoze it down and start again.

We were lucky we read the reviews and booked us a king bed room in the newly renovated West Tower.
I have to say for under $50 a night, our king bed west tower room is absolutely a five star indulgence. Hotel website had the picture of the room and what you see is what you get.
Our bed and pillows are so comfortable, I don't even wanna get out of it.
42 inch LCD TV, but not many free TV channels.
No wireless internet, but there were so much to do, I didn't even get a chance to turn on my laptop for our 2 night stay.
If you are on a budget, remeber to get the visit las vegas guide, even the free shows will keep you occupied every day.
We loved the circus show every half an hour. But don't miss the TI pirate ship, Rio dance gals, Bellagio fountain, MGM lion..lots to see even if you are on a budget.
Circus buffet was the cheapest, but our buffet in Rio was the best.
I will stay at Circus Circus again if I don't get a free TimeShare offer from any other hotel, afterall, this is the cheapest option on the strip.

This was our 5th visit to Vegas but our first time staying at Circus Circus. Previously we stayed at Stardust (twice but now demolished), Key Largo (now closed) and Barbary Coast (now name changed). Enjoyed every minute of Circus Circus. The room in the Skyrise Tower was very comfortable. Check in and out was very smooth. When checking in asked for a room with a view of the Strip but the receptionist said there weren't any available however when we got into the room it had about the best view of the strip you could get from Circus Circus.

All the staff were friendly. Did have a car and managed to get out and about. Went to a lovely little vineyard at Pahrump and out the Henderson and Red Rock Canyon as well as plenty of walking. The Duece day pass is excellent value and it lasts 24 hours not just for the day you buy it.

Travelled for the first time with US Airways from Manchester UK via Philadelphia and the flights were all excellent. In fact I think they were the best transatlantic flights we have taken. After all the negative comments about US Airways was very pleasantly surprised.

THIS PLACE IS A DUMP, we had to go thru several rooms to get satisfied enough to at least stay on. Every corner you turn someone has their hand out...A complete milking in everything from the double the quoted room price to the 12 bucks to use the internet each day, no mail service and 5 bucks a pop to receive a fax. The place is old so the deterioration was explainable, the lack caring staff and general lack of enthusiasm makes the place a horror to have to go home to each evening, the cigarette smoke is so bad in the casino we couldnt gamble there, we had to gamble elsewhere.

Lets face it with the face of vegas constantly changing it might be time for circus circus to do the dynamite thing and rebuild and move into the modern age. Oh the Buffet was okay not the best rated in vegas as they claim