Las Vegas & California Trip - Part 7 (Heading back home)

From a great time in Vegas and California, it was time to go back home.  It's so true, whoever has said this that "time flies when you are having fun" .... and that's exactly what had  happened.  I didn't even realize where my week went by :).

We got up at 6 am and got ready by 6:30 am.  We headed to the lobby of Travelodge to get some breakfast before we start the long drive.  I checked out of the hotel, we wrapped up everything and then started the drive around 7 am.  The drive was not bad and we kept it steady.  This time, we only stopped twice in between, once for restroom break and then for lunch break.  After that my dad drove all the way to Colorado with no stops which was around 300 miles or so.  I don't know how he does it but I don't think I will be able to drive straight like that.

On the way to home, we encountered some beautiful scenery and fall colors!!  Check it out!!

We finally got home around 8 pm and it was great to be back home!!! Home Sweet Home :).  One thing is for sure....no matter wherever you go, for however long you go, there is nothing like home!!

Well, with this post, I conclude my marathon of vacation-posts and hope you enjoy each one of them as much as I enjoyed writing them.  I don't think I am going on another vacation any time soon...so until then, I will find something else to write about and to entertain you with.  I have started back the cooking experiments and already had a successful run at making Mutter Paneer, so I will be posting the recipe soon.

Have a nice day, everyone!!

Travelodge Las Vegas Hotel (next to Circus Circus)

I had booked Bally's hotel for my 2 night stay and since we had to stay another night at Vegas on Friday, coming back from LA, I booked Travelodge hotel (next to circus circus) which had reasonable charge for a Friday night stay ($80/night w/ tax) unlike other hotels which were super expensive.  I had seen some reviews online and based on that decided on this hotel since there weren't that many options for me and plus we just needed the place to stay the night since the next morning we were going to head out earlier.  Anyways, with that here goes my review!

Room & Lobby:
We pulled into the parking lot of the Travelodge hotel and the lobby is right there at the entrance (we missed it actually and went inside a bit before finding out that it was right at the entrance).  We walked to the lobby...or should I say lobby "slash" breakfast area.  It was very small and I can see it get crowded instantly if 4 or more people came to check in at the same time.  The check in was quick and I requested for a room on the main floor which ended up being a room at the very back of the hotel, but that's ok since we had a car and weren't going to walk to that room anyways!!

We got to the room and there was a big surprise!! The size of the room was much much smaller than what we had expected and also smaller from what I had seen in the pictures of the hotel.  This was basically 1/3rd size of the Bally's room and not suitable for 4 people.  There was hardly any room to walk around and 4 of us kept running into each other while trying to get around bed or while going to the bathroom.  My mom was a bit disappointed seeing the room, and honestly, I was disappointed too!  After staying at Bally's spacious room, who would want to stay here!!  Well, I managed to convince myself and my parents that we are just staying here for one night and leaving early next morning, so we can adjust for a short time..(I guess).  We checked the bedsheets and both the beds had some stains on the sheets so we called the front desk and they sent someone out right away.  Also the table lamp bulb wasn't working so that was fixed too.  Apart from this, the bathroom was very small as well and the stand-up shower wasn't that spacious either :(.  The bathroom window wasn't closing properly and since we were on the first floor, I wasn't comfortable leaving it that way, so we called the front desk again and got it closed properly and told the maintenance guy to just lock it completely since we didn't want it open.

Maintenance & Customer Service:
Their staff was friendly and customer service was quick.  Our check-in and check-out was quick as well.  We needed to have our bed sheets changed along with the lamp bulb, so the maintenance lady came pretty fast within 5-10 minutes.  No complaints there.

Breakfast:
Travelodge does provide a morning complimentary breakfast but it doesn't have much to offer.  It had bagels, bread, grape jelly, cream cheese, hot water, tea bags, muffins (I think), and I can't really remember anything else.

Personally, I don't think I would want to stay here again.  There are 2 reasons for it: 1) This hotel is kind of away from the middle of the strip which makes it hard to get to some of the hotels and 2) it wasn't that great stay that I would just come back and stay here.  I would rather pay little more and go somewhere else.  Well, that's my 2 cents!

Las Vegas & California Trip - Part 6

Today was the day when we were leaving LA and heading back to the sin city, Las Vegas :).  I was really excited to go back to Vegas and gamble some more since Vegas was the first place where I actually won some money in gambling!!  Anyways....we packed up and got ready by 10 or so and had really nice lunch around 10:30 or so.  We said goodbyes to my aunt and her friend's family and left for Las Vegas around 11 am.  The weather was hot and the drive wasn't so bad.  We got to Vegas in 4.5 hours.  For a Friday night stay, I had booked Travelodge hotel (next to circus circus) for our stay since all the other hotels were pretty expensive since it was a Friday night.  Before we checked into our hotel, I wanted to stop by the famous "Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas" sign since I had heard so much about it.  I asked about 2 to 3 people on where that sign is located and they just said that it's right across from Mandalay Bay hotel.....well....it's NOT!!! In fact, it's not even in the walking distance from Mandalay bay.  If you are going south on las vegas blvd., you will pass a street called Russel street and then stay on the left most lane and keep your eyes open for the sign and you should be able to see it clear!!  Great thing is that they have decent size parking area for people to park their cars and then take pics by the sign.

Las Vegas sign on Las Vegas Blvd.

We clicked few pictures near the sign and then headed towards the hotel.  Before getting to the hotel, we stopped by a shell gas station to fill up the gas so that we don't have to worry about it in the morning when we drive back home.  Even though Travelodge would have been less than 2 miles away, we got stuck in traffic on las vegas blvd. for about an hour :(....it wasn't fun at all...but the traffic seemed to be cleared up after Treasure Island hotel.  We checked in and got to our room.  Well, the room wasn't as we had expected, but more on that later in my separate post on Travelodge...because I have a lot more to say for that!!  Anyways, we freshened up and then wanted to get something to eat, so my brother and I drove to a Pizza Hut about 1 to 2 miles from the hotel which was right at the intersection of Sahara ave. and Richfield blvd.  We brought it back to the room and ate it together.  After dinner, we walked to the circus circus hotel.  The walk is very short and it's convenient since you don't have to drive your car there.  I feel that this hotel is kind of away from all the action happening in Vegas.  I don't think I would book a hotel in this side of the las vegas blvd. just because there isn't much happening here and it would be a loooong walk to get to any of the big name hotels like Bellagio, or Caesars Palace, Venetian, and many more.

Circus Circus Act

We went straight to the Midway on 2nd floor to see the circus circus acts that were happening every half an hour.  I saw 2 performances and they were both pretty amazing and the performers were from all over the world.  Here is a sneak peak at what we experienced.

We looked around couple of games on the Midway and then headed downstairs to the casino.  My brother found an electric roulette table which was operated by computer so we sat on it to see how it worked for few minutes.  My parents went back to the hotel while we decided to sit and play at the table.

A very important tip for you all first timers, don't get carried away or don't get addicted with any of these games.  You need to stop at some point and get up to make sure that you come out of it happy!! My luck apparently wasn't working tonight since I was loosing.  That wasn't how it was initially...because I won some good amount of money, but then I kept playing and playing and lost all the winning money plus some of my own which I couldn't recover...but then I decided to put a stop right there and not lose any more of my money :).  So, that was a good choice!  Unlike me, my brother had a good luck and he won few $$ which he was happy about.  We both headed back to the hotel to get good sleep before next morning's long drive back to home :).  We called it a night at around 1 am, hoping to wake up early next morning.

Well, before I brief you on my last vacation day, I will post the Travelodge Las Vegas hotel review first...so stay tuned!

Las Vegas & California Trip - DisneyLand

DisneyLand

 After a fun filled day at the Universal Studios, this was going to be another adventurous day at the Disneyland!!  Unlike Universal, disneyland was at least 1 hour drive (that is without traffic).  We kind of made an estimate based on the previous day and thought it would be ok to leave home around 8:15 am but it wasn't very helpful.  Once we got on the Hwy 101, it was chaos!! The scene was completely different from the day before when we had gone to Universal Studios on the same highway.  The traffic was out of control and I kind of assumed that we are not getting to Disney anytime soon.  The 1 hour drive ended up being 2 hour drive :(.  We reached the toy story parking lot around 10:15 am.  The park had already opened at 10 am, and when we pulled into the park, it was hard to find the parking spot which indicated a crowded day indeed!!  The toy story parking lot has buses coming and going which makes the line moving at a steady speed.  We got to the park in less than 5 minutes and while my brother headed to buy the park tickets, I went to rent the electric scooter.  Even though we were half an hour late since the park opened, we were lucky to get the electric scooter with no problem.  In fact, there were at least 10-12 electric scooters parked and available for rent even after the park had been opened for half an hour.  The good thing about Disneyland is that the scooter rental is outside the park and not inside, so you can rent it even without having Disney tickets.  Anyways, without further delay, we went inside Disney to start the day at Disneyland...yay!

Jungle Cruise boat-ride

I wanted to first go to Indiana Jones Ride, but it turns out that the ride has been closed long ago, many months ago.  So, the next stop was Jungle Cruise ride, but apparently that ride was closed until noon so we had to come back after noon.  Anywaaaays....we move on to the Pirates of the Caribbean Ride.  Thankfully, this ride was fully functional and open to public...phew!!!  This is a boat ride and Disney has re-created the atmosphere and environment similar to Pirates of the Caribbean movie.  It's a nice ride.Next we head to the Haunted Mansion.  Note, this is not scary ride at all!! In fact, it's very creative how they have done it and you will enjoy it.  It was already noon after finishing these 2 rides, so we went back to Jungle Cruise where they had opened up the ride.  This is a fun river-boat ride where you will encounter several animals....pretty interesting.

It's a small world

After covering the rides in Adventure land and New Orleans Square, we headed to Frontier land to check out the Big thunder mountain railroad.  This is a train ride...it's fast and it has some drops (not that deep) that will make your tummy tickle :).  I think my parents liked it but they wouldn't want to go on it again.  It was already past noon and we were hungry, so sat down to have nice lunch and relax a bit.  After the lunch, my brother went to get fast passes for Space mountain while my parents and I went to Fantasy land to see It's a small world.  Obviously, it took me so much convincing to take my brother onto this ride the first time, I didn't want to force him to come the 2nd time...in fact he refused instantly as I said that we are going to the It's small world ride....haha.  Well, I enjoy this ride and find it cute and thought my parents will like it too, so took them on this ride.  And they enjoyed it.  Here are some snippets of the ride...aren't they cute??

It's a small world

It's a small world

I think everyone should get on this ride at least once and see it for themselves how beautifully Disney has created the interior for this ride.  After this ride, my brother and I went to Matterhorn Bobsleds.  This is one ride which I wasn't very excited about after I got off....it's very fast and it's got a lot of turbulence.  I don't think I will be going on this ride again.  After this ride, we headed to the Tomorrow land to check out some rides there.  We first went to the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters.  This is fun ride but the only disappointment is that you don't know what you are shooting at.  Your target shows up in front of you but you don't know if the laser on the target is your or someone else's.  Anyways, go on it once and you will know yourself what I mean.  It was already time for our fast pass, so my brother and I went to the  Space Mountain ride.  I remember this ride from Orlando and being disappointed by it because it wasn't as cool as the one in Disneyland....and I was so right!! Disneyland has the best Space mountain ride ever!! It is fast, and it's got a lot of sudden drops and best of all it's a smooth ride unlike the one in Orlando.  So don't miss this ride if you like roller coaster type rides.

Disneyland Parade

From space mountain, we went to Star Tours 3D ride which was just next door.  This is a 3D simulation ride like Simpsons ride (from Universal studios) but not as great as Simpsons but definitely better than the star tours in Orlando's Hollywood Studios.  We still had good time on hands, so my parents and I went back to the Fantasy land to try out some of the kiddie rides :).  First, we went to the Alice in wonderland, followed by Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, and then next door to Peter Pan's Flight.  It was actually fun to get on these kid's rides.  Finally, we headed back to the Tomorrow land because my brother had gotten another space mountain fast pass, so enjoyed the ride again.  There was still time before the parade, maybe 2 hours, so I took my parents to one last stop which was the Tiki Room.  I don't think they really liked it that much...but we kind of got out before it ended.  There was another reason for that...my brother had called to tell us to hurry up because he had saved a spot for us for the parade and it was getting pretty crowded an hour before the parade, so we decided to ditch Tiki room and head to the parade spot.  This is the first time that I have seen the parade at night.  It was different since you get to see the parade in colorful lights, but before the parade started, an Australian dance group presented a dance to give a head start to the parade :).  Check out some parade pics to see how great it was :D.

After the parade ended, we headed straight to the toy story bus stop and luckily we got on the bus in maybe 10 minutes and got to the toy story parking lot.  From there, straight back to my aunt's place.  It was about 9:30 pm by the time we got home and had a really nice dinner.  Next day, we were going to leave from LA and heading back to Vegas.  It was great day but bit tiring so I called it a night earlier and went to bed by 10:30 pm.

Stay tuned for some more Vegas fun coming up....see ya :).

Las Vegas & California Trip - Universal Studios Hollywood

Universal Studios Entrance

Since summer had already passed and now the park wouldn't be too crowded, Universal Studio hours were not that long.  The hours were from 10 am to 6 pm which is still sufficient to cover the entire park and plus it gave us good time in the morning to get ready instead of rushing to come to the park.  The Universal Studios was only supposed to be like 20-25 minutes from my aunt's place but we were warned that we should give double time in traffice if we want to get there before 10.  In fact, we wanted to get there much before 10 so that we can be ahead in the line.  Luckily, we got to the park in like 20-25 mins and there wasn't much crowd either around 9:25 am.  We headed straight to the line (since we already had passes) and they opened the gates 10 minutes before 10.  We were the first customer at the stroller/wheelchair rental, so we picked up the electric scooter for my dad (paperwork was quick too) and then headed straight to the Simpson's ride first!!  My brother and I went on this ride in Universal Studios Orlando and we loved it, so we wanted to take my parents on this ride as well.  This is a simulation ride and I think there is nothing to be scared about, so I think everyone will really enjoy it!! I still feel this is one of the best simulation rides Universal has created.

Set from War of the Worlds (On Studio Tour)

After Simpson's ride, we headed for the Studio tour.  Since my dad had the scooter, we had to wait in a separate line and they made us sit in the first compartment of the tram.  For those of you who haven't been on this tour, if you want to get good view of some of the sites, sit on the 3rd or 4th compartment.  Sometimes, I felt that the view wasn't that great in the first compartment.  This is the 3rd time I have visited Universal in LA, and what was different was the 3D King Kong adventure in the studio tour.  It was amazing!! You actually feel part of the King Kong movie!!  So don't miss the Studio tour if you want to experience this.

After the Studio tour, it was time for Special Effects Stages show.  Remember that this is a timed show and they have fixed timings throughout the day, so plan your day accordingly so you can cover all the shows.  This show was completely different from the last time when I visited in 2007.  Before they used to have entry every half an hour but now they have timings, and before the show used to take place in 3 different rooms where they show you how they build the sound, special effects, and something else...but it used to be in 3 different rooms.  Now, they have everything in one big auditorium like room so you don't have to go from room to room.  Anyways, even this was a lot of fun and very entertaining.  Note, if you want to participate and be part of the show, get in the line for the show much before the start time because they choose volunteers ahead of time to make them part of the show.

Set of Water World Show

After this, our next stop was the Water World show.  This is the best show at Universal Studios.  It has comedy and action combined.  Note that this show has very limited viewing in the day, maybe 2 or 3 shows only, so catch the first one if possible as it tends to get crowded towards the end of the day.  Also, arrive at least 20-25 minutes early to get a head start on the line because this show has packed crowd.  Even if you can't catch the first show, just make sure to catch at least one of the timings .....trust me...you don't want to miss seeing this one!!!  It has some great water stunts by the actors as well.  Ohh...and if you don't want to get wet....DO NOT sit in the splash zone, because the actors purposely throw buckets of water in the splash zone!!  I was not sitting in the splash zone but it was fun to see others getting wet :P.

Transformers 3D Ride - Amazing!!

It was about 1:30 pm by the time we got out and we were hungry, so we decided to take a break and have lunch.  We had a quick bite and then the next show we caught was Terminator 2 3D show.  Unfortunately we got there late for 2 pm show, so we had to wait until 2:20 to get in.  This show runs continuously every 25-30 minutes.  Please be aware that this is the loudest show ever!! But if you haven't seen it before, it's worth watching once (however I have seen it every time I have come to Universal :P....haha)!!  Next, we decided to go on the lower level and check out the new Transformers 3D Ride.  This was another new ride which we had not been on.  If you have been to Islands of Adventure in Orlando, then this ride comes in the same category as the Spiderman 3D ride, but I thought this was much better.  It's a 3D simulation ride which does not stay in one place like Simpson's ride...but the ride actually moves...which makes it a lot of fun.  My parents really liked it.  For those who have wheelchairs and scooters, in order to go to the lower level, we had to take a shuttle van since it's not possible to go on escalator with either of the vehicles.  This kind of took time for us to get to the ride because we had to wait for the van and then again coming back, same thing.

After coming back from the lower level, we went straight to the Shrek 4-D Show.  This is another one of my favorite show because it's 4-D and it's fun!! Instantly from the beginning of the show, you feel part of it when the chairs move you like if you are sitting in a horse carriage....you get water on you when the donkey sneezes and bunch of other effects!!  Don't miss it!  This show also runs continuously, so you can catch it anytime in between your other shows.  The last on the agenda for today was to cover the Universal's Animal Actors.  This show contains bunch of animal actors from famous movies and it's cute :).  Kids would love it and adults would enjoy it too.  With that, our day is wrapped up at Universal Studios Hollywood!! It was not tiring at all and we covered all the things we wanted to.  We did not go on the Jurassic park ride or the Return of the Mummy ride because my brother and I had been to both rides before and it wasn't something that our parents wanted to do...so we skipped it.  But ....if you haven't been on these rides and don't have fear of fast ride or deep falls, then don't miss them!!  Especially Jurassic Park ride has a 35 feet fall at the end but it's pretty smooth so you don't feel much....and you get wet!!  But don't worry about getting wet because it's so hot there that you will dry up by the time you come back to the upper lot.

Alright folks, next post will be on the day at DisneyLand.  Until then, have a great time!!

Las Vegas & California Trip - Part 5

.....Continuing from my previous post (Las Vegas & California Trip - Part 4)

Today was going to be a bit relaxing since we didn't have anything planned in the morning and we were leaving Vegas :(.  Morning was pretty relaxing with getting up and getting ready.  I returned the electric scooter while everyone else was getting ready.  It was quick...I just had to drop it off and one of the bellman took it from me.  We all went downstairs and I checked out which was also quick within 10 minutes.  We got our car from valet parking and then off to LA around 10 am.

The drive was not so bad from Vegas to LA, but it was getting hot in the afternoon with high temperatures.  We reached LA within 4 and half hours, so it didn't seem much of a long drive.  We went to my aunt's place and it was great to see her after 3 years.  She welcomed us all and we relaxed for a bit.  After freshening up, we sat down to have lunch because I was really hungry.  It was a good day not to do anything since we were all still tired from the vegas adventure.

Btw, this week of Sept. 23rd was the week of Ganesh Chaturthi festival and my aunt told us that LA's hindu temple celebrates it big time.  It's a 9 day long festival, I think, and the devotees do puja every day and they have dinner (prasad) afterwards.  So we decided to join the celebration that night and enjoy the festival with everyone.  It was indeed magnificent!! They had decorated Ganpati's murti(sculpture) so beautifully that you don't want to take your eyes off of it.  There was aarti followed by dinner and delicious sweets (my favorite - Jalebies!!!).  I think I filled my tummy by just eating Jalebis only!!  I love them...Jalebi is the best sweet ever...no doubt!!  I was so distracted by jalebis that I don't even remember what else was in the dinner :P...haha.  Anyways, after coming back from the temple, we made a quick stop at a gas station to fill up gas and then headed back to my aunt's place.

Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow was going to involve some good adventure as were were going to Universal Studios and DisneyLand.  Both the days will be fun!!

Note:  We did  not buy Universal tickets online, so we were planning to buy them at the gate anyways.  But my aunt told me that the local (California) costco have good deals sometimes for these kinds of tickets.  Upon inquiring, we found out that they were giving Universal tickets even cheaper than advertised online, so we got the annual passes of Universal Studios for $69/person instead of $80 (as advertised online).  So, if you know someone in LA who has the costco membership, plan to buy the passes from there to save some $$.

Anyways, stay tuned for the next post on Universal Studios Hollywood!!

Bally's Las Vegas Hotel

Accommodation was the first thing I started searching when I was looking into Las Vegas vacation.  It was hard to decide because there were so many options to start with and to decide which one would be good...it's not that easy.  For someone who has been to Vegas once has a pretty good idea on what to expect as opposed to someone who is going for the first time.  I had started looking into hotels from 2 and half months before since someone had told me that the prices go up from 2nd week of July, which was so true.  Couple of sites that I visited to check out the hotels and their prices was www.vegas.com and www.visitlasvegas.com.  Looking at overall hotels list, I shortlisted couple of hotels which were Flamingo, Imperial Palace, and Bally's.  After reading the reviews of all 3 of the hotels, I picked Bally's since that one had less negative reviews and plus the location of Bally's was excellent!!  Even though Bally's had negative reviews such as that their self-parking is too far, their check-in/check-out lines are too long and takes forever, their south tower rooms are horrible (from some ghost movies), etc. etc. I still went ahead and booked the hotel, because I had read some good reviews as well....and the bonus on top of that was that Bally's was right in front of the Bellagio!!

After I finalized I wanted to stay at Bally's, I went directly to Bally's hotel site www.ballyslasvegas.com to check out reservations and prices.  This was basically a Caesars site which contains about 6-7 hotels that don't charge any resort fee and are in the same network.  Anyways, I put in my dates and for 4 people in one room (2 queen beds), Bally's gave me price of $103/night which was not bad at all.  I immediately booked the hotel for 2 nights in the south tower classic room.  Once we got to the hotel, our stay was great and we had good time with no problems at all.  All the reviews about check-in/check-out time and room being terrible were not true at all.

Lobby, Check-in, & Check-out:
Once we got to the lobby, it was big and luckily not crowded at all.  We got to the hotel on Sunday evening at around 5:30 pm.  We got in the check-in line and there were probably 2 agents at the register.  As line started to grow, 3 more agents were added to help out.  We were probably done checking-in withing 15 minutes from the time we got in line to the time we were greeted.  Also the casino is on the same floor so you might feel little bit smoke in the atmosphere but that's because of the casino being right there.  Our check-out was pretty quick too maybe within 10 minutes.

Self/Valet Parking:
Bally's shares the parking with Paris hotel next door, and that is why self-parking is far and if you do end up with self parking, you would also have to walk much.  I was already warned by a lot of online reviews that there will be a lot of walking with self-park, so people suggested for Valet parking.   Valet Parking is free in Bally's (and as a matter of fact in a lot of hotels), so why not use it since it's available and quick.  We valet parked our car twice and both the times it was very convenient and fast.  Just remember to tip the driver who brings your car back.

Room:
I had booked a south tower classic room for 4 people (2 queens).  I knew that if I want a good view, south tower would be the best option even though there were a lot of reviews which said that the rooms are not that great, outdated, dirty, etc. etc.  First, when I checked in, I asked the receptionist if I could get a room facing Eiffel tower and bellagio fountains, and she said that's what we are getting.  And that's exactly what we got!!! The view was fabulous!!! I loved it!! Check it out!

Eiffel tower in day time from our room

View of Bellagio fountains in day time

Eiffel tower at night from our room

Bellagio Fountains view at night from our room

 Isn't it gorgeous!!! We got a room on 11th floor and our room was 6129 which was no where close to the elevators, but it was worth it for the view!!  If you are ever staying in Bally's south tower then ask for a view facing Paris since you will get better view than the other side which has flamingo road and Caesar's palace hotel view.  South tower elevators are kind of away and in corner too where you go through the casino all the way to the side and then take the elevators up to your room.

Once we got in the room, it was BIG.....I mean it was very spacious!!!  The room was clean, and no dirty carpets or anything (as I had read in some other reviews).  The bathroom was fine too except few glitches such as the wallpaper in one corner was bit out but that's just a minor glitch that we didn't care for and the bathroom fan made a lot of noise but that was temporary too.  The furniture was outdated as I had read on some of the other reviews and there was an old style box tv instead of a flat screen.  I would have liked the beds to be little softer but it wasn't too bad either.  Overall, very happy with the room and the view!! No complains there.

Maintenance/Housekeeping:
We had to call the housekeeping in the morning once since there were only 2 towels and we needed 2 more.  I called and nobody came for about 15 minutes so I had to call again to request more towels.  The 2nd call was responded quickly when the housekeeping came within 5 minutes with extra set of towels.  That was the only time we needed anything.  The only other thing I can think of is when they cleaned our room, when we came back to the room after lunch, the room smelled like some sort of cleaning solution that must have been used in the bathroom.  To avoid the smell, we just kept the bathroom door shut and then it was fine for the rest of the day.


I would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone who is considering it.  I would stay here myself mainly because of my experience here, and the location of this hotel is great with Bellagio being right in front of it and Paris being right next to it!!  Hope this review helps you in making your decision for a hotel in Las Vegas!!