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Luxury Central on the Strip - The Mirage, Las Vegas

Advantages: Great value for money
Disadvantages: None. Loved it!

...for two full weeks in the sun. As our flight was a long one (8 hours, 4 hour stop off in Atlanta and then another 4 hours back on a plane), however it flew by as we were so excited. We caught a taxi and he took us the scenic route until we arrived at The Mirage. The heat certainly hits you as soon as you're outside - and this was 11pm! On arrival the staff could not have been more helpful. A nice young man offered to help with our bags and pointed ...
...a queue, probably due to the time we got there, as on other days the lobby area was full. There is a gorgeous 15foot aquarium that runs the length of the lobby, I could've spent a whole day watching that alone! Checking in was pretty pain free - although we did get told we had to have a smoking room (we booked non smoking) as that was all they had (perhaps this is because we hadn't tried the old $20 bill trick?!) but as we were still buzzing about ...

lulu984LC 23.02.2010 · Read full review
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Review of The Mirage

The Fading Flamingo

Advantages: Fantastic location on the Strip, excellent pool and courtyard area
Disadvantages: Incredibly slow check-in, tired furniture, mediocre restaurants

I have oft lamented the fact Las Vegas doesn’t really appreciate it’s past. The city is wholly unsentimental about it’s history and about preserving much of anything at all. The Flamingo Hotel (which ceased being the Flamingo Hilton in 1999) is part of the Harrah’s group of hotels, which includes Paris and Caesar’s Palace, and is easily the hotel with the most colourful history on Harrah’s profile, and on the Strip itself, despite the fact it has ...
...first opened its doors back in 1946 was the brainchild of famed mobster Bugsy Siegel, and was the first luxury hotel to open on the Strip in Las Vegas. Siegel had been impressed with the lax laws on gambling in the city but less so with the casinos on Fremont Street at the time, which were, to say the least, rough and ready, and mostly adopted a western saloon theme. At the time the Strip had few hotels and was mostly open ground - the heart of Las ...

rosebud2001 22.02.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Flamingo, Las Vegas

A Mirage in the Vegas Desert

Advantages: location, superb quality, loads of attractions
Disadvantages: not enough time to see everything

...a central location. The Mirage is located in between Treasure Island and Caesars Palace, slap bang in the middle of the strip. It is also right across the road from the Venetian and the Palazzo. It has 3044 rooms and was built in 1989 by developer Steve Wynn whose companies have built some of Vegas' most famous real estate including the newer Wynn and Encore hotels. The Mirage has a French Polynesian theme throughout and numerous attractions both ...
...the Mirage is the exploding Volcano, where a fantastic fire display erupts into the Vegas sky every night on the hour. This attraction is free and you can watch the crowds gathering on the Strip about 15 minutes before each show which lasts about 5 minutes. It is really impressive and even if you weren't staying at the hotel I would really recommend it as a "must see" when in Vegas. As we walked in the front door of the hotel we were greeted with ...

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Review of Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas

Big,Brash, Bold bit getting tired.

Advantages: Iconic place to stay.
Disadvantages: Decor was tired and a bit shabby

We stayed at the Luxor twice recently. Our first impression after a transatlantic flight was WOW!!! It was huge! I have never seen a hotel on this scale before. It took us over an hour to check in, we were queing for aboslutely ages, and I have no idea why as we were the only ones from our flight staying there! It felt a bit like queing for a ride at Disney world! Our room was on the 21st floor and again it was huge, we were blown away but after ...
...either. The following morning we went to look at the pool and spa and casino. Again the sheer size of everything is amazing and we were gobsmacked. I think we walked about with our mouths open for ages! I sampled the spa and it was lovely, nothing special but for 60 dollars you cant complain. The pool areas were absolutely packed because they had roped of one of the pools for work. We had breakfast in the hotel which was very pricey but good. We ...

shellshorses 24.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Luxor, Las Vegas

A little bit of Venice in the middle of the desert.

Advantages: Safe and secure great facilities very luxurious suites extremely comfortable.
Disadvantages: Time share touts in all the hotels in Las Vegas.

The Venetian hotel is a 5 Star high quality hotel and like all the hotels in Las Vegas it is a spectacularly decorated and themed hotel based on Venice with a canal that goes from a lagoon on the outside right through the middle of the hotel and various squares restaurants and shopping malls inside. Nothing can prepare you for the brilliant and opulence of the hotel. Looking at pictures and its web site you are ill prepared for what you are about ...
...arrive at the arrivals area of the hotel foyer. It is a covered area and the porters and car directors are dressed in traditional black trousers, striped T-shirts and straw hats giving the impression that they are gondoliers. The area is quite busy and you need to have your wits about you as cars constantly drive in and drop off passengers and pick up passengers leaving the hotel. There are pedestrian walk ways which I would advise you to keep to. ...

garymarsh86 24.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, Las Vegas