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My wife and I are planning a trip to Vegas over the Thanksgiving holidays. The Excalibur is running a good special right now ($59/night) and the posts here seem to confirm that the 2/6 and 1/3 games there are pretty good fishing.
However, my wife isn't into the poker games as much as I, so she's interested in some of the other amenities (there are other amenities?). I was just wondering if anyone that has stayed there could give me their opinion on the Excalibur's other qualities, such as: -is there a pool? is it indoor? -how's the restaurant(s)? -do they offer daycare? -any other pros/cons about staying there? Finally, I'm not locked into the Excalibur yet -- if anyone has any suggestions of other good (inexpensive) hotels on the strip with nice, loose hold'em games, I'm open to that as well. This is only my second trip to Vegas (the first was a company trip where we spent the first 1/2 of the trip at the Fitzgerald and the other half at the Bellagio, so that's all I've got to compare to). Thanks in advice for any info/advice |
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You can't go wrong for $59 a night. The 2/6 spread limit
HE game is a good game, and the large number of tables give you the chance to move around if your'e game is lousy. I've never stayed there, so I can't comment on the hotel other than the location is perfect. The hotel is connected by free monorail to Luxor and Mandalay Bay, and it's across the street from the MGM and NYNY. With so many convenient choices for dining and beer swilling, it doesn't really matter how the Excalibar restaurants fare. BTW, the Krispy Kreme donuts are made fresh at the Excalibar, 2nd level food court. good luck |
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Thanks for the tips, Cooling Heels.
[ QUOTE ] BTW, the Krispy Kreme donuts are made fresh at the Excalibar, 2nd level food court. [/ QUOTE ] You don't know how important an amenity that is -- my wife is addicted to those things. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] |
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Try and hook up with Capone. His favorite room is the Excal.
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Thanks, I'll PM him and see if he can help me out.
Edit: Hmmm.. I can't out exactly what his user id is. I thought it was Al Capone Jr., but I can't find any posts by that user, so I don't think that's right. |
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I stayed in the hotel about four years ago, it wasn't bad, not fantastic but not bad. The rooms will do.
I know nothing of daycare anywhere in vegas since I don't have kids. My idea of daycare is ducktape and a TV [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] (just kidding). Restaurants in excal are OK, but certainly not top of the line. The buffet will do, but there are better ones. The sherwood forest cafe has generally good food but slow service. the food tastes better of course with a $4 comp from the poker room. Mediterranian salad is my fav from there. Their snack bar is OK at best. Location wise it's pretty good for entertainment other than poker. I hear the dinner show there with the horses and the knights is quite good, but I have never seen it, and I'd guess it would be so-so for small children considering the price. There is lots of entertainment walking distance or tram/monorail distance from excal. Monorail goes to MGM I believe so it's pretty easy to get to the other end of the strip too. If you are going to play poker there, it's generally much better in the evenings and at night. Graveyard generally rocks there. Feel free to look me up before you come to town, I can give you my #. Also, if you are here on a wednesday you should come to the poker discussion group at binion's at 2pm. I can give a ride if need be and you don't mind riding in dodge pickup trucks! al |
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The sherwood forest cafe has generally good food but slow service. the food tastes better of course with a $4 comp from the poker room. [/ QUOTE ] He's being generous here. When we ate there for lunch back in March, not only was it slow, but the food was horrible. Maybe we caught them on a bad day. The service was really the worst ever though. The only thing that made it OK was the fact my buddy was paying for it, compliments of the Flamingo's high hand jackpot he had won the day before with his Q-high straight flush. Location-wise it's a good spot. The rate sounds good. Just plan on eating elsewhere most of the time. There's plenty of free things to do in all of the hotels, not even including laying out by the pool. |
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On the cafe... certain items are genuinely good, certain others genuinely bad. It's a matter of taste and of having eaten there enough times to know what is edible. Other cafes in vegas are certainly better, no doubt.
al |
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True enough. That's the hard part about eating in Vegas if you're a once-in-a-while visitor - when you're eating you always imagine you're missing out on something better somewhere else!
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[ QUOTE ]
On the cafe... certain items are genuinely good, certain others genuinely bad. It's a matter of taste and of having eaten there enough times to know what is edible. Other cafes in vegas are certainly better, no doubt. al [/ QUOTE ] The bacon cheeseburger was great when I had it -- and the service at 4AM was pretty fast. If you're staying at Excal, be sure to call the poker room in advance to arrange a discount rate... they cut me a deal of about 20% off. You might want to consider the No Limit tables there, too... I know Al Capone can vouch that at least at times, they're wild/profitable. |
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