Excalibur: beyond the cardroom -- looking for info

[dfscott]

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