Inside the Widescreen Rooms at the Excalibur

January 28, 2009 at 12:55 PM | by juliana | Comments (0)

Oh yes. We stayed at The Excalibur last night and no, it wasn't because we were going to see Thunder from Down Under. No, instead we had heard that the Excalibur recently renovated their Tower II rooms. The so-called Widescreen rooms are wide in terms of size, feature widescreen TVs and have wide views of the blue and red orange spires outside.

The good news? We survived the night. The bad news? It's the Excalibur. The casino area has three big attractions--the Tournament of Champions, Louie Armstrong and Thunder From Down Under. Oh and don't forget Dick's Last Resort. The gaming area was not as dead as we would expected it to be (people are still gambling downstairs at 7am) but it wasn't as bustling as the Bellagio, which is where we ate dinner.

Also, we were accosted by a timeshare salesman immediately upon walking in. Trick to avoiding them? Tell them you're only here for one night and leaving early the next day and that you're under the age of 25. Even if you are 45, lie and say you are 24.

As for the rooms, they are perfectly fine for a cheap trip to Las Vegas but it's by no means living large. We liked the big bed and the blue and gray color scheme. We didn't even mind the medieval dragons plastered on some chair pillows and the room door. The bathroom now features a high, marble-topped vanity sink but oddly enough, the shower was not redone at all. So it's an old shower. Yup, you guessed right. We aren't showering here.

What irks us the most is the ethernet internet charge of $13.95 a night. Also the ethernet cable doesn't really extend beyond the dresser in front of the TV, forcing you to sit at the small round table nearby. Additionally, there is no nearby outlet. We managed to rig thing so we can at least sit on the edge of our bed with the ethernet cable and extend our power cord to an outlet off to the right. It is not comfortable.

The room also lacks a safe which had us concerned about our precious laptop and the room lacks a minibar. However, there is a small cafe at the elevator bank which is open 23 hours (it closes from 3 to 4am) as well as a Starbucks in the gaming area.

All in all we really wouldn't mind staying here with a few friends or even just one friend and getting plastered at night and during the day. But we would book the Widescreen rooms. We shudder just thinking about what an older room looks like here.

We booked our room directly through Excalibur for $56 a night. The Excalibur also charges a $5 resort fee which included some free game play, a free drink and free access to the fitness center.

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