I stayed at this hotel for my birthday weekend, 1/11-1/13, and wanted to find the cheapest hotel on the strip so I can get more of my friends to go. Despite all the bad reviews, the hotel rooms were decent. There were no holes in the wall, stains on the carpet, or a bad smell in the hallway. However, it wasn't anything fancy but all I needed was a place to pre-party and sleep. The monorail to MGM was really convenient because I watched Cirque du Soleil: KA the night I got there and it was only a 10 minute ride.\n\nSo why the 2 stars? The elevators SUCK and probably have never been upgraded since the hotel was built. Tell me why there are only 4 elevators to gain access to the hotel rooms and you have to wait in line for them. Worse yet, the elevators are the size of airplane stalls and come every 3 minutes or so. When we checked out on the last day, the elevators were so busy that we ended up walking down about six flights of stairs with all our luggage and leftovers cases of beer. Lesson learned: pack lightly and finish all of your alcohol.\n\nIf it weren't for the crappy elevators, I would probably have given this 3 stars for its prime location and decent rooms. However, the elevators dropped it down to 2 and it's enough to make me want to never come back.\n\nGood thing I had an awesome time and paid no cover for Tao and Pure to make the stay worthwhile.
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