I loved it here. My friends and I stayed at the Imperial Palace for 4 nights earlier this month. We arrived at the hotel around 9pm so as expected there was a 45 min wait to check in. No big deal. When it was finally our turn the concierge who checked us in was very nice. She was able to accommodate our request to have our rooms right next door to each other. The only thing that caught me off guard was the $40 per room per night hold they said they had to put on a credit card for security purposes. I didn't really appreciate not being informed about this sooner. Since I was the only one of us traveling that had brought credit cards I ended up having to put these $300+ holds on to one of mine. Still ok, but seriously if I hadn't brought my credit cards I don't know what we would have done.\nOnto the rooms, very basic. Clean, 2 double beds, not great lighting, like 4 tv channels... but still exactly what I expected from reading the reviews. I knew we weren't staying at the nicest place in Vegas. But since we were rarely in our room it didn't matter to me at all. My biggest complaint about the room was NO CLOCK RADIO! Doesn't everyone like to listen to music while getting ready?? My roomie and I solved this by singing the entire time. While our rendition of Don't Stop Believing was quite amazing a radio/I pod dock would have been greatly appreciated.\nAs for the casino/rest of the hotel... yup, its old but I still thought it was awesome. Sure it's a little smoky but I didn't mind. The Dealertainers were great. Freddie Mercury was by far the most talented of the bunch! He was amazing! We all thought though that Elvis looked more appropriate for a Johnny Cash and seriously Mariah girl...dye your roots.\nYes, there are long waits for the elevator. But if you walk around some you can probably find more elevators like we did. DO NOT TAKE THE STAIRCASE DOWN. Or at least make sure your on the correct one with access to the lobby. I couldn't find the correct one and the staircase I tried to use was locked on almost every floor. I ended up having to go up past my floor # just to get out of it.\nOh another word of advice...beers in the little store in the hotel are $4 for 12oz!!! Hell no im not paying that! If you walk out of the back of the hotel, through the parking deck and to the right a bit you will hit a little shopping center with a casino/store and Battistas in it. Booze is way cheaper at that store!!! Tall boys were $1.50. Hell yes! \nAll in all I would stay here again in a heartbeat. I loved the location, the cheesiness of the casino., and the overall kitschy vibe. Plus, there was a karaoke bar in the hotel only a short walk from our room. So for me and my friends this place was perfect. We had an amazing trip.
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