text: this place was perfect for my family. we rented 4 one bedroom suites side by side.\neach suite opens to a small hallway and main door. the doors to each suite easily stay open - and feels safe because they're behind the main, locked door.\n\nthere were four men. i'm 50+ and my older brother met me and my 25 year old son and his buddy there. each of us having our own bathroom and bedroom was awesome. we regularly hung out in the living room of each other's space like it was a college dorm! this setup also worked out perfectly when my wife came to join us after we had been there 4 days with just all the guys - we closed our suite door and maintained our privacy.\n\nthe full sized refrigerators and ranges, as well as full kitchens were key to it being the perfect place for us. even if we had additional people that needed to sleep on the couch, there's plenty of wardrobe (hanging) and deep dresser like storage.\n\nthe dining room table was awesome as well, since we needed someplace to sit after cooking - ha\n\nthe wifi would be my only complaint. it's expensive and only 2 devices can be on at one time. really lame. almost inconceivable. plus, you have to constantly log in. pain in the butt and full of gaul IMHO.  the reasons to use wifi are plenty on a vacation, including uploading our photos for backup purposes and to share with fam and friends. \n\nif the grandview's wifi policy was normal, it would enhance the experience and people might write better reviews about the wifi nazi's...\n\nwe stayed in the daisy and got hip real quick to parking in the covered garage at the end. the kiddie pool was right across from us. the \"main\" pools are in building 2 and is also where the very handy deli is located. the pools are different though! \n\nthe temperature of the upper pool is what you'd expect when the temps are 104-110 degrees. mildly refreshing. the lower pool with the waterfall will knock your socks off!!! it might be 70 degrees or even less!  it's the maximum refresher!  we were so chilly after sitting in the cooler water for a while, that we actually got a chill -- and it was 107 degrees outside!!!!  \n\nwe never visited any other pools, so i don't have any intel on their conditions. oh yea, the deli is a rare gem; they have lots of things you might need in a pinch, but you can also call down in advance. they might have said they deliver, but i can't recall.\n\nthe other great option is the south point casino right next door. first, it is totally within walking distance. second, there's a short cut just out the gate past the check in office. cross the street and walk up the steps to the side door!!! it may say emergency exit on it, but the employees at the grandview said they go in and out that way all the time.\n\nthey have a burger and shake place that's great; one of the restaurants serves breakfast which is inexpensive and tasty too.  the roulette tables have $1.00 minimums, not the $5 mins like in the heart of the strip.  i think someone else mentioned the convenience of such a large casino in the close proximity of the grandview.  this could keep you down at the south end without ever hitting the mix of the strip or fremont street. \n\nbut to us, it was an ace in the pocket; we used it in a pinch to buy lunch before heading out to drop my brother and son's friend at the airport.  cheap and easy.\n\ni drove up from san diego so we could have easy transportation while there.  it was a genius move on my part. turns out almost every casino/hotel on the strip has free \"self\" parking! it was a snap to get in and out - mind you it's august and not the prime season and no huge events going on.  but i got us all around the city, strip, to and from the airport (the I-15 is 2 minutes away), and down to the fremont street experience, and even to sapphire, the gentleman's club by driving - and using my iphone and the new google maps!\n\ni would not say i'm a technology connoisseur, but an avid fan of making my life easier.  the new google maps lets you \"search\" just like you would do when using google's main search engine - but it immediately maps from where you are to that place.  and it does it with minimal screens and steps.  i also used a blutooth  handsfree device from costco that sits on my sun visor.  since i didn't have an actual navigator (aka my wife), i would just search for where we were going, it pulls it up and then i'd hit \"start route\" and off we'd go. even if we changed our minds mid trek, i could do almost everything i needed to pretty quickly - say, illegally at a stop light, or puling over - and have the new route being spoken to the entire car in seconds.\n\nsince LV is so hot, we used the a/c all the time.  this also allowed me to stream my pandora or slacker right to the blutooth and we could all jam. the upside to this is that it would pause the music when google maps needed to speak a new instruction - no turning down the music or missing the information!  it was sweet.