text: My husband and I scrimped and saved every last extra penny for a year so we could take a trip when our young son was old enough to leave with Grandma and Grandpa for 5 days. We decided to go to Vegas, since it's cheap to fly there, and I had never been. I think our choice of hotel essentially ruined the entire trip. From the moment the cab driver dropped us off the service was lousy. We had to wait HOURS for our room to be ready, when we were told it'd be minutes. Still early in the trip with our wide eyed optimism we checked our bags and decided to check out \"the shops.\" After a short trip through a curving hallway of novelty shops and closed up gates, we were left wanting. We were hungry so we ate at McDonald's only restaurant on the \"shopping level\" besides Mexican food reeking of dirty socks filled with chicken. After we ate we decided to check out the casino floor, and gamble a little. No one looked happy to be there, the bartender at the big circular bar was aloof and disinterested. When we finally got to the room it was all right...we weren't planning on spending a whole lot of time there anyhow. We choose the place because it was cheap...how could we expect a whole lot more than what we got? But after the first night trying to walk the strip from the Stratosphere, we took cabs for the rest of the trip. We definitely made up for what we saved on the room on taking cabs all night long for the rest of our stay.\n\nNot worth it. Really put a damper on the whole trip.