In 1999 , my husband and I flew to Las Vegas after having spent one week in Anaheim California.
We had booked into Bally’s and were there for one week.
Bally’s is an older Hotel on the strip and is across the road from Bellagio one of the most recent Hotels.
We were there when they had just finished building Paris and the New Aladdin was being re-built.
Once we had checked into Bally’s, we went up to our room on the 26th floor.
We wanted non-smoking but as there were none available we had to have the room.
After looking round we eventually unpacked and went to bed.
The rooms were very nice and spacious. We couldn’t wait to snuggle on down as we had got there quite late and were very tired.
At about 4am we were rudely woke with very noisy music.
This went on for about an hour.
With being so high up I couldn’t see where the loud music was coming from, so I went down in the elevator to investigate.
I went to the reception and the receptionist there couldn’t care less.
I asked if we could be moved as I was worried that this would happen every night.
She said come back tomorrow and they will look to see if there were any free rooms then.
She was quite off-hand
On the way up to my room, I came across two security men who I asked what the noise could be, they came into our room and by then the music had stopped.
I felt such a fool, I bet they thought I was drunk.
Maybe it was next door falling asleep with their TV on.
Anyway the next day we got moved to another room, we unpacked again and settled in.
Then I noticed that the sofa had lumps of food on it, I phoned down to housekeeping who said they couldn’t clean it but would we like another room.
No we just want it cleaned that’s all.
They insisted on moving us, then again we unpacked in our now third room at Bally’s and I went to have a wash.
The stopper for the plug hole was broke, so again we couldn’t use the sink as water wouldn’t stay in the basin.
Again we rang housekeeping who put us through to maintainenace, they said we would have to move.
As we were moving out, a man appeared who said this was his room, your’e welcome to it we said.
Eventually we went down to reception and went to customer services.
The lady there was very helpful she gave us a free breakfast and upgraded our room to a Grand Suite.
To be honest all we wanted was the little things done, not to keep moving rooms.
The porter took all the luggage up to our room , I don’t know who was more surprised at us staying in the Grand Suite.
We screamed when we walked through the door.
There was a 28’’ TV, a computer with internet.
A massive, massive bed, an open plan bathroom with steps leading from the bedroom area up to the massive jacuzzi.
There were his n hers wash basins, two wardrobes, a hairdryer, tissues in a gold box, loads of oversized toiletries, two telephones, one in the toilet, a shower, a bidet.
It was magnificent.
The thing is now, we have been spoilt and we want it again.
There are 2814 rooms in Bally’s and we had tried 4 of them within a day.
There were plenty of restaurants and shops in Bally’s, there was a state of the art health spa, I didn’t go.
We never saw the pool, we didn’t bother to sunbathe as we came on this special holiday to see the magnificent hotels.
We saw an Elvis show, with somebody named Connolly.
He did Elvis songs along with some rock songs to confuse you.
He was very good. We gambled only on the slots, we were nervous of the roulette.
In England the nearest place we have been compared to Las Vegas is Blackpool.
This town has lots of amusement arcades and slots, but the jackpots are only about £10 .
It’s all very glittery especially when Blackppol illuminations are on.
After going to Las Vegas, Blackpool looked all dirty and littery.
Apparently it is all going to get refurbished to look like a mini Las Vegas.
We are going back to Las Vegas this October, we will be staying at Harrah’s, I wonder what their Grand Suites are like.
We are not that fussy really, but as the nice receptionists said , you have complained in such a nice manner that they give us what we want.