Just got back from PH- Thumbs Up!

So, I just got back from a 4-night stay at Planet Hollywood. Overall, I give it the nod. I enjoyed the stay quite a bit.

The start of the trip started a little slow, My ride was late picking me up. I was going to try the $20 trick, but forgot. When we got there, the line went quickly and I asked for a room with a good view. They gave me a room on the 15th floor in the south tower overlooking Vegas Blvd. I could see the Bellagio fountains. I did have to wait a few hours to check in because the room wasn't ready, but I was fine with that.

The positives: No construction left, it was clean and very nice inside. The staff was friendly. I was comped two buffet meals at the Spice Market. The Sports Book staff was great. They gave me 6 free drink tickets over 2 days. They also gave me nice frosted glasses for betting. I went 6 of 7 in the NFL straight bets . I loved the bed and the tub in the rooms. The location is great. I spent a lot of time at Paris at the 3-card poker tables. Fun fun fun. The Planet Hollywood Pleasure Pit was kinda nice. Dancers on the tables behind the dealers. Very nice.

The negatives: Although I liked the bed and tub, I think the room was semi-renovated. The carpet was still old and some of the fixtures were rusty and old as well. I looks like they replaced the furniture and put in tile floors in the bathroom. The room wasn't bad, just not immaculate. But, I'm ok with that. I liked the Mirage and NYNY room better than the one I got there. The casino itself was nice, but a little confusing. I had a hard time finding the sports book. The dealers were a little cold and could have been more friendly. I had better luck at the Paris with the gaming and the dealers.

Final thoughts: I liked it a lot and had a great time. I will stay there at some point. The PH staff were really cool. After comping me two buffet meals, they offered another when I was leaving. That's a first for me. NYNY and Mirage were really stingy on comps. I'd recommend the PH.

My next stop will be Paris. I played 3-card Poker for about 6 hours Tuesday night and played on a really fun table. Everyone was hitting good hands. Everyone was cheering and high-fiving including the dealers that came through. I loved the atmosphere at Paris.

Here are a few photos. I love my new camera, the Canon SD1000. I recommend it for vacation photos. You can see more on the link below.<br>
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<br><b>Checking, nice.</b><br>
<br><b>The entrance off Las Vegas Blvd.</b><br>
<br><b>The comfy bed.</b><br>
<br><b>The lovely tub.</b><br>
<br><b>Oh so close (that happened about 7 times).</b><br>
<br><b>Nice view of the Bellagio and the City Centre construction. It is coming along.</b><br>
<br><b>The gallery on the Mezzanine level by the Business Center.</b><br>
<br><b>The fancy shampoo bottles.</b><br>
<br><b>The freebies from the Sports Book.</b><br>
<br><b>The saddest part of the trip... going home.</b></center><br><p>
<b>See more at:</b>
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This looks like a trip report to me, so I moved it into the appropriate section.

Nice pics, too bad you didn't quite hit on the royal but 6/7 at the book ain't bad.

BTW, the construction in your Bellagio pic is Cosmopolitan, which is going up on a sliver of land between Bellagio and City Center. Just behind what looks like a big tv screen you can see the old Jockey Club that they're building around.

 

ah ok. I thought the whole thing was the City Center. I forgot about the Cosmo.

 

Very nice. I always love pics with a report. Too bad about the royal; at least you hit a straight, I can't even do that when I hold two or three to a royal.

 

Funny thing, a friend I was with hit the Royal twice in two days at the TI. And she was playing $1 slots. $8000.00!

 

Sounds like a great trip! When I was at PH last week, I had trouble finding the sports book and bar there the first time -- and I knew where it was supposed to be. (The bartender there was complaining that no one knows it's there. I don't think there's any signage at all.)

If you had a single sink in the bathroom, the tile floors likely have always been there. The did little to renovate the bathrooms. Surprised about the carpet though; it should have been replaced. Did your room have a big black credenza with a flat-screen tv?

Re: the games, did you try the new Let It Ride game with the 3-card poker bonus bet. You'd probably like it.

 

I didn't play the Let it Ride. I think was in a non-renovated room. I didn't have a flat screen tv.

It was pretty easy to get confused there. But I liked it. I went to the Sports Book a lot and kept getting turned around up until the last day I was there.

 

Awesome pics!!

Question -- did you notice if they have Pinks open yet??

 

I didn't notice Pinks. The one thing that kinda bugged me was it was very busy and almost overload, but I would definitely stay there again.

 

AWESOME TR! Glad you had fun!

 

Thanks for the info and pics.

Great job!

 

Thanks for your report and from your picture you did not have a renovated room.

This is what renovated rooms look like:






The bathrooms are the same just movie related pictures.

 

Mmmm... Woodford Reserve. I used to have a bottle of that somewhere around here.

Mikey

 

Yeah, I was definitely in an old room. I didn't mind it as is. Next time I stay there, I will ask for an updated room. I'm hoping for a quick trip in June or July.

 

Great TR!! And thanks for the pics....like gmoney...i love a TR w/ pics!!

 

I like the ones with pics too. I changed the link to the Kodakgallery link. I was having problem with that not working. Some of the photos in the link were at Green Valley Ranch.