Is Golden Gate doable on a Saturday and Sunday night with the wife?

Why ya going downtown at all? It's kind of a madhouse right now and louder than a construction site with jackhammers.

If the rooms are as described, I'd never forgive you, even one  night.  Well, if she is a really good sport and you so advise her ahead of time "Our room will be a dump, loud music half the night, but I'm saving money."  As long as she knows and verbally approves.  Good luck!

Tell her that for fun she can do her best Bette Davis impersonation when entering the room:  "WHAT...a dump!"

Candy

      All of this hand wringing over one night. Spoiled much?

I am a bit spoiled. The folks at The Aztec once tried to rent me a room without a door...and with a dude sprawled out where the door should have been. I said,"I don't require much, but I really do need a door." Call me spoiled.

So my point is that trying to make things tolerable for a traveling companion isn't so much being spoiled as doing a little micro-planning that's part of the fun of the trip itself.

Me? I got in late a couple of years ago -- post midnight -- and rather than pay for a room, I decided to sleep in the rental car in the parking lot of The Orleans. Two issues. First, it was during the grasshopper invasion. Second, it was July and a hundred degrees at night. So I had the option of cracking the windows and being inundated with grasshoppers or lying down in a stifling car. As I said, call me spoiled.

Kind of an asshole comment. Especially since his major concern is whether his wife would be happy. If that's being "spoiled," I understand why you're not married (actually, that and a host of other reasons).

There's loud rooms overlooking Fremont then there's the Golden Gate original rooms overlooking Fremont.   

It's next level.  Paper thin windows and you're so close you can toss a paper airplane to the mullet stage.  Hair bands will be reverberating in the brain for days after.     

Oh, and did I mention there's no thermostat with individual A/C controls?   These rooms rarely get under 78-80 degrees when it's 110+ outside in July. 

None of the above is an exaggeration.  

"I am a bit spoiled. The folks at The Aztec once tried to rent me a room without a door...and with a dude sprawled out where the door should have been. I said,"I don't require much, but I really do need a door." Call me spoiled."

Great story.  I hope there was a good discount offered!   These days casino marketing would say "Our doorless rooms remove the heavy burden of doornob turning to enter and leave the room.   No more searching for where you may have put your room key!   These rooms are now available after years of popular demand!"

"There's loud rooms overlooking Fremont then there's the Golden Gate original rooms overlooking Fremont.   

It's next level.  Paper thin windows and you're so close you can toss a paper airplane to the mullet stage.  Hair bands will be reverberating in the brain for days after."

I was doubled booked once, a few years ago, and had a Golden Gate reservation.   I was staying at another hotel, so specfically asked for an FSE facing room, so that I could document the insanity of the noise that was certainly part of the experience.   The check-in desk person asked twice if I was sure if I knew I was asking for.  I said yes.   She then was suprised herself when she found all of those rooms were already taken!

Stayed there for a couple of nights years ago before any remodeling and facing FSE.  Think the furnishings were from the hotel was built because the dresser was made of real wood.  The closet was about three feet deep and the door was about a foot wide, so you put your clothes on a hanger and slid them down the rod.

The bathroom was a step up and maybe two steps from the rest of the floor which meant the plumbing was 

an add on with a toilet, then a sink and then the shower with a curtain, all in a straight line of a room maybe

3 feet wide.  Windows were painted shut but chipped enough paint off to open a window to hear FSE and

watch the canopy while in bed.  Great experience.

First time poster here.  I'd highly recommend when checking in ask if you can pay for an upgrade to a deluxe or suite room.  I don't think you can reserve deluxe room but it's slightly larger than a standard room, has a nicer updated bathroom and newer furnishings.  Most importantly as with the suites I believe they're all south facing and don't have any noise.  The rooms facing Main Street or Fremont are unbearable to sleep in. If you put in $10K+ of VP over your two day stay a host if asked will likely remove the upgrade charge for one night on a suite and possibly both nights of a deluxe.