I stayed in Luxor last June. Let me say a few words about the Luxor. The Luxor used to be my Vegas hotel. I was not a big player, but the room rates were always below strip averages. Many times I would stay at the Luxor and play at the Mandalay Bay. When I first started staying at the Luxor, I stayed in the Pyramid rooms. Over the years, the rooms fell into complete deterioration. The windows leaked and stained the curtains. The bathrooms had cheap hollow doors that had holes in them. There is also wallpaper peeling in the bathrooms. The beds had plain bedspreads that probably would make a CSI inspector faint if they ever put a blacklight to them. The inclinators (elevators in the four corners of the pyramid that go upwards in a slant) had signs that were ripped off and graffiti and scratches in them. The rooms did not have central air but had individual air conditioning units. The last time I tried to check into a Pyramid room it was 85 degrees with the air conditioner going full blast. I immediately switched to a tower room.
The tower rooms were at least newer. They were roomier and the decor was much more pleasant than the pyramid rooms. The bathrooms were much nicer also. Even though the tower rooms were built after the pyramid rooms they were remodeled at least once, where the pyramid rooms were not remodeled at all. In my last visit I noted the following:
They reduced the drinking glasses in the tower rooms from two glasses to one glass.
They used to have separate shampoo and conditioner, now they have a single bottle of shampoo/conditioner
The tower rooms are in disrepair
We were there during the Electric Daisy Carnival. I swear there were at least ten people in the room next to us.
They took out the music lounge, which used to be one of the best.
They reduced the number of table games in the casino.
This looks like a casino that has started its death countdown.
Even though the Luxor is newer than the Excalibur, I predict it will be imploded before the Excalibur.
