Two quick tips.....

Try for a room in the North Tower at the Hilton, as it's the newer tower (open about a year with nicer rooms and away from the construction noise still going on near the south tower), although it's a bit of a walk from the lobby to get to the north elevators.

Definately get a players card from the casino to save $$$ over the daily parking at the Hilton. Use the casino's parking garage instead, which charges $5-10 per exit, but is free with the casino card which you can get from the VIP desk just to the left of the casino's main entrance inside the casino. The card is free (not a credit card) and just put it into any slot to get credits for your play. When exiting the casino's garage, insert your players card into the reader at the gates and off you go. No need to have any special amount of credits on it to get it to work. From the garage, there's a walkway at level 5 (entering from the Fallsview Ave. parking garage entrance just past the main casino entrance, you'll already be on level five) which connects to both the casino and the Hilton across the street. We usually park on a higher level as the fifth level is usually packed, and take the elevators down to level five for the Hilton, or all the way down to the casino and its hotel.

Agree that N-O-T-L is worth a few hour's day trip, with the drive along the river and the shops and restaurants there. Starting to cool down a bit here, so be aware that the evenings may be light jacket or sweater weather.

Have fun!

bj-21.