socalduck

"Panoramic" originally meant a corner room, but I think the term now applies to resort rooms on higher floors; perhaps another FTer can confirm. All rooms have electric drapes, etc.

TV is cable. You have some HD channels on the bigger LCD TV in the living area, but the bathroom TV is smallish, standard-definition LCD.

Beach Club is $40, IIRC. The resort pools at both Encore and Wynn are very nice. Encore guests can access the Encore guest pool and the Wynn resort pool, but you cannot access the Wynn Tower Suites pool. Wynn pool is a looong walk, so personally I would just stick with the Encore pool.

No Jacuzzi in the main pool (I don't think), but all kinds of plunge pools, Jacuzzis, steam room, etc. are available in the spa.

dickens1298

If it's a special occasion, I'd recommend a Parlor Suite. They are accessible through the Tower Suites section (which has its own concierge and check-in, and complimentary coffee service, as well as its own pool deck). The room is beautiful and immense (the master bathroom alone is literally the size of some hotel rooms). Not sure of the rate (as I mentioned in a different post, it was comped for me), but well worth the expense for a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

kingalien

A very good reason to make Wynncore the primary place to stay in Vegas.

Paris Hilton banned from Wynn resorts

787

I seems like there is more to this story. Getting banned for a minor drug charge not even on the property?

I wonder if I can apply for boyfriends old job? Sound like a pretty good gig.

KevinWI

So, I wanted to share my experiences here. I am planning my first adult trip to Vegas for business, but I've been there before with my family. Yep, I was a "Wynn kid".

My parents took me to Vegas when I was 12. I was an only child and it was like 97-98. It was around the time the "Vegas Vacation" movie came out. We went mainly because I was a big Star Trek fan at the time and I really wanted to see the Star Trek Experience. My parents had heard about the 'new family-friendly Vegas', so we booked a weekend getaway at the Treasure Island.

I was a pretty mature and self-aware 12 year old (well, as much as any 12 year old can be) and so I was self-concisous about going to Vegas. Even though the travel agent (yeah, travel agent, ah, the old days) assured us that Vegas was family-friendly, all my parents' friends and coworkers told them to ditch me here and have an adult weekend. Whatever, we went.

Maybe it's because I went into it thinking I was out of place, but I felt like a second-class citizen there the whole time. The non-casino staff at the TI was okay and friendly. But I got weird vibes from everybody else. When we were taking a taxi from the hotel, the taxi driver had the balls to tell my parents that "all this kid .... is ruining Vegas" in his opinion.

Because I was older, I didn't run around and scream and didn't need my diaper changed - but we did have one 'incident' in the casino. We were heading out to dinner and my mom was finishing a shower. My dad wanted to show me the casino (even though we had walked through it to get in/out of the casino) and so we headed down there. He wanted to show me the roulette wheel so we walked up to one of the tables. This is what happened.

Dealer: No kids here. Your kid has to keep walking.

Dad: We're just watching.

Dealer calls pit boss.

Woman Pit Boss: Sir, your son can't stand here. He can only pass through the casin.

Dad: Can I place a bet down? I want to let him watch the ball go around.
(Yeah, my dad is a bit pigheaded)

The pit boss calls security. At this point, my dad starts walking away and I follow but security and the pit boss doesn't let us leave. The pit boss has a talk with me (I don't know, she was a woman. Must be better at talking to kids) while some burly security supervisor talked to my dad. The pit boss told me that no matter what my parents said, I couldn't stop in the casino. I assume the security boss said the same thing to my dad in a less nice way.

When we were back in the elevator, my dad called them "a bunch of pricks." My mom freaked out when we got to the room. I assume that they thought we were running distraction for somebody trying to cheat and it was a pretty embarrsing situation. My dad to this day thinks they overracted.

Other than my run in with Treasure Island security and the weird vibes, it was a pretty fun vacation. We went to the Star Trek Experience (amazing for a 12 year old Trek fan). We saw Cirque de Soleil perform O and some dinner show at the Excalibur. One night my parents left me in the room with GameBoy while they gambled and dined out for an hour.

Overall, it was a pretty fun trip. People in high school didn't believe I had been to Vegas ("who brings kids to Vegas?"). That being said - I wouldn't bring anybody under 21 to Las Vegas. I definately felt like a second class citizen and anybody going there should get the full treatment. I don't think parents who had left their kids behind would want to see a bunch of anklebiters running around, either.

Anyway, I'm going back to Vegas for business in January. It'll be interesting to see how different things are from my mental image of things.

baccarat_king

Actually, your dad was the 'prick!'

Casino gaming in the United States is a regulated entity. This is very similar (but more strict, in some ways) to the way alcohol sales to minors aew regulated in the United States.

Let me give you a contrasting example, which is similar. Your dad is sitting at the pool and wants an alcoholic beverage, he walks over to the bar, and decides that his underage son should be able to purchase the drink (for his dad - not for his own consumption); since his dad's hand's are full at the moment. Bartender refuses to sell the alcoholic beverage to the child, even though the father is right there and says to do it. Your dad determines, that the bartender is a 'prick' since you are clearly purchasing said alcoholic beverage for the dad.

If casinos are caught allowing children to loiter freely in the gaming area, this can be considered a gaming violation; and further might be considered by the NGC that the casino is 'loose' with regard to minors gaming at their property. Not really worth it for them, no matter what your dad said.

Additionally, the fact that your dad did not listen to the initial warning (or multiple warnings) from the casino staff and pit bosses makes him an even bigger 'prick.' Not that I have anything against your dad personally, but since when was he allowed to create his own rules with regard to minors on the casino floor. If it were my casino, and my gaming license (or fine) on the line and your dad was just another 'revenue guest' -- I would have shown him some nice Nevada hospitality and had security rapidly remove your family from the property permanently.

lands

WOW

Chozn1

You disagree? Put yourself in the employees of the casino's shoes. You're going to risk getting fired and letting your wife and kids go hungry back home, so that some guy, who will be gone next week, wants to let his kid watch the ball go round on the roulette wheel? I think not.

My dad was asked to move along from a roulette wheel at the Venetian because he was "just watching" as a whale threw down big money and lost a couple of times. The whale got superstitious, and when the pit boss came along and asked my old man to leave at the request of said whale, he laughed and said he understood. The boss even offered a couple of drinks "on the house" because my dad was cool about it (although he turned down the offer). My old man could probably buy and sell that "whale", but gambling isn't his thing so he doesn't splurge on it. Just wanted to watch, it didn't work out, and we enjoyed a good chuckle over it the next day as he told me the story.

Last year I walked off from a poker table and made a call. I screwed up and didn't realize I was in the sport's wager area. I got an earful for a few seconds until I put my hand up and the phone down, but how can I be mad when I'm the one that screwed up and the guy on the other end is just doing his job in the presence of a thousand cameras?

Vegas is anti-kids. They've tried the family route, and we have Excalibur as a remaining eyesore by which to remember it. Even when they were trying to make it Disneyworld, the casino floor remained a little sanctuary with bold carpeting leading from check-in to an elevator for you to take your kids to the room where they won't bother the people who had the good sense to not bring them... much less those who for some reason or another decided they need to show them the ropes of roulette along the way

lands

The WOW was because some kid reminisced about his childhood memories of Vegas, which included a funny story about his dad. It didn't seem to need a 5 paragraph follow-up detailing the obvious gambling regulations, point out that his dad was a "double-prick", and that he would have removed the dad and family from the property permanently.

BTW - it is possible to hold the grip to tightly.

Chozn1

I'm going on a cruise October 31st. There's one pool on the boat that's adults only. One. When I went on the same cruise last year they had to assign someone full time to let parents know that their special little bundle of joy wasn't an exception to the rule as there was always someone trying to get their kid in, pissing off other patrons. They had to go to one of the other pools (which were over run with kids) if they wanted to hang with their kids.

There was also one pool dedicated to kids. One. Say I went over there and decided to just hang out, what kind of looks\reaction do you think I'd get? I can tell you. Eat **** looks from adults (employees) and kids alike, which would be appropriate given my being a prick who apparently just wanted to do whatever the hell I please regardless of social norm or, in the case above, legalities.

I repeat, I love Vegas. Doubly so since they decided to wrap their arms around the adult side of things again.

lands

Sorry, my bad.

SCREW THAT GUYS DAD FOR DOING WHAT HE DID IN 1997! Hey kid - do us all a favor and have your dad visit this: http://gaming.nv.gov/


Enjoy your cruise.

(has everyone lost their sense of humor?)

jes999

I booked an Encore Resort Suite through AMEX FHR for a weekend next month. Agent noted in the res that it is our anniversary weekend. What are the chances of being upgraded and what should I ask for? FYI It is the PBR World Finals weekend so it may be a bit busy.

lands

The problem I've found with complimentary upgrades at the Wynn is that a decent upgrade is such a large jump that they're hard to get without paying for them.

Here's an older, but relevant thread on 3 similar room types.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/las-v...wer-suite.html

Never hurts to ask though, tip, and be real nice.

A Parlor Suite would be a really nice (and usually costly) upgrade:


Good luck.

Chozn1

I did the same... no luck on the free upgrade. I upgraded to a suite for additional $ at check-in, but it was a good bit cheaper than if I'd made the buy before I got there. I called a couple of times in the weeks before we got there to make sure the suites weren't filling up so I knew my chances were good. Never hurts to tell restaurants you're celebrating an anniversary. They'll usually kick in a little appetizer or dessert. I don't generally do so unless they ask if there's a special occasion, and I'm actually celebrating one, but in hindsight it usually does come with a freebie of some sorts

grbflyer

Been reading up on the thread lately, there was talk about the pool in another thread about the tower suites pool. I had a room at Wynn that was a door down from the "tower suits" part of the hotel. separated by a door with no lock but a sign that says you will need a key for reentry.

We realized that taking the tower suites elevator was easier and faster than going through the "normal" part of the hotel. Never got asked for a room key, what room number we were in or anything like that. We ended up having full access to everything. Got to go into the tower suites pool, use their entrances, they even put postage on a couple postcards. we were going to mirage to see LOVE and left through the tower suites and they couldnt have been nicer, they asked if we wanted water for the walk. you definately dont get that going through the cattle call door.

overall an amazing time. would pay extra to stay at wynn again just for the service. only caveat if you dont have a credit card, you gotta pony up some cash, but at least they came down on how much they needed.

and the $30 trick didnt work. rooms with two beds are on the backside overlooking the golf course still a nice room though. i dont understand the paintings and the only lighting in the room is over them.