Wynn Las Vegas

Old Apr 28, 2005, 5:08 pm
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Wynn Las Vegas

I hope that someone post soon if they stay there. It looks beyond awesome on the website.
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Old Apr 28, 2005, 7:47 pm
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Will be staying there on the 4th of May and will post a mini report.
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Old Apr 29, 2005, 11:24 pm
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The Mrs. and I will be staying there at the end of July. Looks really nice.^
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Old May 2, 2005, 3:38 pm
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Check the Las Vegas forum under "featured destinations" also - there has been a lot of discussion of it.
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Old May 2, 2005, 10:52 pm
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Stayed there Thurs, Fri and Sat night. Very crowded, obviously. The casino looks similar to the Bellagio. My room was on the 35th floor in the Resort Tower. Very tasteful decor, different than the Bellagio, however. Plasma TV in room, mini-bar, everything you would expect Wynn to have in his rooms.
Went to the spa and had a massage. Very nice area with 45 rooms for treatments. Tried out the Buffet. Was okay, but have had better in Las Vegas. Cafe was good but somewhat limited menu. Would I go back? Sure - they comped 100 percent of my stay.
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Old May 4, 2005, 9:22 pm
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Not Impressed on Walkthrough

Walked through on Saturday, April 30. Was shocked at how umimpressive it was (maybe I missed the good parts).

1. Landscape looks like it was designed by someone from Disney. That is not a criticism, just an observation. I literally think that the designer was trained in a Disney facility. And the Astroturf, in lieu of grass, was not impressive.

2. I believe that they only have a 2 lane entrance. That is going to be a nightmare on Friday nights.

3. I didn't see any public areas that looked as nice as the Bellagio, or even as nice as Treasure Island.

4. There was a *very* nice waterfall you could sit by. But that was the only feature I saw that was worth mentioning.
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Old May 4, 2005, 10:25 pm
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I visited the Wynn in the wee early hours opening day Thurs 4/28. I also had the pleasure of staying there Monday night after being bumped from my flight. Thanks to the Wynn casino hosts for putting me up at 11 PM on 1/2 hour's notice.

Everyone I met was raving about the fact that Steve Wynn is once again at the helm of a casino-hotel and we patrons no longer have to deal with casino-hotels run by mindless, faceless corporations. I drove by the employee entrance and saw numerous staff members walking to the employee parking lot, you never saw a more joyous group! They are all appreciative of getting jobs there -- they know they are the best of the best.

My room was on the 33rd floor facing west (Treasure Island, Fashion Show Mall). (There are no floors 40-49 out of respect for Orientals, many of whom believe the number 4 to be unlucky). After figuring out the electric inner and outer curtains, I was surprised by a flash of light -- I looked out through the floor-to-ceiling windows to see the fireworks and pirate-ship act at TI. I was higher than the top of the Mirage, TI or the Venetian; I was about at eye level with the rooftop bar at the Palms.

The room itself features a Gateway plasma HDTV which flashed, "Welcome Mbstone." The remote control for the TV is a Wynn OEM product with myriad individual buttons for various functions labeled, for example, "Check Out." The HDTV is mounted on a hinge that swings out from the wall. There is another plasma HDTV in the bathroom, with its own remote, visible from the bathtub.

The king bed reminded me of a Heavenly Bed, it had a comforter encased in sheets and about 6 pillows. Silky robes; and his-and-hers slippers (keep 'em) are in the closet. There is a sofa and minibar; a desk has a fax/printer and high speed internet.

The alarm clock/CD player, also a Wynn OEM product, was remarkably easy to use.

My room was decorated with orange walls with red-orange-yellow paintings of flowers.

The bathroom features a tub and shower, two sinks, TV, phone in toilet area, hairdryer, scale, and much swag.

The casino is very, very large, and can be challenging to the elderly and those with weak bladders (restrooms can be distant and hard-to-find). The casino and public areas are lavishly decorated with flowers and beautiful carpeting. Your red-and-gold room key is also your players' club card, and vice versa. The table limits were reasonable. RFID tags embedded in chips $25 and up speed the cashing-out process, they do not have to ask you what table you were playing at, or call the pit to verify that you won the chips (to thwart attempts to cash stolen or purloined chips). The chips are placed on a sensor at the cashier's cage and presumably are matched with the table to which the chips were issued.

They have the usual array of shops, restaurants, and services including a 24-hour coffee shop, buffet, and steakhouse. There is a Ferrari and Maserati dealership complete with service bays; there was a long line to enter the showroom. The central pool area features a bar with some blackjack tables, and many cabanas. Middle-aged men with gold chains could be heard in front of the cabanas transacting various types of business on their cell phones. One of the pool areas has a sign, "European-style sun bathing permitted, no minors allowed."

Two cab drivers said they didn't like the arrangement whereby they have to navigate an underground tunnel to get to the taxi stand -- but there were ample outgoing cabs. At one point I had to check two computer bags with the bellman, who asked me if they were fragile. I said "yes," expecting him to refuse the bags. Instead, he placed big pink "Fragile" tags on them.

My wife was impressed, as was I, with the gracious staff. She reported asking one of the purple-suited security staffers for directions, and on each occasion the security person did not point, but walked her to her destination. They also addressed her by name (!).
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Old May 5, 2005, 9:51 am
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Originally Posted by mbstone
Your red-and-gold room key is also your players' club card, and vice versa.
I've been waiting for someone to do this!
RFID tags embedded in chips $25 and up speed the cashing-out process, they do not have to ask you what table you were playing at, or call the pit to verify that you won the chips (to thwart attempts to cash stolen or purloined chips). The chips are placed on a sensor at the cashier's cage and presumably are matched with the table to which the chips were issued.
Also probably lets them track play more accurately, too. Which is generally not a good thing
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Old May 7, 2005, 6:10 am
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Originally Posted by Doppy
I've been waiting for someone to do this!

Also probably lets them track play more accurately, too. Which is generally not a good thing

Why is it "generally not a good thing"?
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Old May 7, 2005, 8:00 am
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If you don't understand why its a good thing you either never play big, or you are never comped (or both)
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Old May 7, 2005, 2:35 pm
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Originally Posted by frankhi
Why is it "generally not a good thing"?
You generally receive comps and other goodies based on your amount of play. There are several tricks that you can use to make it look like you are playing more than you really are, so your comps are higher. If the casino can track you accurately, it's harder to "overearn" comps.

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Old May 8, 2005, 3:20 am
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"(There are no floors 40-49 out of respect for Orientals, many of whom believe the number 4 to be unlucky)."

And the use of Oriental is outdated. Things are Oriental, not people.
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Old May 9, 2005, 1:23 pm
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Originally Posted by frankhi
Why is it "generally not a good thing"?
What mikeef said. Generally the "human error" the play tracking system works in the player's, not the casino's, favor.

Unless you're a complete dick to the staff. (Which I'm not.)

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"(There are no floors 40-49 out of respect for Orientals, many of whom believe the number 4 to be unlucky)."

And the use of Oriental is outdated. Things are Oriental, not people.
Maybe he meant that oriental rugs don't like the number 4.
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Old Jun 11, 2005, 8:40 pm
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Went to LAS on business and had a two night stay here.

The rooms reminded me of the Mandarin NYC. I had a resort tower room on the 19th floor looking out over the strip. A wide 10' long hallway opens up to the bedroom and the view. The bed faces the windows. In-between the bed and the windows is a small dining table with two chairs, a sofa against the wall on the hallway side which is adjacent to a desk in the corner. This was plenty of room for a low-category accomodation....very impressive actually. Brown, tans, reds dominated the color scheme and nice looking paintings cover every wall (including the water closet). No wireless internet. Flat-screen TV anchored a nice entertainment system. Electric controls for the shades worked well. The lighting options neared perfection, but I would have liked dimmers.

The bathroom is on the right in the mid-point of the hallway. Seperate shower with a non-descript shower head. Deep tub. Seperate water closet. Dual sinks with divider that acted as a dressing table with a mini-chair. Complete toiletry set puts FS and MO to shame.

All of the finishings of the room/bathroom and furniture pieces were a noticeable downgrade versus that of the Mandarin NYC (again....I choose this hotel as the benchmark b/c the Wynn rooms strongly reminded me of the MO-NY), but certainly nice enough.

Room service told me it would be a 45' wait for breakfast. It took that long, but came hot and was quite good. The room service menu itself was very complete. The mini-bar had far too many Wynn-branded items in it. I was getting tired of seeing his name everywhere (including the toiletries).

The public spaces are very nice, but took no big steps forward vs. Bellagio, etc. The hotel itself felt like a Manhattan-style playground....which suits my tastes very well. Nice restuarants with plenty of big name chefs, the standard night clubs, gaming, big name shopping, etc. The pool area was nice with very plush cabanas which, given this was a business stay, I only looked at. Some were located on the "2nd floor" of the pool...complete with balconies overlooking the lower pools.

Overall I was very impressed for my $179 mid/late week rate. Perhaps that was helpful as it was not over-crowded. I'd return. However, I'm planning a leisure visit for next month and have booked a Club Suite at the RC LLV and it didnt impress to the point where I would change those plans.
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