Las Vegas Hotels for family with 12 and 15 year old girls.?
December 31, 2009 by QA-admin
Filed under Hotel Discussion
We are going to stop in Las vegas for a couple of nights after visiting California and I’m interested in 3 different hotels and wondering which one is best for my girls ages 12 and 15. The Excalibur, New York New York or The Paris. The Excalibur sounds more "kid friendly" but I like the looks of the Paris. Any advice on the restaurants at each hotel,rooms, pools and activities? Thanks!!
Aubrey A on Thu, 31st Dec 2009 9:06 pm
I have only stayed at Excalibur and Mandalay Bay. But Excalibur is definitely a great kid-friendly hotel. We took our two daughters last year and they were 2 and 6 at the time. My brother went with us and he was 12 and he loved it. There is a great arcade (Midway) downstairs with fun, affordable carnival games that are easy to win. We ended up walking away with a trash bag full of stuffed animals and pillows. The Tournament of Kings dinner show was their favorite. It is $60 per person but it includes a great dinner of game hen, broccoli, potato wedges, a pastry, and unlimited pepsi. They have 4 pools, one is devoted to adults only. Another one has small waterslides and a small waterfall, the water doesn’t go deeper than 3 or 4 ft I believe in any of the pools, but its like that in most of Vegas. There is a food court that includes Quiznos, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Krispy Kreme, and Starbucks. Restaurants- they have an Italian restaurant that is very affordable, a steak house that is a little more expensive, an average buffet with great prices, Dick’s Last Resort, and Sherwood Forest Cafe which is a 24-hour Denny’s type cafe, I love going there for breakfast.
I don’t know much about NY NY but they do have an arcade and the roller coaster, but it is directly across the street from Excalibur so you can visit those attractions without having to stay there. Excalibur is connected to Luxor by indoor walkway which is connected to Mandalay Bay by what some say is the best shopping mall area in Vegas, Mandalay Place. MGM Grand is also across the street and next door to MGM Grand is the Showcase Mall with M&M World and Coca Cola World. Below them is Gameworks, a huge arcade.
Excalibur also has the best value on the strip. The hotel is not a luxury hotel, but it is really a decent hotel. If you upgrade to the Widescreen room ($10-$20 more per night) you wouldn’t even know you weren’t staying in a luxury hotel. It has beautiful warm decor, a 42" widescreen TV, and marble countertops in the bathroom. Check the best rates here http://smartervegas.com/hotels/excalibur/promotionalcodes.aspx
If you don’t see a deal you can use, just keep checking it because they update it often, also sign up for email offers from Excalibur.com.
Hope this helps!