Well, let me start off by saying--this was NOT the Venetian--BUT--this is a place to stay if you are traveling as a family. We took a trip to Vegas in October 2004 to get married--stayed at the Venetian. We decided to go back to Vegas March 2005 on vacation and took my 8 year old son so that he could see where we got married and stayed at the Luxor. The Venetian spoiled us on the first trip. The Luxor is a great place to stay as a family, however check-in was horrid!! Early check-in?? NO WAY!!! Wasn't allowed while we were there anyway. The staff wasn't very friendly--acted as if we were bothering them. We are firm believers in "you are treated as you treat others"--not so on this visit. Conceirge??? Not at the Luxor!! We couldn't get help with anything from the staff. The ONLY place at the Luxor where the staff were friendly was at the mexican restaurant on the second floor. This is of course is just my opinion--I know we did not come in contact with all of the staff at the Luxor--I am sure there are some really friendly people there--we just didn't come across any of them during our week vacation. On a good note. There was plenty of family activities that could be done at the Luxor. My son loved the arcade and 3-D movie rides. OH--he even enjoyed the King Tut Museum--which I thought he would find very boring at his age. I enjoyed the Pirates 4-D movie with him. The package deal that they offer for $24.95 is great!! You get to see three 3-D ride movies, the Pirate 4-D movie---and some other things that I can't remember right now--but well worth the money of the package. The rooms--kind of small--carpet needed cleaning--wallpaper was falling off the wall. Bathrooms were nice--I really liked the seperate shower and tub. The casino is hard to get through--very easy to get turned around. I never did get used to which way I needed to go. And for my last thought--THE BLUE MAN GROUP---AWESOME!!!!!!!!! I would pay $300 per ticket to see them again. My 8 year old and mother-in-law loved them as well. It is a show that all can enjoy--even without the ear plugs. We sat in the poncho section--a must!!! You really get to experience the whole show without missing a beat!! I don't know if I would go back to the Luxor again if we go as a family--might have to try Treasure Island or MGM next time we take my son along. COUPLES.......Venetian EVERYTIME!!!!

Overall, not a bad experience, but not great either. Our room in the pyramid was pretty good - clean, decent bathroom, pretty good view. The bed, linens, and towels were not terrible but not really high quality either. My main problem was that one day our room didn't get cleaned. I called housekeeping in the afternoon to get the room cleaned, and the phone rang and rang and rang. Finally, on my third call, someone picked up. At this point I gave up on getting the room cleaned and simply asked for some fresh towels. They arrived two hours later. Very frustrating. Their service needs work.

I recently returned from three days at the Luxor (West Tower Room, facing pool), and would like to say that all of the reviews I have read on this site are basically correct, with the differences in rating (a few unlucky guests aside) based on how reasonable the reviewers were in their expectations. When booking a room at the Luxor, it is helpful to remember the following things:

1) The hotel (west tower aside) is now over a decade old, and has been used for a million things you wouldn't tell Mom about, but the Staff still tries to get it right.

2) Vegas is big, so what may be a long walk from check-in to your room where you come from is par for the course here. The walk from check-in to the West Tower is no longer than that at any other megacasino. If you are inclined to complain about it, odds are you need the exercise anyway.

3) There is a reason places like the Venetian and Bellagio tend to charge three to four times as much for a room as the Luxor, and why Mandalay Bay (their sister property) is always more. You will not be checking into the Ritz when you check into the Luxor. Don't expect it, and you'll be happy. On a related note, unless you have a fetish for wizards, dragons, and seriously bad air quality, the added difference in price between the Luxor and the Excalibur (their other less expensive sister property) is always worth it. Always.

4) Luxor is at the south end of the strip. Necessarily, therefore, most of what you probably want to see is down towards the other end. See point #3.

Now, with those statements out of the way, I will say this: on a weekend when most Vegas hotel rooms were going for $300 to $500 a night (or not even available at the trendier places) we could get a room at the Luxor for $219 for Sat. and Sun. Some would say this was high; we viewed it as the price of admission for Vegas. Desk service was quick and friendly at both check-in and check-out. We used the Luxor website to book a room. If you do the same, check it periodically to see if the rates have gone down. They did for us, and a two minute phone call to their 800 number locked in a lower rate for us.

Pool area is okay; drinks are a bit pricey even by vegas standards. Easy to get a deck chair even on sunny days; main pool at 3 1/2 feet at the deepest was too shallow.

Set up a massage at the Spa for the last day, at the end of which I was flying back east on a redeye at 12:30 AM. A Spa treatment gives you 24 hours of use of the Spa, including a locker. I would recommend this for anyone facing a red-eye; being able to take a shower at 10 Pm and change before your flight makes you feel more human. Aside from not having cross-gender massages (e.g., guys-only treatments on mens side / women-only on womens), the quality of the massage was excellent.

This may be the only respectable Casino left on the strip (and NO, I do NOT consider Excalibur, the Trop, or the Barbary Coast to be respectable, let alone little places like San Remo) where you can find 5 dollar tables on a weekend.

Buffet was average but competitively priced for dinner at $16.95.

Blue Man group still worth every penny they charge for admission; the back row is still a good view, unless your eyesite is poor. If you don't have good distance vision, it behooves you to sit closer.

All told, having stayed at other second-tier Vegas properties like the Monte Carlo, New York New York, Treasure Island, or even the Aladdin, I think Luxor is the best of the rest. It is not the Venetian, Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, or even the MGM or Paris, so don't expect it. If you go into it with reasonable expectations, you will not be disappointed.

Stayed at the Luxor 4/3/05-4/8/05. We arrived at about 11:30pm, and the check-in was quick, as requested we were placed in a tower room in the East tower. The view was nice, we had a view of Mandalay Bay which was nice. The room was beautiful though, and quite large. The bathroom alone was awesome, both a shower and a tub. However both the room and the bathroom had horrible lighting,very dim.

The Casino was nice but did'nt pay out at all!!!! as if we thought it would, we had to go to the Gold Coast and Mandalay to get even alittle payout.

The pool was nice, only one pool was open though.

We really did'nt have a desire to eat at the hotel as we were walking the strip.So I really don't have an opinion of them. But if you want an awesome buffett go to the Mandalay Bay Buffett.. SOOOOO good and inexpensive, around 13.00 for breakfast.

I also had a relaxing spa treratment, which was ok..the facial was great, the massage was ok and the scrub was also good, about $124 for the entire treatment. The spa, however was nice in its self. They had different showers with different soaps (ie. Raspberry, mint, papaya..). it was quite nice, and I had only made the reservations about 30min prior to my appt. 1:30 on a Thursday which was a surprise.

Overall, Our stay was nice. I would however only recommend the Luxor if you found a really good deal as we reserved ours through America West Vacations,and none of the discounts applied to them...