I was worried about staying at this place because of all the negative reviews, but I am glad I did stay here. I have stayed at a lot of places in Las Vegas and usually a 3 star hotel in Vegas is like a 1 star hotel anywhere else. The rooms were clean and roomy. It was like a 1 bedroom apartment. It even had 2 LEATHER couches, 2 TVs, a fridge, microwave and a stove in the room. I would recommend this place to anyone. It is only one block from the heart of the strip. It is right behind the Flamingo Casino. I only paid $120 a night and I got a bargain for Vegas. Make sure you ask for a renovated room when you book. Won't be disappointed as long as you are not expecting the Bellagio...

If you are in your room the place is decent enough. We had a room about one block from the main building. Surrounded on both sides by low income housing projects. It did not feel very safe at night but it is a short walk from the monorail station to the main building and they will take you to your door in a golf cart. We had a renovated room but like another review said the floors are uneven and the carpeting was old. But both bathrooms and the kitchen seemed new. We had a two bedroom two bath suite and it has a full size fridge and stove and dishes and pans etc. There is a grocery store a black away. THe door did not have a deadbolt and in that neighborhood it needs them. When we told the cab driver what place we were at (he has been in vegas 40 years and was a cop) he said that place is a DUMP. Used to be a Ramada Inn. The pictures on their website are not of Las Vegas they are of Florida. If they posted pictures of our building and the surrounding area it would look like a dump. All the buildings are painted this pinky orange color so that you can tell their buildings from the housing projects. We had to call THREE times to get pillows and towels and did not find the staff very friendly. You get what you pay for. If the website they have had showed REAL PHOTOS of the Las Vegas property I would not have stayed there. I will try and post some later. There is no water park and the pools are tiny. The biggest one was empty. There are gates to keep the winos out (we saw one peeing on a brick wall) but the gates are not that tall. We were very close to a boarded up falling down old motel called the Flamingo Arms.

We swapped a 2 bed gold crown resort in Spain to stay here as part of a package that include hotel stays in Frisco and LA to celebrate my big 50,we were with friends who had no experience of timeshare,they thought the place was good and the location was great,staff were friendly and helpful even managed to get us a booking for 8 at the Stratosphere,organised taxi's for us.
Yes the place isnt brand new and even our 'refurbished unit' had mis matched furniture, it was good enough for the time we spent in the unit.We had some of our party staying down the road at the Fairfield which is almost brand new but the units were smaller and they felt it was too big and impersonal.
I had read some of the negative reviews before we went and was a little worried but was happy enough with what we got.

My Family and I just stayed at this hotel from March 27 to April 4, 2005. We had a wonderful time, the suite we stayed in was a 2 bedroom, 2 bath suite, we had plenty of hot water you have your own hot water tank so people saying no hot water is hard to believe. We were a family of six and had plenty of room. Had 2 twin beds in one room and a queen in the other with a queen sleeper sofa that was an L-shaped sofa so the kids could sleep there also. Had dishwasher, stove, fridge, microwave and a coffee pot. They brought plenty of towels everyday and I myself was never bothered about investing in a timeshare. We had a pool not heated but at main building just across Ida street was a heated pool and jaccuzi. We thought it was a nice place to stay without all the hussle and bussle of all the people to get back to your room. Nice attendants too, they were very friendly. Have activities in main building for kids and family. I would definately stay here again so dont believe all the negative stuff you read it is probably written by people from other hotels or something because i was not scared or disappointed and the walk to the strip is not far at all, you can also cut through the other buildings on winnick and go up that street and it will take you right to the corner of margaritaville and you dont have to go through the parking lot. Any ways great place to stay!!! Will be back