compare contrast, part ii.

casablanca hotel and casino

pool view room

mesquite, nv

THEhotel at mandalay bay

bare bones, paid nothing extra room

las vegas, nv

bestie jen paid an extra $10 for the pool view room at the casablanca.  after schlepping our stuff down the longest corridor of rooms {seriously, we walked for 5 minutes.  and i'm a fast walker} only to find out our key card didn't work, we walked back, back, back to the registration desk and started on our trek all over again.

when we walked in the door, it looked like a meteor was heading straight for our window.

turns out, we were in the direct path between the CASABLANCA sign and the spotlight responsible for broadcasting the casino to all the world.  at least the part of it visible from i15.

we had a great night's sleep that night.

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and equally long maze through the casino and corridor of hotel rooms throgh the mandalay bay, only it felt better.  cleaner.  fancier.

THEhotel is the 2nd tower.  new, i guess.  i haven't been to vegas in so long everything seems new.

THEhotel is next to THEcafe and you buy your sundries at THEstore and all the rooms are fully stocked with roles of THEtp.  they really made an effort to simplify life for us, complicated guests.

there's a different people.  i hope you can feel it.

p.s.  that picture was snapped at 4 in the afternoon.  bestie jen is in her pajamas.  baby told her she needed to rest. we had the most relaxing vegas vacation.