These are just some of the things that are offered by Circus Circus. Getting to each one is another matter entirely, and it is accomplished by going down identical hallways, up and down various sets of escalators and/or elevators, and eventually breaking down and asking someone for directions.
The rooms themselves are all exactly the same- same bad paintings on the wall, same tacky bedspreads and carpets that reach such a shameful level of non-taste that you feel compelled to never use them for more than storage space. A perfectly wonderful marketing strategy, but it kills your sleep patterns.
But once you leave the solace of your cookie-cutter room, you're on your own in a myriad of hallways that all eventually dump into casinos. Welcome to the Las Vegas zone of the Crystal Maze, but don't expect any weekend adventure packages as a reward for your ingenuity in solving the labyrinths and puzzles.
I arrived in Las Vegas at approximately 6am on Thursday morning. I checked into the hotel and took my things to my room, made a cursory check of the hallways to see if I could spot any bibles by the doors, (as an aside, it has become somewhat of an inside joke and tradition to place a bible outside your door at a Rocky convention. Only a handful of people actively DO it, but it's a "thing" all the same) and seeing none, I proceeded down to the lobby to check out the city.
I was fascinated by the idea of an amusement park that was located inside a hotel, so that was my first intended stop. Finding myself instead in a casino, I tried again, grabbed a snack at the convenience store I next found myself at and happened upon the wedding chapel. After my short bout of laughter that I always give for some reason at "chapels of love", I proceeded on in my search of the amusement park, and found myself after a bit of walking, in another casino. Or maybe it was the same one, I never was sure.
I finally made the entrance of "The AdventureDome" at just about 9am to discover they opened at 10. Being in the optimistic vacationing mood I was, I headed back in an attempt to find the casino again with intention to go back to the amusement park in an hour and wound up on another long walk finding things I wasn't trying to get to.
By this time I was back in the lobby again, and considering buying some bread crumbs at the nearby store, or going outside to gather small stones.
I eventually did meander my way back to the amusement park, and I had a good deal of fun riding the hell out of that roller coaster they had there. (For those of you who can do such a thing while heavily inebriated, I give it two thumbs up)
Getting lost and not knowing where you're going does have it's advantages at times. Kev, his wife and myself went roaming around the halls for no particular reason and found air hockey. So sometimes, it DOES work.
But to anyone thinking of taking a trip down to Circus Circus for a vacation, take my advice . . .
Pack a large ball of twine, and tie it to your doorknob as you leave your room.