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It'd been several years since we last stayed at the GN so we decided it was time to re-visit one of our favorite Hotels in Vegas. Booked two Gold Club Rooms at a great price for my wife and I and another couple last August for a Feb. 2012 stay. We loved the VIP perks associated with the Gold Club Rooms and the rooms themselves were awesome, as nice as any place we've stayed on the strip. The Gold Club Rooms were in the Gold Tower with elevators right by the casino and close to Freemont Street. No one could access the Gold Club floors (16 & 17) unless they had a Gold Club Card to insert in the elevator control panel slot below the Gold Club floor buttons which was a nice security feature. Our room on the 16th floor overlooked the pool area with a great view of the mountains in the distance. From the friendly VIP check-in, to free wi-fi, turn-down service, free daily newspapers, free coffee, free bottled water, free fruits and snacks all day long, tv in the bath, dvd/cd player, big screen HD tv, free use of the spa facilities (a big thanks to the friendly attendants), and the spotlessly clean rooms (Great housekeeping dept.) this trip thanks to the great accomadations and the friendly staff throughout the GN turned out to be the best we've ever experienced in Vegas (approx 25 trips over the years). We're done with the strip and their wall to wall crowds, jacked up meal prices, 6/5 blackjack, tight slots, obnoxious employees and patrons and the long distances between properties. From now on it's the Golden Nugget and friendly downtown for us. One thing a lot of Vegas tourists fail to do is tip the housekeeper, these ladies work harder for less money then anyone in Vegas. By leaving a few bucks each morning with a thank you note these ladies will make the extra effort to insure a spotless room with new toiletries everyday. Parents, instead of indulging your own self-gratification take your kids to Disneyland, Disneyworld, Six Flags, or a National Park, or anywhere for vacation other then Vegas where there's public drinking, gambling, smoking, **** slappers on every corner, and foul language heard every 30 seconds by drunken 20 something's when walking down the strip at night. Vegas tried the family vacation destination thing in the mid 90's and IT FAILED!! Vegas is a Disneyland for adults not children. The only Hotel that caters to families is Circus Circus and it's a dump. Read the full Casino Review