Well, with lots of good help from fellow board members I gave the El Cortez vintage rooms a try and was delighted with everything.
These are small, cozy, clean and very quiet rooms. Unlike the Pavillion where everyone walks by on the outside corridor, there is no traffic here. The window is frosted glass that lets in life but offers no view. There is no table for my computer, but a nice easy chair pulled up to the set of drawers near the bed works well, especially tucked in close with the top drawers supporting the computer.
Getting to these rooms has always been a hassle for a guy who carries a huge suitcase that can weigh 80 pounds when all three carry ons are packed into it. However, using the secret passage from the second floor elevator I managed to get into the room with a short flight of stairs that went down.
The room itself has
* a fine queen bed and very rich dark furniture reminding me of the wood in the Golden Gate.
* a hair dryer.
*a coffee pot
*two small garbage cans
*clean and fresh interior
*small but old fashioned bathroom with faux ivory faucet handles.
*no smoking
*plenty of lights
*quiet. I hear nothing here. A huge contrast to the pavillion motel like rooms where any noise it just outside.
*television more diverse than in other casinos. (Quite a contrast from the Orleans where some folks watched "Meet the Folkers" twice because it was the only free movie available.)
*an exhaust fan in the bathroom
*good shower head.
NEGATIVES
*small closet only had hooks. No bar with hangers.
*no safe
*tacky parrot
AND THE FINAL NEGATIVE WHICH DISCOURAGES ME FROM STAYING AGAIN. TELEVISIONS CAN BE HEARD THROUGH THE WALLS. SO AT ONE IN THE MORNING I AM WOKEN UP BY A NEIGHBOR. TOO BAD TOO. THE REST WAS VERY QUIET.
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