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Well, I%26#39;m back from a weekend stay at the Circus Circus.

First...I would like to say that for being Super Bowl Weekend, I was pleasantly surprised. It was not nearly as busy as I thought it would be, considering this is the 2nd busiest weekend in the year for Vegas (next to New Years). The crowds were not bad at all. Casinos were full, but certainly not overflowing or anything.

Circus Circus - we stayed on the 34th floor of the West Tower. All of the rooms in the West Tower have all been recently renovated. They are very average, at best. Nothing fancy, but clean and comfortable. The decor is very non-descrip.

Ate at the Cafe for breakfast and it was fine and reasonably priced. On Sunday morning, just grabbed some coffee and doughnuts from Krispy Kreme.

All of the staff members that we came in contact with friendly.

All in all, an OK stay.

Please, let me know if you have any questions!

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Regarding some previous complaints about this place: I DID NOT have any problems such as the following:

~Nothing was stolen out of my room by a maid.

~I did not electrocute myself at anytime because of their carpets

~I did not receive a jolt of electricity when pressing the elevator buttons

~I did not have any problems with the elevator doors not opening

~I did not think the elevator was going to break at any moment

~I did not receive a jolt of electricity up my arm when using the in-room hair dryer

~I did not have any issues with the Fire Alarms going off all the time

~I did not think the hotel was freezing cold.

~I did not find it at all surprising to see drunken people walking around the hotel and it certainly did not bother me

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I love your reply, very funny!

I don%26#39;t really remember those complaints as being at the top of people%26#39;s lists for disliking CC. By far the #1 complaint has been more like ';there were unattended kids EVERYWHERE!!!'; Also bad location and bad food. But if you had an ';OK stay,'; that%26#39;s all that really matters. Maybe Melissa Lynn is right-MGM-Mirage is working harder to make it a better property. Thanks for posting your mini-review.

Hi Glad to know you enjoyed your stay for the price and you were not electrocuted :) that is funny! Wow and not too crowded that is always a bonus! MelissaLyn has been telling us that the face-lift is underway...so good to know...by April I am sure we will be impressed as to how it used to be. How about any luck on the slots or other gamling?

';Also bad location and bad food. ';

Location maybe, but the Steakhouse is one of the best resuarants in town.

Also note the wjole hotel and casino have been remodeled. Was there a couple of weeks ago and the place is cleaned up pretty darn good. Still a lot of kids, but that is there niche.

Have to say I love the Pink Pony restaurant in CC. Nothing says Vegas more than that place.

Stayed at Circus Circus as a child and an adult so it has a special place in my heart, but have to say the location leaves a lot to be desired.

beach - is there a Krispy Kreme at Circus Circus?

Glad to Hear CC is Getting a facelift...

I just saw an ad for rooms @ $39.99

I%26#39;m going to e-mail my group for April and tell them we are staying at CC, that it%26#39;s all nice now, they will CRY! But they might like that price! Not the location though, we are staying Flamingo or NYNY, whoever gives me a better deal, which will probably be NYNY. I had an aunt who loved CC, always stayed there, I%26#39;m glad they%26#39;re improving.

Was your bed hard as a rock like our friends%26#39; was?

No, our bed was not ';hard as a rock';. I sleep on a pretty soft bed normally, and I slept Just Fine. Of course...after being out and walking around for hours and hours, add a couple drinks, and coming back to the room well past my normal bedtime of 10PM...may all be factors as to how I could just plop down on the bed and pass out immediately! I did not wake up with any back pain or anything.

As for the remodeled rooms...I thought they did a pretty cheap job in the remodeling department. The decor is just very blah, non-descrip. I don%26#39;t even know how to descrip it to you now! In the bathroom, I thought they really missed some opportunities. The bathroom counter is on the small side, with a very small sink. When I would wash my face, I would get water everywhere because the sink is that small. Instead of putting nice granite tops, they were cheap laminate-type tops on the vanity. In the shower, it looked like the same material as the vanity tops in the shower surround - however - it didn%26#39;t go ';out'; far enough...so the shower curtain rod was really close-in to the wall, resulting in it being very closed in while taking a shower, not to mention very dark in the shower. Also...why not put an exhaust fan in the bathroom? I%26#39;ll never understand that...

The rest of the room...well, they have a television that is maybe a 19-inch screen, at best. They have about 20 TV channels, 5 are spanish, 3 are some silly ';Clown TV'; about the hotel, and most all of them were very fuzzy, not clear at all. The back was missing off of our TV remote, there was tape across the batteries. The alarm clock/stereo was MISSING. They do not have any extra pillows in the rooms...just two on each bed. I was even surprised to see that you have to pay to use the inroom safe! How cheap are they! Not to mention...the automatic $1.00 per day charge for unlimited local phone calls. And no, they do not reimburse you if you do not use the phone AT ALL (I asked).

None of these little things was enough to ';ruin'; my stay, as some past reviews have suggested, just little things I noticed.