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Stratosphere - COW

#1

Greetings from Las Vegas, Home of Positive ER Video Poker:

This week's COW is the "Stratosphere":

http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1955/20228/VP/Stra.htm

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#2

My wife and I stayed at the Strat last week-Sun.-Weds.
I booked the rooms through TravelAxe at around $29.00
per night. Upon check in we were informed of a $3.00
"energy charge". I asked for a Strip View and they
added $10.00 per night. For the price, I felt the room
was fine and very quite.

They have several banks of 100% Video Poker at the
quarter level with clearly marked signs-100% payback.
These are Bonus games and loose deuces. I was
surprised not to see any quarter 9/6 JOB.

I liked the VP. My wife did not have any luck at the
slots. (she had much better luck at other places).

The area is somewhat remote and not easy walking
distance to anything good. The CAT bus stops out front
, so you can take it up the strip or downntown. The
strip bus cost is $2.00 per person one way. Over 65 is
less, but you must show a CAT I.D.

The Strat is a lively place and everyone was friendly
except for a coffee bar lady(older, dyed red hair,
butch cut) who barked loudly at me for trying to warm
up my coffee. They charge 80 cents for refills.

The only real negative is the Time Share leeches that
attack everyone that walks by their booth.

Over all we liked the Strat. Now that we know our way
around, I am sure we will go back. I am looking for to
see if they send future offers.

Glenbob

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#3

Last time I stayed at strat we requested the other tower and got it
for the same price. It's older (and we didn't have a strip view )
but the big advantage is the time share leaches weren't there. I'm
talking the tower in the main casino instead of the one by the
buffet.

I've stayed there twice once in the new tower and once in the old
tower both times we didn't have any problems. I'm not as fond of
there comp system because the host doesn't have any say. You either
have the points in the computer or you don't. However comps are
easier to earn than most places on the strip. Overall, I'd rather
stay downtown or at a swankier place south strip because I like to
have more stuff to do within (safe) walking distance.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, glen bob <glenbob@y...> wrote:

The only real negative is the Time Share leeches that
attack everyone that walks by their booth.

#4

I had occasion to stay at the Stratosphere for the first time a
couple of weeks ago. I was my son's 21st birthday and I wanted to
make it a special trip.

The room was standard fare vegas. Nice but nothing out of the
ordinary. One interesting item, you have your choice of what they
call the world tower or the premier tower. There is approx. a $10-
$15 a night difference in price. When I asked what the difference
with the rooms were, I was told nothing other than the world tower is
about 4 years older. They also offer an extra discount for AARP
members, (which, sad to say, I qualified for a few months ago).

For the price, the buffet I thought was very good. I only sampled
breakfast but I thought that they had a better than average variety
of foods compared to most of the other vegas buffets that I've tried
at this price range. Discount coupons are also available on the
Stratosphere web site.

The is a sit down restaurant called Lucky's Cafe. Very good food.

We booked dinner reservations at the restaurant at the top of the
tower called the Top of the World. It is at the 106th floor and
rotates one complete turn every hour. The view is spectacular.
There is a dress code and the prices the prices match the height.
Plan on well over $100 for dinner for two but the food is
excellent!!!

I thought that the pool and spa area was very nice. Well kept and
clean. They have a variety of play activities in the pool: water
basketball and volleyball. The only drawback was that the spa was a
bit small.

One of the nice casino benefits is their refund for first time club
players. After you sign up for their card, they will refund 15% of
what you play for the first half hour up to a $100 refund. Any slot
or video poker machine qualify. They have a well marked section on
100%+ video but you have to be careful which you sit down at. I
played double bonus. There were only 2 10/7 machines mixed in with
9/7 machines in their 100% area.

The catch with the refund is that you don't receive it right away, it
gets mailed several weeks after you play and you have 1 year to
redeem. Not that it is going to be a problem, all in all, I was
quite happy with the stay and plan on putting it on my hotels to
visit much more frequently.

Steve

Greetings from Las Vegas, Home of Positive ER Video Poker:

This week's COW is the "Stratosphere":

http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1955/20228/VP/Stra.htm

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point.org/users/usma1955/20228/VP/Stra.htm">

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Every week (Sunday night through Sunday night) vpFREE will
select a Las Vegas casino (alphabetically) as Casino Of the
Week (COW). During the week, everyone is encouraged to post
information about the COW, such as:

Likes

Dislikes

Anecdotes

Hotel comments

Restaurant comments

Swimming pool comments

VP machine LOCATIONS

History of the casino

Slot club information

Discretionary comp experiences

Updates to the vpFREE DataBase