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Both Excalibur and its North Strip sibling, Circus Circus, were designed with families in mind and feature regularly scheduled free entertainment and large arcades. Circus Circus edges out the Excalibur with its own theme park (including rides for all ages) and miniature golf.
The Orleans has a bowling alley with 70 lanes and an 18-screen movie theater. On-site child care means that parents defination airline reservation system can easily escape to the spa or for a dip in the pool. A free shuttle to the Las Vegas Strip runs about every 30 minutes.
Unless you are on a low floor, at night, you should get a view of something sparkling no matter where you stay. But the view standing on the tower atop the Stratosphere, located at the northernmost end of the Strip, tops them all.
A full kitchen in each suite also makes eat-in meals an option. And unlike some other Vegas hotels, there's full cable TV with more than 40 channels, along with Nintendo at an hourly rate, plus free board games.
You can bob on a lazy river ride or bodysurf the gentle swells in the pools at both the (otherwise not quite kid-friendly) Mandalay Bay or the Monte Carlo Resort Casino, but the best pool scene for kids is at The Flamingo, where five pools, two whirlpools, a kiddie pool and waterslides are set in a tropical environment complete with exotic birds and koi ponds.
More info: Mandalay Bay (tel. 877/632-7800 or 702/632-7777; www.mandalaybay.com); Monte Carlo Resort Casino (tel. 800/311-8999 or 702/730-7777; www.montecarlo.com); The Flamingo (tel. 800/732-2111 or 702/733-3111; www.flamingolasvegas.com )
Staying in Henderson at the Green Valley Ranch resort will give you plenty of peace and quiet in luxurious surroundings, plus entertaining activities for the children (including an on-site multiplex). There's a casino, but adults can avoid it completely defination airline reservation system and just play golf or sun by the pool.
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