Its food was always good, too. I ate at a couple of its restaurants, and its food was always better

The Aladdin casino in Vegas has had its fair share of ups and downs. In fact, it s been more down than up since it was first built back in 1962, and was even blown up back in 1998 to make way for a shiny new $1.4 billion 2,567 room mega-hotel that opened in 2000. However, despite all the cash pumped into it, it still never made money, and went bankrupt back in 2003.
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The interior is currently unchanged, victoriabritish columbia travel trailer rentals with the old Aladdin victoriabritish columbia travel trailer rentals s casino featuring extremely tall ceilings, and a garish black, red and gold 80 s theme that wouldn t look out of place in a late 80s pop video (think Top of the Pops, UK readers, and you ll get the idea!)
That said, it looked surprisingly cool, and wasn t quite as claustrophobic as some of the casinos can make you feel (The Mirage, for example, whose low black ceilings overpower you, or even Treasure Island, which seems to cram the slots in wherever it finds an available space).
Its food was always good, too. I ate at a couple of its restaurants, and its food was always better than most of the other places on the strip, while ThemeParkInsider rates its buffet as the best in Vegas, victoriabritish columbia travel trailer rentals even better than those at the Paris and the Bellagio.
All this will soon change, though, as Planet Hollywood will completely revamp the interior. Looks good, too, as you can see from these pics. The pic above shows the new lobby, while the one below shows the casino floor. Compare and contrast this rendering with my own pic of the Aladdin s pop-video looks, and you can see that things are definitely moving more upmarket.
One thing the old Aladdin was famous for was its Desert Passage shops at over 1.3 miles of winding interior shopping, they seemed to go on for miles. Indeed, such was the distance you had to cover to get from end to the other, the tourist guides all wheeled around on Segways (in extremely short skirts, it has to be said!)
Outside, things won t be hugely different, but they ll be different enough. One of the reasons the Aladdin consistently failed was because it didn t focus on detail in the same way the other casinos did. The casinos in Vegas all focus on traffic flow getting customers through victoriabritish columbia travel trailer rentals their doors and into their casinos. This is the main reason victoriabritish columbia travel trailer rentals for the amazing themes and grandeur of the mega-resorts.
An expensive and fancy facade is no use, though, if customers can t actually find the doors, and the Aladdin s were set back from the strip up a series of steps. Worse, the main entrance led you to the Desert Passage shops, which wind on for over a mile, and don t actually take you into the casino.
Factor in the visual appeal of neighbouring hotels such as Paris, New York New York and the Bellagio, and the Aladdin was hit with a treble whammy you didn t notice it, it wasn t immediately obvious how to get into it, and it wasn t obvious where the casino was once you did enter it.
I remember the first time I went to Vegas a few years back going into the Aladdin and wandering round the Desert Passage, and suddenly feeling very sick. Granted jet lag was kicking in (and a huge burger overdone with mayonnaise wasn t helping!), but it was the sense of complete disorientation that was the most unsettling.
I was in the middle on endless series of shops in a hotel where I didn t know where the exit was, and just felt utterly lost! It wasn t an experience I wanted to repeat, and at this stage, I hadn t even seen a single slot machine in the entire hotel.
Thirdly, two huge new towers are currently under construction (above) behind the main facade that should give the new Planet Hollywood victoriabritish columbia travel trailer rentals the imperious victoriabritish columbia travel trailer rentals presence needed of a mega-resort that has to compete not only with Paris and the Ballagio, but also the giant new $7.7 billion CityCenter mega-complex that s currently being built directly opposite it.
Whether the new Planet Hollywood will fare any better than the old Aladdin, only time will tell. With its links to Hollywood A-listers, it might be able to secure a niche for itself amongst the other great attractions in its immediate vicinity. With all the money invested in it, though, and Planet Hollywood s own rocky road over the years, this is one hell of a gamble!
I can see Planet Hollywood getting some attention when it s first opened, if only cos it s the last interesting casino before you hit the MGM Grand. Can t see it doing too good when CityCenter opens though.
Will Planet Hollywood still be keeping the Aladdin s special victoriabritish columbia travel trailer rentals rainstorm feature in the Miracle Mile? Of all the sights in Vegas, this had to be the lamest a mockup of rain falling into a pond, complete with the sound of thunder.
The style is very retro-Hollywood Art Deco. I LOVE it. I can see Fred Astair and Ginger victoriabritish columbia travel trailer rentals Rogers dancing victoriabritish columbia travel trailer rentals in the foyer right now..AHH. This is a people place, without the distractions of fancy carving and forests.