The Venetian

The Venetian seems like such an interesting place, with all of the canals; the mall. The proximity. As it turns out, there was very little I liked about my stay at the Venetian.

I'd spent a bit extra for a "Select View" room. This was my first mistake. I also pre-checked in; I'd be arriving at noon so I hoped they'd have a room for me early, and in fact they did. This was mistake number 2.

The place is a rat race practically all day long. It's a big hotel and lots of people want to stay here.

I got my room keys and started the trek to drop off my luggage. The place does have really nice ceilings.

Through the casino to the back of the property; it's a long walk to the towers.

Once you get upstairs there's a long hallway; of course my room was at the end of the hallway.

The first thing I noticed was the noise. Loud, bad music. It's seems my "Select View" was a view of the pool, which is basically a party with loud house music. Also a nice view of the construction next door.

This was not going to do, so I walked all the way back to the desk to get another room. I explained to the desk lady about the noise and she blamed it on the early check in people "They don't know anything about the rooms". Good to know. She gave me another set of room keys and I made the long walk to the new room.

As it turns out, this is the same room about 10 floors higher. Better view, but the same pool noise.

Back to the desk; this time she said she didn't have a room on the other side yet, but she would after 3pm. So I ended up having to wait in the food court for an hour.

Not yet knowing where the other coffee options where in the hotel, I got a cup here; an American Coffee for $6. It was terrible. stay away from this place.

They have some decent looking slices, but i wasn't having a slice. I was saving my appetite for dinner.

I got a text at 3pm and my 3rd room was ready. Another long walk to the room; this one on the other side of the hotel.

It was only 4pm and I'd already burned over 3100 calories. 7pm My time, to be fair. But still much walking to do.

All of the rooms are the same. I'm not a fan of the decor, but it's a very spacious room.

This view was fairly uninspiring during the day, but it would be nice at night.

The room comes equipped with 2 big screen TVs, which is pretty nice.

There's a nice desk with plenty of convenient charging options.

And as expected, the view was quite nice in the dark.

The Pool

The pool at the Venetian is a party for cretins; Loud house music; no beautiful people to be found. Good Luck finding a spot on the late morning.

The bad news is that in the afternoon the hotel blocks the sun, so it ceased to be a sunbathing option later in the day.

The Casino

Venetian slots

Venetian Tables

Venetian Center Bar

Venetian Dorsey

Venetian Dorsey Inside

Restaurants

Restaurant Row

Restaurant Row is between the Venetian and the Palazzo.

The Mall