3850 Las Vegas Boulevard South,NV 89109Las Vegas

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This castle-themed resort and casino is located central on the Las Vegas Strip. It features 4 seasonal outdoor pools, 6 restaurants, 100,000-square-foot casino and live nightly entertainment are provided.

This type of Excalibur And Casino rooms is luxury, being at least 63 m² in size. A maximum of 3 guests can be accommodated in this luxury king suite. The room has a private bathroom with a bath, shower facilities and a hair dryer. It is furnished with a king size bed. The Excalibur Hotel and Casino features a whopping 3,981 rooms, all with either one king-size or two queen-size beds (some rooms also include a pull-out bed). Decor varies a bit from room to room, with differing color schemes but more or less the same generic vibe.

WiFi (included with the resort fee) is provided throughout rooms at Excalibur. Every room has a cable TV, a large bathroom with a hair dryer.

The Las Vegas Excalibur provides a tour desk. Guests can browse the numerous on-site shops.

There are 4 outdoor pools featuring a water slide, poolside cabanas, and an Adult Only Pool. A large gym with modern equipment is also available.

Interstate 15 is 1.6 km from the resort offering easy access to area attractions. McCarran International Airport is 4.5 km away and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas is 4 km from the hotel.

Rooms: 12

Hotel Chain: MGM Resorts International

Facilities of Excalibur

General

• Paid WiFi

Activities

• Golf course (within 2 miles)

• Happy hour

Food & Drink

• Restaurant
• Bar

• Vending machine (drinks)

Pool and Spa

• Fitness center
• Spa
• Massage
• Outdoor pool

• Outdoor pool (seasonal)
• Waterslide
• Heated pool

• Pool/Beach towels
• Pool bar
• Shallow end
• Swimming pool

Transportation

• Car rental

Front Desk Services

• 24-hour front desk
• Newspapers
• Express check-in/out

• Currency exchange
• Baggage storage

• ATM on site
• Invoice provided

Common Areas

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• Game room

• Sun deck

Entertainment & Family Services

• Casino

Cleaning Services

• Dry cleaning
• Ironing service

• Shoeshine

• Suit press
• Daily housekeeping

Business Facilities

• Meeting/Banquet facilities

• Fax/Photocopying

Shops

• Gift shop
• Shops (on site)

• Convenience store (on site)

Miscellaneous

• Non-smoking rooms
• Facilities for disabled guests
• Elevator

• Heating
• Hypoallergenic room available

• Air conditioning
• Designated smoking area

Safety & security

• Safe
• 24-hour security
• Smoke alarms

• CCTV in common areas
• CCTV outside property

• Fire extinguishers

Safety features

• Staff follow all safety protocols as directed by local authorities
• Shared stationery (e.g. printed menus, magazines, pens, paper) removed
• Hand sanitizer in guest accommodation and common areas

• Process in place to check health of guests
• Access to healthcare professionals

• Face masks for guests available

Physical distancing

• Contactless check-in/out
• Cashless payment available

• Physical distancing rules followed

• Screens or physical barriers between staff and guests in appropriate areas

Cleanliness & disinfection

• Use of cleaning chemicals that are effective against coronavirus
• Linens, towels, and laundry washed in accordance with local authority guidelines

• Guest accommodation disinfected between stays

• Guests have the option to cancel any cleaning services for their accommodation during their stay

Food & drink safety

• Physical distancing in dining areas
• All plates, cutlery, glasses, and other tableware sanitized

• Breakfast to-go containers

Internet

WiFi is available in the hotel rooms and charges apply.

Parking

Free public parking is available on site (reservation is not needed).

Policies of Excalibur

These are general hotel policies for Excalibur. As they may vary per room type, please also check the room conditions.

Check-in

From 15:00 hours

Check-out

Until 11:00 hours

Cancellation / Prepayment

Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to property type.

Children and Extra Beds

Up to two children under 18 years are charged USD 30 per night when using existing beds.

Free!One child under 3 years stays free of charge in a crib.

One older child or adult is charged USD 30 per night in an extra bed.

The maximum number of extra beds in a room is 1.

The maximum number of total guests in a room is 4.

The maximum number of cribs in a room is 1.

Any type of extra bed or crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.

Additional fees are not calculated automatically in the total cost and will have to be paid for separately during your stay.

Pets

Pets are allowed. Charges may apply.

Groups

When booking more than 9 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.

Accepted credit cards

• Mastercard
• Visa
• Discover
• JCB
• Diners Club
• American Express

The property reserves the right to pre-authorize credit cards prior to arrival.

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Important Information

When booking multiple rooms, individual names are required for each reservation.
***Please note: The 4 pools at the property are seasonal outdoor pools. Please contact property for opening and closing dates.***
- Any required deposit or pre-payment will be charged to your card at the time of booking.
**For same day bookings, in the event that the credit card does not authorize for the deposit amount of first night's room and tax, the booking will be canceled at 18:00**
- Must be at least 21 years old to check-in.
The Daily Resort Fee Includes:
- Internet Access
- Fitness Center Access
- Local & 800 Phone Calls
- Additional inclusions
- Per Excalibur policy, please ensure the original credit card used at the time of booking is presented during check-in.
- In case of an early departure, guest will be responsible to pay the full remaining amount (room rate and tax) of the reservation.
Please note: Upon check-in, a per day incidental charge will be required. Please contact hotel directly for additional information.
Please note: All rooms and suites at the property are now all nonsmoking. Guests that are found to be smoking in the room will be charged a smoking fee.
Please note: The property will place an authorization on credit or debit card to cover applicable charges for room, tax and resort fees, as well as a USD 50 incidental amount per day to allow you access to room charging privileges. This may result in additional authorizations should your charges exceed the originally approved amount. Guests using a debit card in lieu of a credit card acknowledge unused funds are released upon check-out may take 3-7 business days for domestic banks and up to 30 days for international banks to become available through their financial institution.
***Please note: This establishment reserves the right to cancel any reservation without further notice if the credit card provided turns out to be invalid***

Introduction

The Excalibur is one of the two unimpressive MGM properties (the other one, oddly similar, being Circus Circus). It is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of the Strip and Tropicana. The casino is loosely based on a medieval/Arthurian theme. It appears to target budget gamblers, especially those who want to bring their children with them to Vegas. There is an area called the Fantasy Faire on the lower level, which offers lots of carnival favorites such as water-pistol horse racing.

Casino

According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the Excalibur has 81 table games and approximately 1,500 slot machines.

Blackjack

According to the Current Blackjack Newsletter, Excalibur has 9 tables of 6:5 'blackjack', 2 tables of Spanish Blackjack, and 22 tables of 3:2 blackjack. I also saw a table of 7:5 blackjack in the Party Pit. Minimum bets range from $5 to $25, depending on the table, time of day, and day of the week.

Roulette

Only American (double-zero) roulette is offered at Excalibur.

Craps

The Craps tables at Excalibur offer the strip-standard 3x-4x-5x odds, and full-pay hop bets of 15:1 and 30:1. The field bet, however, is the short-pay version with both the 2 and 12 paying double.

Other Table Games

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The Excalibur offers lots of carnival games. Here are some of the games observed:

• Big Six
• Caribbean Stud Poker
• Casino War
• Let it Ride
• Pai Gow Poker
• Texas Hold'em Bonus
• Three Card Poker

Pai Gow Poker

Unlike every other casino I have played Pai Gow Poker at, the Excalibur does not let you 'surrender' your hand. For example, if your hand was an Ace-high 'Pai Gow', and the dealer split Two Pair, you know your hand lost. Most casinos will let you 'surrender' by placing your 5-card hand on top of your 2-card hand. It is actually in the casino's interest to allow this, since it can speed up the gameplay slightly. However, when I attempted to surrender a losing hand at the Excalibur, I was sharply scolded by the dealer that she must reveal my cards for the camera to see. Keep this in mind if you play Pai Gow Poker at Excalibur.

Most casinos offering Pai Gow Poker use an electronic device to determine who gets the first pack of cards. At the Excalibur, they use a dice shaker as is used in regular Pai Gow. When you bank, you get to shake the dice.

Video Poker

vpFREE2 confirms my own finding, which is that the video poker at Excalibur is very poor. The best game is 9/6 Double Double Bonus (98.98%), which can be found for nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars, and dollars. Some of the quarter machines have a progressive jackpot for a Royal Flush. There are also some 1-2-3-4-4-9-15-25-200-800 Deuces Wild machines (sometimes called Illinois Deuces or Airport Deuces, returning 98.91%) scattered around the snack bar.

Slot tickets at Excalibur expire after 1 month (approximately 30 days).

Sports Book

The sports book at Excalibur has 5 betting windows. There are 13 tables, 25 cubicles, and 68 lounge seats. There is one huge screen, 12 small widescreens, and 12 small square screens. Race and sports tickets expire after 120 days.

Poker

The poker 'room' at Excalibur has 12 non-smoking electronic PokerPro tables. It is not so much a poker room, but more of a fenced-in area in one section of the casino. My notes on the rake deducted from each pot were ambiguous, but I believe that the rake is the usual 10% up to $4, with an additional $1 deducted from pots of $20 or more, which I believe goes towards the licensing fee of the table itself from PokerTek, the supplier of PokerPro tables.

Update: The electronic tables have since been replaced with standard, human-dealt poker tables.

Keno

I picked up a keno booklet while eating at the Sherwood Forest Café. There are many types of keno offered. Here are the returns for the payouts that were in effect in June 2009:

For the Standard Keno, the following bet ranges are available:

• 1 to 9 numbers: $1, $3, $5, $10
• 10 to 15 numbers: $2, $5, $10, $20

As the number of spots chosen, number of matches, and bet size increase, the returns decrease due to capping the top prizes at $100,000. The worst-case scenario, betting $20 on a 15-spot ticket, loses an additional 0.5509% due to capping.

The 4-spot, 5-spot and 6-spot specials appear to only be available for bets of $3.50, $7, or $14.

The All or Nothing specials appear to only be available for bets of $5.

Red Hot Keno Specials appear to only be available for bets of $2.

Red Hot 'On The Go' Specials appear to only be available for bets of $2, and you must purchase at least 31 games.

Overall, the best bet (which is hardly a good bet) is the 3-spot Red Hot 'On The Go' bet, with a house edge of 19.8698%.

Player's Club / Cashier

The player's club is the MGM Mirage player's club. Both the player's club and the cashier have a single line that leads to several windows, ensuring that everyone is taken care of on a first-come first-served basis.

Towards the beginning of my 2-night stay at Excalibur, I spent more time playing Pai Gow at nearby Mandalay Bay than I spent playing at Excalibur. The day before I checked out, I asked an employee at the player's club if play at Mandalay Bay counted towards my comps at Excalibur. I was told that it did not. So I put in about 1 hour of play betting $25 on double-deck blackjack, and 2 hours of play betting $25 on Pai Gow Poker.

When I checked out in the morning, I asked the person collecting room keys about getting my stay comped. He barked at me that I had to go next door, inside an office with glass doors, to ask about that. I don't know if he was having a bad day or if too many people had already asked him that question. In any event, I went inside the office and asked the clerk the same question. She was very pleasant and comped my 2 nights without hesitation. The total cost of the room was $222.36 with tax. I have a hard time believing that my small amount of play at Excalibur warranted both nights being comped. Therefore, I think play at other MGM casinos does in fact count, as long as you put in some play at the casino you are staying at.

Hotel Room

My hotel room was located high up on the second floor, with a breathtaking view of the backside of the neighboring building, as well as the gravel and air conditioning units on the ground. I would rate the room itself as average; there are better places and there are worse. The bed area itself was rather large. The total size of the room was approximately 337 square feet (27.5' by 12.25'). I chose a room with a king-sized bed.

Check-in Coupons

When I checked in to my hotel room, I received a yellow sheet of paper with the following coupons:

• 2 each: One Free Drink or $5 Beverage Credit at the casino bars.
• 2 each: One Free Midway Game at Fantasy Faire
• 2 each: Free Fitness Center Admission. My opinion on this is that they felt the need to require a coupon for entry to the fitness room, so that people feel like they're getting something for free. I think it would make more sense to just require a room key to access the fitness room.

Pool

The pool at Excalibur has a secluded feel to it, thanks to the large rocks surrounding it. The rocks have water rushing down them, and the palm trees in front of them add a nice touch. It almost seems out of place, or too nice, for the casino that it belongs to.

Food

There are lots of medieval-themed places with quick eats at Excalibur:

• Roundtable Buffet: The prices are: Breakfast - $13.99 ($12.99 kids); Lunch - $15.99 ($13.99 kids); Dinner - $18.99 ($15.99 kids). Kids are defined as those who are 12 and under.
• Sherwood Forest Café: This is the only place I ate at during my stay, because it was the only thing open late at night. I had the garlic chicken for $19, which came with two sides. Some typical items include: Coffee/Soda/Iced Tea/Hot Chocolate - $3 (with free refills). 3-egg Omelette - $13. 12-oz New York Steak - $24. Fish and Chips - $15.
• The Steakhouse at Camelot - Features a 3-course meal for $29.95 per person, plus the usual steak dishes (NY Strip Steak, Prime Rib, others).
• Dick's Last Resort - The self-described 'Shame of the Strip'. A very strange place indeed, not for the light-hearted.
• Baja Fresh - Mexican fare.
• Regale Ristorante Italiano - Traditional Italian fare. This restaurant also offers a three-course meal, for $24.95 per person.
• Food Court - Features popular chains such as Starbucks, McDonald's, Quizno's, Pizza Hut, and others.

Overview

Excalibur seems like an ideal place for the budget-conscious family with young kids. If you don't particularly enjoy screaming kids, there are better places to spend your time and money.

There is a free tram provided by MGM that runs between the Excalibur, the Luxor, and Mandalay Bay.

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Acknowledgement

The Wizard would like to thank Nikkia Carter for her modeling services and J.B. for the review.

Contact Information

Address: 3850 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Phone: 877-750-5464
Web site: excalibur.com

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