They really let that place go. So sad that they put so much into the Luxor when they built it, it was so legit like a museum. I saw the Tutankhamun exhibit when they had it there. But later they just gave up on everything... filled in the river, turned the Sega arcade into a food court, got rid of just about everything and now it's just another run-down themed casino.
The Vegas hotels were much more interesting, and appealing, when they had themes. Once they started removing them, these grand properties lost their heart.
I rode the Nile River Ride in 1996. I thought it was pretty good, and I'm amazed to read it only lasted 3 years. It's the only time I visited Vegas (for 2 days) and I enjoyed this ride. I thought we paid something to go on it but I forget. We didn't leave disappointed though. I was reading online some say it was removed because......it wasn't thrilling enough. Give me a break! Can't people just enjoy a cool dark ride? Does it really have to be some kind of roller coaster too? My best guess is the real reason it was removed was to make space for something else, such as more rooms. This attraction took up a lot of room. We found it worth our time to visit in our limited time, and we stayed at Circus Circus which was probably a lot cheaper. But if funds weren't of concern staying here with the Nile Ride inside would have been very nice.
Thanks for sharing. Had never gone on this, but we stayed at the Luxor in the mid 1990s. Was so awesome. Too bad so much of this wonderfulness is no longer in existence.
I wish this still existed it would've been cool even tho my first stay here made me hate the Luxor (I don't hate the employees at the museums there or the people at the restaurants or the security or the maids they were very nice and helpful. But the front desk and everyone else there like the employees at the shops that try to sucker you into buying stuff). Had ADA problems, my mom is (sorta) bound to a wheelchair (after taking the 4th COVID Vaccine back in April 2022 she couldn't feel her legs or feet or hands. She couldn't really walk at all at the time. Now she can sorta walk now but she can't balance that well so when we go on trips she has to bring her travel electric wheelchair and she can use her caine when we're out of the house at home). We got there at 1:00pm and we did sign up for early check a few days earlier but apparently they didn't assign us a room so we had to wait until 3:00 😃. Once we got the room it was small and a bit dirty (but he beds were made and clean) but the problem was it wasn't an ADA room and we couldn't change rooms that day because apparently (as we were told from the front desk) it was past the time they could do it. So we had to stay the night in that room and switch to another room tomorrow. We did end switching the room it was a bit bigger than the last one.
I wish this still existed it would've been cool even tho my first stay here made me hate the Luxor (I don't hate the employees at the museums there or the people at the restaurants or the security or the maids they were very nice and helpful. But the front desk and everyone else there like the employees at the shops that try to sucker you into buying stuff). Had ADA problems, my mom is (sorta) bound to a wheelchair (after taking the 4th COVID Vaccine back in April 2022 she couldn't feel her legs or feet or hands. She couldn't really walk at all at the time. Now she can sorta walk now but she can't balance that well so when we go on trips she has to bring her travel electric wheelchair and she can use her caine when we're out of the house at home). We got there at 1:00pm and we did sign up for early check a few days earlier but apparently they didn't assign us a room so we had to wait until 3:00 😃. Once we got the room it was small and a bit dirty (but he beds were made and clean) but the problem was it wasn't an ADA room and we couldn't change rooms that day because apparently (as we were told from the front desk) it was past the time they could do it. So we had to stay the night in that room and switch to another room tomorrow. We did end switching the room it was a bit bigger than the last one so it was nice. But on the 2nd of being in that room I started to hear chirping from my air vent. It sounded like a cricket, I did hear crickets around the hotel but I was told by employees that it was just an audio but I wondered why they would put an audio of a cricket around the hotel. But as soon as I heard it in my room I thought maybe they just want to cover up they have a cricket infection but I tried calling the front desk anyway about it and they said they would send someone up. We waited for 2 and a half hours but no one should up so I called again and they said they couldn't bring anyone up. They said they will give us a discount on our bill but after I checked the next day on our bill it didn't change it's still same price.
