Excalibur
     

3850 Las Vegas Boulevard Sth,
at W Tropicana Ave,NV 89109
+1 (702) 597 7777
Excalibur Las Vegas

  
     
Location Favoured South End of the Strip sharing the busiest Intersection in the US with Tropicana, NY NY and The MGM and next door to the Luxor. This is a great location not only for the rest of the Strip but also for the Airport, I15 and Belz factory shops.  
     
Theme King Arthur and the Knights of the round table - a medieval castle affair. This is the biggest castle I have ever seen, supposedly based on one of German fairytale fame. You enter over one of many drawbridges guarded by statues of knights, some on horseback; a fanfare announces your arrival at the actual casino entrance (several hundred feet from the Strip) on the medieval travelator. As you enter the casino you will see court jesters and supposedly a fire breathing dragon, and although we have searched for it on many occasions we have never actually had the luck to see it.  
     
Attractions The magic motion machine is a 48 seat simulator showing various "simulations". King Arthur's tournament where knights battle it out and you cheer them on whilst eating your dinner minus cutlery. I did not see any evidence of an arcade, though with a resort as child orientated as this I find it hard to believe that there is not one. There is the court jester's stage upstairs giving a variety of free acts throughout the day.  
     
Shopping It’s not brilliant. There are a few over-priced merchandise shops, a magic shop and "the village speciality shops" selling novelties that you would wonder why you ever bought once you either sobered up or got back home.  
     
Dining A cheap and very busy buffet we did not eat here as the queue was too long and I hate waiting though varying reports state the quality of the food is not worth the wait. From what I have seen and read you probably get what you pay for - it’s cheap, so you aren’t going to get lobster but on the other hand it always has massive queues so it can't be that bad. (B $10.99, L $12.99 D $15.99 and Champagne Sunday lunch $14.99). There is the obligatory 24-hr coffee shop, a very good ice cream parlour and few snack bars as well as more expensive restaurants that I have not eaten in. They also have the WWF Nitro grill for wrestling fans and Wild Bills Saloon and Steakhouse, which has had good reviews.  
     
Gaming 123,944 sq ft of medieval fun including nearly 2,500 slots, 60 plus card tables and 7 roulette wheels. Many of the slots here seem to be of a medieval theme involving knights, dragons, fair maidens and the like. There is a very large selection of nickel slots here; well suitable for low rollers like me. Blackjack at $3 per hand, which is low for the strip and, a wonderful electronic roulette machine at 25c a go. The casino is a little dark keeping in with the old school casino but not too cramped although at weekends, probably because of the very low room rates, it did seem to get very crowded.  
     
Drinks Service The drink service here was not bad but not good; we got served a lot quicker once we switched from nickels to quarters. I did get served very quickly when I was playing craps but seemed to be ignored whilst on video roulette.  
     
Best Thing The huge amount of nickel machines.  
     
Worst Thing Large amounts of children present.  
     
Overall Excalibur is good value, has a good location and most of all is great fun. If you chose to stay here, and you could do much worse for your dollar, pay the extra $10 a night for a room view. The cheapest rooms face inwards giving you only a view of other rooms which some may like but most will hate.

 
     
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