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It's pathetic that the owners will spend hundreds of millions of dollars opening these resorts and then put $0.00 into the upkeep, so within 5 years they look like crap and no one wants to go there.

It was GORGEOUS in the 90s. Jaw dropping. I remember being super pissed at my mom for not letting me use our room's BEAUTIFUL jacuzzi tub. Then there was a heavy rainstorm so we couldn't go out to explore the rest of the strip and they announced over the news that day that Princess Diana had died. Yep, this was 1997.

A Titanic exhibition inside an Egyptian themed Dorito's pyramid?  Classy.

Every Las Vegas hotel has problems. Not the least of which are the $55 plus fees for absolutely nothing, and the $30 plus parking fees. Las Vegas is killing itself slowly.

The pyramid being turned into a giant dorito almost seems like some type of satire of consumerism and commercialization.

Visible stains? You mean visible clean spots, because the entire sofa was stained.

8:54 A piece of the most famous maritime tragedy in history put on display as a tourist trap surrounded by a burlesque show, a prop comedian from the '90s, and a dingy casino housed inside a gimmicky pyramid perfectly summarizes the fever dream that is Las Vegas.

3:43 Perhaps the hot air coming from the air-conditioner is supposed to simulate the desert. A creative attempt to align with the theme 🤷‍♂️

Putting a massive banner over your window, blocking out your light and view, just to advertise a company is absolutely scandalous.

I know I’m probably in the minority here, but I absolutely hate when hotels/resorts have very specific themes that don’t extend into the rooms themselves. Like what’s the point? If I’m staying in an Egyptian pyramid, I want that to be the entire time I’m in the hotel, not just in the lobby.

This basically says the building is more useful as a billboard than a luxury hotel. They don't care about customers seeing out their windows, or having nice pictures of the pyramid. They're getting paid.

Makes sense, the Egyptians invented Doritos.

This is actually a perfect metaphor of Las Vegas. They promise glitz and glam, but ultimately what you get is stale cigarette smoke, blinding lights and advertisements that eclipse your view, and addiction and shabbiness. It’s fun to walk around in for a day or two, see some cool shows, but it gets old fast, much like the cheap couch in the “luxury” suite…

I was fortunate enough to stay at the Luxor back when everything was heavily themed. It was absolutely incredible. Now it's just a normal hotel squished into a pyramid.

9:29 Jesus christ that's actually awful. Could you imagine if they were selling World Trade Center themed snowglobes at the 9/11 memorial in NYC? Just because the disaster happened a hundred years ago doesn't make it any less of a tragedy.

Rule #1 in staying at any hotels.

Do NOT pull out the UV light.
Ignorance is bliss.
😂😂😂

Sad. I’m an Egyptophile and I stayed there several times in the ‘90s and early Aughties. Loved it. I talked to one of the employees during my first stay and she told me they had to literally go to school as part of their employment. They gathered in the basement while it was being built, and had to wear OSHA crash helmets because of that. They spent eight hours a day, five days a week, learning EVERYTHING about Egypt.
Another time I was in the gift shop and commented to an employee, “You’re being really daresome putting statues of Heru and Sutekh next to each other!” (To those in the back who don’t know Egyptian culture, that’s Horus and Set and They’re sworn adversaries in the mythology). The employee laughed and said Sutekh was the guardian of the Solar Barque carrying Ra through the Underworld, and that Heru, Ausir and Sutekh were actually brothers. True enough. And he knew Their Kemite names — impressive. Old school Luxor took their theming seriously!

You might be interested in some background facts…

The plan several years back was to complete remove the Egyptian theme and even the sphinx. They got about halfway in and decided to stop. That’s one reason it’s so haphazard now.

That Titanic exhibition has been floating (hah!) around Vegas for ages. It started at the Tropicana and moves every 5-6 years.

The removal of the river ride was due to structural problems with the pyramid - it actually sank several inches. They used the ride space to add more supports and up-jacks and stuff. But if you go into the kitchen of Tender, you can still see some of the original river ride theming.

Luxor has had a hard life and its shape makes it really hard to do much about it. The inclinator manufacturer went out of business ages ago, there’s no cargo elevator - which makes changing out the furniture hugely challenging - it’s just a shit show, and MGM won’t spend a dime on the place. Technically, MGM only operates its hotels now - they don’t own the physical property anymore. Even Bellagio has neglected issues :(

Those rooms being cheap like that would make me wonder if they are being properly cleaned