text: GrossnSo I labored over picking the right hotel for my three day mini vacation to sin city My top requirements were a clean room a pool with slides and a hotel located on the strip All of my searches for the best pools in Vegas came up with Mandalay Bay and Flamingo The Flamingo is a classic and it boasted newly remodeled rooms and was significantly cheaper than Mandalay BaynAs my title says this room was gross The first night I went to pull the sheets down and I am not lying here there was a used band aid in the BED I called guest services and they sent a maid up immediately and changed all of the bedding and cleaned the room thoroughly I should have upgraded or checked out right then Because it only goes downhill from therenThe bed was hard as a rock There was mildew in the bathroom The TV was tiny and was so dim it was unwatchable The wallpaper was tearing The furniture was scratched up The sink fixtures were rusting The ventilation ducts were filthy Where in the heck was the Remodel The carpet and Flamingo picture on the wall Seriously This remodel looks worse than Motel s remodel down the street that I stayed at last year because there were no other rooms available in the citynIf that was not bad enough I find out that same evening that The Flamingo charged me for the room The problem is that I already prepaid for the entire vacation a month ago I went to the front desk and asked why I was double charged and was told that just happens sometimes Really Well that is a huge problem That should never happen Since I used a debit card it took two days for that money to go back to my account Sadly for the Flamingo I could have been gambling with that money in their casino but I avoided their casino after that on purposenI also was pretty disappointed that I had to walk so far for the shuttle drop off from the airport due to their construction Where are the bellboys I toted luggage so far from the lobby that it was ridiculousnThe first two days the weather was bad It was cold and drizzling So I understand that the pool was closed However on the third day of my stay it had warmed up nicely The main adult pool was open and going strong with gambling poolside and alcohol sales in full swing Unfortunately the water slide area was not open Why not It was hot enough and there were tons of peoplenI just lived with it all since I was out of the room most of the time and I was to check out the next day I did stop by the front desk and informed a Supervisor of all of these issues and he apologized emphatically He offered to credit me back two days worth of resort fees This is a pittance I very politely asked for the hotel managers card and forwarded this to her as well I am certain that the Caesars company can do much better than two days of resort fees compensationnAs of this review the Hotel Manager has credited me back with the third day of resort fees and offered a free upgrade from a standard room to a Go room on my next visit This is the difference between a regular crappy room to a fully renovated room I do appreciate her efforts in what she has done however I think it is not above Caesars Corporation to comp three days of a future visit IN FULL in one of the fully renovated rooms or at another property of theirs