text: stars rounded up because one star reviews make me so sadnnFoolish me was not paying attention while planning a trip and ended up here with a five hour layover beginning at pm We were headed home to Hawaii and thought it would be fine Land grab some food catch some sleep hop on the plane continue our sleep and be home in time for breakfast with friends I did not count on the airport not being ready to help me with my plansnnWhy oh why in an airport with flights at all hours of the day and night would all of the restaurants close at pm Why would the only things open be the news stand and a pizza hut serving whatever had been under the heat lamp for the past few hours nnWhy oh why would there be no signs telling people how to get from the main terminal to the itty bitty terminal one needs to find to check into Hawaiian Airlines And why when you find your way to the itty bitty terminal would there be nothing warning you that you will not get to check in until an hour before your flight no matter that the presecurity waiting area is nothing more than a line of empty counters and a few scattered seating areas No food hidden restrooms and no space for the planefull of people who assembled waiting for the checkin process to begin Most of my layover was spent standing waiting for someone to fire up the computer I have never cursed having checked luggage more than for this flight not even the time I moved from Germany to Korea with a year old and bags all weighing pounds each nnBecause the flight was not available for check in ahead of time I had to stay ahead of the high school group which filled the entire coach section of the plane There were a few hundred teenagers their adult handlers and a few scattered families and other late night travelers We were easy to pick out as we were the only ones not wearing the school colors maroon and white and we were the ones battling to be first in line so we could find places to sit once we made it past securitynnAt some point during my endless purgatory a friendly worker asked me if I had enjoyed my time in Vegas I explained that I had been to Vegas before and enjoyed it very much but that this was just a layover I also told him that this was quite possibly the worst airport experience I would had in years of air travel and that if I never returned to Vegas it was simply because I wanted to avoid this airportnnObviously I have realized that the onthespot review might have been a bit harsh so I have settled on rounding up to two stars instead of down to one The rounding up has everything to do with the staff almost all of whom were friendly and as helpful as they could be considering the constraints of the actual airport