text: I have stayed at the Excalibur on two separate occasions The first was pleasant nothing exciting and the basic equivalent of a holiday inn Rates were fairly inexpensive and the location is not bad with easy access to the strip and underground passage to the Luxor and Mandalay bay Buffet is nothing to write home about Late night hunger can be satisfied by McDonalds and an early morning sugar high can be accomplished by the warm Krispy Creme donuts both located in the food court However the second stay was horrible to the point that I will not stay again The first room that we stayed in was supposed to be a non smoking room Whoever stayed in the room prior must have locked themselves in the room for days with several boxes of smokes The room was saturated to the point that the cleaning crew came in and sprayed it with air freshener only to created a flower scented smoking room They also changed all of the linens which did not help It was in the carpet and the curtains My husband and I moved to a second room which was dirty About an inch of dust was on the bathroom vent and the bed covers had stains on them I did make the cleaning crew change the bedding to ensure that we had clean linens for the duration of the stay it was not enough for us to stay again Beyond that the casino is nice and service is better in the wee hours of the morning The pool is nice small and standard