It was my first time in Vegas and the Luxor was pretty cool. The staff was supper friendly and quick at what they do. The bathrooms are a little outdated with weird wall paper and little pyramid shapes to them. The rooms are pretty quiet, you can't hear your neighbor. The pool looked cloudy and there were too many people in the pool for my comfort level so I did not even bother. The view from the 9th floor to the atrium was amazing and the view from our pyramid room was pretty nice facing Mandalay bay and the airport. \nThe reason why the elevator shakes a lot is because the elevator is traveling across the pyramid. Its not like a typical elevator that goes up and down, its traveling diagonally. \nThe luxor should take better care of the outside of the pyramid by cleaning the windows because it looks a little dusty. The hotel has a great design to it and its a shame to see it look shabby. The beam on top of the pyramid is pretty impressive. I suggest they should put light beams out of sphinx eyes that would be cool to see. Overall its a good place to stay on a budget in vegas. \nMy final opinion of vegas overall I discovered that most of the vegas hotels smell like sewer not just the Luxor.