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If You Stand By For A Room Upgrade At Hard Rock, You May Be Left Standing

Editor's Note: Ok, here's the real deal as to why I am uploading JuliaB's stories. It's not that her flight is delayed and the airport WiFi is on the fritz. No, rather she has taken a Chippendale hostage inside Norm Clarke's house and she is demanding that "Billy" sing and dance to "Baby" by Justin Bieber for the 100th time. She will also not hand him over until someone finds her some powdered chewing gum. LVMPD are hard at work on the negotiations. Until Billy is free, carry on.

A few weeks ago, if you remember correctly, we told you about booking our stay at the Hard Rock and said that they’d tried to persuade us to upgrade over email (called eStandby) before we arrived.

At the time, we said we’d wait till check in, and wondered who on earth would pay a lot to upgrade ahead of time.

Well, now we can report that if you want to upgrade, you’d better do it in advance. When we rocked up (on a Monday night, no less), we were confident of scoring some kind of upgrade – our winning smile and local ID seem to do wonders at most hotels.

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Vegas Strippers To Pull Out Their Poker Face Tonight

The only poker tournament where you may never see a flop.

The Hard Rock's poker room has gone through Detox and will be closing to relocate but that doesn’t mean they aren’t going out without a bang. Tonight, the room will host the strippers of Crazy Horse not I, not II, but Crazy Horse III. And we all know the third time’s the charm right?

Several ladies of the stage and lap will descend upon the Hard Rock tonight at 7pm for their Crazy Horse III Poker Tournament. Where they will actually play cards. Ironically, the setup of the Hard Rock Poker room is such that the liquor is up front and the poker tournaments are in the rear. Now we wonder if they planned it that way with a sly smile just for nights like tonight.

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The Revamped Alexis Park Has New Rooms and Low Prices

The Rumor may have been garnering all the attention lately, but it looks like that’s not the only thing that’s been going under the knife down on Harmon – the Alexis Park is talking about its own extreme makeover on its Twitter account. And, dare we say it, it looks rather nice.

We always had the AP down as a bit grotters, but now we’re rethinking our stance. First up, it has a blog. Second, it trumpets the fact that it’s LGBT friendly, and that we love.

And third, these new rooms – or suites, rather – look pretty decent. They’re not as sexy as the Rumor, of course, and they’re unlikely to win any prizes for design (also the bedroom parts of the suites look pretty small), but they look bright and breezy and, most importantly, clean – see the gallery here.

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Essential Oils Are Not Essential To a $125 Massage at the Hard Rock

Pool: pretty, at least

During our stay at the Hard Rock last week, we tried out the new Reliquary Spa which opened with the HRH Tower at the end of last year. In fact, the whole reason we booked a room - $50 with a $50 resort discount – was so that we could try out a massage there.

The spa itself is very nice – the pool area is beautiful, and it was deserted at 9am when we were there (in fact the whole casino was deserted apart from a few hangovers from the night before). The steam room and sauna looked good, the relaxation room was swanky and the place was huge. We liked!

Or rather, we liked until we got into the treatment room and saw four beautiful bottles of essential oils laid out provocatively on the bed, and were told that we were welcome to choose one (one to relax you, one to energise you, one to kill a hangover, etc) – and we’d be billed $20 “for the upgrade”.

If we didn’t shell out for the upgrade, she said, we’d get unscented oil.

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Breakfast at Rumor is Worth Waking Up For

Last week we told you about our rough intro to Rumor Resort when we tried to check-in. Surprisingly it turned out we still enjoyed the rest of our stay. Still undecided for yourself? The Hotel’s restaurant, Addiction, might sway you. Valet parking is free if you’re driving, so you can easily zip on in and check out the any of the four menus without ponying up for a room before you’re ready.

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Was Someone Drowning Their Wasted Space Sorrows Yesterday?

Ah, Hard Rock. Like moths to a flame, like ants to antkiller, such are we drawn to you. Last night, it was because we scored a $50 room with $50 resort credit from their awesome Twitter Tuesday deals.

Anyways, this is what greeted us in the carpark as we arrived last night. If you’re into your brands, we believe it may have been Goose.

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Not Even Girl on Girl Snogathons Could Save Wasted Space From the Kiss of Death

Was it the girl on girl snogathons wot killed it? Wasted Space is closing down, a mere two years after it launched. What’s going in its place? A sports book. A bloody sports book!

We’re pretty sad about this one because whatever we might bitch say about the Hard Rock, we did like Wasted Space. Only last month we were watching the Bamboozle Roadshow there. And then there’s the comedy that's only just launched! What will happen to that?

According to the Sun, WS will close at some point before Spring 2011 and acts are booked there until October. We hit up some spies, who told us only that the closure is “a few months away”, so it looks like the actual date is anyone’s guess.

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Staying at the Rumor (Part Two): It Got a Whole Lot Better

We were ready to dropkick that purple pacifier seat during our nightmare check-in.

Yesterday, we told you a tale about our long, dreadful experience checking into our room at Rumor. Yes, we actually stuck it out after all that. And today we reveal how the rest of the stay went.

We had just been escorted to our fourth and final room to ensure this one was up to snuff. While we didn't score an upgraded pool view, we did get to settle into a king size suite.

Room Reaction:
Number Four was a second floor room with an oversized soaking tub. Even as hot and tired as we were, we loved the room almost immediately. Maybe it was the cool AC working in not one, but both rooms. Maybe it was the shower door that shouted hello. Whatever it was, we knew we weren't giving this room up.

The suite had the same white with purple accents in both rooms separated by double doors. The living room area had a familiar white, leather couch, a small, round table with two chairs and a chaise by the sliding doors. A 27 inch flat screen hung on the bedroom wall, while a second smaller flat screen was in the living room.

The tub sadly wasn't Jacuzzi-style but it was roomy and quite welcoming even though it was located in the bedroom with swinger mirrors on two sides. We wondered how many rubber duckies will be turn up missing each week.

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Staying at the Rumor (Part One): A Tale of Four Check Ins

The valet and front entrance face the Hard Rock. Good idea keeping it guarded.

As you know by now, Rumor is the newest kid on the Vegas block; the St. Tropez turned boutique hotel off the Strip across from the Hard Rock. We’ve given you a preview of the grounds and peeked inside the rooms. But what was is it like to actually stay as a guest? Would it be a case of a pig in lipstick, as one of our readers thinks? Thanks to the Buy One Night Get One Free offer, which has been extended a month, we found out that wasn’t the completely the case last weekend. It starts out rough, but hang with us.

Last week, we made a Vegas Mistake of not informing our waiter we had show tickets. We learned from that but never dreamed we might have to also apply that policy to hotel check-ins.

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Celebrate Hump Day's Passing By Replenishing Your Knicker Drawer

Accessories such as whips may not be included in the offer

This week just gets better and better. Not only is Thursday the opening of Vegas! The Show (no, we’re not among the chosen ones to be invited - sob), but it’s also National Underwear Day (hurray).

What does that mean for you? Well, assuming you’re not a skank Hollywood starlet (or a Britney) who prefers to go au naturel, it means bargains for your knicker drawer, courtesy of lingerie shop Love Jones at the Hard Rock (they of underwear room service fame.

On Thursday, they’re emptying the closets and offering buy one pair, get one free on undies from brands like Hanky Panky, Undrest and Sexy Panties and Naughty Knickers (buyable for the names alone, surely).

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After the Detox Series, the Hard Rock's Poker Lounge Will Dry Up

Billy Bob will be looking for a game elsewhere come September.

Two years ago, the Hard Rock spent millions to create a poker room so cool that it had to be called a “Poker Lounge”. One source says it cost 10 million, while another claims 30. In either case, the 18 room table debuted in August 2008 looking to redefine poker rooms with perks like a full bar, iPod chargers at the tables, and a rock n’ roll party atmosphere.

But apparently all the sexy millions didn’t translate to as much player traffic as hoped since the casino recently announced the room will close and move to a smaller area.

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Psst... How Pretty Does the Rumor Look at Night?

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – whatever you think of the rooms (ahem, Jgbpdx) the Rumor is one pretty gaffe from the outside. We’d already fantasized about spending a warm summer’s day in one of the hammocks, and now that we’ve seen it at night, we reckon it’d be equally as enchanting after hours.

See, we were at the Hard Rock this weekend and as we came out of the noisefest to find our car, we couldn’t help glancing over the Rumor’s way. And my, it looked pretty! Just like a little Greek island of calm in the middle of the Vegas fug.

Of course, "calm" could easily mean "too calm", especially in Vegas. What’s it like to stay there? Stay tuned - we'll let you know later this week.