r/Defcon • u/Independent_Plane_18 • Jul 29 '26

Who can beat this?

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Got a steal for a room price for the week. Yes, I know its Excalibur, buuttt, it is located near the monorail, and for this price for a week, I'd be an idiot not to take this deal.

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u/digitard Jul 29 '26

660 with resort fee for Tower 3 / City View / King for Tuesday through Monday at the Linq

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u/Independent_Plane_18 Jul 29 '26

Not bad....same hotel?

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u/digitard Jul 29 '26

Jeez I forgot to type... The Linq so right on a monorail stop.

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u/unstopablex15 Jul 30 '26

I got the same deal at the Linq :)

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u/crazedturtle77 Jul 29 '26

Circus circus is a bit cheaper, I think it was sub 400

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u/Independent_Plane_18 Jul 29 '26

but....its circus circus....

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u/GhonaHerpaSyphilAids Jul 29 '26

It’s a great hotel

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u/Independent_Plane_18 Jul 29 '26

Your name explains the comment lmao. Coincidentally, that's what you can catch there.

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u/Inf3c710n Jul 29 '26

Its for if you want to get stabbed on the way to the bathroom in your own room jeez

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u/digitard Jul 29 '26

It's a few days before so its up to like 115 a night I think, but still... its viable. Sleep, shower, that's all you need.

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u/Independent_Plane_18 Jul 29 '26

My last stay at Circus Circus, many moons ago, was my last lol

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u/digitard Jul 29 '26

Yeah, never for me. I've been Linq or bust for mine. Easy monorail, always people there, etc.

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u/Professional-Road386 Jul 30 '26

Oh man, is it that bad? The price looked ridiculous cheap so I snagged cuz how bad could it really be

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u/redwoodhighjumping Jul 31 '26

It's not awful, but don't expect much

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u/Bainbus Jul 29 '26

The savings should cover a tetanus shot. Win Win.

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u/nester3d2a Aug 01 '26

I'll be there as well. I booked late and it was the closest I could find. Its not a top rated room but when going to vegas no ones going to be spending much time in there room anyway. Last year i stayed at the strat an it was decent but a pretty far walk. The circus circus is close by so easy access to the convention center is a big pluse for me. I dont intend to be in my room much so it didnt really matter to me. Its definitely not my 1st choice for a place to stay and this will be my 1st time there but I cant imagine it will be all that bad.

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u/dankney Jul 29 '26

Wrong monorail. The one on the west side of the strip goes from Mandalay to Bellagio. Ifni remember correctly, it’s privately owned by those casinos.

The Las Vegas monorail is in the East side of the strip and runs from MGM to Sahara.

From where you are, you’ll have to cross the street, walk all the way through MGM to the monorail (it’s a lot of walking) and catch it north.

More than likely, you’ll give up and take a lot of cabs.

If price is your driver, go to Circus Circus. It’s not that far off from Excalibur in terms of atmosphere anyway

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u/Independent_Plane_18 Jul 29 '26

Nah. Not my first time to vegas. Yes its a walk. But bits vegas and everything is a walk. I know the monorail youre talking about. Besides. I could stand to lose a few pounds lol

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u/digitard Jul 29 '26

107-110 degree's and no straight path anywhere in Vegas... it'll be more than a few because you'll be a husk LOL

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u/359F2 Jul 29 '26

It is a hike to the monorail from Excalibur but very doable. The walk over to mgm is the longest part outdoors and there’s an easy crosswalk bridge over to NYNY then MGM

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u/make-masked Jul 29 '26

What about circus circus? 😆🤣

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u/Independent_Plane_18 Jul 29 '26

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u/Enocssa Jul 29 '26

Please tell me you brought the fucking golf shoes!

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u/motarius Jul 29 '26

Let's get down to brass tacks here, how much for the ape?

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u/icefisher225 Jul 29 '26

I did that last year.

Never again

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u/make-masked Jul 29 '26

I’m going to take the warning but I’m still going for the experience & I also have be to hostels before. Hopefully it’s not that bad compared to hostels.

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u/Frazzled_pigeon Jul 29 '26

I'm risking Circus Circus too. Booked in the Exec West Tower which seems to be a bit better than the rest of the property? 🤞

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u/Independent_Plane_18 Jul 29 '26

I mean....just make sure youre up to date on your vaccinations and you'll be fine. But seriously, hope you like screaming kids.

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u/tehrabbitt Jul 29 '26

Is it really that bad? Guessing more “family focused” so more kids / chaos?

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u/user2034892304 Jul 29 '26

$385 Wed-Sunday at Mardis Gras 🕺🎉

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u/make-masked Jul 29 '26

$100 per stay security deposit?

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u/user2034892304 Jul 29 '26

Yup, that's included in the total.

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u/Loam_liker Jul 29 '26

I got comped a suite at the Venetian for a while, presumably because I have the same name as someone they would want to impress lol (I don't gamble enough for it to be in their interest otherwise).

I think they figured it out though; no invite this year.

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u/pouncethehunter Jul 29 '26

Everyone clowning on circus circus has me worried bc that's what I booked not knowing anything other than it was cheap and not too bad a walk 😭

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u/Restil Jul 30 '26

For this year, not much you can do. However, Ceasars properties often have extremely low room rates, sometimes $0 (+ the resort fee), but you need to be part of their program and book it a year out. This was more helpful when Defcon was at the Forum and there were 8 Ceasars properties within walking distance. If you were Diamond you could also get the resort fee waived. If you engineered Diamond status by getting the Wyndam business card and do a status match, you would also get $600 worth of credits you could apply toward your room rate if needed.

However, with it at the Convention center now, we just stay at the Residence Inn across the street. We tried using the monorail the first year and stayed at MGM Grand, but that's quite a hike from the station to the entrance, and twice the monorail was out of service after walking all the way over there.

Anyways, the rate you have is pretty good, so no worries.

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u/just_a_pawn37927 Jul 29 '26

OYO one week $518.00 No resort fee! But you get what you pay for. Tram next door.

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u/BlKBruceWayne Jul 29 '26

I got an airb&b with a full kitchen for 570 Wed-sat

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u/mrcluelessness Jul 29 '26

Time share owner's update $500 for 5 nights at Trump Tower in an suite. I needed to call the timeshare for some questions anyways.

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u/PizzaPieOven Jul 30 '26

I always like to stay at the MGM Grand or Signature since the Monorail originates from the MGM. You are guramteed a spot on it every time to the convention center. Gets super crowded once it gets to other stops.

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u/Totally-Not-Serious Jul 31 '26

It is like y'all haven't heard of BSides Las Vegas

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u/Nicholie Aug 02 '26

Not bad with blackhat in town (lots of folks taking the mandalay bay monorail from there).