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Planet Hollywood Las Vegas - Ultra Hip Room Review - Mid-Strip... But "Mid-Condition"
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The Ultra Hip room at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas is the cheapest option available and was the recipient of renovation work back in 2017.
The room's bathroom is the star of the show, boasting a stand-alone tub with a fashionable tile backsplash, although there was some cracking and decay in the grout and caulk lines.
The room itself was clean for the most part, quiet, and comfortable.
The broader resort experience at Planet Hollywood is what I enjoyed most. The casino floor feels modern and is visually appealing. There are also myriad dining options both at Planet Hollywood and in the Miracle Mile Shops, which are connected.
The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood also have theaters that are home to inexpensive, yet really good shows like V The Ultimate Variety Show, and Popovich's Comedy Pet Theater.
Planet Hollywood's Ultra Hip room is hardly luxurious, but I found it to be a rock-solid budget-friendly hotel option in a great location on the Strip.
0:00 Intro
0:23 Ultra Hip Room Cost & Check-In
1:17 Ultra Hip Room Review
2:47 What's Not To Like?
3:35 Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort Experience
7:10 Is an Ultra Hip Room at Planet Hollywood Worth the Money?
🤹V The Ultimate Variety Show Review: lasvegasthenandnow.com/review-of-v-the-ultimate-variety-show-in-las-vegas/
🐈Popovich Comedy Pet Theater Review: lasvegasthenandnow.com/review-of-popovichs-comedy-pet-theater-in-las-vegas/
The Ultra Hip room at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas is the cheapest option available and was the recipient of renovation work back in 2017.
The room's bathroom is the star of the show, boasting a stand-alone tub with a fashionable tile backsplash, although there was some cracking and decay in the grout and caulk lines.
The room itself was clean for the most part, quiet, and comfortable.
The broader resort experience at Planet Hollywood is what I enjoyed most. The casino floor feels modern and is visually appealing. There are also myriad dining options both at Planet Hollywood and in the Miracle Mile Shops, which are connected.
The Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood also have theaters that are home to inexpensive, yet really good shows like V The Ultimate Variety Show, and Popovich's Comedy Pet Theater.
Planet Hollywood's Ultra Hip room is hardly luxurious, but I found it to be a rock-solid budget-friendly hotel option in a great location on the Strip.
0:00 Intro
0:23 Ultra Hip Room Cost & Check-In
1:17 Ultra Hip Room Review
2:47 What's Not To Like?
3:35 Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort Experience
7:10 Is an Ultra Hip Room at Planet Hollywood Worth the Money?
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Score on the upgrade! Nice review and I like retro International Hotel Tee.
@@DennisSmithAIStockImageClub thanks! And thanks!!
Atomic Saloon really? Talk about overpriced! as compared to any other raunchy low brow show in Vegas. Not worthy of a place in the Venetian.
@@ATLASHRGGD64 I thought it had great moments. I also completely understand where you’re coming from, lol.
@@StalkingTheStrip very diplomatic of you thank you appreciate that and I understand where you’re coming from
@@ATLASHRGGD64 different opinions are good! Thanks for joining the convo.
@@StalkingTheStrip you have a lot of class man? I appreciate you and appreciate your channel. Looking forward to more videos. Keep up the good work. I understand how labor-intensive it is.
@@ATLASHRGGD64 thanks! And man, I had no idea how much work it was. Fun though!
I saw the Sphere show Postcards from Earth in April 2024. We paid $176 each for amazing seats, which were, in our opinion, worth every dollar.
@@ATLASHRGGD64 it’s extremely cool. Glad you found value!!
Love your videos. They are great! And never underestimate your "star quality". You have talent.
Thanks! Screenshotted this and sent it to my wife. It’s a good reminder for her.
I just wish they would put either a small shelf or a small table in the bathroom stall so you can set your coffee and phone down.
I appreciate that you're upfront with your room costs, and that your comps are play driven, not social media driven. This allows you to be more honest in your content. Another excellent review, you're laid back, but to the point. As always...
@@lifewithjosef thanks!
I think PH is underrated for its location and value. I hate to over use the term, but its a true hidden gem.
@@TheVictorCruz overused, but very true in a lot of ways.
Sbarro being authentic NY pizza? It lost that quality years ago. Grimaldi’s at Palazzo is the closest you get to an actual NY pizza place. Besides, Good Pie, Yukon, Metro, Pizza Rock are great joints.
@@OllieRamone great spots, but not an authentic NY slice.
This is our go to favorite, I have never had anything but a fantastic stay there and they are phenomenal to work with you on any special needs you might have. Love this review!
@@LisaHowardStormytexn pretty awesome spot! Thanks!
Have been to Vegas from the East Coast about 7 times. Have never made it to Fremont Street. Perhaps on my next visit!
What?! You have to change that!
Dinner at Oscars then walk across the street and play blackjack all night at Circa.
@@ryanbyrne3459 solid strategy!
We stayed at PH a number of years ago. I used the big bathtub every night after walking for miles. Although we enjoyed our stay a lot and I do price PH, we usually end up back at the Flamingo every year.
@@kims1941 nice location as well!
Love that place but sure miss the spice market buffet! 😊
@@PatriciaCampbell-v3c RIP :( Too many buffets gone before their time …
Thank you for the review as always!
Thanks for watching!
Great video as always. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Appreciate it!
Slam a few beers after that cross country flight 😂
I mean, that's a given 😆- Good plan!
props on your vegas shirt collection...cool to see
Ha! Thanks! I get them all at m00nshot - pretty fun selection!
@@StalkingTheStrip cool, never seen the site but looks like some great merch there
I used to stay there free and I always felt like I was living the dream. Beautiful hotel! I didn't care to gamble there but would go next door to the Venetian, where I found the payouts to be better. I love both of those hotels.
@@sherrellbennett1333 I also prefer Venetian’s casino vibe, but I don’t win at either 😂
@@StalkingTheStrip 🤣
"A little less modern" not a deal breaker for me either.It's beautiful to me . Thanks really enjoyed your review as always.
Yea, no biggie at all. Likely by design, honestly. I'd typically rather have a 700+ square foot Palazzo suite than a standard room at Aria, etc. that has iPads and Alexas that I won't use.
Craps at the Golden Gate
@@alboffo hell yea, Al!
we stayed at venition and loved it. looking forward to a stay at palazzo in dec. thanks for the review
@@johnstone-ii8tx such a solid spot. Crazy to think their suites will be renovated soonish too.
I've been to the Plaza a couple of times. I had an issue with parking so I contacted customer service. I was told they would get back to me, which they didn't. I contacted them again to ask about my complaint and still no response. If a business has this kind of customer service, I stop doing business with them!
That's frustrating. Thankfully, my interactions were suuuper positive. Especially on the casino floor, Plaza's crew is one of my favorites.
Walk
The best place to get your 10k steps in!
Go grab a drink and wander around as its usually a almost 4 hour flight
@@tammykeck8755 drink is much needed after all that travel!
I’m heading to Downtown Grand for a $2 dog & a beer!
Didn’t realize the building was the lobby for the La Concha. Was there in July and I loved it. Heard they are moving downtown
@@OllieRamone yep! Pretty cool stuff.
This is the most standard room they have… for a few dollars more the room is larger and a more traditional lay out. also enjoy how the casino and the property doesn’t take miles to get to your room. You also have a Walgreens right across the street about a 5 minute walk Pay a few dollars more for the Mara room and you’ll definitely be getting a great deal
Yea, I'm pretty jazzed to take a spin in a Marra or Alexandria room next time around.
You would think with those resort fees that they could buy some decent TVs.
TVs are pretty cheap nowadays!
I remember back in the 2000's I would stay at the Sahara and they had this little 8 table bar where certain bottle beer, shots hot dogs and hamburgers were att $1. They would even let you take a bucket of beer to your room. I woke up some mornings with bottle caps and hotdog wrappers thrown about 😂😂😂
Sounds like my kind of night!
I've never heard Sahara pronounced as "Suh-are-uh." :/
I’m glad I could be your first.
Monorail also makes this property a very good value. Nice, clean rooms. Great pool. And that particular room wouldn't bother me one bit.
@@lupehernandez1951 agree on all counts.
@@lupehernandez1951 oh yes I forgot to mention the monorail being right there is great especially in the summer heat not too far to walk to it .
We went in June, They are opened until 12am We went at 10pm no crowds and the weather was great
@@cuppa2023 nice! Glad you had a good experience.
Now - this is just me - your pronunciation of SAHARA just annoyed the piss out of me. Sorry! Nice vid, tho - good place to stay if you’ve got a convention to attend and don’t mind a bit of a walk to the Convention Center.
Potato, Potato. Tomato, Tomato. Sahara, Sahara. Fortunately, we'll agree on how to pronounce Caesars Palace - Not much nuance there!
I noticed the same pronunciation too. I've been to the Sahara Desert. They're not pronouncing it like that. What happens is if you're in grade school having a geography lesson. The teacher is pronouncing it wrong, so that sticks with you because no one ever corrects you. This has happened to me. It's too late for me to sue the school district. :)
Yeah, kind of weird on the room layout but not bad. Check your pronoucation though on Sahara. ua-cam.com/video/2sxKtinM6BI/v-deo.html
The commenters are dragging the linked pronounciation just like I'm getting dragged in my own comments, lol. We may never know the truth.
What was the view like? One thing that made it look odd was that the blackout shades were down so there was no natural light when you filmed hehe. (Plus that big overhead light- not preferable)
Yea, it was night when I got in, but I had a stunning view of the interior of Sahara's hotel towers. Nothing special at all unfortunately.
I've stayed my last 4 visits here only in Marra tower which still had the mirror bathroom door , always exceptionally clean also my room was comped so only paying resort fee and free parking to boot I like 😊 at first I thought oh no Walgreens closed? Glad its still there . Great review!
Good to hear you had great experiences! Sorry about the Walgreens scare!
Good review. seams this property doesn't get a lot of attention. I walked through the property on the way to the Strat due to the monorail ending there. To me it seamed like a bland property.
I dig the vibe, but get that it isn't for everyone. It's a pretty quiet, solid home base for folks that don't mind being separated from the madness IMO.
The Alexandria rooms are very ornate, even feminine. You'd probably prefer the Marra rooms. I wouldn't rule out staying at Sahara. It is indeed very quick to go down the strip in the monorail.
@@kims1941 they look so funky… dare I say… a little ugly? I’m curious as a kitten though!
@@StalkingTheStrip Love your reviews!
@@kims1941 I appreciate you :)
The Sahara is EASILY the most underrated resort on the Strip, in my opinion. Great customer service, one of the best standard pools on the Strip with Ultra Azilo Pool, it beyond punches above its weight with regards to dining options including having bragging rights hosting Bazaar Meats for so long, and by far one of the best values on the Strip. I'll be talking about this in detail in my forthcoming videos of my own............but location is the single most overrated aspect of planning Vegas trips in my opinion. The Mirage having just closed and the lot it's situated on going offline for three years further puts this in perspective: as the distance between Caesars Palace and T.I. is 4,257 feet (according to Rome2Rio), while the distance between Encore and Fontainebleau is 4,862 feet. So that's a very negligible distance in actuality, with the distance between Fashion Show Mall and Resorts World being less than either. It's really a mind over matter exercise and I personally LOVE strolling up and down the Strip everywhere, but with the Las Vegas Monorail and the Deuce Bus also available you've simply got to live a little in Vegas and that means seeing all it has to offer from its northern terminus to its southern terminus. 🙂 On its own I definitely consider Sahara better than T.I. and most Caesars resorts in what it has to offer. 🙂
NOTE: There *IS* a Walgreens across the street on the North end of the resort that I completely missed somehow - Now I feel like a moron for overspending on canned beer in Sahara's convenience store.
There's also an ABC in Fashion Show Mall which is a stroll south from there. You can get two liter waters for $2.75 there plus cheaper drinks and snacks. =)
@@HummingbirdInAHurricane stock up! Love it.
That is the weirdest room I've ever seen. Odd I've never heard it mentioned before! The only reason I ever go to Sahara is for Bazaar Meat, which is world class, but as you mentioned, ultra spendy. It's for that 'special' meal and only that. However, it's closing and moving according to Scott at Vital Vegas...within 3 months and likely to open at Venetian/Palazzo some time after that. So no reason to ever hit up Sahara again, at least for me! Nice review.
Yea, I saw that! A follow up tweet/addition to that story was that they may have extended their lease at Sahara... who knows... Time will tell!
There is a Walgreens across the road.
@@davidmarks7728 woah. Literally across the street on the north side there. Thanks for pointing that out. Now I feel like a moron for overspending on canned beer.
@@StalkingTheStrip 🤣
The Bellagio is my favorite Vegas resort with Aria a close second. I always get my rooms and suites comped with my MGM gold status and usually am able to check in early . Was just there in May in a newly renovated Salon Suite and everything was excellent. Love the pool complex too and the new Como pool restaurant and bar . 😎😎😎
@@anthonylagano I wish to be at your Gold status level, lol. Someday!
Vegas Starfish uses the term, "human enthusiasm" for certain stains...
@@lifewithjosef Ha! Yea, I’m choosing to believe it was hair gel.
Last time I was at the Westgate, they had 50 cent beers at the Sportsbook all day long. Bartenders said it was going on for quite a while. They're smaller than the average beer, but you can just order more.
@@beaveronabike I didn’t know about this! Will have to investigate further for scientific purposes. Thanks!
*its reputation
Thanks for the free consulting! Any chance you could review my articles on lasvegasthenandnow.com? There will be a goldmine of stuff for you to discover there.
I've stayed at Circus 🎪 Circus 🎪 three times in the past year. I liked it, I always do a Vegas vacation on a budget. I tend to always get the best deals when I combine airfare and hotel 🛏️. The prices for other budget hotels were about three hundred dollars more than at Circus 🎪 Circus 🎪. I've stayed at the West Tower all three times. My only complaint about the rooms was there was no carpet but I would still go back there again.
Glad you've had great experiences! No carpet though?! Was the flooring decent?
Yes the floor was clean, but to me it still feels a little gritty.
Thanks for all of the tips. I was especially glad to know what parking to use! 😊
@@GulfGirl416 I cannot stress enough the importance of the parking ramp. It’s the kind of mistake a guy makes once, and never again.
@@StalkingTheStrip And thanks to you, I won’t make a mistake. Hopefully.
I stayed at the Plaza only once and it's as if I did this review myself. The room was gross, bathroom way too small to even dry off. Casino and area were great.
@@stevenjames9358 great minds think alike, lol!
I'm finally going to the museum next month. Can't wait! Thanks for the video!
@@SandyKingEller you’re going to love it!
Agree..off the strip is more private airy feel..with such abundance. Good looking.😊
Definately pros and cons to staying away from the action. It isn't all bad!