Contrary to popular opinion, Mandalay Bay is NOT all that and a bag of chips.  It's just hype, and I'm not sure the hype is all that and a bag of chips, either.   Yes, Mandalay Bay is contrived hype, with a stale premise for manipulation.\n\n* Convention Center.  Lots of natural lighting when possible so you don't feel like you're caged up in hell. Clean facilities, considerate staff.  Now if they could just figure out a way to make the room temperature more human friendly so that I don't feel like I want to shrivel up and die before the vampires get me.  \n\n* Restaurants: Meh, I've had better.  If you are going to dine finely, go to Aria for the hot new menus.  The restaurants in Mandalay Bay embody the ignorant Americanism that is Vegas - boring, ethnocentric, and bland.\n\n*Rooms: Egad Watson! These rooms suck. The pictures and the crap lighting create the perception of a nicely designed room, but it's all a house of cards underneath.  Bed sheets that don't fit properly, bath towels that feel like sandpaper against your skin, a cruel lack of bathroom countertop, chipped paint, and lame water pressure.  If I'm paying a premium for the room, I want to be able to rinse out my conditioner in 5 minutes or less.  Thanks. \n\n*Fitness Amenities - you have to pay for the gym, and the gym is not worth $20 a day - pretty small, stale air, etc.. The walking track around the pool is nice, as long as you are ok with getting run over by the hotel staff in golf carts.  \n\nI won't stay here again if I can help it! Even if there is a convention that I need to attend, I'd rather slum it in The Luxor for half the room rate and the free gym.