Today is a great day to be at The Aria, or so I would imagine. Unfortunately I am about 100
miles away in Laughlin, Nevada. And where I am staying today -- I don't think it would ever be
confused with The Aria. But let's give the room a look. So I am at The New Pioneer in Laughlin.
As you can see, this is a standard two double room -- and that's two doubles, not two queens.
And since I haven't been here since last year I can see why they call it "The New Pioneer" as
they have redone this room. The first thing I noticed was gone are the old smoky carpets with
cigarette burns in them, so that's nice. Gone are the table and chair sets that were falling apart,
so that's great. I'll show you outside. I am in the farthest hotel building from the casino,
so it's a bit of a walk. What I'll do is post a stopwatch image of the amount of time it took
me to walk from my room to the casino floor. So this room cost me $29 which included taxes,
and there are no resort fees. But you're gonna have to shop around for that rate,
as now you'll tend to find the rooms for about $40-$45 on a weeknight. So I was just lucky
getting that $29 rate. As you can see, a touch of the old Pioneer here with the missing handle.
Right beside the beds. The outlets are pretty scarce in this room, so even
though they just renovated the room you might wanna take a power bank for your electronics.
New television, pretty good size. Over here you have a desk with seating for one.
The room did include two bottles of Niagara water, free of charge.
I drank one. As you can see, Marie Osmond is in town. Unfortunately her brother is not,
as Donny is at Harrah's in Las Vegas -- so if you wanna see him you're gonna have to go there.
Now, as you can see, I always try to come here on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday as the casino runs
three promotions on those days. That includes the card-of-the day for video poker players like me.
You get two times points on slots and video poker. And there are also hot seat drawings. Now,
if you're a table games player you'll want to go next door to The Golden Nugget.
Fear not though -- it's a very short walk and the gaming floor is really nice,
and it's much larger than The Pioneer. One thing you might appreciate is a map of the property.
As you can see, I am in the building on the far left, so as I said it's more of a walk.
If you can get a riverview room you come in by Bumbleberry Flats where
the food is highly recommended -- in fact, I would consider it the strength of the property.
I had a roast turkey dinner last night and I approve of it. So I would recommend it.
So for the price, $29 is the cheapest you're gonna find in Laughlin.
The next step up would be The Edgewater around $55. And above that you're looking at $70-$80
for all of the other properties. So over here you do have plenty of space for your clothing.
Here -- my reflection, dirty mirror. Good song, good YouTuber.
So as you can see here is a refrigerator -- that is mine. Unfortunately Coca-Cola does
not furnish the property with refrigerators, so you're gonna have to bring your own. And you
are also gonna have to bring your own coffee. So you do have a shower/tub setup in the bathroom.
So in closing, I want to say -- the pros: if you want to stay at The New Pioneer in Laughlin,
the number one pro obviously is the cost. As my friend, and attorney-at-law, Frito Pendejo
is noted as saying, "I like money". And I like money too. Unfortunately, the cons -- well,
there isn't enough video left to note all of the cons. But thank you for watching.