excalibur is a good value for the price. definitely not up to par with the Las Vegas megaresorts, but not what you're paying for those resorts either. rooms are a bit dated and could use some renovation. the spa passes were put to good use... excellent facilities and helpful staff. 24hr. cafe had reasonably priced food and good service. casino was fairly sized and paid out decently. Only complaint would be parking is rather annoying to find if you don't use the valet. Other than that, it is usually a good value, but seems to have been priced up a bit more than before. So I'd say $100 night on a weekend is a good deal and worth it.

When we arrived at 6:00 PM we had no waiting line. We got a room in Tower II West. It is near by the parking lot, but you have to go through the entire casino to get to the front desk. The room was facing the pool area and so also the Highway. It was very noisy. So I went back to get an other room. This took me five minutes and we had a room just across the hallway. It was quite and great. So here a tip. Try getting a room in Tower II and with an odd number. Uneven numbers face the street and you get a lot of noise from there. We had the 'all you can eat' breakfast buffet and it was great. Paid 20 dollars for two adults and kids under five eat free. To get to the other hotels on the strip with as less walking as possible, walk over to MGM Grand and take the Tram. (1,50$ per ride, kids are free). Checkout was ok, but I was a bit iritated by paying 1 dollar per day for phonecalls I did not make. This seems to be policy in Las Vegas that hotels can demand that.
We had a great stay at this hotel. Staff was very friendly.

If you want to enjoy yourself while in Las Vegas, do NOT stay at this hotel!
A group of 11 of us booked this hotel, and prior to arriving had sent the hotel an email requesting rooms together in the pool tower. While when we arrived we were placed in the other tower making us have to walk through the casino to get to the pool, not exactly what we had asked for!
As far as the rooms go they need to be renovated badly! The beds were old and when two people slept in one bed you rolled to the middle because there is no support left in the mattress. Then there are NO ROOM SAFES! Pardon me but this is Las Vegas, people bring money to gamble with and don't want to carry it all around all the time! Never mind your passport and other identification!
We ate at the buffet in the hotel one night. The food was awful, never mind that there was no selection.
Basically I hated this hotel. I have stayed at the Mirage, Treasure Island and the new Alladin before, and I would recommend any of these hotels. Unfortunately because of a convention in town the Excalibur was the only place with enough rooms for the 11 of us. But trust me I will never even set foot in the hotel again!

Stayed at the Excalibur on May 14. It was fully booked because of a major fight in town. The checkin was a breeze at about 4pm. They had a line manager moving the line and it was easy. The staff were very friendly. It was irritating to go to the pool through the casino but my kids loved the pool. The buffet was great. The selection was enormous and the quality was great. We also ate at three other buffets during the week including Luxor, Mirage and Circus Circus (don't bother) and returned to the Excalibur later in the week because we liked it best. The room was spacious and the lighting was dim, but hey, it is supposed to be medieval. This is not a five star hotel, but it is okay. I don't know what all the complaints are about. If you expect the Bellagio at Excalibur prices it isn't going to happen. We enjoyed our stay, the staff were friendly and it was not the nightmare I had expected from reading the reviews before we went.