> This is a rarity in Las Vegas but around 5 years ago we stayed at The Riv
> and the fine print showed that there was a **Cancellation Fee** attached to
> the reservation. so beware!....
I stayed at the Riviera for the very first DLV, back in 1997. At the time it was very nice.
Back then the strange thing I remember is at the desk they made you sign a thing saying that you would not have pizza delivered to the room. No, I am not kidding.
The strangest fee I ever ran into was the early check-out fee. I've seen it on packages at both the Plaza downtown and the old LV Hilton. If you checked out a day or more early for some reason, they would ding you $50, IIRC.
> The Buffet is not bad but certainly Not what you might call Good either,
The Riviera buffet used to be very good. I have not eaten there for over 10 years now, so I don't have any current perspective on it. The one thing I do recall at the Riviera buffet was, one Sunday morning during DLV, two couples discussion the Frank Marino Show the night before and making note of the "girls" (DLVers) in the audience.
"I wonder if the hotel pays them to do that." and "I think about half of them were real girls." were two lines I remember.