I think it's unrealistic to expect perfection at any price. But again, I would wonder why 3 days to remedy?

Clark, you really are naive. Clearly, you assume someone with money must not have worked for it and doesn't know anything but luxury.

Wake up to the real world sport. A good portion of the people with money got it through working their tail off or simply outthinking everyone else. Certainly, there are a few who hit the gene pool lottery and simply had to be born to enjoy money. As for the rest of us, we got it through our own efforts and a country where you can achieve to the best of your ability.

I've stayed at the Bellagio numerous times. We had one really bad experience due to things like a room that wasn't clean, keys that wouldn't work and a not-particularly bright security person. The reason these people are annoyed is likely the same reason I was - you pay a premium to NOT deal with those things. You pay the extra amount to maximize enjoyment.

it sounds as if the guests may have been evacuated in the middle of the night on sunday. if that's so, and depending on how they were treated (as i can't imagine there are enough bell hops, etc., on duty at 2am to help everyone), i can see that not being the best vacation -- although a good story after the fact.

and i still think that the casino was robbed!

Just came home from Vegas. Thank goodness we were at the JW Marriott and not the Bellagio. From what I heard, guests woke up to no power. There weren't any stories of a middle of the night evac. We were on the strip Sunday afternoon. We had heard that the O shows were canceled but didn't know why. Then as we walked past the Bellagio there were a lot of security people directing cabs away from the hotel. We found out about the problem when we jumped into a cab after Mystere to go to see the fountains. Of course, no fountains. I just feel very badly for the desk staff and management. They were on the front lines and there wasn't a thing they could do.

TedTurner: Can you book me a room at the Stratosphere for $19.95 a night? For that amount, I wouldn't mind being at the "wrong end" of the strip!

"Pampered people"..ok I see a large chip on a shoulder..So what if some people are pampered...so what if they arent....people deserve to get what they pay for no matter what kind of money they pay for it with..whether they worked their ass off to get it or through inheritance..Good gosh , who would ever think of such....

One has to be very naive to believe that this was just 3-day power failure caused by a simple power surge.

Just imagine how much money the robbers run away with. The Ballagio is one the biggest hotels in Vegas having one of the biggest vaults in town too.

Another Update:

LAS VEGAS -- The lights were back on Wednesday morning at the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas.

But the resort will remain closed to the public until 5 p.m. Wednesday evening when it reopens for business on the Las Vegas Strip.

Workers are busy testing complicated computerized security and sensor equipment, and getting the posh 3,000-room resort ready.

The power was out since a main electricity feed blew about 2 a.m. Sunday.

Still no official word what caused the outage -- but officials say they are convinced it was not criminal or terrorism-related.

The hotel says it will probably be Thursday before gourmet restaurants and the art gallery can reopen.

It might also be Thursday before performances of the Cirque du Soleil show "O" can resume.

Employees are being asked to contact their supervisors about when they should return to work.

With almost 100% certainty, I can guarantee that this was not the result of a robbery or attempted robbery. While it is fun to speculate on a "Ocean's 11" type heist, the fact is that MGM is a public company and it's made certain public statements that would leave its officers and directors in some real hot water with the SEC if they hid the truth. (Not to mention the numerous shareholder lawsuits they'd be subject to.)

As hard as it is to believe, this really may just be one of those things that no one planned for.

I'm sorry that some guests were bothered by having to relocate to another hotel when their precious Bellagio went dark. However, in the scope of life, this doesn't seem like a big deal. People weren't hurt, vacations weren't ruined (in fact the story of what happened could be the hit of your vacation).

I was one of the guests of the Las Vegas Hilton when it burned in the early '80s. When you spend the night after watching people die and not knowing where others in your party are and if they are okay you feel little sympathy for problems as minor as the Bellagio.

I'm with you, kkj. That must have been a terrifying experience.

But please remember that on this site, Bellagio is revered, so that any relatively minor thing is viewed as catastrophic.

Leona,
Who made any type of comment on this board that would give you reason to suggest that anyone viewed this as a catastrophe? I think you are overstating the magnitude of the view of this situation.

Boy, I think some of you are being a little hard on the people that were staying there. Wouldn't you be perterbed and annoyed if you had spent months planning a vacation to Las Vegas, researching the best hotel for you, getting the best room rate, scheduling the best itinerary and all of a sudden you wake up and have to evacuate your hotel and move somewhere else? I mean, I know it's not the end of the world and these things happen, but I don't think anyone can claim that they WOULDN'T be upset about this. I don't think it has anything to do with entitlement or being "pampered".

Perturbed, yes. But expecting that paying a hefty room rate somehow entitles you to protection from an unforseen disaster is ludicrous. Welcome to the real world for a change.

We use the words "disaster" and "catastrophe" too easily to describe an event where no one lost their life. We build montrously large buildings that are incredibly complex and expect nothing to go wrong. Goodness, the place has a theater filled with water that has platforms that rise and fall. Yes, we are too pampered if we can't go with the flow and realize that sometimes things can go wrong.

clarkgriswold I have a question for you. Do you think it would be big news if a Motel 6 in a remote corner of LV lost power for 3 days?
Why is it big news that Bellagio lost power?
I'm curious what your answer will be.

If the Motel 6 lost power, tv stations would interview the guests and they'd be saying "oh well, guess I gotta move to another motel...these things happen, the power went out what can you do?" and the TV station would go "ho hum" and not feature it on the news.

When it's the Bellagio, and you have people screaming "Oh my god the wedding cake melted and NOTHING ever goes wrong in my life, NOTHING!"...then it becomes fodder for the Tv reports.