It has been a few years since I've been there also but it all depends where you want to stay position wise on the strip. When I went, I stayed at New York, New York, which was across from MGM and Excalibur; a short monorail ride would get you to Luxor and Mandalay Bay. Our original package had us in Luxor, but they "upgraded" us to NY, NY. Both are excellent places to stay. The bonus(for me at least) was that NY has the roller coaster on the roof! So, in a way I killed two birds with one stone. I don't really gamble, but still had a great time going from casino to casino and just soaking in the atmosphere and architecture(when I saw The Venetian, my jaw dropped). I hear the monorail is up and running between MGM and Circus, Circus so moving around should be easier.