7. Excalibur, Las Vegas

Number of Rooms: 4,008

If you thought Sleeping Beauty's castle at Disneyland was a pale imitation of the real McCoy, you obviously haven't been to Excalibur, whose ersatz castle is one of the earliest known examples of Las Vegas’ giddy appropriation of history for commercial purposes, and one that would either make Uncle Walt proud or make him cringe. Kids might enjoy The Tournament of Kings jousting show, but the ladies and maybe even a few of the gents will get a bigger kick out of the Thunder from Down Under revue, where the hotel’s "knights shed their armor." Anything to get you out of the undersized, largely nondescript rooms. Headache from all that casino noise? Ambient lack of charm bringing you down? The 13,000-square-foot Royal Treatment Spa has what it takes to perk you up.

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