Hi there - I just saw your response on my post. When I called Mandalay they told me they should be able to accomodate that, but to come in the morning and preferably on a weekday, so since you are going over the weekend that may be your issue. I'm going out Tues. to Thurs.
Aria says during the weekdays at 2 is when they do room tours.
My goal is to get a Suite with enough square footage and that is around $500 a night, cause we will be booking it for 2 nights, but I'm going to review all the hotels before I go to make sure there's not others I want to see. Apex at PH is too much for us plus I'm not really fan of the decor.
Thanks on the Bill's tip, I'm going to check them out now!
Have fun and make sure to write reviews when you come back:)