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The long road home - Ballys/Lux

Discussion in 'Vegas Trip Reports' started by gr8whitenorth, Sep 13, 2021.

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  1. gr8whitenorth

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    what a night.

    Back in the room. Still about 1/4 bankroll intact.

    Hit up.

    MB
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    NYNY
    Excalibur
    Luxor

    Seriously shit faced. Bed time. Covid test in AM.
     
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    I don't know how you guys are eating so much. The liquid diet leaves no room for actual food. We arrived one day later than you and my stomach is full. Hangover doesn't help
     
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    We are alive. Passed out last night minutes after arriving back to our room.

    Slept for about 5 hours or so. That will do. We enjoyed the soaking tub in our room which has helped re-energize us both.

    Coffee and tea in the room as always from our trusty Keurig.

    We will Uber over to Cosmo for our Covid test which is booked for 1:45pm. Our flight is just shy of 72 hours from now so we will make every hour of it count.

    Tonight we have tickets for Fantasy. We will also hit one of our favorite restaurants Ri Ra.
     
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    At cosmo sitting downstairs waiting to head up for our tests. Super nervous but can't impact anything now. It will be what it will be.
     
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    Best of luck
     
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    A few thoughts on Ballys


    Check in process via kiosk was seamless. Line ups at check in never really got long.

    Easy access for Uber. Easy pick up.

    Short walk from casino to room in jubilee tower although our room was the very last one down from the elevator.

    Speaking of elevators they were very fast, rarely crowded etc. Never had to wait.

    Room was good, worn but good. Big plus having a fridge.

    View was fine. If you want quiet though get a south facing room when Drai's is running.

    Good selection of slots, enough table games. VP selection was poor-ish.

    Drink service went from nonexistent to great. Super friendly CW.

    Location for us was fantastic. Having easy access to Paris via the walkway was perfect. Close to PH.

    Food options certainly were bad.

    Monorail station was a plus when we used it.

    Overall a solid 7 out of 10.
     
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    Tests all done. Reviv is total pro outfit. We verified all information several times. Test itself didn't bother me much but my wife got a bleeding nose.

    Nothing to do but wait on the results now. Can't control it. They honored the 149 price point.
     
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    We were more than a little stressed about the teats so we wandered back and used the tram and ended up at NYNY. Sitting at NFI using a 2 for 1 entree from Myvegas. Then a 2 for 1 Tom's sizes beers at Tom's urban.
     
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    Try not to let it stress you out too much.
    I found it very hard to not think about it from the time I took the test to the time I got results it lowered my mood slightly.

    Truth is at this point there is nothing you can do so why let it stress you.. On top of that they don't recommend close contacts get tested for 2-3 days after contact because it wont show on the test right away.. so unless you were exposed in the early hours of your trip it likely would not show anyway and you should at least get home.
     
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    Thanks. We are putting it out of our minds. There is college ball tonight and the city is hopping. Beer garden is pure insanity.
     
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    Grabbed the tram to MB and redeemed 1 each 25 mykonami free play. converted them both to 30. Not great but OK.

    Back to Lux and redeemed another set of 25 each and added room free play for tonight.

    Beer park is just crazy. The crowds are totally crazy at MB and Lux. I've never seen so many Iowa State jerseys and t-shirts.
     
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    Food at NFI had about the largest portions I've ever seen. Our server was a great guy and gave me a tip of a great place with amazing whiskey selection out near Orleans.

    NFI food. We never made it through it all. Not even close.

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    Popped down the casino floor while my wife was snoozing and hit 2 sets of free games on quick hit within 5 minutes. left with a little profit.

    Icing down some beers for traveler's and headed back out.

    The walkway from MB to allegiant is a sea of people. So awesome to see our favorite town all back to life. Viva Las Vegas.

    Fantasy in a few hours. Been years since we have seen it. We enjoyed it the last time.

    Let's see what tonight brings. As much as I'd like to say we will behave I have strong suspicions that won't happen. We will see.
     
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    I agree. As you can see from my trip report... Anything goes. Ill drink myself silly until my covid test on Monday.
     
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    I’m sure the two of them will be fine.
     
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    Heading to Luxor soon... you mentioned Toms Urban - did they bring Happy Hour back? Drinks? Food?
     
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    After that monster portion size we decided to put it off until tomorrow. Ill let you know tomorrow.
     
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    25 my Konami free play convert.



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    finished up other freeplay and converted close to 1 to 1. with my hit we get a few more hundo to give Lux lots of play tonight.

    Back in the room as we forgot my wife had our passports in her purse from today while getting tested. They are safely stashed in the safe.
     
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    Back in the room another 20 hr marathon. I turned 20 into almost 600 over the night

    Pictures tomorrow, suffice to say I managed to turn a bank of slots into my personal ATM.

    Fantasy was outstanding as always. A great show, very entertaining.

    2 more nights left.

    Yee fucking haw.
     
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