Jamie in PA
High-Roller
Hello Everyone! All that planning I did and its done in a blink of an eye. Not the most exciting report you will read but we had a lot of fun. So here we go...
We left Pittsburgh on 10/31 via USAir. Flight was full but not too bad. Arrived on time and that was that. However, at baggage claim it was a disaster...the screens were all down and no one knew which carousel was for which plane. They kept announcing overhead but with all the noise you couldn't hear a thing. Luckily I have a very colorful bag and my hubby saw it
so we grabbed luggage and we were out the door.
Used Dollar rental...Fast lane member so it was quick. Honda Accord, 7 days for $120. Car was OK.
Off to WalMart for some things then to the Las Vegas Club. Didn't know if we could check in early since it was only noon but they did. Yippee!!
Room 1225 in the north tower. Right off the elevator. Now I know folks have had negative cooments about this place but we had absolutely not 1 complaint. Room was n/s, large, bright and clean. View of MSS and the Cal.
Safe and fridge in room which we used and asked for the daily charges to be removed at checkout which they did. Housekeeping was great and we were very happy with our decision to stay there. Even parking in the garage was not an issue.
We went straight over to the GoldenGate for shrimp cocktails and sandwiches.. YUM!!
Spent the first day up and down Fremont, playing here and there.
Now we were in town for the Pro Bullriding Finals so Thurs to Sun the evenings were at Thomas and Mack for the competition. Great seats and we had a great time.
Thursday night after that night's event we went to Sunset Station to say hi to Mikey...he was off. We still had a fabulous time playing there and met several extremely nice staff members. The best part was we went back to LV club and while we were playing BJ my hubby says "Isn't that Mikey over there?" and pointed to pai gow table. Sure enuff there he was with Sticky.
Went over and said hi. Sticky is much cuter in person than any picture can convey.
Over the next few days we hit Red Rock,Texas,Orleans,Wynn,Sunset x3,
Harrah's, MSS,Plaza,Terrible's, Palace and Mandalay Bay. We were up and down with my best win was at 3 card poker at Red Rock... $20 on pairs bet with $10 on play and ante...hit a straight flush for $800 and change.
Brought home what we came with and Alan figured with tipping and general spending we were actually ahead. Whatever.
Final thoughts...
Wynn was very pretty. Got my 250 points so we ate dinner at the buffet
but would never pay the $$ to eat there. We ate fairly cheap this time.. alot of 241 coupons. Ellis island was a good meal. Had the steak special, very tender and tasty.
People out at 3 am with TINY kids...go home!!!!
Sunset Station was a fabulous property...get your butts over there!!!
Flight home was fine but I will never leave at noon again. I do so like my red eye flight home.
We left Pittsburgh on 10/31 via USAir. Flight was full but not too bad. Arrived on time and that was that. However, at baggage claim it was a disaster...the screens were all down and no one knew which carousel was for which plane. They kept announcing overhead but with all the noise you couldn't hear a thing. Luckily I have a very colorful bag and my hubby saw it
so we grabbed luggage and we were out the door.
Used Dollar rental...Fast lane member so it was quick. Honda Accord, 7 days for $120. Car was OK.
Off to WalMart for some things then to the Las Vegas Club. Didn't know if we could check in early since it was only noon but they did. Yippee!!
Room 1225 in the north tower. Right off the elevator. Now I know folks have had negative cooments about this place but we had absolutely not 1 complaint. Room was n/s, large, bright and clean. View of MSS and the Cal.
Safe and fridge in room which we used and asked for the daily charges to be removed at checkout which they did. Housekeeping was great and we were very happy with our decision to stay there. Even parking in the garage was not an issue.
We went straight over to the GoldenGate for shrimp cocktails and sandwiches.. YUM!!
Spent the first day up and down Fremont, playing here and there.
Now we were in town for the Pro Bullriding Finals so Thurs to Sun the evenings were at Thomas and Mack for the competition. Great seats and we had a great time.
Thursday night after that night's event we went to Sunset Station to say hi to Mikey...he was off. We still had a fabulous time playing there and met several extremely nice staff members. The best part was we went back to LV club and while we were playing BJ my hubby says "Isn't that Mikey over there?" and pointed to pai gow table. Sure enuff there he was with Sticky.
Went over and said hi. Sticky is much cuter in person than any picture can convey.
Over the next few days we hit Red Rock,Texas,Orleans,Wynn,Sunset x3,
Harrah's, MSS,Plaza,Terrible's, Palace and Mandalay Bay. We were up and down with my best win was at 3 card poker at Red Rock... $20 on pairs bet with $10 on play and ante...hit a straight flush for $800 and change.
Brought home what we came with and Alan figured with tipping and general spending we were actually ahead. Whatever.
Final thoughts...
Wynn was very pretty. Got my 250 points so we ate dinner at the buffet
but would never pay the $$ to eat there. We ate fairly cheap this time.. alot of 241 coupons. Ellis island was a good meal. Had the steak special, very tender and tasty.
People out at 3 am with TINY kids...go home!!!!
Sunset Station was a fabulous property...get your butts over there!!!
Flight home was fine but I will never leave at noon again. I do so like my red eye flight home.
You two seem like a blast and I hope sometime we can spend more time together at the tables. Sounds like you had a wonderful trip!
opcorn I'm up to speed on the accomodations part but was wondering about how to get the best deal on tickets to the event itself. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
(you'd think!)