lobsterkmd
Low-Roller
I'm back!! It's been a crazy weekend at work- working double shifts behind the bar trying to cover for the people who had to cover my impromptu trip, but i am ready to write my trip report.
A little background: The trip was completely last minute, my original plans were to take my five year old daughter to Boston for 3 nights, and take her to the Childrens museum etc, however looking at weather reports the thought of going in rainy weather didn't sound that great. While daydreaming I checked out lastminute.com and was able to score a 3 night package at Orleans including Round Trip Airfare for $260 per person. Ex hubby (Bob) came along as well- because my mother nagged me saying it would be a silly idea for me to go by myself...but the plan was for him to watch sophia at night while I went out to gamble.
I knew I didn't want to stay at Orleans for all three nights, mainly because of the location and I really wanted to be able to have a pool for Sophia- So I was able to book a 1 bedroom tower suite at the Mirage for $139 a night for two nights. So here goes the report:
Day One: We flew out of Boston at 3:30 in the afternoon, with a connection in Atlanda we arrived in Vegas around midnight. We took a cab to Orleans...there were three bell/valet standing around and noone offered to help with our luggage, we asked the bellman which way to the front desk and he picked up his coffee, and talked while drinking his coffee..."To the right". The young lady that checked us in was very sweet and personable and really made a good impression on us. We were in Room 1505, 2 queen beds. The sitting area was nice and the room was very clean and smelled fantastic.
We were hungry so we decided to take a quick walk around the Casino. This was my first trip the Orleans and I was really impressed, I would like to come back here on a future solo trip and spend some time gambling. We at at the Courtyard Cafe. I ordered the General's Chicken- it was actually really good, Bob ordered the late night $3.99 steak and eggs special that came with Toast and hashbrowns...He said it was great. 2 diet cokes and an OJ and our bill came to $20, not bad. We went back to the room and called it a night. Here are some pics from Day one:
View From the Room:
Bathroom area (note: the desk chair is not normally located in the bathroom, it was merely a step for the peanut to brush her teeth and wash her hands
The sitting area in our room: (Sophia would like to note her little stuffed dog and how much he was enjoying the room)
A little background: The trip was completely last minute, my original plans were to take my five year old daughter to Boston for 3 nights, and take her to the Childrens museum etc, however looking at weather reports the thought of going in rainy weather didn't sound that great. While daydreaming I checked out lastminute.com and was able to score a 3 night package at Orleans including Round Trip Airfare for $260 per person. Ex hubby (Bob) came along as well- because my mother nagged me saying it would be a silly idea for me to go by myself...but the plan was for him to watch sophia at night while I went out to gamble.
I knew I didn't want to stay at Orleans for all three nights, mainly because of the location and I really wanted to be able to have a pool for Sophia- So I was able to book a 1 bedroom tower suite at the Mirage for $139 a night for two nights. So here goes the report:
Day One: We flew out of Boston at 3:30 in the afternoon, with a connection in Atlanda we arrived in Vegas around midnight. We took a cab to Orleans...there were three bell/valet standing around and noone offered to help with our luggage, we asked the bellman which way to the front desk and he picked up his coffee, and talked while drinking his coffee..."To the right". The young lady that checked us in was very sweet and personable and really made a good impression on us. We were in Room 1505, 2 queen beds. The sitting area was nice and the room was very clean and smelled fantastic.
We were hungry so we decided to take a quick walk around the Casino. This was my first trip the Orleans and I was really impressed, I would like to come back here on a future solo trip and spend some time gambling. We at at the Courtyard Cafe. I ordered the General's Chicken- it was actually really good, Bob ordered the late night $3.99 steak and eggs special that came with Toast and hashbrowns...He said it was great. 2 diet cokes and an OJ and our bill came to $20, not bad. We went back to the room and called it a night. Here are some pics from Day one:
View From the Room:
Bathroom area (note: the desk chair is not normally located in the bathroom, it was merely a step for the peanut to brush her teeth and wash her hands
The sitting area in our room: (Sophia would like to note her little stuffed dog and how much he was enjoying the room)
. We are supposed to check out of the Mirage by 12, but our flight doesn't leave til Midnight so we call the front desk and see what they can offer us for another night. $220...nope. I ask them to check their other properties and they tell me they can't. So I call 
