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Sipping September


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Oh yesh, so my flight ended up being super delayed so I cancelled it and decided to go to Detroit. My host had to extend another night of my stay lol
 
Life or whatever it’s called at Aria. I always forget about this place until I want something healthy lol

Yummy açaí bowl, except the bananas weren’t ripe so I didn’t eat that, but otherwise, I finished everything here:)

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This was okay

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There’s something going on at t-mobile again, but there’s a DJ and I can totally hear all the loud music in the room. It’s worse then when you’re staying at Cosmo with Marquee music or Wynn/Encore with the encore beach club so I’m pretty annoyed

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Christina6001 said:
Drink Las Vegas at Aria Pool

VIP was sold out so I got GA. The price difference between the two was $50 to get in an hour early and there was supposed to be additional food.

I was worried there might be a line and wait, but I literally bought my ticket outside the entrance and it was pretty empty. I wanted to check it out since I’m a foodie and it was advertised that there would be food along with the chefs. However, I was extremely disappointed that it was basically drinks with light bites. I left extremely hungry and upset.

I don’t really drink so the drinks didn’t interest me. I’m sure they were good to great, but my focus was on food. I thought it’d be similar to other food and wine festivals or like what Wynn did.

Nope

They set it up really nice, but it was a tad dark in some places. It was not busy, yet you had to wait for them to set out more food. Even if I was in a drinking mood and a drinker, no way I would get my money’s worth cuz I just can’t drink that much. They gave full size cocktails, while the food was bite sized and not a large variety.

They really should have charged half the price and just said it was only drinks and then offered the light bites complimentary. Then it would be worth it. But at the same price as Wynn and most other food and fine festivals—hell to the NO.

I asked if it was possible to pay to upgrade to VIP and was told no. I was thinking maybe they had some better food options?

I spoke with three different workers indicating my disappointment. The first one was just in charge of ticketing and hadn’t even been inside! The second one seemed kinda like a security check in person and the third seemed a bit more official and took my name, but nothing happened. Very disappointing:(

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I actually think $50 is very reasonable looking at the pictures you posted since the event was called "Drink" I would expect it to be very focused on the drink aspect with a small bite that accompanies it. I got the VIP invite but am not in Vegas until next week and after hearing about @maxev experience I likely would have been dropped from the event.
 
mickyblueeyes said:
I actually think $50 is very reasonable looking at the pictures you posted since the event was called "Drink" I would expect it to be very focused on the drink aspect with a small bite that accompanies it. I got the VIP invite but am not in Vegas until next week and after hearing about @maxev experience I likely would have been dropped from the event.
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It was $250 for GA and $300 for VIP plus add another $50 for fees and taxes. I agree that calling it Drink would make it focused on drinks only, which is why I hesitated on getting a ticket, but they kept advertising and promoting the food and chefs so it made it seem more like a regular food and drink festival…

I haven’t read maxev’s TR, but he didn’t mention anything when I saw him. I just told him about my experience when I saw him cuz he asked if I’d done anything related to the events over the weekend and he said he was going to foofighter concert that night with K. What happened?

When I asked my host about getting a ticket (last minute as always lol), she said she couldn’t because people had grabbed tickets who didn’t even qualify and some people were going to get turned away or something like that…is that what happened to maxev???

Although I would have had a better time with a free ticket, I still think I wouldn’t have thought the value was there…

I know another VMBer that went to the sold out hundred acre wine dinner and they said it was good food and wine and they refilled wines with no issues, but they didn’t think it was worth the $2500 even though they got in for free. I argued that the wines alone were worth that so we chatted a bit about that cuz I absolutely love their wines and think they’re worth their prices, but that is a price I have yet to pay for a wine dinner. I have no doubt it was yummy and I could hear a little bit of the welcome spiel when I was sitting at the bar, but I dunno if it’s $2500+ worth it (same for when Dom Perignon does that dinners). Even if I was working and making money, I would hesitate to spend that much and I love their stuff lol
 
Christina6001 said:
It was $250 for GA and $300 for VIP plus add another $50 for fees and taxes. I agree that calling it Drink would make it focused on drinks only, which is why I hesitated on getting a ticket, but they kept advertising and promoting the food and chefs so it made it seem more like a regular food and drink festival…

I haven’t read maxev’s TR, but he didn’t mention anything when I saw him. I just told him about my experience when I saw him cuz he asked if I’d done anything related to the events over the weekend and he said he was going to foofighter concert that night with K. What happened?

When I asked my host about getting a ticket (last minute as always lol), she said she couldn’t because people had grabbed tickets who didn’t even qualify and some people were going to get turned away or something like that…is that what happened to maxev???

Although I would have had a better time with a free ticket, I still think I wouldn’t have thought the value was there…

I know another VMBer that went to the sold out hundred acre wine dinner and they said it was good food and wine and they refilled wines with no issues, but they didn’t think it was worth the $2500 even though they got in for free. I argued that the wines alone were worth that so we chatted a bit about that cuz I absolutely love their wines and think they’re worth their prices, but that is a price I have yet to pay for a wine dinner. I have no doubt it was yummy and I could hear a little bit of the welcome spiel when I was sitting at the bar, but I dunno if it’s $2500+ worth it (same for when Dom Perignon does that dinners). Even if I was working and making money, I would hesitate to spend that much and I love their stuff lol
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Wow I misunderstood and thought it only cost $50 but I agree that would be very disappointing for $250. @maxev had a couple events that he ended up not being able to get into. More details in his TR.
 
mickyblueeyes said:
Wow I misunderstood and thought it only cost $50 but I agree that would be very disappointing for $250. @maxev had a couple events that he ended up not being able to get into. More details in his TR.
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Haha, yeah, totally would have been worth $50!

I think it’s really great MGM is starting to do something like this, but the value is there for me. They mentioned it took five years to have this event.

I appreciate the work. I just don’t think the value isn’t there. But if they’re offering it for free to guests, I think that is a really nice experience. It’s kinda like having nicer drinks, but very similar to what CET does for their seven stars outdoor pool party. I definitely would not pay for it, but for free, it’s fine lol
 
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The Paint and Sip thing looked more fun and enjoyable than over-priced drink/dinner/wine pairings.

Something unique and different like that would interest me more than, well, most Vegas events.
 
I happened to notice that my MGM app showed extra freeplay in Detroit, Springfield, and National Harbor so I was like, hmmmm, what’s the dealio?

I chatted with a few VMBers about it and then did a search for Detroit to look for more info cuz someone mentioned a few people doing this loop to hit it all. I should have looked earlier cuz I didn’t realize it expired at the end of September. Olyphotog did a TR on this that peeps should check out if this is of interest. I didn’t see who else did it so it could be that searching function that limits the hits now.

Anyways, I called to confirm the freeplay offer, the resort credit, and free room offer. I booked a redeye flight to Detroit. Then I called to make the hotel reservations because I knew I’d be arriving super early morning the next day before normal checkin for the day so I needed to book the night before so I could get a room right away once I arrived. The lady that made my reservation told me it’s not a problem as long as I check in via the app. Really?! Cool! That works! Off to Detroit I go!
 
I scored with a whole exit role to myself!!!! But it was an older plane so the arm rests didn’t lift up for me to fully lie down. Whomp whomp

However, the extra leg room was nice and I was able to utilize two seats and the window seat to kinda lean back and put my legs up.

I dozed off and on. Very turbulent ride, but we landed early.

Now, when I was at the Vegas airport, I had checked into the room. It kept saying the room was pending/unassigned (meaning no room number), but I didn’t think too much of it. It looked like they put me in an ADA grand view room so I was like whatever, I’ll let them know I don’t need ADA room when I arrive.

Well when I land, I check the app and now I don’t see my room info or reservation anymore.

Uh oh.

I was afraid of this!

So I called front desk to explain the situation. The lady was really nice, but had to consult with her manager. The manager reinstated my reservations, but said it would be a lower floor room. I asked if it was possible to get upgraded for the inconvenience as I saw they had the an ADA corner suite room available. I was told they could upgrade me, but it wouldn’t be ready until normal check in time. I said I’d decide once I get to the hotel.

Off to find the shuttle for the rental car!
 
DTW airport is quite big. I found the way to the shuttle service area. I saw TWO rounds of the shuttle buses for all the other car rental places and was starting to worry maybe the shuttle driver called in sick. Finally, after almost 20 minutes, the driver showed up.

They make a stop at some other airport that sounds like Japanese with Mc in front of it.

Then they go to Hertz.

Since it was dark, I couldn’t really see outside, but I noticed a bunch of construction cones along the way.

Usually, when you go to the car rental places, they’re all in the same place? Is that not the case here? Like, could I have taken any other shuttle bus and still gotten to hertz?

Anyways, I get there and look for the board and I’m like, great, it’s broken. Nope. Turns out, it was on the very far left and only a handful of customers. Found my info and where to go. Got a Buick Encore GX. It’s an okay little suv car.

After making sure I knew how to operate the car, I finally headed to MGM Detroit!

This was like an hour after I got off the phone with the hotel. So I think next time, I’ll just do a rideshare and see if there’s a rental car near the hotel to avoid that time waster.
 
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