Mirage June 12th-16
Headed out Sunday and arrived at 10:30am. Got checked in immediately to our Tower Deluxe with view of strip and pool, Sweet. Called for a fridge in room and unloaded bar. Dim Sum at Noodle kitchen and off to get the lay of the land. Wife hits a couple of slots for $160 and $110, nice start. Went to AVA for a few drinks and service was very disappointing, waved down cocktail waitress and she just blew us off. Dinner at Carnegie Deli, man that pastrami is a big sandwich. Wife had the roast beef sandwich and the hottest horseradish in the world. Off to the Wynn to check it out; very nice but I guess nothing will live up to that hype. Will have to stay there to be a fair judge.
Mon. 13th - Ordered up some mimosas and fruit plate from room service, nice way start to morning. My eyeglasses broke so off to Fashion show mall to get repair. After a little shopping back to catch some pool time. Got lucky when two ladies are leaving and give us their chairs. The pool was packed and in fact the entire strip was extremely crowded at all times of day and evening. After a few pina coladas, off to Mesa Grill for lunch. Wife had the tuna tartar and I had the pork sandwich, the service was quick and food was very good. Fooled around some more and off to Isla for dinner, wife had 3 tostados (crab, shrimp and fish), very good and would definitely go back again. Cruised to Harrah’s and caught the dueling pianos, the two guys were just ripping the place up so we ended up there for a few hours enjoying the show. Finished up back at the Mirage.
Tue 14th - Got up somewhat early and headed over to the Paris buffet and stuff ourselves. Always a very good breakfast. Headed back to the Mirage pool to chill for a while since we had tickets to Ka that night. Went down to Commander Palace and found out we were to early for dinner (wanted to try this place out). Ended up at Wolfgang pucks grill at MGM.. MGM is just to big to enjoy. Anyway Ka was great, those guys that run on the big hoops had us flipping out. Where do they come up with this stuff? Sat in Sec 203 row ff not bad seats. Took a crazy cab drive back to Mirage, played $20 on a slot and hit it for 245.00. It paid for my Ka tickets and then some.
Wed.15th - Got two comps for buffet @ Cravings, I know some do not care for it but we seem to enjoy it for a buffet. We were first on list for a cabana but we didn’t get one. Was somewhat bummed since it looked like a few were not being used. Oh well down to pool for some R&R. Tough time finding seats again but finally did. After a few hours packed up and headed over to Tussauds wax museum, we had a coupon so what the heck. Pretty cool, although some looked way better than others. Had a monster/horror exhibit where you cruised through and they tried to scare you. Not to scary but fun none the less.
Went over to Kahunaville for appetizer and drinks, crab dip was ok but frozen drinks tasted lousy (had coupon) back to room for a little shuteye. Got up and called Kokomos for dinner reservations and got in at 7pm. Very good service and food was excellent, wife had oysters on the half shell and a seafood salad. I being in the mood for steak had the Kansas steak and rock shrimp, tasty and big. Had never tried Kokomos before but will definitely go back. After the big dinner we walked down to Bellagio for the fountains, ran in to some colorful people on the way. Had some guy at the fountains proceed to start talking politics had to shake my head and told him we were there to enjoy ourselves not talk politics. Anyways we headed to Harrah’s to check out the piano bar again, the twins Kimberly and Tamara Pinegar were playing. Listened for a few but thought the guys the night before were better although not as easy on the eyes. Headed back to Mirage and wife hits for $125 on slots so we called it a night.
Conclusion; Good trip with lots of entertainment and good food
Very crowded for middle of week
Received comp buffet and some monies knocked off of bill always a plus.
Wynn looks great but not sure if it is worth he money, will wait for price to drop before I go.
Mirage doors were quite noisy when shutting, slamming and making quite the racket
Headed out Sunday and arrived at 10:30am. Got checked in immediately to our Tower Deluxe with view of strip and pool, Sweet. Called for a fridge in room and unloaded bar. Dim Sum at Noodle kitchen and off to get the lay of the land. Wife hits a couple of slots for $160 and $110, nice start. Went to AVA for a few drinks and service was very disappointing, waved down cocktail waitress and she just blew us off. Dinner at Carnegie Deli, man that pastrami is a big sandwich. Wife had the roast beef sandwich and the hottest horseradish in the world. Off to the Wynn to check it out; very nice but I guess nothing will live up to that hype. Will have to stay there to be a fair judge.
Mon. 13th - Ordered up some mimosas and fruit plate from room service, nice way start to morning. My eyeglasses broke so off to Fashion show mall to get repair. After a little shopping back to catch some pool time. Got lucky when two ladies are leaving and give us their chairs. The pool was packed and in fact the entire strip was extremely crowded at all times of day and evening. After a few pina coladas, off to Mesa Grill for lunch. Wife had the tuna tartar and I had the pork sandwich, the service was quick and food was very good. Fooled around some more and off to Isla for dinner, wife had 3 tostados (crab, shrimp and fish), very good and would definitely go back again. Cruised to Harrah’s and caught the dueling pianos, the two guys were just ripping the place up so we ended up there for a few hours enjoying the show. Finished up back at the Mirage.
Tue 14th - Got up somewhat early and headed over to the Paris buffet and stuff ourselves. Always a very good breakfast. Headed back to the Mirage pool to chill for a while since we had tickets to Ka that night. Went down to Commander Palace and found out we were to early for dinner (wanted to try this place out). Ended up at Wolfgang pucks grill at MGM.. MGM is just to big to enjoy. Anyway Ka was great, those guys that run on the big hoops had us flipping out. Where do they come up with this stuff? Sat in Sec 203 row ff not bad seats. Took a crazy cab drive back to Mirage, played $20 on a slot and hit it for 245.00. It paid for my Ka tickets and then some.
Wed.15th - Got two comps for buffet @ Cravings, I know some do not care for it but we seem to enjoy it for a buffet. We were first on list for a cabana but we didn’t get one. Was somewhat bummed since it looked like a few were not being used. Oh well down to pool for some R&R. Tough time finding seats again but finally did. After a few hours packed up and headed over to Tussauds wax museum, we had a coupon so what the heck. Pretty cool, although some looked way better than others. Had a monster/horror exhibit where you cruised through and they tried to scare you. Not to scary but fun none the less.
Went over to Kahunaville for appetizer and drinks, crab dip was ok but frozen drinks tasted lousy (had coupon) back to room for a little shuteye. Got up and called Kokomos for dinner reservations and got in at 7pm. Very good service and food was excellent, wife had oysters on the half shell and a seafood salad. I being in the mood for steak had the Kansas steak and rock shrimp, tasty and big. Had never tried Kokomos before but will definitely go back. After the big dinner we walked down to Bellagio for the fountains, ran in to some colorful people on the way. Had some guy at the fountains proceed to start talking politics had to shake my head and told him we were there to enjoy ourselves not talk politics. Anyways we headed to Harrah’s to check out the piano bar again, the twins Kimberly and Tamara Pinegar were playing. Listened for a few but thought the guys the night before were better although not as easy on the eyes. Headed back to Mirage and wife hits for $125 on slots so we called it a night.
Conclusion; Good trip with lots of entertainment and good food
Very crowded for middle of week
Received comp buffet and some monies knocked off of bill always a plus.
Wynn looks great but not sure if it is worth he money, will wait for price to drop before I go.
Mirage doors were quite noisy when shutting, slamming and making quite the racket
