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Discussion in 'Full Las Vegas Trip Reports' started by kleland69, Aug 26, 2019.

  1. kleland69

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    24 hours until Paradise. Why is the wait to get there so long and the time while there so short??? Our flight leaves from Norfolk at 1030 Am and we get to Vegas at 430. It is 9 hours of flying. Could I have taken a shorter flight? Yes, but I wouldn’t get in until 7 and I felt that cut down on my Vegas time. The cast of characters for this trip include me and hubs, my daughter and grandson, my sister and her boyfriend, and finally my mom. We are here for 4 nights and we Leave 1045 am Saturday morning.

    Our plans as such are to arrive and get the rental car and check in at Luxor. Hubs and I and my sister and her boyfriend are in the towers, while mom and my daughter and grandson are in the pyramid. We have VIP check in and I am hoping I can get my daughter checked in there too, so she isn’t stuck at cattle call or as I saw someone describe it the bus station. After we get situated and everything, we are heading over to Aria buffet where most of us have Myvegas rewards for dinner. My daughter is the only one who doesn’t, but grandson eats for free so winning. My mom wants to hit up a dispensary so need to find that. Hubs and I don’t partake, him because of random testing at his job and me I just don’t like it. I am sure my sister and her BF will also grab something from there. Then the night is willy nilly with no real plans. Might crash early as we will be on east coast time. But for me, there is a casino down there and that pull is often too much to overcome.

    Wednesday, we plan on going to Hoover Dam and then Red Rock. Prolly have some lunch at Gordon Ramsay Pub and Grill or Burgr. Dinner is planned for Excalibur Steakhouse where we have the 100 of 200 for dinner. 2 of us have this so 200 off 400 I think can easily be spent between 7 people.

    Thursday is pool day. I have rented a cabana at MGM pool at the lazy river. It was 450 with F&B included. Not sure how long we will hang out here, but I figure it was good way to keep from becoming too much of degenerate during the day, and a great way to amuse an 11-year-old kid.

    Friday is free with no real plans other to get my diamond tickets for my grandson to see Mac King. He likes magic and I know it is a family friendly show. Sis and I want to a casino crawl at some point so this might be the day if we haven’t done it already.

    At some point we plan to hit downtown, not sure if it will be Wednesday or Thursday. I just know it won’t be Friday there will be way too many people for that especially with a holiday weekend.

    There is so much more I would love to do, but I just can’t find the time to actually do any of it in the short few days we are there.

    Me and my grandson are hoping to vlog this whole trip. I will be using my Sony DSLR camera and my cell phone, and he will be using the gopro. I am wanting to create a vlog that will encapsulate both of our perspectives. This is our first time vlogging so I hope I can make it at least as entertaining as those that I watch. This report will not be live as I can never keep up with that. I will try and post some pictures as time or memory permits.

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    Hubs boarding are one behind mine. Haven't started packing yet as I had to babysit our youngest grandchild who is 2 and half months old. Here is obligatory dog pic not from today, but could be because that's how they roll.
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    And here is youngest grandchild
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    Good luck! Have a great time with your family!
     
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    Have a wonderful time!
     
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    I love the fact that your mother wants to hit a dispensary.
    (I can’t see your pictures. It just says image. )
    Have fun with your family!
     
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    And grandson in a tree waiting on lyft 1566909803031.jpg
     
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    Have a wonderful family trip!
     
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    IB student nice!

    Good luck!
     
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    Hope you all have loads of fun on your trip!
     
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    We checked out the dispensary downtown nu something (I guess the only one with a 24 hour drive through) they have a website you can place your order online and its ready to pick up with in 15 minutes, it was pretty neat to see it since marijuana is not legal where we live. The hubs loves the stuff, I dont mind it occasionally. But was super easy and quick to pick up, we used drive through at around 1am ish. Good luck on your trip and enjoy!
     
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    This sounds like it will be a fun trip! A nice variety of plans. Have a great time!

    I’d love to see your grand baby if you have a chance to post the picture again!
     
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    Sounds like a fun group, win some $$.
     
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    Hope the pool day was a blast! I think I convinced my manicurist that a cabana at MGM was the way to go for her husband's birthday (not that I've ever been). It just seems fun. Looking forward to any recaps you feel like sharing!
     
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    OK sorry for the delay in reporting. I had to take my mom home on sunday and she is 2 and half drive to her house. School Started on Tuesday. And my business had to play catch up, but here we go! I will post day by day and add some pics at the end. I am still trying to get everything to upload to my hardrive, but some of the files are very large. My grandson used the gopro as a pool toy and recorded for over 15 minutes for that lol. Plus he recorded the entire bowling games, so that file is really large!
     
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    Tuesday August 27,2019

    Flights all good, we get into Vegas with no issues. Grab the rental car and away we go to Luxor. Our first thing is to check in and get situated. They managed to put us the opposite ends of the hotel. I was in the east tower, my sister was in the west tower, my daughter was in elevator 3 for the pyramid rooms and the piece de resistance, my mother was placed on the ground floor behind backstage deli. I didn’t even know they had rooms on the ground floor. Needless to say, she had no view at all. The room was clean though and overall not bad, but directly behind the deli wasn’t the greatest placement. On the positive she didn’t have to worry about vertigo from the hallways on the higher floors. She just walked out of her room and she was on the casino floor. All that done we meet back up for our first meal at Aria Buffet. I have seen some reviews where people have said this buffet has gone downhill, I disagree. This is still my favorite buffet with great variety. I always look forward to the chana masala and the freshly baked naan. I also love the mashed potatoes. This buffet has something for everyone, and I have never found it lacking. We all waddled away happy and ready to shake off that food coma that was coming. My sister and her boyfriend decided to stay and play bubble craps while Hubs and I decided to walk my daughter and grandson back to the hotel. It was 930 by this point and well past the grandson’s bedtime on east coast time. Sent my daughter and grandson off as we returned and Hubs and I played for bit. No big wins, and no big losses, then finally called it a night.
     
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    Wednesday August 28, 2019

    And just like 4 hours had passed and I was up at 6 ready to go. There was a casino calling my name, so off I went. Met up with my daughter and my mom, while my grandson continued to sleep. My daughter and mom grabbed some coffee and we slotted for a bit. Got a few bonuses but nothing to write home about. We decided it was time for breakfast and wound up at the Pyramid café for breakfast. I love the chicken and waffles here, and the portion is huge. Hubs and I usually split this because it is so large. This time I split it with my sister’s boyfriend and my mom and hubby split an omelet. My sister ordered a BLT, her boyfriend also ordered a grilled cheese, my daughter also ordered an omelet, and my grandson had chicken tenders. Did I say the portions are large, because even after splitting some of the food we still couldn’t finish it. These are not as large as Hash House, but still pretty big. Sister’s BF did not like the grilled cheese, he felt it was just too plain. They only used one kind of cheese so it ended up being something you could make at home. The omelets were ok but needed salt. But everyone was full and so we started to head to Red Rock.

    We decided to just do Red Rock today and then hit up Red Rock casino on the way back so my grandson could go bowling. Red Rock Canyon was fun and very picturesque. Grandson took a little hike down to a gully and saw a family of chipmunks. I was hoping to see some burros or sheep but alas it was not to be. Maybe when the weather is cooler I can go back and see them. We finish here and make our way to the casino. Hubs and grandson head off to the bowling alley while the rest of us get our gamble on. And what a gamble we had! I played the walking dead and got the bonus with 24 spins. I was only playing 75 cents a spin. Ended with Michonne and cashed out with 700 bucks! Moved on and played Tarzan and took out 300 bucks from there. Played a little more here and there, nothing big. My sister’s boyfriend played 007 and walked away with a few hundred. Awesome time at Redrock Casino.

    We left and got back in time to clean up and head to Excalibur for dinner. The food is fair for the price and the portions are large. I would suggest splitting sides as those are way too much for one person. For appetizers we ordered the stuffed mushrooms, the pork belly, and the bacon wrapped shrimp. Most of us ordered the 16oz ribeye, hubs had the stuffed shrimp and grits, and my daughter had the fettucine alfredo. Mom and I ordered the cheesecake for dessert. Overall it was good meal, hubs grits were actually pretty good and he liked the stuffed shrimp, the cheesecake was very creamy and had good flavor. The total for our bill came to 580 bucks before the 200 off. The only issue was our server. He acted as if we were not good enough to be seated in this restaurant. He continuously ignored me and would only speak to my husband concerning what I wanted to order for food and drink. I am not a fan of that and it actually ended up pissing my family off as that didn’t happen to them. But all in all we had a good meal and walked away happy. This is not a place I would go out of my to eat at, but with money off it is good. By now it is bedtime for the grandson and me, hubs, sister and sister’s BF decide to head to Cosmo.

    Boy was that place packed!!! Not a seat to be had at the Chandelier Bar and many of the tables were full. We slotted around for a bit, not winning a damn thing. Sister decided she wanted to play Casino War. I have nothing to say about that. Yes, I have tried to tell her it’s a bad game, but she bases her playing on wins rather than advantage. And this is where that worked in her favor as she won 500 bucks on the game. But as the saying goes “sometimes better to be lucky than right”. After a couple of hours we were tired and so we ubered back and went to bed.
     
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    Thursday August 29, 2019

    And again, just like that 4 hours passed and I was up and ready to start the day. Down to the casino I go to play a little and hopefully win something. Meet up again with daughter and mom, we slot around until time for me to go check in at the pool. We did not bother with breakfast since the cabana comes with food and beverage. I get all checked in and check out the pool. I picked a great location we only have 1 neighbor and are steps from the lazy river. Go back to change and get everyone else and meet back at the pool. It was a great day; we ate a lot and drank a lot and still didn’t cover the entire 450 bucks. I had to order another whole bucket of 11 beers and some waters to cover the rest. Those beers are now in my fridge waiting to be opened. If you choose to order beers to go make sure they are in cans, as the aluminum bottles must be opened before they are brought to you.

    After the pool we decided to go downtown. We ubered there and it was everything I knew it would be. My mom loved it. They had a DJ at the Plaza end and there was a busker dressed as Marilyn Monroe who she thought was a better dancer than the women, so she went to tip him and tell him how great she thought he was. After we walked the length of the Fremont experience, we all felt very tired. It was 10 by this time and we decided to just go back to the hotel and go to sleep. Once we get back, I decide to smoke a couple of more cigarettes before turning in, so of course I have to play some slots while doing so. Sat down at a 2-dollar top dollar machine and won the top prize 1000. OMG I didn’t even realize I had done it as I was talking to the cocktail server when I turned around there it was. It didn’t even give me any other offers just the thousand. Well needless to say I was stoked. Hubs was getting a headache and not feeling well, so I told him to go to bed and see if he doesn’t feel better in an hour or so, and I would just play a few more machines and follow him if he didn’t come back. I decided to go to high limit to see what my new found wealth could get me. Again, played top dollar but for 15 bucks a spin and won another 500 bucks! Oh Happy Day! Played a few more games didn’t really win and decided to go play blackjack and see what I could do there. I sat a table bought in for a hundred and started to play. Sat next to nice English gentleman and we played for a few hands and then a fiancé and her soon to be husband show up. Then the future mother in law joins in. Never did they ask if they could join the shoe already in progress or even say hi any of us already playing at the table. That should have been my signal to leave, but nope I stay and just think well it’s a cheap table so no big deal. The soon to be bride is trying to act like a high roller at a 10-dollar table. She talks to the dealer like they are longtime friends, which clearly, they are not. Server comes around to take drink orders they all order something complicated and even order for those just standing around not playing. So this server has to bring drinks for 6 people even though only three are playing. Which again. I think no big deal until she comes back and they stiff her. All of them. The mother in law even waves a dollar chip around like she is going to give it her and then places it on the side bet. The server makes a snide comment and moves on. They didn’t get it even though she said it loud enough to be heard. This was my clue to leave.

    I get back to the room and poor hubs is vomiting something bad. There is nothing that is helping other than to just let it run its course. He thinks it is from the pool and swallowing pool water while playing with our grandson. I think he got a migraine. Neither will know as he was better by the next morning.
     
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    Friday August 30, 2019

    And in the blink of an eye 5 hours passed. Hey, look at that an extra hour of sleep LOL. Our Last day in Vegas. I have nothing planned at all for today and told everyone it was a free day go and do you! Truth be told at this point I was a little tired of herding them around. Well the only people who listened to the free day thing was my sister and her boyfriend. So we decide to go to Planet Hollywood and eat at Earl of Sandwich. I drive there and we change it up and decide to use my diamond celebration at Gordon Ramsay Burger. Great choice. I love the hummus there and the hamburgers are delicious. This hummus is so good that it is the only one my daughter and husband will eat. So we order that as well burnt ends poutine. Mom got the farmhouse burger, my daughter got the BBQ burger with a side of onion rings and hubs and I split the farmhouse burger. Everything was great, the poutine was enough for a meal by itself. We waddled away very happy people. We decided to walk off the food and made our way through Paris and Bally’s. My feet were killing me by this point, so we were going to go back and get the car to continue our journey but decided to get my 2 free show tickets for my grandson to see Mac King. At the point we decided to just walk the rest of the way to Harrah’s. While they were watching the show, we decided to sit down and play some blackjack. For which my feet truly thanked me. We played, had a good dealer, didn’t win but had fun anyway. After the show, we walked to the Venetian to see St Mark’s Square and decide what to do from there. I had a MyVegas coupon for a free entry to Madame Tussaud’s and sent my daughter and grandson in to see it. My daughter said the one in Hollywood is better and has more people. She tried to get my grandson to take a picture with the Shaq figure, but he declined. They came out and went into St Mark’s. We saw the statue guy at the front and my mom got her picture taken with him. We wandered around for a bit and decided to go back and get the car and go home.

    We dropped my daughter off at the MM store and went on to the Luxor. We again decided to sit a blackjack table and had the greatest time. The dealer was wonderful and the pit boss was great. We ended up with the nickname of the shit show!! Which to be fair could be an accurate description of us LOL. While playing the table limit got raised to 15 bucks, but we were grandfathered in and when my sister and her BF came in they allowed to play at the same level since we were all family. The only issues were when the relief dealer came in and became the cooler. OMG this guy had no personality. He did not speak, just dealt the cards. If you were making a mistake, he just waited for you to make it and moved on. There was nothing from him. And we would lose. Our regular came back and we started winning again, and the cycle repeated. We had great fun though. One of the best times I have ever had at a table. We ended up playing for 4 hours. I finally got felted and walked away when the cooler came back in.

    By this point it was almost 1 in the morning and we had to be at the rental car by 9, but we were wired. So we decided to play some slots and see what damage we could do. We sat down at a triple red hot 7 machine for 5 dollars a spin. Go big or go home and since we were going home, we said F it. We each put in a hundred bucks. Hubby got a good line hit for around 200 bucks and I wasn’t winning shit. My money just kept going down. Hubby gets another good line hit but it only brings him back to like 300 hundred, not enough to walk away. I get down to my last 5 dollars and finally get the bonus spin. I won a couple hundred, again not enough to walk away, but I say to myself I will play it down to 150. Well I get another bonus for a couple more hundred and now I have like 500. I decide to play a few spins and get another bonus and now my TITO is up to 900 bucks. All the way from having to get money from hubs to 900 bucks. That is a hell of a swing. I play it down to 800 and cash out. We try a few spins in high limit and nothing really hits so I decide to just throw 50 bucks into Game of Thrones for the hell of it. I don’t really like this game, but I don’t see anything else I want to play. I play the very minimum this game has which I think was 75 cents. I kept hitting some low bonuses and got it worked all the way up to 200. I play it down to 150 and have triple my buy in. I am now almost whole again from my Harrah’s and Luxor blackjack runs. We hit up a few more games but nothing hits, so we take this as sign to go to bed. We have to be up in 4 hours to get packed and ready to leave.
     
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    Saturday August 31, 2019

    7 am comes way too early! The one day I could probably sleep in and I can’t! Isn’t that always the way? We get everything packed up and head downstairs to see if we can get a couple of good hits but alas no. So I get us all checked out and make our way to the airport. No issues checking in and we stop in the smoking lounge for a last few smokes and put in some money in the slots. That last ditch effort to win a big one before heading home. But as usual we got nothing. Flight was ok, we had the worst flight attendants. We had to call for them to take our drink order and they never came and collected our trash. Pretty much ignored us for most of the flight. We had a three hour layover in BWI. I am not the biggest fan of that airport. It is just very boring. The good thing about it is that it isn’t very crowded later at night so getting through TSA is pretty easy. Our flight home was only 30 minutes, so they barely had time to serve anything and soon we were home. The dogs were very happy to see us and made sure to not leave our sides for the rest of the night.

    Overall it was great trip! I did not come home up, but I am good with that. My mom made a couple of hundred so she is happy, my daughter, however, could not get any traction on anything she played and eventually lost it all. We ended up making platinum which doesn’t mean jack! But we are going to take advantage of that cruise that is offered to platinum. Hubs said hell yeah, at least get something back for the amount of money we spend LOL. Most of the slots I played I would get the bonus fairly quickly, and even though I may not have come out ahead sometimes the bonuses are worth it just for the entertainment value.

    I did not get a chance to stop by the Mlife desk to see if we earned any backend comps as they were not open by the time we left. But I am ok with that. The room for both me and my mom was only 300 bucks total and I had 300 bucks in food charges for a total of 600 dollars. My flights were only 200 dollars for hubs and I because of points and mom’s flight was 400. We lost 1750 between playing and tipping and any other things we paid cash for. The cabana was 450 and we brought home beer from it. The car rental was 200 and I got a gift card for Amazon for 15 bucks as a refund. So for a total of 3400 for a 5 day 4 night vacation for basically 3 people, I am happy. Any place else would cost at least twice that for the amount of things we did and the fun we had. My mom called me yesterday and said she now understands why we go so much, and she wants to go back. She asked when our next trip would be and is already planning for it. Lord I created another monster!!!

    As for the vloggin, Friday was a big fail. We hardly did any that day. I do have some pics and video but it is minor. I still haven’t edited the videos or even downloaded them to the computer. We got home and had to get everything ready for school starting today. Plus I had to drive my mom home on Sunday which is a 2.5 hour drive one way. Plus we had work to do, we own a trucking repair company and people needed their trucks scheduled for PM’s and such. Pics will be up soon and I hope to have the videos edited quickly. Thanks for reading and I am sure I left some things out. I will probably remember as I sort through the pictures. If you any questions give a shout and I will answer as best I can. Thanks again.
     
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    My Favorite View
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    Lord of the Rings Bonus. I got stopped from recording by a non security person BOO!
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    View of Luxor from the Pyramid Cafe
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    Red Rock from the Visitor Center
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    Walking Dead win
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    Autumn Moon win
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    Hubs Shrimp and grits at Excalibur
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    16oz Ribeye at Excalibur
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    Side of Mashed Potato at Excalibur
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    In for 20 out for 75 on Tarzan. Got the bonus on 2nd spin, only betting 75 cents
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    View from the Cabana
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    Miami Vice, This drink could be very dangerous
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    Top dollar win
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    Final payout on Top Dollar!
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    Top Dollar in Hi Limit payout
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    Mom with Statue Guy at Venetian
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    Canal at Venetian
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    Payout on Red Hot 777
     
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