Mission:: VEGAS! A Group of Fanatics, a Week of (?!??!) 9/28-10/4

Have a wonderful time and win win win! Big jackpot!

 

Good luck Steph and everyone. Hope to see lots of big wins posted!

 

The countdown is on 20 hours until takeoff for us

 

Awesome intro! Really look forward to following along! Good luck to everyone!

 

Fantastic intro, my friend!! I can't wait to follow this group TR on the lead-up to my Biloxi adventure next Thursday! Very excited to see and read about how this goes!! Y'all have a great time and be careful out there!!

 

I’ll be in town 9/29-10/2. First night at Bellagio last 2 at Wynn.

 

Thanks for starting this up @Texas Steph

2nd trip of the year for my wife and I, made possible by a last-minute win by @Mrs2BOBCATS at McCarron in May to recover about half the bankroll.

We usually visit in mid-September for our anniversary but had to delay a bit to better align with the child / house watchers’ plans. So now we are celebrating our 14th anniversary a couple weeks late and celebrating my 39th birthday a couple weeks early.

(and yes, the plans for next year with the 15th anniversary, and maybe more importantly, the 40th birthday, have started)

Flying Spirit out of Detroit late on Sunday Sep 29th and returning on the red-eye Saturday Oct 5th into the 6th. Took advantage of their bundle to get the checked bag, carry on, seat selection, etc for only a couple bucks more than what we’d normally get a-la-carte, which meant we had an extra checked bag to work with. We decided to use that extra bag to bring the golf clubs with us. Also booked a rental car for the whole trip through Spirit to be all-in at about $960.

Comped at Wynn for Sunday and Monday night taking advantage of a $300 FP plus 2 free buffets per day offer for @Mrs2BOBCATS . Then moving to Cosmo on Tuesday for the rest of the trip comped in a Fountain View Terrace Studio with $125 FP and $100 RC.

Golf will be Wolf Creek on Monday the 30th and Rio Secco on Thursday the 3rd. With Wolf Creek the last day of their summer rates (the lower rates) is on Monday so we’re teeing it up at $125pp. The next day would have been $190pp. Score! And Rio Secco has a discount for Diamond Caesars Rewards members (which we earned last year and won’t be re-earning this year) so instead of $179pp we’re on that course at $135pp.

Entertainment planned so far is Aerosmith at Park Theater on Tuesday the 1st, and Christina Aguilera at Zappos Theater on Wednesday the 2nd. Other entertainment will be downtown at some point, pinball museum, Bellagio fountains, Carnival Court, and whatever else sounds like fun.

Given that we have a car, we’re planning to head off-strip a few times to check out Red Rock, M Resort, Green Valley Ranch, and other places as suggested by fellow VFers.

Couple of random things on the list at the moment include a trip to Freed’s Bakery and @Mrs2BOBCATS wants a panna cotta at some point. She also has a spa treatment booked for Wednesday morning, and if the weather cooperates we’ll hit up the pools at Wynn and Cosmo on a couple occasions.

Most meals are TBD at this point, but a few are planned. The “anniversary dinner” will be at Herbs and Rye on Monday. We have a group dinner planned at Blue Ribbon on Tuesday. We’ve already bought a $800 Cosmo gift card so we’ll have Hostein’s milkshakes, Secret Pizza, Eggslut, The Henry, Wicked Spoon, etc on the list. Then a “birthday dinner” before our flight out on Saturday.

Bankroll for the trip is pretty healthy (for us, anyway) and hopefully we can get in lots of entertainment and free drinks, meet up with fellow VFers, relax by the pool, and have an all-around great time!

 

Not ready to start reporting but did want to let everyone know Cirque will be performing with the Bellagio fountains this weekend, 3:30 pm. Didn't read details because I am late picking up my husband from his nail appointment.

 

Wow, so many members all in town at the same time!

Really looking forward to reading what everyone else is doing - and it might just give me a few more ideas for my last few days.

 

I’ll definitely be out to see this:

http://www.latimes.com/travel/story...sts-special-cirque-du-soleil-o-show?_amp=true

 

Awesome intro Steph! Thanks for including me. I'll do my best to contribute and will hopefully have lots of winning slot porn to share.

I arrive Saturday for a quick 3 day solo (ish) trip, as I'm leaving the husband at home and will be catching up with a good friend (and like minded Vegas lover). We will share a few meals together and see a couple of shows. I'm double booked at Palazzo and Cosmo (haven't stayed there in a few years). My friend is a die-hard Mlife player and she will be staying elsewhere. We have tickets to see Tony Bennett at Palazzo Saturday night (is he really 93?) and my friend has arranged to get tickets to Matt Goss on Sunday night. No big dinner plans. I, too, have plans to brunch at La Cave on Sunday. It's been on my bucket list for several years and after reading a TR on another Vegas board touting the merits of the brunch, it sealed the deal for me, so I'm going solo. Steph, my reservation is at 10:30.

The weather is turning cooler for the weekend, but I do hope to get in a little pool time and will attempt to post pictures of the renovated Venetian pool deck.

I think @Texaschameleon is also at Palazzo during this time so I'm hoping I see her in the casino so that I can introduce myself and say hi. Of course, once I get to Cosmo, I'm really looking forward to bumping into other Fanatics and saying hi.

Sending lots of good luck and safe travel wishes to everyone! See you soon!

 

This is the reason I am staying in this weekend - hoping for lots of luck for my fellow fanatics!!

 

Absolutely. Reservation changed. We'll figure out how to find each other later. LOL.