TR 1/9-1/11, MB & Orleans -- part IV

Posted by misterKeno on 01-11-2005

French Market Buffet.....30 people in line.....slow moving line.....$22 for monday nite seafood nite?? No thx. Plus i thought Fri is supposed to be seafood nite!!!!!!! Went to Suzio---a little italian place. Eclectic surroundings, kind of colorful-modern. Place was about 1/2 full. Very fast service. Lasagne for $12. I wont go much 'into' the details. Ummm, food was 'okay'. A little bland.

Right outside the place they had 9/6 vp. I think that's what they call full pay , i dunno. Put in my new players club card, and played $40--took 10 mins to take my dough. Of note---these 9/6 machines give u the option of 50cent/$1/$2 only. No quarter stuff. I think these may have been the only 9/6 machines. One hand i got

10 club
J club
Q club
K club
7 heart
dumped it, and, and, got BLAH ! But, i was hoping.

Decided to try roulette, no 50 cent tables. Just $1. Bought in--lost. Bought in for another $100, lost. Things get ugly from here. Go to craps, get wiped out FAST for $80. Buy in at another table for $100--lost. I'm losing all my dough from last nite quickly. Find another table. By the way---ALL the craps tables were $3. Lost again. Buy the '4' for a hundred -- I WANT REVENGE. The boxman gets up and comes over to me, do you have a pit-card? No. Let me sign u up. Figured what the heck. Bought in for $60--that lasted juuuuust enough time for him to process me & get me an imprinted card.

Well, i'll tell you what---if 'room or discounted offers' are the norm for this place--i think i may qualify for some mail offerings soon. Or something, i dunno. Lost another $140 that night.

Back upstairs, and watched the Utah Jazz take care of the Spurs for my sportsbook win.

Time to sleep. Bed, VERY comfy & firm --- not hard, but firm.

Hey, why is it that in every hotel (last 5 hotels ive stayed at---im seeing a trend). When you turn on the t.v. its blaring-loud !!?? You lower the volume, turn it off, then right back on-------LOUD again !!?? Jeeesh. And, they're all the same---same movies & same cable stations. Oh well, lol.

Wake up call for 9am. Good night. Good night.

Day 3 -- last day
Jan 11, 05

Wake up at 700, good night's sleep. Oh, the nite before, i turned off the heating/cooling thing---its just a wall-unit (like a motel), but with a FANCY wall switch keypad, that gets complicated. But, the unit is a bit loud. I just opened the little bathroom window for vent.

Packed up my stuff, showered, got dressed, oh found my free fun book on the nitestand, oh well. Could've had discounted suzio meal. LOL. Downstairs for breakfast----did the buffet---$6----no line at all. Basic breakfast stuff, with a small selection of the ethnic stations. I wasnt very hungry, but got a little of this or that. Bacon, was under-cooked. Made me a bit mad. I think someone else on the board mentioned that a while back. Orange juice comes in a HUGE 20 or 22 OUNCE tumbler glass---so no need for refil refil refil (like at bellagio). BUT----its not fresh squeezed, like bellagio, phooey!

I should have headed to the airport. My flight was in 5 hrs. Dang it. I bought in at roulette w/ my Pit-card. Lost. Bought in again, Lost.

Went to the craps table, made a BIG bet (i dont even wanna mention the details), lost. Played $3 of some nickel machine.

THEN went to the airport for $12.00 carb ride.

((( stay tuned, there is A HUGE detail coming up ))) ((( AND its RE: gambling ))).

Get to the port, no one in line @ southwest. Get A-pass #25. Meet Steve upstairs. Security is crazy---i guess they werent southwest customers. 400 folks in line, takes about 35 minutes. Shoes off - shoes on.

I still had a ton of time---i look at a directory & see that there is a Gordon Biersch in the airport---but it's in Terminal D, not C. Soooo----i do a switcharoo, and go thru security for Terminal D, lol, shoes off--blah. I wanted the garlic fries from there!!!!!! Go all the way down on the D-terminal tram---------get there, they dont offer them. Holy CRAP !!!!! Every damn one of those places ive been to, they have garlic fries, dammit !! Well, not this one...............all the way back to the main terminal. I see a TSA guy--i say 'hey, i need to get to Terminal C' and i dont wanna go back thru C security. He says 'lets see your i.d.' -- 'follow me', thru a door--thru another door, presto--THERE!!

That saved me.

It's 80 minutes before flight time. The sun is coming out, wouldnt you know it. I hear people talking about the Strat is 'finally' going to open up the rides today'. Thx--really wanted to hear that. SPEED was 'down' until monday nite btw. So, i missed out on that too. Dang it.

Weather kicked my ass this trip. Phoooey.

Then

Then
.............then...........

Find out our flight is delayed 32 mins.

then........
i go to TCBY, get a yogurt, i'm watchin people play the WOF.

What fools to play slots at the port, lol lol.

Guy is playing 25-cent wof, and he

w i n s THE PROGRESSIVE for 3.9 million RIGHT IN FRONT OF me. OMG, i'm the first one that see's this. He turns 17 shades of red and purple. He looks around for his family, 3 slot clerks come around the corner. The whole terminal is oooh ooooh oooooh. I look up at the progressive meter. It now reads $200,000.07,and climbing about one penny a second---so that sucker got re-set the instant he won, but his readout shows the jackpot at 3.9 million. He freakin won the whole enchilada. This was a quarter machine. 3 coins in.

Well, steve and i are back on the plane...and going home. The end.

misc stuff:

I hate the rain in LV
Delmonico's -- stuff just doesnt get better than this.
MB -- service staff is awesome & kind (except for drink svc)
MB -- table minimums are ALWAYS $10 & Up, blah !
for a buffet, aladdin is tops
I wish i did more pict taking, but, that's how it goes
The two niter--flew by, way too fast--i may need to go again soon.
3.9 million dollar winner RIGHT in front of me RIGHT when it happened.
(( they say airport slots stink ? ))
Cabbies are better if they're regular 'car' not a minivan (my opinion)
Orleans, big place, a lot to do & see.... but they got all my dough now.
That girl was cute.
Orleans PAGED ME IN THE CASINO at 902 am. I picked up the courtesy phone 'sir, you had a wake up call & didnt answer, we wanted to know if you were alright?'.
wow
I guess my trip was 'okay'. Had some good eatin & bit of fun.
...feedback & questions & etc if you wish

Posted by shearer

Glad you had a pretty good time. Too bad you weren't playing that slot machine. When we flew back last year, you couldn't get near the slot machines. I had enough problems trying to have a cigarette. Sounds like there was no rest for the wicked. Too bad the weather wasn't better for the sights at MB. We had a good time playing the camel races. I didn't have to worry about cashing out. I lost everytime. Maybe they sould feed the longshots before I bet on them. I'll be at the Luxor in 121 days. We arrive in Vgas the day of the big anniversary bash. No sleep that night. Once again I'm glad you had a good time.

Posted by Bluejeans

Matthew....this was a great report. Sure enjoyed reading the whole thinnnnnnnnnng....LOL
What a win...to bad it wasn't you.
Sorry the weather wasn't that good for you. But heh Vegas is Vegas no matter what.
Glad you got to do so many different things. Good to start planning the next trip. Hope it is soon for you.

Posted by misterKeno

thx you two

Posted by Grant

Great report! Awesome detail.

How did you keep all the info stored?? Took notes?

THanks for sharing!

Posted by Bluejeans

Yeah Matthew, just how did you remember all this. The detail is outstanding. Small digital recorder maybe??? Wonderful report!!

Posted by misterKeno

thx for the kind words---well i did the TR about 4 hrs after i got home,,,,so just mental notes kept fresh in my mind-------rather than waiting a week, they trying to remember.

matthew

Posted by Livin the Dream

Great TR from MK

Posted by gregrio

WOW! that should hold you for a while..GREAT TRIP!
When and where do we catch your pictures? are they as detailed as your TR?
You did real well on alot of your gaimg and that TI/TO thing...get used to it.

I like your 'move' on the LUXOR inclanators...the view from up there is quite
cool huh...

It's always neat when you can get around to lots of properties...catch up on what's going on around town. You always seem to run into construction somewhere and you just have to shine it on...it's always gonna be there.

HEY!...next time...try some GRAVY on your GARLIC FRIES... Mmmm good!
Greg, WELCOME HOME!

Posted by GARLINNH

Nice report!