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It is Friday. Moving day. I did my usual slow moving getting ready and packed everything up into this backpack. I do find the backpack lighter to move around with but I find digging through all the various pockets pretty annoying.
I said goodbye to my fabulous Fountainebleau room and went downstairs to check out at 11. I could never manage to get their app to work for me even though I had asked for some help with it at the Rewards desk, so I decided to check out physically. The lineup in the lobby was enormous so I walked over to a desk that said Invited Guests. I told them I wanted to check out and they pointed to the huge line across the room. I said that I was an Invited Guest and they said “ Oh well then, we can help you here.” I don’t even know what an Invited Guest is to tell you the truth. I am staying here on an offer. Does that make me Invited? I don’t know but she checked me out in three seconds so I trudged off to Rideshare. I asked for a copy of my bill to be emailed to me but never received it.
I caught a ride share down to Planet Hollywood where I was meeting up with the kids who are spending the last days of their trip here. I wanted to bring them to the Gordon Ramsey burger place because we had enjoyed it so much on our last trip together. I used my four comped drinks on beverages for us all. We all ordered burgers. Mike and I had onion rings and a Terin got a side salad. They only give you five onion rings but man are they tasty! I ate all five before I even touched my burger. I ate half of my burger because I wanted to save room for that incredible sticky toffee ice cream bar for dessert. We all loved those but Terin said Martha Stewart’s lemon meringue pie is better. I agreed. It was nice to have that meal all paid for with my points. I appreciate the Gordon Ramsey places taking our points on a one to one basis, unlike some restaurants that take double our points.
After we ate I said goodbye to Mike and Terin who were off to see the new Terrifier movie and do something at night called the Magical Forest and Halloveen at Opportunity Village.
I went to get a ride share to the Plaza.
This was the first bad experience I have had this trip. When I got in I asked the driver to please take surface streets and NO HIGHWAYS. He looked at me and acknowledged what I said with a nod. He never spoke a word. At one point he started to approach a highway ramp and I repeated myself. I don’t know if he didn’t understand me or just chose to ignore me but he headed for the blankety blank highway anyway. As always it was a nightmare. I got to the Plaza alive but a gave the ride a poor review. The drivers need to be able to speak enough English to communicate.
Once at the Plaza I was able to check in right away. It was around 2:30 at this point. I went up to my room and sent a message to Linda Mary, a fellow Vegas aficionado. I was going to meet up with her and Deby, the Admin from Facebook’s Vegas Downtown Report. We chose 7 pm as the meeting time. I was sleepy after that heavy lunch so I just climbed into bed for the afternoon.
At 6:30 I went downstairs and parked myself at a double seater slot that had a view of both PinkBox and the hallway next to Hash House. We located each other and went over to the sports book bar to have a chat. Had a lovely long conversation getting to know Deby. As she said we have lots in common. Linda had to move down the bar to get a functioning machine so I didn’t get to talk to her as much this time. I think we went our separate ways around nine. I went over to my favourite old Game King and played until 11 pm on $100. I lost it eventually but I love that you can make it last that long! Called it a night after that.
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