Saturday
I couldn’t locate my little room humidifier before I left for this trip and I am really missing it . Starting to get nose bleeds my nasal passages are so dry!
Pardon the awful overhead lighting!
Some kind neighbour on this hallway at the Plaza chose to slam their door at 5:30 this morning so that was my wake up call. As usual, I laid around in bed and did my daily instalment on my trip report.
I showered and got presentable. Breakfast was just a protein bar. Lunch was mixed nuts.
I didn’t leave the room until 1:30 pm when I went downstairs to catch an Uber down to Caesars. Had an uneventful ride. I wanted to be there in time for when the box office opens at 2 PM. I have been given comp tickets to Garth Brooks and I was going to let Mike and Terin use the tickets. Unfortunately they had bought some tickets of their own about two months ago. They were nosebleed seats. Michael attempted to try and resell them, but he didn’t succeed.
When I got to the box office, I was happy to see that there wasn’t a very long line, but it seemed that everybody who made it up to the desk took an extremely long time to get their business done. I was wondering why. When I made it up there I realized why everything was taking so long. It seemed like a dreadfully disorganized situation. The first thing the fellow I was talking to said was that the hosts who distribute these comp tickets can’t do it until the actual day of the show so telling people to come to the box office is 2 PM is a bad idea because the tickets haven’t been distributed yet??? So I asked the fella if I should go away and come back a little later and he said no, just wait here. But then there was all kinds of confusion about my identity, because even though I handed him my drivers license, they had my former address, my former phone number, my former email address on record. I explained that I had moved. I asked if he was able to change all of that information and apparently whatever he was working on would NOT allow him to update my details. What kind of insanity is that? I guess it’s no wonder why I never receive any offers from Caesars Palace. He was giving me such a hard time I was beginning to feel like I wasn’t going to get these comped seats at all! He was trying to email or text me using old info. Finally after standing there for 15 minutes he did something or other and issued me two tickets. Thank God! When I stepped away from the counter, I was thrilled to notice that my seats were on the floor (not in the first chunk of seats, in the second chunk of seats) but they normally would’ve cost about $1200 so I was thrilled to give the tickets to Mike and Terin. They went from the nose bleeds to the floor so they were pretty darn happy.
It was 2:30 by this time and I had told the kids to meet me at Caesars at 5:30. I had reservations at Gordon Ramsay‘s Pub and Grill. I settled in to play for the rest of the afternoon. I tried one Mo Mummy machine and it wasn’t bonusing at all but then I moved to a different bank of machines and found another Mo Mummy machine and this one was hitting really well. I just played that machine for several hours. I started with $400 and wound up with $500 so I was pleased.
I haven’t been in Caesars in a few years, I was amazed at how dark it seemed. But I guess in comparison to someplace like Fontainebleau where everything is so bright anywhere else seems dark. I was also astonished by the crowd there! That place was mobbed. I saw it least three wedding parties go by, but that couldn’t have been the reason for the crowd. A certain “ someone” was in town but I don’t see why that would mob Caesars? I don’t know why but the place was just incredibly busy. Good for them I guess. But it also made me say to myself that I never want to stay here. I don’t enjoy crowds that big. I was very happy I made reservations at the restaurant because it was insanely busy too.
Mike and Terin arrived on time. They did the Flyover thing that afternoon and really thought it was fun. Initially the restaurant told us to stand to the side for a minute, but then they gave us our table almost right away. We ordered Gordon Ramsay‘s three-course meal again as we frequently do. I like this version of it even better than the one we had over at Ramsey‘s kitchen at Harrah’s. Last year it seemed that Ramsey’s kitchen was only offering the Tasting menu which is more expensive, but now they are offering the 3 course menu too. Here at Ramsey’s Pub at Caesars it was three courses for $85 even though the website says $79.99. I could have said something but didn’t bother. You started with either soup or salad. I had the onion soup and it was excellent. Of course you got Beef Wellington and the dessert was the sticky toffee pudding again. I could be wrong but I think when we visited Ramsay‘s kitchen at Harrahs, we were only given half of a beef Wellington portion. This place gave you two chunks of the beef Wellington. Of course I took advantage of my four free alcoholic drinks. It was all delicious but too much food! We were stuffed!
To walk off some of the food the kids decided to accompany me to the rideshare area at Caesars valet which is was quite a ways away from the Colosseum. I appreciate when they help me out like that. Mike likes making sure I get in the right vehicle and he puts the walker in the back of the car for the drivers. Mike explained about the “ no highways “ thing to the young driver. When I got in the vehicle I repeated it but he turned to me and said he didn’t speak English. He seemed like a really sweet kid. I repeated “No highway” a few times finally he said “No freeway???” and I said “YES, yes no freeway!!!” He chose to turn right on LV BLVD out of Caesars and go down to Flamingo then over to Paradise and go downtown that way. I think there’s shorter ways but I was just THRILLED that he was doing what I asked. Made it back to the Plaza around 7 pm.
I hadn’t given Plaza any play that day so I felt like I should do that. I went to play my Wicked Wheel machine for about an hour but I wasn’t really enjoying myself because I was so tired so I just came up to bed. I was out cold by 9 pm.
I only have one more day at the Plaza and then I check out Monday and move to NY NY. I wish I had booked for a longer stay here. Three nights downtown is too short!
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