This was a trip where things seemed to work out. Kip and I were planning on coming between Feb and Mar to celebrate our birth months, but as an added incentive, we also had Wynn status comps for birthday dinners for $150 (me) and $300 (Kip). AND it so happened that the Las Vegas Marathon was that weekend, so we signed up for the 5k, which was Downtown on Saturday the 26th. AND The D Hotel and Casino was holding a video poker tournament that weekend as well!
My flight was leaving DCA at 4:20 PM, with a stop in OMA (no plane change) with an 8:00 PM arrival at LAS. Well, the weather was bad, and there were delays.
So my scheduled arrival time was 8:00 PM, we landed at around 9:38 PM! Ugh. I was supposed to pick up the rental car, stop by Total Wine and Target to pick up a few things. Problem is that due to COVID places still aren't open as late as they used to be, both of those places close at 10:00 PM. So that was out. I was hoping I'd still be able to get a rental car after my fiasco last year.
After getting my bag, I get to the rental car facility around 10:15 PM. I rented through Alamo, with accelerated check-in with skip the counter, so everything should be ready. I get out to the lot and it appears there is one midsized car left. I guess that's the one I'm taking.
Kip arrived on Tuesday, and Lola Bellini arrived on Wednesday, so they already got a head start on me. Since it was too late to run my errands, I headed to where they were at Park MGM. I quickly found them.
I was told I had to see the room, which had the bathtub in the middle of the room (it was really to the side), and the fact that the bathroom was directly connected to the bedroom, you had to walk through the living room to get there. It was quite strange that there wasn't a bathroom in where the shower was. But it was a nice room, and Kip and I were talking, waiting for Lola to get up to the room. We were picking up Scott later that night, so after dilly dallying around, Kip and I decided to go to Ellis Island to play a bit before heading back to the airport.
Wouldn't you know it, by the time we get to the airport, Scott messages us letting us know he just landed. Well, I guess that saved us losses (or cost us winnings!) and we head over to the airport. Scott was going skiing so he had a few bags, but there was still plenty of room for his bags and my bags, and we were off to The D.
So, we really needed four nights at The D, but our offers are only good for three, so Kip booked two nights and I booked two nights, and we were going to see if we could just stay in the same room. I thought I'd have to go to the front desk to see if we could do that, but when Kip checked in on Thu, she asked the clerk and was able to do it then. What if you were a stalker? How could they do that without my authorization? I'm thinking if it was the other way around, she would have had to come to the desk to make that request. But anyway, it was convenient that I didn't have to do that, since apparently there was no one at the desk when we got there at 2:15 AM.
Well, as I had just arrived and I already had a room, Kip and I headed up and wished Scott good luck in checking in. Although we tried, I did no gambling on my first night!
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