Ah, Stadium Swim. It's like being on Fremont Street in the morning. . .
So, the last night in Vegas means a check-in to our flight home. In this case, it was a 7:05 AM departure. so we had to be up then. Compounding this is that I was having connectivity problems in the room. I had to stand next to the window to be sure I was online to check-in. Even though again, we were right on at 7:05 AM, we were in the B group. I thought about us paying for the Early Bird, since we'd get that reimbursed on the credit card, but at the time, it wasn't clear that you could do it online (the wording before said you had to do it at the gate) which now they've clarified that you can do it online. Oh well.
So I told Kip with the nice pool here, we should go. I also promised her we'd be in the shade, at least for part of the time, so she agreed to go. We missed the 8:00 AM early entry for hotel guests, but we got there around 9:00 AM, it still wasn't crowded.
Kip enjoying her private pool!
Jacques enjoying his private lounger.
View of the screens.
Apparently replacing a window.
I enjoyed a little swim while Kip enjoyed the water. We chatted a bit about sportsbetting, since you can see the odds on the screens there. After a while, we went to the hot tub for a bit. We were there for about an hour and a half before we headed back to the room.
Kip enjoyed her time at Stadium Swim!
So after getting showered up, we were going to play at Four Queens, since I was "using" a comp for Mike Hammer tickets. When I stayed there last year, I filled out the comment card and I was pretty complimentary (ha ha) about how much I thought the room was improved and how well my host was, the general manager responded and offered me two tickets to a show on my next stay (although this time I wasn't staying). We probably didn't need to play, and I probably shouldn't have played since they stopped my offers, but I kinda felt like I had to play. But, we still had to eat, so we decided on Magnolia's again, since Kip is trying desperately to use up her comps. Fortunately the comp system was working. I really couldn't decide what I wanted, so I ended up getting the hot beef sandwich.
Solid comfort food, right there. . .
We happened to see the progressive royal at Golden Gate (and therefore The D) was up to $1,700, so we gave it a chase (we didn't hit). We had a 4:00 PM reservation at Golden Tiki because I saw that Big Elvis does a show there every first Tuesday of the month. I hadn't seen him before (but Kip had and said he's good), so we're there and we like Golden Tiki, so why not?
Parking was a little easier on a Tuesday than a Friday so it was pretty easy getting in. It also wasn't too crowded, but there still seemed to be a decent amount of people.
Big Elvis!
Dole Whip with dark rum!
Happy Hour!
Crab rangoons!
Blue Lagoon!
We started with Dole Whips, but then I got a Blue Lagoon, I think the first drink I got when I went there. I was a bit hungry, so I ordered some crab rangoons, they were pretty good. We were going to go to the Downtown Cocktail Room Halfy Hour (half priced drinks), which we were also supposed to do another evening on this trip, but didn't, but we were enjoying ourselves at Golden Tiki, and Big Elvis was there, so we stayed another set.
Big Elvis and his co-star (not sure that's the correct term)
We did need to get back to Four Queens by what I thought was 6:45 PM to pick up our tickets. I misread what I wrote, and we were supposed to be there by 6:30 PM to pick up our tickets to be seated by 6:45 PM for the 7:00 PM show! Erps. We had gotten back to Circa and stopped at Golden Gate (the royal still hadn't been hit) so we took another shot before heading to the theater. Fortunately, we were there before 6:45 PM and the box office person gave us our tickets. We were seated at a table with two other people about three rows away from the stage.
We are reserved!
He gave a pretty good show. I ended up being part of the show, much to my chagrin. It was okay though, I think there were about a dozen people who ended up being part of the show. There was one rather large man who Mike made a really active participant. I believe his name was Dexter Morgan (yes, like serial killer). One thing that amazes me is how he remembered everyone's name that participated, even mine. He called me by name after the show when he was meeting and greeting people. He gave me his card. I thought about giving him Jacques' card, and I also thought about asking him to take a picture with Jacques, but we had an 8:30 PM reservation at Hugo's we had to get to (all the way across the casino).
Hugo's is always great and always great when it's comped. It might not be as good as other steakhouses, but they have old school charm.
Welcome to Hugo's
The butter rosette.
Lobster bisque!
Fresh made salads!
The salad!
Prime rib!
The (complimentary) desserts!
We spent the rest of the evening collecting free play from various casinos. We stopped at Golden Gate again and still no one hit the royal. We had to get up super early for our 7:05 AM flight, but we gave it one last shot, since we hadn't hit a royal all trip (well other than me hitting that one on the Kenny Rogers bonus game). Alas, we played until 1:00 AM and left the royal at $1,930.65. Sadness, but we did need to sleep some!
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
We had a short sleep (I think we got up at 3:30 AM) and a quick shower. We had to drop off the rental car at 5:00 AM, but we also had to top off the tank. We stopped at the Maverik near the car rental facility, $7.30 to top off the tank. A quick drop off at Avis, shuttle to the airport, check bags at the kiosk, through security (although my bag got pulled again because of the hand sanitizer and my umbrella). I think we slept on the first leg to MDW. We had enough time to get lunch, well since it wasn't too crowded in the terminal.
Fish and chips at Harry Caray's Shortstop.
I think we were going to have mimosas, but I think I ended up getting tequila and orange juice. We landed at DCA around 5:00 PM, about 5 minutes late. It took a while to get our bags, but Kip needed to wait for her friend to pick her up. I waited with her, and since the pick up area was crowded, I told Kip to stand near the exit and I would look for her friend and wave her down, which I did. By 6:00 PM I was on the Metro heading back to my office. I called home to see if I should pick up dinner for everyone, and, no surprise, they wanted Silver Diner. So I stopped there on the way home and got home with dinner around 9:00 PM, which seems like it would be pretty late for my daughter to have dinner!
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