Good morning Las Vegas – burning sun from my room at Fremont Hotel.
I was up 3 minutes late for work. This is my last day working from Las Vegas this trip and I wish forever.
I got packed VERY early as I am getting the fuck out of here as soon as I get the notification that my room at Vdara is ready. Well maybe not because I need to collect some more snacks with my dining credit that I am too cheap to let go.
I then unpacked to shower because the shower here at Fremont hotel is the best shower I have had in all the hotels I have stayed in during this trip. The water pressure is so strong. For the record – I typically shower after work because who the fuck has the time to do it before work when you get to work at 6:00 AM in Vegas?! Also for the record, Encore had by far the all time worst water pressure in their shower.
Went to the food court at Fremont and continued trying new coffees with my dining credit.
Strawberry Matcha (not coffee) and an iced caramel apple chai, which is also not coffee fuck I need coffee before I write about non-coffee.
Also FUCK ME for accidentally buying two drinks from Dunkin Donuts last night. I dropped my phone when placing a mobile order and wasn’t sure if it went through so did a second one and OF COURSE the first went through. Plus I still had a coffee in my refrigerator. So now I have five large drinks to get through before I move hotels.
3:00 came and went without a notification that my room is ready. This happened last time too and that time I went to Vdara early just to see what’s up. My room was not ready until 7:00 PM then. They did offer to downgrade me to get me in a room immediately and I would have said yes just to get in the room. But I needed the washer and dryer. So today I already downgraded myself by not being able to book a suite for my dates. So I don’t know that going there will get me in a room. I am growing angry. I have spent this entire trip looking forward to logging off today and being off for 5 straight days, four of which were in my Vdara room.
Ugh.
I decided to go to Vdara at 4:00, even though my room is still not ready, knowing it’s a mistake. I go outside Fremont, get an Uber and go acrosss the street to wait for it since it won’t pick up at Fremont. Of course, the Uber driver pulls up to Fremont and is expecting me to jaywalk back to him. No, YOU drive HERE. He refuses. I went bonkers on him. He had the balls to tell me that BINIONS WHITE ZONE is at Fremont. No, you fucking piece of shit. BINIONS WHITE ZONE is at BINIONS. See? There is literally a fucking WHITE ZONE outside Binions for Uber drivers. See all the Uber drivers there RIGHT NOW in the WHITE ZONE at BINIONS which is the BINIONS WHITE ZONE?
So now I’m already mad at this dude and I bet my room won’t be ready. I haven’t slept because Fremont Street Experience is inside my room and all I want to do is check into my room. And punch this fucking Uber driver.
I get out at Vdara and this guy tells me to have a nice night and I tell him to go fuck himself. Binions white zone is AT BINIONS you mother fucker.
I get on the line to check it. It is never a good sign when every employee is on the phone – presumably calling to see if the person in front of them can check into any room right now. They also all looked exhausted.
As I make my way to first in line, the mobile app tells me my room is ready. YAY I can go to my room YAY.
I always stay in suites here, and I have a studio this time. The doors are lightweight in these studios and I can hear a guy in the room next to me talking. At least he is not screaming?
The view is wonderful.
I go out and decide to get double Starbucks. One for now, one to keep in my refrigerator to avoid the line tomorrow. Since I am doing this, I need a physical room key as I won’t be able to hold two coffees and my phone. There’s an ipad where you can print your key. Similar to Luxor, I cannot get it to work. Bonus, some douchebag has all his luggage in front of the ipad. He is also berating an employee and she threatens to call security and he begins yelling about her threatening him. I don’t know what the full drama is, but he wanted three suites and apparently they did not have three suites for him. I’m curious if he booked three suites. I’d take just one so I could do my laundry.
I have $225 free play. Between Cosmopolitan and Bellagio, I turned it into $260. And you know what, fuck you – I am going to play that $260. And I do. I lost some on Cleopatra Keno at Bellagio. Then went to Cosmopolitan to do one $100 on MY Ultimate X video poker machine. Some woman is on MY machine. But she is smoking so that gives me the green light to sit next to her. She gets up not too long after I sit down and as she is walking away, she tells me that MY machine is paying if I want to switch. Yes, I do.
And guys.
What the fucking fuck is this. I am so happy. How happy am I? I am as happy about this win as I was homicidal about the stupid twat pacing back and forth behind me while yelling on her cell phone. God I am still mad.
There are so many huge families with 3987438 screaming and squeaky children here. Two of them were doing cartwheels down the ramp from Cosmopolitan to Vdara. Get OUT OF THE WAY.
Dinner was a sandwich I got at The D to use up my monthly offer. Fancy pants dining over here.
I am sure I left out some stuff today and I don’t care because I am going to sleep and you cannot stop me. Good night BYE.
No itinerary because that would require getting up from this bed and I am not doing that right now. I’ll come back and add it later.
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Your trip to Vegas was my reading Christmas present. Reminded me of when I first started reading your trip reports years ago. ( I can’t remember the board but there was also a poster bellagiorat that was a fun read.) Great win on Cleo!
Thanks! I remember Bellagiorat! I wonder whatever happened to him.
WOW, she wasn’t lying. Two great hands were dealt to you. Awesome!!! I love reading about your experiences in Vegas. I’ve gotten too old for the travel from Philly to Vegas. I made 41 trips to Vegas, so I really can’t complain, but I will. My first trip was 76′, and I stayed at the Riviera, and I was hooked. I miss the old Vegas as I watched hotels come and go. I loved staying at the Mirage, Aria, Golden Nugget, 4 Queens, Hilton Treasure Island, etc. I followed my host from hotel to hotel as he moved on from one to the next. Good luck during the rest of your trip, I hope you hit a BIG Progressive. ENJOY!!!
Jim
Aw, thanks so much Jim! I miss my beloved Riviera so much!
Me too. One night I was playing single line Jacks or better on a progressive and hit for 7300 dollars. I went to the other progressive and hit that one for 5600 dollars. Oh what a night!!!
Jim
That is the dream!
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