Yes, another old Las Vegas trip report. Imagine my surprise when looking in my drafts and seeing this one mostly set up and just never posted. I am kind of hoping it is all typed out so I don’t have to go foraging for my notes to complete it. This trip took place in June of 2022.
I booked this trip before leaving for my 10 week Europe trip. I flew to Vegas just 10 days after arriving home. Some people thought this was too much but I personally thought ten days home was too much so…
I flew first class on Delta because I am now fancy like that. I went through security a bit earlier (for me) than normal because it took me awhile to realize that first class tickets come with first class lounge access and I could stock up on a million tiny bottles of water so that I didn’t have to go outside in the desert to find water when I arrived. Las Vegas is really no longer a 24 hour town and of course you can find a Walgreens or CVS nearby. But who wants to walk to anything “nearby” in 110 degree heat when you have to be “at” work in a couple of hours?
Well that did backfire because the line to get into the lounge was incredibly long. But it also worked to my benefit because I actually got to get Dunkin Donuts at the airport. It is normally closed. This time, they closed the “door” (actually a metal fence) behind me as I left. Score!
New Year’s Eve starts at Fremont hotel at 4:00 AM because I never went to bed last night. I realized that I never used up my Flexibile Spending Account for 2021 so today is the last day. I pulled out my laptop and cross referenced between the FSA store and Target to order about $300 worth of stuff I definitely don’t need, but I will lose the funds if I do not purchase today.
I am awake at Fremont hotel at 10:30 AM. I had originally considered going to an MLife property as I am checked into Excalibur and have about $90 resort credit left on my offer. But I instead went around doing the same thing I always do, just gamble. I honestly have no idea why people like reading these things sometimes, I feel like I am the most boring person on Earth.
I wake up at Fremont this morning. This is my favorite hotel. The casino mostly hates me, but the ease of getting a large iced coffee early morning evens that out. Fremont is going non smoking in December, just the rooms. I have a reservation that I am going to keep because I love the hotel. But having to put a bra on to smoke really isn’t something I want to do. I predict I will have some $100 cigarettes.
I am awake at The D at 4:00 AM. Back in the old days before Covid, I would have skipped to Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks and enjoyed having the casino all to myself. Now though, neither are open at 4:00 AM so I dick around the room for a bit before heading outside.
I wake up at 10:00 AM at Sahara. I have an appointment to get a massage today. I want to blow dry my hair since I had added on a scalp massage, but there is no hair dryer in the room.
I slept in at Planet Hollywood this morning. I had iced coffee in my refrigerator so I could skip a never ending line at Starbucks this morning. I need to do this more often.
MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS FROM PLANET HOLLYWOOD WOO HOO!
I am up at 9:00 this morning. I need Starbucks. I am on the line for 45 minutes before I notice there is a Diamond line. Whoops?