A lot of people don’t know there is an actual casino in New York City. This is probably because while technically being located inside New York City, it is so far away from everything that taking a trip there is probably not a good use of a tourist’s time.
I decided once it opened, that I should never go visit this place. The idea of having a casino just a subway ride away was probably going to just result in degeneracy on a whole new level.
That said, I did end up going after MyVegas had announced rewards for this casino. The rewards are pretty lacking. There are dining rewards, gift shop rewards, but no free play. Why do you not have free play DAMMIT.
So off I went. I didn’t write about that first trip because it went kind of like this: I lost all my money in about ten minutes. And discovered that spending $50 in their gift shop = one hand lotion, one bar of pomegranate soap and one pack of gummy bears. Their selection of stuff is so tiny and extremely overpriced. I mean let’s be fair, all casino gift shops are over priced. But I was expecting more things to choose from. I was not expecting to go home with SOAP.
Then I boarded the A train to get home. That was a nightmare. The A train connects to the Air Train for JFK airport. When I got on the train, it was jam packed with so many people coming from their airport. With so much luggage (who needs that much stuff?!?) and even more entitlement. There were people who had clearly walked onto their train with their luggage and duffel bags, dumped their stuff right in the doorway and kept walking into the train. I had to step over a whole lot of stuff to get onto the train. Other people could not get out of the doorway and into the actual train, because of all the luggage blocking all the walkways.
I vowed I would never go to Resorts World again.