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Cosmo isn't really a Marriott but they participate in their loyalty program. That being said, Venetian and Palazzo participate in IHG's loyalty program (Intercontinental, Holiday Inn, etc) if that matters to you.
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Forgot about IHG. That’s a free vacation! Has anyone been to the new esports club? E-Sports Arena Vegas
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My wife and I are planning a trip for early or mid December, possibly with another couple. It's her first visit, but I've been during DEFCON. Stayed downtown once, and on the Strip last time. We already have a pretty good list of things we want to see, do, and eat. I have a few questions though: We definitely want to stay on the Strip and will likely Uber or Lyft to anything that's not walkable. Speaking of which... December temperatures look fairly mild - I'm guessing light jacket weather during the day? We were looking possibly staying at the Vdara, as we'd prefer a small suite but don't want to spend a fortune. We don't plan to gamble much, so it's not a big deal if there's not a casino right downstairs. The non-smoking part is nice as well. Has anyone stayed there? Are there better options for similar quality/price? Is there anything we should know about visiting in colder/off-season months? Does anything important shut down? Thanks in advance!
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Jul 9, 2018 16:57
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WhiteHowler posted:We definitely want to stay on the Strip and will likely Uber or Lyft to anything that's not walkable. Speaking of which... December temperatures look fairly mild - I'm guessing light jacket weather during the day? quote:Is there anything we should know about visiting in colder/off-season months? Does anything important shut down?
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Jul 9, 2018 17:40
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Vdara is a great place to stay and you are a 30 second walk to Aria.
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Jul 9, 2018 17:53
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WhiteHowler posted:My wife and I are planning a trip for early or mid December, possibly with another couple. I pretty much visit exclusively in December now. Yeah, light jacket weather during the day, heavier at night. It gets decently cold at night (depends on where you're from). I love the Vdara. It's amazing and modern and very, very quiet. I think it's a steal. I've stayed in the parlor suite and the corner suite and both were fantastic. I'd stay there over anywhere else if my friends didn't insist upon the Cosmopolitan. Some shows will go dark. Some restaurants will go dark. Most stuff stays open.
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Thanks for the info. Some friends stayed at the Cosmopolitan last year for DEFCON, and it seemed like what a frat kid would build if you gave him half a billion dollars. The buffet was legit though, up there with the one at Caesar's. We'll probably go with Vdara then. The location is good, and the rooms seem great for the price. I'd ask if staying at a non-casino hotel cuts down on potential perks or comps, but like I said, we're probably not going to gamble much at all anyway. All of those club cards are based on pretty strict math these days (play/lose X dollars, qualify for Y comp), right?
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Jul 9, 2018 19:18
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I quite liked staying down town. Freemont st is always fun and El Cortez was cheap as gently caress when we stayed.
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Jul 10, 2018 16:13
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I'm going to Vegas for my bachelor party in early September. It's going to be a fairly tame group of dudes in their 30s. The general itinerary is to arrive on Friday, leave on Sunday. Does anyone have any suggestions for: 1. Good place to go go-karting? 2. How to get a group of 8 people or so to play poker together?
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Jul 15, 2018 17:42
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Residency Evil posted:2. How to get a group of 8 people or so to play poker together? You'll have to choose one of their standard stakes (e.g. 1/2 NLHE). Note that you can't have private games in Vegas, so other people will be able to join your table, and you might get some other players ahead of you if there's a waitlist.
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Jul 16, 2018 05:56
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This was so long ago that it's likely irrelevant now, but a bunch of us had good luck getting a custom game at Treasure Island. We were doing dealer's choice with some super wacky games (and tipping well, of course).
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ManicJason posted:This was so long ago that it's likely irrelevant now, but a bunch of us had good luck getting a custom game at Treasure Island. We were doing dealer's choice with some super wacky games (and tipping well, of course). TI is super amenable to this sort of thing. That'd be my recommendation as well. I know floor people at Orleans, Flamingo, and Harrah's. They'll do it if they have space and spare dealers, but that's not always the case. Especially at the Orleans when the bad beat jackpot is bigger.
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Residency Evil posted:I'm going to Vegas for my bachelor party in early September. It's going to be a fairly tame group of dudes in their 30s. The general itinerary is to arrive on Friday, leave on Sunday. Does anyone have any suggestions for: 1. Pole Position 2. Already covered
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Jul 21, 2018 20:25
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This one time the wife and I got into vegas on a late flight. And I sure as gently caress wasnt paying full rate at a good hotel for a place to sleep for six hours. (festival weekend so it was expensive) I booked us at Americas Best Value Inn Las Vegas This place is a solid 1-2 star place. Mold everywhere in the bathroom. It stank. Obvious hookers and drug deals in the carpark. I lolled and stacked the furnature against the door while watching police do a face down bust right outside our room. Wife cried herself to sleep. Wahhhh I dont wanna stay here im sccarreddddd. In the morning the maid tried to open the door. Couldnt and then proceeded to try and shoulder it open. (No Knock) A year or so later she was watching CSI vegas and I swear to god our room was in a external shot.
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Jul 23, 2018 07:09
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heading out for my bachelor party/long weekend on Thursday thru Monday -- staying at the Venetian. On the agenda: Top Golf, Absinthe, Bacchanal Buffet, Lotus of Siam, Pinball Museum, Spearmint, some pool time, napping, and $5 pai gow and craps on Fremont Street. There's about 8 of us, so I might try to get a mixed poker game going at maybe TI or somewhere. I'll report back on whether we were successful!
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Any good spots these days for live jazz? I’m thinking more like bars/clubs with good live music. Heck, back in the day as touristy as Napoleons was in the Paris they had some good performers and it was never crowded when we were there (I suppose why it died). I’m taking the wife to Vegas for her birthday Tuesday - Friday in a couple weeks, and finding a nice little spot would be very much her jam.
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Jul 29, 2018 18:05
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Just booked Caesar's Palace Sept 6 to 10 going with a buddy. Time to sin!
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Is there a good arcade ya'll recommend in Vegas? Ideally with a Tetris machine?
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CaptainScraps posted:Is there a good arcade ya'll recommend in Vegas? Ideally with a Tetris machine? Pinball Hall of Fame for sure. Despite their namesake (and the reason I like to go there) they have a bunch of arcade games too. Plus it’s refreshing to have $20 in quarters last an afternoon after I’ve dropped a grand at the craps table.  Here is their games list, Tetris is on it: http://www.pinballmuseum.org/games.php
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Yeah, pinball HoF is the best. Excalibur has a pretty decent arcade if you're on the south end of the strip. Circus Circus has one as well on the north end of the strip.
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Imaduck posted:Excalibur has a pretty decent arcade if you're on the south end of the strip. Circus Circus has one as well on the north end of the strip. Pinball Hall of Fame is amazing though. I spent about three hours there and would happily spend about twenty more.
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I'm in Vegas for my bachelor party in two weeks. One of my friends booked the Hyatt Place because he has points. I should find something on the strip right? Or does it not matter much?
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I'd say its a better 'Vegas' experience that way, but depends on your preferences. With Taxi/Uber/Lyft you'd be fine, its not like that hotel is far, but I prefer to be able to walk around on the strip directly.
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Residency Evil posted:I'm in Vegas for my bachelor party in two weeks. One of my friends booked the Hyatt Place because he has points. I should find something on the strip right? Or does it not matter much? From the Hyatt FAQ: quote:At which M life Rewards destinations can I redeem World of Hyatt points? (I think Monte Carlo is MGM-branded as of a few months ago.) Might be worth checking if your friend is willing to switch the reservation to an on-Strip hotel. Some of those are going to be expensive, but several of the older hotels (particularly Luxor) are hurting for business and generally have dirt cheap rooms, which should translate to less reward points required. They're hoping you'll stay there for the low room rate and then drop a bundle of cash in the casino.
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WhiteHowler posted:Hyatt owns a few hotels on the Strip, plus it has a partnership with MGM-owned hotels that let you earn and redeem points there too. Monte Carlo no longer exists but has always been an MGM property. It's now Park MGM. They're really hard up for business there during the remodel and it's dead center strip. Certainly worth looking into over Luxor or Mandalay. Aria is best of the bunch and rooms there aren't unreasonable with M Life.
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So me and the wife were in Vegas for an A Perfect Circle concert but are total nerds so we made it to town a day early to participate in a league of legends tournament at the new Esports Arena @ the Luxor. They have a captain draft tournament every Thursday and this time there were barely enough for 2 teams. It was super fun and they refunded our entry fee and gave us 2 for 1 drink tickets and free play cards since nobody showed up. We still had a couple matches and thoroughly enjoyed it. Tentative recommendation, depending on the game you play.
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What's the deal with smoking weed in Vegas? The only time I've been, it had been legalized, but I never smelled any, only cigarette stank on all the gaming floors. Are casinos tobacco smoking only, or are people in Vegas just not big potheads? Seemed strange to me, as at the time, we hadn't legalized it up here (  ), but you'd be hard pressed to not smell any in a lot of areas. Same thing I noticed camping in Oregon. Big signs everywhere saying "get yer weed here!", not a whiff of dank in the campground, but at home camping I'd be more likely to smell weed than a campfire. On another topic, is that limo idea a good deal for getting to the golden nugget too? Mrs. Chiller and I are heading down for our anniversary in July. Booked downtown because that seemed much more our style than overpriced food and drinks on the strip.
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Somehow the gaming licences have some sorta tie to the feds. Still schedule 1, so casinos will boot you the gently caress out of there if they see you have some.
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You'll smell it on the streets all the time though. There are certainly potheads, just not smoking on the casino floor.quote:On another topic, is that limo idea a good deal for getting to the golden nugget too? Mrs. Chiller and I are heading down for our anniversary in July. Booked downtown because that seemed much more our style than overpriced food and drinks on the strip. There's somewhat reasonably priced food to be had on the strip, but you gotta find it. Downtown is fun, but I'm not sure what I would do there if I was there for more than 2 days. Luckily, it's pretty easy to Lyft from downtown to the strip.
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5 years ago I would recommend staying on Fremont to people, but the Las Vegas town council seems to be determined to make it as terrible as possible down there nowadays.
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In what ways do you mean they are determined to make it as terrible as possible? We stopped in for a couple days last year during a western US road trip, and just felt gouged every time we turned around on the strip. We're not into clubbing or dancing, and are well past our party days. We went down town for a night, and grabbed dinner at main street station. It immediately felt like this was more our style. I'd much rather have a place where I can sit down and have a conversation while drinking than have to shout over music. Cheap beer in the pub > cocktails in the club for us. We're looking to see a show or two (no real preference, so I guess a cirque, and maybe some stand up comedy), pay some money to watch the flashy, spinning lights (play some slots), maybe learn craps, drink by the pool, and have some decent meals that won't require draining my daughter's college fund. It's only a 3 day weekend (including travel time from Vancouver Island). Hope this works out
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B33rChiller posted:In what ways do you mean they are determined to make it as terrible as possible? We stopped in for a couple days last year during a western US road trip, and just felt gouged every time we turned around on the strip. We're not into clubbing or dancing, and are well past our party days. We went down town for a night, and grabbed dinner at main street station. It immediately felt like this was more our style. I'd much rather have a place where I can sit down and have a conversation while drinking than have to shout over music. Cheap beer in the pub > cocktails in the club for us. We're looking to see a show or two (no real preference, so I guess a cirque, and maybe some stand up comedy), pay some money to watch the flashy, spinning lights (play some slots), maybe learn craps, drink by the pool, and have some decent meals that won't require draining my daughter's college fund. It's only a 3 day weekend (including travel time from Vancouver Island). Hope this works out Since 5 years ago and just off the top of my head: They made a bunch of stupid circles for the street performers that they supposedly have to rent out and stay inside of. As far as I can tell they only approve permits for old naked dudes in thongs and homeless people, and it makes the whole place feel like a weird zoo. Banger Brewing can no longer give me beer in a to-go cup because the city requires some kind of new stupid permit that they weren't able/couldn't afford to get. If you buy beer at a store they staple it into a brown paper bag because you aren't allowed to drink it unless you bought it at a casino or something. I always just take it outside and somewhat discretely remove the bag and drink it anyway, but this is still stupid and who knows if I could be given a ticket for doing this. Most annoyingly you can no longer wander in and out of the shops with a drink you brought from somewhere else. They seem to have put the legal onus on the shops to enforce this so now you have employees standing on ladders on some kind of alcohol patrol shift, it's unbelievably stupid. They seem to constantly be closing sidewalks down for construction for unnecessarily long periods of time to force you to walk by casinos, notably the Plaza. They added UNBELIEVABLY obnoxious vocal alerts at the street crossings that constantly scream DONT WALK every 10 seconds, so loud that it drives me insane if I am within 50 feet of either street crossing that has one. I would honestly rather have some guy drumming on a home depot bucket follow me around all day than listen to that goddamn don't walk siren.
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Well that all sounds really lame.
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I just got five days vacation time approved for Halloween and would love to have my first trip to Vegas during that time. I haven't had a vacation in a decade and probably won't for a while after this since I'm gonna actually improve myself after this and go back to school, so I'm willing to spend extra money to have a premium experience. I don't want to spend high roller money but I still want to feel like I'm getting at least a little bit of the royal treatment. So I've been looking at the big famous places like Caesar's Palace and The Luxor but since I don't go anywhere I have no idea what's a good price for accommodations. How do I not be a rube? I keep thinking 'boy a room with a jacuzzi sounds dope' but I'm pretty sure I don't actually need that to feel like I'm getting an amazing Vegas trip.
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PringleCreamEgg posted:I just got five days vacation time approved for Halloween and would love to have my first trip to Vegas during that time. I haven't had a vacation in a decade and probably won't for a while after this since I'm gonna actually improve myself after this and go back to school, so I'm willing to spend extra money to have a premium experience. I don't want to spend high roller money but I still want to feel like I'm getting at least a little bit of the royal treatment. So I've been looking at the big famous places like Caesar's Palace and The Luxor but since I don't go anywhere I have no idea what's a good price for accommodations. Terrace suite at the Cosmo, Sky Suite at Aria.
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Jay recommended exactly what I was going to recommend. Both hotels are wonderful, and even if you don't spring for the super nice suites, their standard rooms are very nice. Wynn is also a good option. Luxor is a really cool building to see, but it's like, 25 years old, and definitely shows its age, even after the remodel. It's also on the older part of the strip. Aria and Cosmo are more central. Caesar's and Bellagio are also nice, but you'll get more bang for your buck (and better food options) at Aria and Cosmo.
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I was underwhelmed by Aria's food options. They seemed overpriced even for the Strip, and none of it was particularly better than other things I found nearby. I stayed at the Vdara last trip (another good option if you don't smoke and don't need a casino literally right downstairs), but I spent most of my near-hotel time in the Cosmo next door. I really enjoy the odd quirkiness of that place, and they have some great restaurants, too. My wife and I hit China Poblano three or four times during our visit.
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WhiteHowler posted:I was underwhelmed by Aria's food options. Carbone is arguably the best Italian meal in town, Jean George is fantastic for steak, Bardot is the best brunch in town, and Sage is still fantastic.
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JaySB posted:Carbone is arguably the best Italian meal in town, Jean George is fantastic for steak, Bardot is the best brunch in town, and Sage is still fantastic. That said, I didn't have a bad meal during my week in town.
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I also like Lemongrass and the pizza place in Aria. Cosmo has lots of great options though, and their buffet is probably the best.
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