Vegaskev goes to Vegas

Day Two - Tuesday

We woke up around 930 in the morning and decided it was buffet time. We headed over to Harrah’s for the big breakfast buffet. Wow, was that a lot of food. Lots of good stuff to eat and a dessert bar that was second to none. I rated it a 3 out of 4 as did IA. IA was extremely hungry. Kind of like the Indian’s in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Then it was time to head out to see the casino’s that were north of us. We walked by the Venetian. It is a nice looking place. However, we were looking to hit the Wynn so there was no time for the Venetian. As some of you may know, the Wynn is the newest resort in Vegas. It was extremely expensive to build and you can see where the money was spent. From the mountain out front to the excellent décor inside everything was built with class in mind. However, I was not really that impressed. Yes, it is a beautiful place but is it any better than the Bellagio? I somehow doubt it.

We walked through the casino and I decided I wanted to get a Wynn Player’s Card. A player’s card is what is used to rate players and help calculate comps. The comp levels are the highest I have ever heard of. They will are looking for $75.00 a hand play, for 4 hours a day on the table games, before they even start to offer comps. Wow. That is high. Just to give you an idea, the IP will start comping you with $10.00 a hand play. I am not so sure that the Wynn is 7.5 times better than the IP. It probably is but not to me.

We got the cards and headed towards the mall. I spotted the sportsbook and knew I needed to check it out. On the TV was a soccer game and IA went crazy. It was Arsenal versus Real Madrid. We had to stop so he could watch the game. According to IA, it was an excellent game. Arsenal won so I guess that makes him happy. During the game, IA got a little thirsty. I went up to the bar to get IA a CC and Coke. This single shot drink was an astonishing $9.00. Unbelievable! I hope it was good.

After the game we headed to the Wynn shops. High-end stuff and well laid out. We went to the Ferrari dealership. I would have liked to have looked at the cars but the charge was $10.00 to get in and they did not allow pictures. Screw that!

After that we headed over to the Fashion Mall. It is just like any other mall I have ever been in. However, we discovered that a shirt at Banana Republic was $30.00 cheaper than in the Forum Shops at Caesars.

Then it was off to Caesars. We went through Treasure Island and then off to the Mirage.

Caesars was awesome as always. We walked through the stores and came across the memorabilia store that sells movie stuff. I just mentioned that I would like to see if they had a Domino poster signed by Keira Knightley. Sure enough, IA just happened to be standing right next to it. $795.00 seemed a little excessive though.

Soon, it was dinner time and we went to Planet Hollywood. It was pretty good. Lots of little hotties. I rated it 3 out of 5 and IA rated it 3 out of 5. However, the beer was a 5/5 according to IA (Killian’s Red).

We were looking for something to do and decided to head over to the Improv at Harrah’s. The comedians were pretty good. The feature comic was Ralph Harris and he spent his time riffing on relationships. He was quite funny. IA actually had tears following. Good times, good people.

And that was our day. I did not even hit the tables. I hope to gamble some Wednesday.

More pictures later today.

Day two (spent $84.00)