Here are a few deals on MGM Hotels in Las Vegas. The Deals are not lasting long. expiring by September 15. Take a look and find the hotel you like. Plan a fall vacation now. Enjoy the cooler days and hope the action stays hot.
Just returned from slot tournament vacation at the Mirage Hotel. I was invited by the Mirage for their "Surf, Sand and Slots" slot tournament. The total prize package was $50,000 with $10,000 going to the first place finisher.
The play took place with two fifteen minute rounds on Tuesday. The final third round was Wednesday. I had to be awake early as two of my rounds started at 9am. The tournament took place in the Bermuda room which is close to the theater for the Terry Fator show. The room was decorated in a Hawaiian beach theme with 60's beach and surfing music playing.
Everyone seemed to be having a fun time and the emcee did a good job keeping everyone hanging loose. Dude!! Maybe the free bar helped out with that! They also awarded free slot play and gift points before each round by drawing numbers. No luck for me with the number drawing.
My luck was better with the slot tournament. I had a good start my first session getting over 19,000 points. That was tops for that session. My next round i had over 14,000 points. My final round over 16,000 points. I thought that was a good total. I was near the top in all three rounds. But not good enough to finish number one. The winner came in with over 54,000 points, I finished with a little over 50,400. Not bad, and good enough for fifth place and $1,000. Now the money awarded was in Freeplay, not cash. Good if you can turn that Freeplay into real money on the slot machines.
The tournament was fun, especially when you have a good win. My hotel room was comped for the three nights of the tournament. So it was a very fun three days. If you get the chance, try out a slot tournament. Several different hotels still offer them. The LV Hilton and the Tropicana seem to offer the most frequent on the strip.
Not too much luck with the slots on this trip. Two trips in a row now with no luck on the dollar slots. I did have a little luck on the nickel and penny slots. I actually won the minor jackpot on the "Outback Jack" slot at the Palazzo casino. A whopping $76.00 jackpot. A card randomly pops up after a spin and you have 12 tiles to pick from. Four tiles for Jack, four for a shark, and four for the green ...
Back from my latest Vegas vacation. I arrived there Sunday morning July 11 and departed Friday morning July 16. Stayed five nights at the MGM Grand. First three nights were comped, last two nights I was charged $49.00. Also charged a $10.00 resort fee for all five days. None of the resort fees were of any value to me. In room Internet is included in the fee. A daily newspaper is included, but you have to go and get the paper yourself, not delivered to your room.
I used the MGM check in at the airport. Was not busy, I walked right in for service. The lady was very nice, but could not find my reservation. MGM had just upgraded their computer system. My reservation was showing up on the old system, not the new one. After a few phone calls and assistance by another desk clerk my reservation was finally compete. But my room was not ready till mid afternoon. Used the shuttle bus to the hotel. If you let MGM make your reservation with Executive Limo for you, the first shuttle stop is the MGM. Does not take much time to arrive at the hotel. Cost was $15.00 round trip for shuttle.
My room was in the Grand Tower on the 19th floor. Room was ok, furniture starting to show wear. Only four doors away from elevator, not the quietest room at night. But the MGM is huge, rooms at end of hall are quite a long walk. I went to the Champagne Buffet Sunday for lunch. Not the best buffet in town. It was convenient, but not on my list to go back. For Buffets, stick with Planet Hollywood, Bellagio, Wynn, Mirage and the new Aria.
Gambling in one word was horrible. No luck with the slots at all. There five days and never once hit for a $100.00 on a dollar slot machine. Did not see many winners anywhere, casinos keeping the money this week. Did have a little luck with roulette. Played the Rapid Roulette at Paris and doubled my money. My one bit of good luck was on a $5.00 Top Dollar Progressive at the Mirage. Put in my $60.00 ticket, and hit the spin button for $10.00. First spin I hot the Top Dollar bonus. First option was for $200.00, and times two for a total of $400.00. Decided not to press my luck and took the $400.00.
Played quite a few of the newer penny slots, But ...
Some of the low rate specials are still available. More should pop up for the hot summer days in Las Vegas. But right now a few deals area available for a bit more luxurious room and stay. These deals have upgrades for suites and spa baths. Get you into the hottest night clubs and pools. Deals for dining and shopping or a round of golf. See if anything works for you and save a few bucks on the room to spend having fun!
How low can they go? Take a peek at these discount offers for hotels right on the Las Vegas strip. Granted, these are not the high end luxury hotels making these offers. But if all you need is a room to stow your luggage and a place to sleep, these deals may be for you.
Circus Circus is not one of my favorite casinos. too many kids in the place all over. And it does have that worn out feel. Excalibur is same for me, too many kids in the place. I also find the casino too congested, they squeeze in way too much.
The Luxor and NYNY are ok for me. The casino layout in both is confusing and rambling. I did like the Luxor more when it had more of the Egyptian theme in the hotel and casino. The NYNY also remodeled it's casino last year. Both place are always busy and have good energy. I have stayed in the Luxor pyramid rooms a couple times. I thought the rooms were nice, but they can be a very long walk to the elevator.
The MGM deal is very good. Like the casino, and the rooms there are very nice. Is a large place, but not too hard to figure out, read the signs! Great place for slot and table game players.
The luxury hotels like Bellagio, Wynn, Caesars Palace or Venetian, are only a short walk away. If your looking to save money on your hotel, maybe a deal here for you.
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