Tuesday 1 April
Arrived safely at 7.45pm after a good flight. Bit of a queue at passport control which took about 40 mins to clear. Luggage was ready waiting for us and we jumped in a taxi to Excalibur and checked in. The assistant upgraded us to a Stay Well room on the 12th floor of the Resort Tower. Unpacked and spent an hour playing slots with hardly any wins. Fell asleep about midnight but woke up at 5am 😥
Wednesday 2 April
Walked through to Luxor and Mandalay Bay internally as it was too cold and windy to walk along outside and had breakfast at our usual McDonald's. Then walked back through the hotels plus NYNY and we both played our $25 Konami free play from the online game myvegas in Park MGM - profit of $52 🎉 Caught the free tram from Aria to Bellagio then caught the CX to Bonneville where we bought our 15 day reduced bus ticket for $17 each. Caught the Deuce back and called in at Target for beer, wine and water. Dinner was pasta from Pizza Hut and then we played through half of the $100 free play from playing the online myvegas games. Had a nap which turned into a couple of hours before going down to play the rest of the free play resulting in a profit of $78 🎉
Thursday 3 April
Walked along to the McDonald's outside this morning as it's a bit warmer and then walked along towards the Welcome Sign and cut off at Russell Road to catch the 104 bus to the Las Vegas Advisor office to buy 2 Reward Books. Walked back to the Rio and played a few slots there and then over to the Gold Coast to play more of our favourite slots before catching the buses back to our hotel. Dinner was at Panda Express in the Showcase food court next to MGM Grand. Had a wander round the MGM Grand along to see what was in their food court before returning for a rest. We both played a $25 Konami free play on Texas Tea at Luxor with a $20.90 profit for Jim and a $42.40 profit for me 🎉
Friday 4 April (my birthday)
Caught the Deuce to Sahara and had breakfast in the McDonald's there before playing the $15 free play in the Sahara casino that Jim received via email with a $11.36 profit. We both then used the $10 free play each from the LVA books with a profit of $6.15 for Jim and $7.66 for me. Caught the Deuce to Fremont Street and used the $10 free plays for 4 Queens with a profit of $6.20 for Jim and $6.80 for me. On to El Cortez for the same - $4.27 for Jim and $35.66 for me.
This is the new bar in the El Cortez extension.
Caught the buses to Silver Sevens for more of the same - $1.59 for Jim and $3.59 for me. Had a 2 for 1 dinner in Ellis Island and then played $10 received $10 free play there - $6.27 profit for Jim and a loss of $2.84 for me but I received $10 free play for my birthday with a profit of $7.70. Caught the 119 back to Excalibur and played slots at night.
Saturday 5 April
Had breakfast then caught the 104 bus to the SSTT to catch the 212 to the Durango casino where we have never visited before. We enjoyed exploring the sports book, the food court and all the slots.
Returned and rested before the Tournament of Kings show which was free courtesy of playing the myvegas games. Played slots at night.
Sunday 6 April
Had breakfast then caught the Deuce and the 217 bus to Silverton to play $10 free play for both of us from the LVA books. Jim won $3.35 and I won $21.50 plus they gave me $5 free play for my birthday and I won $3.24 from that. Had a quick look at the fish tank and the outside area before catching the 217 and the Deuce back to our hotel.
Lay at the pool for a little while and then walked to Aria to play the last of my $25 Konami free plays and won $29 from it. Had dinner in Earl of Sandwich and used a coupon for buy a combo meal and get a free sandwich. I also had an email with an offer of a free cookie or brownie for my birthday. Walked back to our hotel via Target for more wine and water. Played slots at night in Luxor and Excalibur and we were in profit for a change 🎉😂
Monday 7 April
Had breakfast then caught the Deuce to Planet Hollywood and walked through the Miracle Mile shops to see the new food outlets then crossed over to the Bellagio to see their Spring conservatory display called "The Birds and the Bees" - beautiful as always.
Returned to our hotel and spent time at the pool before having dinner of a pizza at Pizza Hut in the Excalibur food court. Played slots at night in the Luxor and Excalibur.
Tuesday 8 April
Had breakfast then spent time at the pool before meeting our son and his husband who are staying one night in Excalibur before moving to Planet Hollywood for a further 6 nights. They got checked in and we left them to settle in. Had a Panda Express dinner in the Showcase food court then caught the bus over to the Orleans to play all our favourite shots. Played slots at night in the Luxor and Excalibur.
Wednesday 9 April
The boys checked out of their room and left their suitcases in our room. We all had breakfast at McDonald's then caught the 104 to the SSTT and changed to the 212 to go to Durango casino so the boys can see it. Spent an hour there and caught the buses back to the South Premium Outlets where the boys managed to get all the things that they wanted to buy. Travelled back to Excalibur and the boys retrieved their suitcases and caught an Uber to Planet Hollywood. Dinner was a 16" Sub to share from Jimmy John's in the Excalibur food court. Played slots at night in the Luxor and Excalibur and hit a great bonus on 5 Treasures of $74.90 for an 18 cent bet 😲
Thursday 10 April
Had breakfast then caught the 201 to the Walmart at Tropicana/McLeod and shopped there and also in the Ross Dress for Less and the Dollar Tree store. We met up with the boys at Earl of Sandwich for a meal and then headed up to Harrah's for the Colin Cloud Mastermind show.
The show was totally amazing and Ross was picked to go up on stage to help with a trick. We chatted with Colin Cloud after the show and had our photo taken with him. Played a few slots in Harrah's with the boys before catching the Deuce back to play slots in Luxor and Excalibur.
Friday 11 April
Had breakfast in the McDonald's opposite Palace Station then played some slots in Palace Station before catching the SX to the Sahara to play more of our favourite slots. Caught the Deuce to Fremont Street and tried to redeem our myvegas rewards for a free game of bingo but unfortunately the slip didn't print from the machine and we had probably pressed the wrong icon so when we went up to the bingo hall the lady couldn't process it. We eventually found a supervisor who reprinted the myvegas voucher for the next session of bingo 2 hours later. Had our dinner in Magnolias in the 4 Queens with a 2 for 1 voucher as it's my birthday month plus the lady at the players club told me I had $18 on my card which I could redeem in cash so we did that and it helped to pay the bill of $21.12 for our 2 soups and 2 pork chops which were so tender and delicious.
Went back for our 5pm game of bingo but didn't have any luck apart from the 2 free cocktails each which are included when you play bingo. Caught the CX and the Deuce back to our hotel and played slots at night in Excalibur.
Saturday 12 April
Had breakfast then caught the Deuce up to the Venetian and then walked through to the Palazzo where there was an Eagles exhibition as they are playing concerts in the Sphere. It was very interesting with lots of gig posters from the 70s plus pictures with some of their song lyrics and a little area called Hotel California.
We messaged the boys to tell them about the exhibition and discovered that they were next door in Wynn so we joined them for a group pull at a slot machine and doubled our money. Had a walk round Wynn and Encore. Dinner was in the Excalibur food court - Jim had pasta from Pizza Hut and I tried out Popeye's and had a chicken sandwich and biscuit.
Played slots at night in Luxor and Excalibur and we were in profit for a change.
Sunday 13 April
Had breakfast then caught the Deuce to Fremont Street then caught the BHX bus down to Sam's Town to meet up with our friends, Ann and Alan, who live in Las Vegas. Spent a few hours in Dunkin' Donuts having coffee and donuts and catching up with all of our news. Caught the 202 bus back to the Strip and had dinner in Earl of Sandwich.
Played slots at night in Luxor and Excalibur.
Monday 14 April
Had breakfast then caught the Deuce to meet up with the boys who are taking us to the Arte Museum as a birthday treat for us both. We were able to skip the queue as Ross had booked online. We made our way round the exhibitions taking loads of photos and videos and thoroughly enjoyed the immersive experience.
Had another group pull with the boys in Cosmopolitan with a $5 profit each and then returned to our hotel to pack and to check in for our flight home tomorrow. Dinner was Panda Express in the Showcase food court. Played slots at night in Luxor and Excalibur and had a good win in Luxor and a couple of good wins in Excalibur.
Tuesday 15 April
Had breakfast then finished off packing, checked out and travelled to the airport. Spent time in the lounge before boarding our flight to London Gatwick. We had decided to try that route as the boys were on the same flight and they would organise the bus that would take us from Gatwick to Heathrow for our connecting flight up to Edinburgh. We only got about an hour of sleep on the flight as we left in the afternoon as opposed to 10pm at night like we normally do. The journey from Gatwick to Heathrow seemed to take forever due to traffic build up on the M25. The only good thing about having to claim your luggage in Gatwick and check it in again at Heathrow is that because we are still Gold members of the BA club at the moment we all got to check in at the First Wing which has it's own check in desk and it's own security area where we were the only people going through and after security the next corridor takes you directly into the first class BA lounge. We will probably never ever get to do that again 😅Our flight from Heathrow up to Edinburgh was on time.
Here are some more photos:-
