I stayed at Rio on Memorial Day and said I would post a T/R and I never did. I had problems getting a site to show pictures. Well I have done that and will now give a report.
May 26, -31, 2006
Rented a car and got upgraded to a Cadillac it was very nice. Drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas stopping at Primm Valley Outlets so the wife could shop. While she shopped I went to play and hit a little jackpot on a dollar Top Dollar machine. Got to Rio and the room is ready. I received a low floor room facing Gold Coast. This is not acceptable. I ask nicely and say I requested Masquerade high floor. She looks it up and says yes I did but that is all they have right now. I asked to be moved if possible and thank her for checking and she says she will note it. It is a holiday weekend and I am not going to be an a$$. I get to the room and it is newly remodeled but has a horrible view. I know the wife wants a view and prefers the other tower so I say I will try to change rooms the next day. Gambled that day mostly BJ and some slots did okay down a little.
The next day I go down to the Diamond registration at 8:00am when they open to see if I can change rooms. They say it is noted on my room but have nothing yet. I state that I know it is a holiday weekend and ask that if they can help me out in any way I would appreciate it. I ask that they call me on my cell phone if they can find anything since I will be gambling and hand her a twenty. An hour later I get a call. Got a very nice room on the 38th floor of Masquerade facing the pool. As I have the luggage moved the bellman tells me that this tower is going to be remodeled soon. The suite is slightly worn but clean and has a nice view of the pool and north strip. It has a nice TV with inputs so I can connect a dvd player and also play CDs. Finally done with room and wife happy so off to shop she goes. I had a feeling that I will win on a silly slot machine so went to the high limit slot area and see a “lunch time” machine. Won’t go in to all the details but I do well and come within five spins of hitting the top prize. When I am done I have a W-2G and am able to put most of the money in the room safe and call the wife to tell her to buy herself something nice if she wants. Call host to verify Bottle service at Voodoo Lounge for Sat. night and a cabana on Monday. Everything is set and I get the names of whom to ask for at Voodoo Lounge. I play at the tables for a few hours and spend time with the wife when she returns. This trip I don’t have any tournament set and it is for us to spend some time together. We have never done bottle service nor tried a cabana so these are treats for us. Never went back to the high limit slots except for $200 in a $5 WOF which did not pay. Spent a few hours gambling everyday but did not let them get all their money back (which is the norm for me). Went to the Rio Buffet a few times during the trip because it is easy, has a Diamond line and area and has great food. The salad bar is good . This is one of the few buffets the wife will go to since she is a vegetarian and picky. We had gone to Rio for years and never went to the buffet. Once I tried it on a boys trip I found it nice and convinced the wife to try it. She was surprised with the quality and we now go there most every time we stay at Rio now. She doesn’t eat much so we don’t do the high end restaurants because she feels it would be a waste. Boy how I love this woman.
Voodoo Lounge: Walked to the front of the line at 10:30 pm on Sat. night. I asked for the name of the guy the host told me to ask for and they opened the rope and said “this way sir”. Took us to the elevators and put us on before everyone else. Must admit this was nice it was a busy weekend and crowded. At the top of the elevator a host asks if I am me and I say yes. They must have told him what I was wearing. He states that it is windy outside and we can have a table outside if we want but he suggests otherwise. I put a twenty in to his hand and tell him whatever he thinks is best will be fine. He walks us outside just to show us and it is very windy. He then takes us to a table with a nice view and through velvet ropes with a guard. Great view of strip through windows and view of band. Service is great (at $400 a bottle it better be) and we mix up a few drinks and start to have fun. I had emailed to another Tripadvisor couple and they were to be there that night so we were keeping an eye out for a mixed-race couple. At one point a mixed- race couple comes in to the roped table area and I ask them if they are WhiteSoxgal. They think I am crazy and trying to hit on them. We are embarrassed but laugh it off. Proceed to dance at our table since we have the room and sometimes go outside to dance while looking at the view. Can you tell we like a view? Have a great time and continue to look for Whitesoxgal but never see them. Turns out they might have been sitting in front of us at a different table. When the band starts two girls go up with the band and are dirty dancing together. I found this very nice. With the Voodoo Go-Go dancers it made for a great party atmosphere. It was crowded and being able to leave the table and come back to it without worry was very nice. We stayed and partied until about 2:30am which is longer than we ever would normally. We did not finish the bottle so I poured the rest into one of the empty water bottle I had so as not to waste and took it with me.
Spent Sunday recovering from Voodoo and took the shuttle to Caesars. This worked out very nicely. We went to the buffet again and as we leave there is a large commotion. As we are getting on the shuttle to go Caesars off comes a group of people with money followed by what look like models (on the shuttle?) As we leave we are told Oprah Winfey had gone to the buffet at Rio and everyone was heading there to see her. We are glad we missed it. Went to Caesars and wifey heads to the Forum shops and I gambled. I have never liked the Caesars in the past but the changes Harrah’s has made me like it a lot. Played for a while but the tables were full so just hit some slots. I must have been at the right spot because the servers never let me go without a drink. I would put down the empty glass and a new drink would appear. By the time the wife found me I could barely walk. We went back and had a good time at Rio and went back to Voodoo that night (no bottle service) to dance and enjoy the view. With Diamond status you get comp,d admission.
Cabana: Monday Memorial Day
Wake up and find out the pool opens at 9:00am wife is still sleepy so I throw something on a go down to find out about the cabana. Paying $400 I want to make sure I don’t get a bad cabana. I go find the server it is a guy. I don’t remember his name. I am a little disappointed because most of the servers are HOT girls but he takes me to a cabana which is in a perfect location. His service is great. Since it is only the wife and I we don’t ask for much and he checks to see if we need anything and often. Go back up stairs and wife is up and ready in minutes once I point to the cabana which is ours. We thought the pool might not be happening on a Monday even if it was a holiday but we were wrong. Lots of different people there having fun. We normally would spend at most an hour at the pool but we spent the day in the cabana and had a great time. One woman (a good looking blonde) must have had too much to drink. The guys in the cabana next to ours where there for a bachelor party. One of them points her out to me. She has pointed her lounge at our cabanas and is touching herself ';enthusiastically.'; Wife sees me head for the camera and even without knowing what is going on says what are you doing? I tell her and she says put the camera down. I do. Eventually, the blond had to be taken away because she kept disrobing. About 4:30 pm the bar calls out that free shots would be given at the bar for the next five minutes; vodka or rum I don’t remember. People, about half females in bikinis, head for the bar. The servers stand on the bar and pour alcohol in people’s mouths. They seem to pour more in the girl’s months but it could be my imagination or the fact that is who I tend to focus on. Later, after the free shots were passed out, a group of girls start dancing and kissing for some guys. Did not find out until later what they were kissing when we looked closely at the photos. Needless to say, it was a wild time at the pool.
Drove home Tuesday with an $11 hotel bill for some tips which can’t be comp’d, and quite a bit of the money left. This was the best trip I have had so far this year. Made enough points gambling to cover the cost of cabana and bottle service. Would do both again but it would have to be a special occasion or at least with another couple friends. The highlights of the trip were Voodoo lounge, the Cabana and winning was not bad either.
A few pictures can be seen at pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/vegas.dragon/my_photos
The T/R that never came. Voodoo Lounge and Rio Cabana
We%26#39;ve been waiting for that one for a while! Thanks for sharing Vegasdragon! The pictures make me miss it even more!
The T/R that never came. Voodoo Lounge and Rio Cabana
Nice report! Thanks for sharing. Can%26#39;t wait. Seven weeks from tomorrow, I%26#39;ll be on my way.
Thank you for your reply. I am glad to know the photos worked. I can%26#39;t believe how long it took me to get around to it.
I posted some more pictures of the View form THEhotel with room number. Just for your info.
vegasdragon- great t/r! Your trip sounds awfully familiar...Next time you head out to LV, we should try to have a meet and greet and share stories as the wife and I do about the same thing but usually over at Paris/Bally%26#39;s.
I%26#39;ll be down there on 9/22 for a boys trip...got the hook up from my host at Bally%26#39;s. Grand suite, cabana for saturday etc...Can%26#39;t wait!
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Your trip sounds sweet. If I do well this weekend I am set to be in Vegas in Sept also. I will let you know.
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