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Old 25 Nov 12, 07:08 PM  
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Mickeyetta’s Californian Adventure – Day 14, 04 Oct 2012. Las Vegas – South on the strip.

Mickeyetta’s Californian Adventure – Day 14, 04 Oct 2012. Las Vegas – South on the strip.

Today is our last full day in Las Vegas, and as it would turn out a day of Craps and Wolfgang pucks!

I started my day with another hour or so with a cuppa and the I pad catching up with new from home etc.…. and with a visit from Lou to collect yet more washing!

At our usual meeting time of half nine we meet Roonlou downstairs, they had done some investigation online, and had found that there was a Wolfgang Pucks Café next door in the crystal mall called “Pods”. So we head over here for a light breakfast… Tea for me, Coffee for Si, and then a croissant some fruit and some granola between us.

Suitably full we set out on another gambling run this time south on the strip. First Casino the Monte Carlo, where we locate another of our craps table, and leave $20 down.

Next hotel was New York New York…



and guess what they had a Craps machine here as well!



So we play for a while, making probably the biggest loss of the entire trip, but managed to get a couple of free drinks in. Not impressed with our losses we head over the road to the MGM Grand.



At the MGM Lou promised us Lions…. But the MGM is currently under major renovation and the lions were on holiday! Rubbish… but what was even more rubbish was even though they had a magical craps machine, all eight seats were taken! Boo!

So we moved on to try our luck at the Tropicana…. But they did not have the machines we were looking for. We had better luck, sort of, in the next stop Excalibur.



They had a Craps machine here but it was being maintained, so Si and I played a poker machine whilst Roonlou amused themselves at a roulette machine, waiting for the engineers to finish.

When they were finally done…. We pounced! Lets just say the engineers probably need to revisit this table… we walked away $104 up! This was our single biggest win all holiday!

Onwards to the Luxor… but first we stopped for a snack. I think it was after 2pm by now, and we hadn’t really stopped since breakfast. No one wanted anything too big, in an effort to save room for dinner. It was at this time Auntie Anne’s Pretzel dogs walked into our lives, and they are now my new American addiction. So much so that we have made a special trip to our nearest Auntie Anne’s since we’ve been home. Yum Yum Yum!





Anyhow back to the Luxor, and why change the habit of a lifetime, so we played yet another Craps machine, leaving $66 up.

Next up Mandalay Bay…. Probably the most fun Craps machine of the holiday. Opposite us was a man who was definitely from Ney York by his accent, who was loud but fun! To his right was a lucky lady who could roll all the right numbers! We were all cheering so much we were pulling a crowd, and I was loosing my voice. Cashing out we were another $95 up.

On our way into Mandalay Bay Si had seen a slot machine where you could win a Corvette. So seen as in the last 3hrs we had won about $200, I let him put $5 in… second roll and he won $40. So yet another $35 was added to the tally… but sadly no car!





We then all use the little tram back to Excalibur, to play the Craps machine again. But we leave $40 down, proving it’s unlucky to play the same machine twice.

By now its 6:30pm and dinner is on our mind! Roonlou suggest the Wolfgang Puck restaurant in the MGM grand is a good bet so we head over there, and are seated immediately.

The guys order cocktails, including a ginger Mojito for Si… which he declares rather weird…?



For starters I go with the mushroom soup, Si has Chicken Wings, and Roonlou split some Truffle Chips… which smelt oh so good.

Mains next, Si has a Pizza with a side of fries, Lou has Mushroom Pasta, Roo has Linguini with clams. I however have to wait a few minutes for my Lasagna main as there was a mix up on the order and at first I was presented with the same as Roo.

Yet again no pictures from me as Lou had the camera. So for food shots head here.

None of us has room for desert, and so we settle the bill with our cash winnings! From the MGM we now start the long walk back up to the Cosmo, arriving back home at around 8:30.

We spend the next hour throwing our things back into cases for the journey to Anaheim tomorrow. We try and pack in some sort of logical fashion so that we don’t have to open all the cases at our next hotel, but we are both so tired it was lucky everything made it into a case!

Roonlou came up to spend some time on our balcony, and so that Roo could get some nighttime shots of the strip. So we chill out on our last night in the craziness that is LV chatting on the balcony.



And so our time in Las Vegas comes to an end. And believe it or not our gambling total is $500 up! Remember that room upgrade on the first day? That was $500 and so the clever dumb balance is restored.

Both of us crash out at about 11pm…..
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Love the picture of Si in front of his winning car! Classic!
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Must try the Craps machines methinks! Great day and well done on your winnings, Pussycat
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