Well this year we didn't make the trip to LV like I would have liked to have done. Airfare just never dropped top a reasonable price, so off to AC we went for 3 days of fun?
We arrived fairly early Sunday, so we had all day to enjoy? AC.
Check in at Ceasars, went suprisingly smooth, they put us in "the old north tower" by old I'm guessing circa 1955. We received a check in goodie bag of discounts to some of the ceasar mall resturants. More on that later.
We head down to the casino and begin our loosing vacation. I'll report right now, there where few if any bright spots to report in the gambling collum. AC isn't known for it's great VP and I have nothing new to report. We grad a quick bite in the dimond lounge to hold us over till dinner time. The food was edible, but not one item available was great. But for free, at least the price was right.
Back to the poor pay games. We broke it up with some slot play here and there, the place wasn't crowded, and moving around was easy. The new smoking laws are a killer however, and it limits our range of motion in any AC casino. Ceasars was kind enough to supply maps as to where you could smoke and where you can't. Only 25% of the casino floor space is smoking in any AC casino.
Dinner was at the ceasars mall over the pier at Phillips seafood. Overpriced seafood, is the best discription. Again nothing was great, but it was all edible.
After dinner we got out of caesars and off to Harrahs. What a differance. The "questionable people" where cut to a minimum. By questionable people, I mean people that you wonder what they are doing in a casino. The unclean smelly people, street people, the cons, the rappers, gangsta's, backpackers...oh the list goes on and on. Anyway, Harahs was a joy. Cocktail service was wonderful here, almost too wonderful. Yes I was over served! On our taxi back at 3am in the morning, I said to the cab driver gangsta central please. She drove us to Ceasars. I won't mention how much I lost here this first evening, but lets just say, those airline tickets would have been one heck of a bargin!
Up early, can't sleep. y back and hip are killing me. I have a choice. Meds or drink, last evening we drank, this morning I can barely walk. Looks like a sober new years for me. Vicoden is my friend today! LOL About noon we are able to eat at the coffee shop for lunch, and then off to the Borgata. The VP here makes Ceasars look wonderful. But we trudge on, and oddly enough, while I lost, I lost at a slower pace here. Probably the fault of the vicoden, due to my slow play. Cab back to Ceasars for dinner, at Mia. A very nice overpriced dinner. $200 for 2 no drinks. We where invited back to join them at 10:30 for a new years party, but declined. We had show tickets for Patti LaBell. I'm not a fan, but tickets where free. Oh my god! I guess I just don't get out enough. Patti is 63. I thought I was in a baptist church. Well southern baptist church on acid maybe would be a better discription. There was crying, amens from the audience, ballons from the ceiling, and several shoe changes while performing.
People started leving during her closing number. I've never seen peoplr behave like this during a live show. BTW, she also had her chior there.
After the show we went to bed, to find a goodie hat filled with hats and noise makers and food (chocolats and cookies and crackers).
NY day, we woke, checked out, and had brunch. Drove home.

The whole thing was comped my Ceasars. Sharon even got a nice $100 bonus to start her gambling off. But they got it back in gambling losses from us.

Lee - Thanks for the "fix" - sorry you had no luck gambling. The Patti LaBelle show sounded interesting, however. Happy New Year to you and Sharon!

Lee,

I had hoped things would get better for you after I talked to you but obviously not.

Why does Caesars attract all the low life?

We went to the moose with another couple. They had a bad band with so-so food but the price was right and I could smoke cigars. I only had to escort one guy out.

Thanks for teh report.

Mike, It wasn't my bag at all, the Patti Labell show. Happy New Year to you as well. More Royals in 08, would be just great!

Senator, Why is does Ceasars attract all the low life? It's not just Ceasars, first of all.
But lets look at that for a momment. The boardwalk is in the middle of a slum, 6hr bus trips (day trippers/ night trippers), The grouping of all those casinos togeather on the boardwalk, make for a lot of places to "hang out". M2C of course.
We watched a man steal 287 credits from a fifty cent slot machine, in Ceasars. I sure as heck wasn't going to be no hero. We walked away. After that, we both got the creeps of AC.

Sorry about the bad trip Lee. Sorry about the air fares too. My New Years was about opposite of yours, but I don't want to rub it in.

I'm sure that Atlantic City has it's share of good food, good shows, and some casino wins here and there. Still, I have not heard anything that draws me that way.

Hope to see you again soon in Las Vegas.

Lee - don't you think JMT should rub it in, at least a little bit?

Sorry to hear about the downers on your AC trip. I've never been there either, I'd guess it would probably be about an 8 hour drive for me. I'd be more interested in going in summertime and seeing the boardwalk (in addition to the casinos) but I never get around to it.

Whenever I hear about a city (Like mine) thinking - oh a casino will solve all our money woes, I think about AC and what I've heard and you've confirmed; its not enough to save a city. Or even look at Niagara Falls NY. The town is still in bad shape. But the casino security keeps everything under control inside.

Lee will you go back to AC?

so what did the locals do on nye?

Kes,
I go back in Febuary, Atlantic City Boat Show.
We are currently booked at Ceasarsa again, but Sharon is thinking of switching to Harrahs after this last experiance. Although I beleive Ceasars has mailed her more goodies to keep her coming back. I seen the mail yesterday, but I'm not sure what she got! Tonight I'll ask! LOL

JMT....
Where is your NYE trip report?????

As I keep re-reading your report, I only have one question ... would you go back to AC again or are you already watching airfare for NYE in Las Vegas next time?

LOL, I always dreamed about a visit to Harrahs AC, but the more reports I read, the farther that trip goes down on my list. I might still make it some year, but it would definitely be an add-on to another east coast destination<g>.

Daisy,
I never plan on going back to AC for New Years Eve, free or not. I have serious reservations about our up-coming Feb trip, and wish we had other options then Ceasars. But it's a little late in the game to change hotels for a weekend.

AC is not Las Vegas, and it never will be....EVER!

Lee,

We prefer to stay at Harrah's on the Marina anytime we have an overnighter in A.C.Favorite tower is the Bayview, at least until the new one is finished and we get a look.

IMO, Harrah's, Showboat and the Borgata in A.C. have much nicer rooms than many places we've stayed in LV. Vegas Cajun can vouch for the Borgata.
Beth

We just switched or reservation from Ceasars to Harrahs in AC for our up-coming trip. Thanks Fred!
This will be the second trip of 2008....I guess I'm going soft on AC lately! LOL

Soft???

As a friend, I feel the need to remind you of your last trip. It would be the first note of this thread.<g>

I hope this trip is better!

JMT,
I know I'll be in better spirits for this one at least.
Ceasars really did us poorly on the last trip. Thanks for the reality check Joe!

This little bit of info, I.m about to share is really weird. AC normally send you offers good for a certin day, usually an odd Thursday, good for some cash back. Well, this upcoming trip, Sharon has received $425 in various vouchers good during our weekend trip. Some candy, and atleast double points! It just seems odd! That btw doesn't include our cash back from our last trip.
The really odd thing is, this is all during the Atlantic City Boat show, traditionaly a very busy week.

Lee, are you planning for an evening at the Clint Holmes show at Harrah's? I never found out if this will be a show with Domenick Allen and Brian Zach, a bigger band like he had at Harrah's or what.