On Sunday, we left our palatial digs over at the Hilton Grand Vacations and moved to the palatial digs at the Palazzo. The Palazzo is one of the newer properties on the Strip; last time out here we stayed at the Venetian and could see the construction of the Palazzo out the window (side note: the scene of Danny and Bank at the construction site in Ocean’s 13? filmed at the Palazzo during construction). It’s nice. It’s very nice.
Check-in was kind of frustrating though…..asked if there was an upgrade to a Strip view room available, the answer is yes, but it’s $45. Ok, no thanks….but at the same time Kathy and David are asking the same question and get an upgrade, for free. We’re still checking in when we learn that, ask again, no dice. Ok, fine…..the Hutsell type-a-letter machine goes into action….I can work that way :).
Between Hilton check out and Palazzo check in we took Kathy and David out for breakfast……back to Hash House a Go Go. I went with the same thing….and it was still great and I still couldn’t finish it….Suzanne had chicken breasts with waffles (which looked great, and she couldn’t finish it). Kathy had a breakfast combo (which was huge, and she couldn’t finish it and David had the french toast (…you can fill in the rest…).
The Palazzo was the first sighting of something Suzanne had read about on the internet but that we hadn’t seen yet
Star Trek AND Gambling = Woo Hoo!
3 Phasers is a win (if they zig zag line makes no sense, you’re not alone). Note that Bonus spot in the upper right.
If you get three of those Bonus spots anywhere on the screen you go to the bonus round. There are different types of bonus rounds (Suzanne had one where you played tribble pinball…) they all have a basic theme, you get free spins, if you win, you get a multiplier on those winnings (on my game, the Enterprise blasts one of those Klingon ships and that’s the multiplier you get) and if you don’t have a winning spin you lose a point (in my game, it’s those shields on the lower right). Bonus round ends when shields are depleted.
Had dinner that evening at the Grand Lux Cafe at the Palazzo; I think it’s really hard to have a bad meal in Las Vegas. Went to see Penn & Teller that evening over at the Rio (the Rio is located off of the Strip, so, we had to drive over).
The Rio, like all of the casinos, has an hourly show, and this one, like many of the shows, features scantily-clad dancers.
ok, the pictures suck, but you get the idea; men and women, dancing, to loud music and bright lights
when we walked in you could see these huge tracks running along the ceiling; had to ask ‘what are those for’. Well, as the show ends these ‘floats’ come out, dancers dancing, lights flashing, and ride the tracks around the casino with the dancers throwing beads to the crowd
The show was awesome, really enjoyed Penn & Teller, enjoyed the jazz beforehand, and left the theatre saying “how the hell did they do that” for at least 5 different tricks. Glad we went over to see them and it was a nice change of pace from the musicals shows on Saturday and Monday nights.
