Mrs. TPM and I have a Vegas trip coming fairly soon, and we're already having the problem of trying to fit too much into too small of a time frame.
Details: We're planning for 5 nights, 6 days which includes a hotel transfer after night 2 to another location, on the other side of town. We'll be checking in to Golden Gate on Wednesday, and then moving to Silverton on Friday until we leave on Monday, late afternoon.
Usually this is pretty easy, we've done it a Million times before, albeit usually our movement is from either Downtown to the Strip or, more likely, from the Strip to Downtown. Given that I've all but abandoned the Las Vegas Strip, except for The Cosmopolitan, Venetian, and TI, the logistics of this trip are slightly different.
Plans: We have several, including:
1. Play at Golden Gate and The D
2. Play Video Poker at 4 Queens
3. Plat slots and Video Poker at El Cortez
4. Eat at The Smashed Pig
5. Eat at Grotto
6. Eat at Evel Pie
7. Visit Oak & Ivy to try their new Fall Cocktail menu
9. Go to the SDSU/UNLV college football game on Saturday evening/
10. Spend Saturday at a sports book.
11. Visit the Conservatory at Bellagio
12. See the Bellagio Fountains
13. Get some play in at The Cosmopolitan
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16. Watch the Golden Knights play at Born and Raised on Sunday
17. Watch the NFL Sunday at a Sports book
19. Visit M Resort
21. The Hog & 2Cent Group Pull
Tentatively. our plans are as follows.
Wednesday Night: (We arrive in Vegas at 2:00(ish) PM)
We'll take our limo to the Golden Gate, get checked in, and immediately go out and grab a bite at the BBQ Project Food truck. I might also grab some coneys at All American Coney, before we head out toplay VP at The Long Bar, 4 Queens, and probably El Cortez before heading over to Oak & Ivy prior to swinging by Downtown Grand on the way back, before finishing the night at Golden Gate.
Thursday:
Tentative plans are for this to be our Strip day. Prior to that, we'll have lunch at Grotto and then we'll head first to the new Sahara and the STRAT to take advantage of some free play and birthday deals, then over to Bellagio to see the Conservatory. After that we'll stop and grab tacos and secret pizza at Cosmo. We'll then watch the Thursday Night College and Pro football games at the Cosmo Sports Book while I'm playing VP. We'll play some slots, and then head back to downtown to finish the night with the Hog & 2Cent group pull and more VP at the Long Bar at the D and Golden Gate
Friday:
Here's where some things are going to have to go. We considered scheduling our limo ride for 1PM from Golden Gate to Silverton, before heading over to Crown & Anchor to watch the Knights play Colorado. Unfortunately, that's not going to work. So we've rescheduled our limo to 2:30, which will allow us to stop by Evel Pie before hand, and will also allow the limo driver to stop by the Bellagio Fountains so we can see them. Once we get to Silverton we'll go watch the end of the Knights game at one of their bars. Then we might head over to M Resort and possibly grab dinner at the Italian joint there.
Saturday:
The plan is to still watch College Football at a Sports Book, but we might go over to Green Valley Ranch to do so before heading to Sam Boyd Stadium around 6:30 for a 7:30 kick-off. We've never been to Sam Boyd, so this will be both our first and last time visiting. After that we'll get a ride back to Silverton where we'll spend the rest of the evening playing slots and video poker.
Sunday:
The original plan was to visit South Point for NFL football, and we still might, but given how packed it gets we might divert over to M Resort before going to Born and Raised to watch the Golden Knights play on Sunday. Ourside of Born and Raised, food plans on this day are iffy, but we'll figure it out.
Monday:
The bittersweet leaving day. Our car will come at 2:00PM so we'll spend the morning having Bloody Mary and Starbuck's therapy at Silverton, grab some lunch from there, and then head out to fly from home.
Due to work schedules and other issues, this will be our last Vegas trip of the year, and will probably be the last one for at least six months. I doubt we go back again until Mid-April of 2020, if then. So it's going to be a while before we visit the Venetian, I get a Scotched egg from Crown & Anchor, and several of the things we WANT to do we're just not going to have the chance TO DO.
Such is life on a Vegas trip. There are so many things to see and do that you have to pick and choose them as you go along.
