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Re: vegas
« Reply #250 on: September 06, 2011, 05:40:06 PM »
Will be staying in the suites in PH mid-Oct.  Can report back.  The picture of the room that I've seen looks very "Vegas-y".  (Zebra-print blankets and whatnot.)   :thumbs:
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Re: vegas
« Reply #251 on: September 06, 2011, 05:58:18 PM »
will be in PH suites for t-day.  will report.

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Re: vegas
« Reply #252 on: September 06, 2011, 05:59:31 PM »
I will report first.
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Re: vegas
« Reply #253 on: September 06, 2011, 06:12:23 PM »
both of you report

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Re: vegas
« Reply #254 on: September 06, 2011, 06:13:31 PM »
We will both report.
"walking around mhk and crying in the rain because of love lost is the absolute purest and best thing in the world.  i hope i fall in love during the next few weeks and get my heart broken and it starts raining just to experience it one last time."   --Dlew12

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Re: vegas
« Reply #255 on: September 06, 2011, 06:15:07 PM »

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Re: vegas
« Reply #256 on: September 06, 2011, 11:50:02 PM »
Just booked our flights for this year's NCAA tourny.  Want a two bedroom suite.  Has anyone stayed at the Signature by MGM or the Planet Hollywood Towers?  Any other suggestions for multi room suites?

Have stayed in the Jr Suite at the Signature twice, two Beds but not two bedrooms. The setup is pretty elite and if you get a room facing the strip(I just asked at check in both times and they gave it) you get some decent views.

Only downside is the long walk from signature to main MGM casino(ten minutes maybe). Also if you stay there and want to go to places further north on the strip its best just to walk down the street between signature and hollywood towers as opposed to walking backwards to the main MGM enterance then walking down the strip, you would be amazed at how many people do not understand angles.

All in all I recommend it.

Planning on going in for the tourney as well, roomate claims to have found some 199 round trip tickets from MCI.

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Re: vegas
« Reply #257 on: January 06, 2012, 05:04:57 PM »
Staying in Vegas next Friday-Monday. This will be my fourth time going. Any ideas for shows and/or restaurants to go to for someone that has seen most of the mainstream Vegas attractions. I'll definitely be hitting Freemont Street, gotta check out the Binions Poker Room.
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Re: vegas
« Reply #258 on: January 06, 2012, 05:21:13 PM »
Staying in Vegas next Friday-Monday. This will be my fourth time going. Any ideas for shows and/or restaurants to go to for someone that has seen most of the mainstream Vegas attractions. I'll definitely be hitting Freemont Street, gotta check out the Binions Poker Room.

you going with guys or the wife/couples?  If wife/couples have you seen Zumanity?  Pretty mainstream but we enjoyed it.  Got a couch in the front row to ourselves. 

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Re: vegas
« Reply #259 on: January 06, 2012, 05:27:11 PM »
Staying in Vegas next Friday-Monday. This will be my fourth time going. Any ideas for shows and/or restaurants to go to for someone that has seen most of the mainstream Vegas attractions. I'll definitely be hitting Freemont Street, gotta check out the Binions Poker Room.

you going with guys or the wife/couples?  If wife/couples have you seen Zumanity?  Pretty mainstream but we enjoyed it.  Got a couch in the front row to ourselves. 

Guys. Last time we got rocked at PH, still have nightmares.
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Re: vegas
« Reply #260 on: January 06, 2012, 05:28:48 PM »
Julian Serranos has fantastic tapas and those are always fun in a group.  Todd English PUB is great for watching games and drinking.  Craftsteak is great. 

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« Reply #261 on: January 06, 2012, 06:51:53 PM »
Julian Serranos has fantastic tapas and those are always fun in a group.  Todd English PUB is great for watching games and drinking.  Craftsteak is great. 

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Re: vegas
« Reply #262 on: January 06, 2012, 09:19:09 PM »
Julian Serranos has fantastic tapas and those are always fun in a group.  Todd English PUB is great for watching games and drinking.  Craftsteak is great. 

Now I know I keep weird hours, but this is vegas and that place was literally never open and I stopped by three times.

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Re: vegas
« Reply #263 on: January 07, 2012, 09:15:33 AM »
Julian Serranos has fantastic tapas and those are always fun in a group.  Todd English PUB is great for watching games and drinking.  Craftsteak is great. 

Now I know I keep weird hours, but this is vegas and that place was literally never open and I stopped by three times.

11am-2am 7 days a week

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Re: vegas
« Reply #264 on: January 07, 2012, 10:48:06 AM »
sushi samba.

i keep telling you rough ridin' retards.  sushi rough ridin' samba.


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Re: vegas
« Reply #265 on: January 07, 2012, 11:17:03 AM »
Julian Serranos has fantastic tapas and those are always fun in a group.  Todd English PUB is great for watching games and drinking.  Craftsteak is great. 

Now I know I keep weird hours, but this is vegas and that place was literally never open and I stopped by three times.

11am-2am 7 days a week

hmmmm....Maybe that is a poll question, who has weirder vegas hours?

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« Reply #266 on: January 07, 2012, 11:38:44 AM »
Just catching up on this thread, neither skinny benny or tortuga reported on their fall trips. :waiting:
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Re: vegas
« Reply #267 on: January 07, 2012, 01:17:02 PM »
Can't believe I forgot to report back about my PH Towers experience.  Sorry bros.  By far the most elite hotel I have ever stayed at in Vegas.  (The others include some low-budg ones; of course I could afford a nice place each time because I am :kstategrad:, but sometimes you just don't want to throw your riches in peoples' faces like that.)

The hotel was super duper awesome.  Went there with four bros for a bachelor party and the room was as big as my parents' upstairs.  Just huge.  As far as square footage goes, I don't think you can even count that high.  Of course, we may have gotten a special deal because our friend who booked it got absolutely terrible customer service, bitched about it, and got us an upgrade--pretty sure they gave us two rooms for the price of one and just removed the door in the middle or something.  Even if it had just been one room though, it still would've been massive.

Let's talk TVs.  Because there were 8.  One tiny one in each bathroom.  Small ones in one of the kitchens.  Large-ish ones in the bedrooms and one of the living rooms....and then in the main living room you can lower a screen over the humongous window and it becomes a dope projection TV.  Full kitchen.  Hot tub in bedroom.  Dope showers.  Humongous leather L-shaped couches.  Pretty much anything you could need. 

As for PH's other things outside of the room: Sports book seemed pretty good.  Haven't had a bunch of sports book experience in my day but this one was busy and I won money on Kazzu beating Texas Tech so it's cool with me.  Pool seemed pretty dope.  Met some Australian guys there who had been blowing coke for three days straight and taught us lots of hilarious Aussie slang.  (Ugly girls in Australia are called beanbag dragons.)  There's a pretty decent shopping mall-type place (kinda like the Venetian) if you are unfortunate enough to go to Vegas with a lady.  Pretty dece. food court although not the best ever.  They do have this one quick sandwich place, though, called Earl of Sandwich...yum.  Just yum.

Hotel is in kind of a weird place and not really on the strip, which is kind of a drag, but whatever.  Our view from our room wasn't that hot (kind of a sideways/backwards view of a little bit of the strip).  Overall though, very awesome place and would totally recommend, especially if you can call ahead to book and complain after getting terrible service and get an upgrade because of it. 

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Re: vegas
« Reply #268 on: January 07, 2012, 04:10:28 PM »
Can't believe I forgot to report back about my PH Towers experience.  Sorry bros.  By far the most elite hotel I have ever stayed at in Vegas.  (The others include some low-budg ones; of course I could afford a nice place each time because I am :kstategrad:, but sometimes you just don't want to throw your riches in peoples' faces like that.)

The hotel was super duper awesome.  Went there with four bros for a bachelor party and the room was as big as my parents' upstairs.  Just huge.  As far as square footage goes, I don't think you can even count that high.  Of course, we may have gotten a special deal because our friend who booked it got absolutely terrible customer service, bitched about it, and got us an upgrade--pretty sure they gave us two rooms for the price of one and just removed the door in the middle or something.  Even if it had just been one room though, it still would've been massive.

Let's talk TVs.  Because there were 8.  One tiny one in each bathroom.  Small ones in one of the kitchens.  Large-ish ones in the bedrooms and one of the living rooms....and then in the main living room you can lower a screen over the humongous window and it becomes a dope projection TV.  Full kitchen.  Hot tub in bedroom.  Dope showers.  Humongous leather L-shaped couches.  Pretty much anything you could need. 

As for PH's other things outside of the room: Sports book seemed pretty good.  Haven't had a bunch of sports book experience in my day but this one was busy and I won money on Kazzu beating Texas Tech so it's cool with me.  Pool seemed pretty dope.  Met some Australian guys there who had been blowing coke for three days straight and taught us lots of hilarious Aussie slang.  (Ugly girls in Australia are called beanbag dragons.)  There's a pretty decent shopping mall-type place (kinda like the Venetian) if you are unfortunate enough to go to Vegas with a lady.  Pretty dece. food court although not the best ever.  They do have this one quick sandwich place, though, called Earl of Sandwich...yum.  Just yum.

Hotel is in kind of a weird place and not really on the strip, which is kind of a drag, but whatever.  Our view from our room wasn't that hot (kind of a sideways/backwards view of a little bit of the strip).  Overall though, very awesome place and would totally recommend, especially if you can call ahead to book and complain after getting terrible service and get an upgrade because of it. 

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Re: vegas
« Reply #269 on: January 20, 2012, 10:13:32 AM »
Just booked our flights for this year's NCAA tourny.  Want a two bedroom suite.  Has anyone stayed at the Signature by MGM or the Planet Hollywood Towers?  Any other suggestions for multi room suites?

stayed at Signature.  was fine I guess, little bit of a walk to the mgm under ground.

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Re: vegas
« Reply #270 on: January 20, 2012, 11:02:05 AM »
Just booked our flights for this year's NCAA tourny.  Want a two bedroom suite.  Has anyone stayed at the Signature by MGM or the Planet Hollywood Towers?  Any other suggestions for multi room suites?

stayed at Signature.  was fine I guess, little bit of a walk to the mgm under ground.

did you have a two bedroom suite or one bedroom or studio?  which building did you stay in?  does the building matter re. the walk? 

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« Reply #271 on: January 22, 2012, 09:35:33 AM »
I just had a room.  there are for towers they are all right next to each other.    don't think one would make a diff over another

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Re: vegas
« Reply #272 on: January 22, 2012, 01:52:02 PM »
sushi samba.

i keep telling you rough ridin' retards.  sushi rough ridin' samba.

Sushi Samba= :thumbsup:

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Re: vegas
« Reply #273 on: January 22, 2012, 02:23:43 PM »
sushi samba.

i keep telling you rough ridin' retards.  sushi rough ridin' samba.

Sushi Samba= :thumbsup:

I had a roll with raw Kobe Beef. Incredible.

nice.  i'm glad you liked it.  i'm going in march and will eat there at least 14 times.


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Re: vegas
« Reply #274 on: January 23, 2012, 07:10:01 AM »
sushi samba.

i keep telling you rough ridin' retards.  sushi rough ridin' samba.

Sushi Samba= :thumbsup:

I had a roll with raw Kobe Beef. Incredible.

nice.  i'm glad you liked it.  i'm going in march and will eat there at least 14 times.

when in march?   :shakesfist: