fyi guys , you can always get a fridge sent to the room (Orleans any mgm property) ,I top 5-10 at check in and they always send me one (don't hang the DND until you get the fridge ). if you are too cheap to tip ,say it's for medicine

This made me throw up in my mouth. Just skip to the last step if this resembles you. Is anyone that is against paying for a fridge or tipping that won't do the last step first?

I know it's not me. been overtipping my whole adult life. friends have estimated its at around 7k a year not including poker. have tried to cut back on that recently

Totally not blaming you... just the idea.

did not know parking garage was free.

also didnt know rio jacked their prices!! i know I could have gotten 5 nights for under 600$ the previous two years!!

i did not know that, thanks for the tip and I would top 10$ for sure for that

I asked about a fridge, it was 30 bucks, and supposed to be for medicine. I didn't ask, but assumed it was 30 a day. Not worth it for me.

I drive, so bringing my already-owned micro-fridge is a no-brainer. Unfortunately I seemed to have forgotten my brain so far on this trip.

Crap. When I said "you" I meant anyone reading. Not specifically you.

I'm surprised they allow for you to bring your own fridge. I've seen someone getting stopped from bringing a microwave.

I think I've mentioned this, but I brought a toaster oven to Caesars in AC when we ran the half marathon. We made a long weekend out of it and had the DND sign on the whole time. The last night we came back from dinner/gambling to hotel security knocking on our door for a wellness check. Luckily I put the toaster oven in the car after the race because they searched the room. I'm curious what the penalty would be have been.

It never occurred to me it wouldn't be allowed, lol. They actually SEARCHED your room? It wasn't really a wellness check then, they should've left as soon as they saw you were alive.

My micro-fridge is really small. As I mentioned, it holds a 6 pack of cans, no more. I doubt it uses a refrigerant, probably some type of Peltier mechanism.

I've seen people wheeling one of those huge coolers to the ice machine at Orleans. There are signs saying no filling ice chests, but rednecks gonna redneck.

I usually brought a toaster for pre-race toast with jelly but that one easily fits in the luggage.

I would expect that you're not allowed to bring anything that you wouldn't be allowed to use in an office setting without approval (in before sex toy joke)

Oh man, that's an idea! Hot bagels in the room!

I think we were only there 3 nights and were confused when we saw people knocking on our door as we were coming back. It was a hotel employee (I don't remember their title) and security. We told them that we were there for the race and had a friendly conversation, but yes, they did search the room.

And I don't think they cared that we were alive if they searched the room.

Sorry for the derail. I assume a toaster oven is a much bigger risk than a mini fridge. I also didn't think the $25 charge at Caesars was per night, but I don't think I've ever had a room without one.

I wouldn't think a mini fridge is any real risk at all but I'm obviously not an expert.

I've read that the #1 "bad" personal item that should never be allowed at an office is a sandwich maker. I guess they have a higher risk of causing a short than most other appliances and stuff in there can catch fire. Also obviously the risk of boiling hot stuff dripping out and risk for personal injury but the latter at least shouldn't be an insurance problem for a hotel.

Based on that I would think that items like toaster and toaster oven are pretty high up the bad item list, too.

Based on that I would say microwave as well. Although I haven't seen Diesel complain at all about being hassled for his rice cooker.

Not to continue the derail, but an induction plate is much safer if you're looking to heat things up... and not all that big.

i can confirm aria and bellagio will bring you a free mini-fridge if you tell them it's for insulin.

This made me lol.

Another Orleans note - they have room service! Horseshoe doesn't have room service. Paris doesn't have room service.

How sad!

Paris doesn't have room service anymore? That's extremely surprising

Stayed in the Versaille tower at Paris for 8 nights for WSOP/tourneys. It's still for all intents and purposes a Horseshoe tower at least for now. Can't access it from Paris, can't check in at Paris.

Room was clean and generally comfortable. I had "strip view" and the noise from Drais was considerable. Luckily had brought some melatonin/CBD/THC sleep gummies. Shower recently renovated and they don't have a ledge for soap/shampoo which is incredibly incredibly stupid.

Would be extremely convenient for anyone largely playing deepstacks/megas, as was literally 2 minutes from a table in the Normandy ballroom to my room.

For $180 all in for 8 nights, definitely worth it. Hopefully they have shower ledge next time at least. Bring noise reduction/sleep aid.

why would you stay at Orleans if you can afford room service

is Drai's every night or weekend only?

Nope, they have something called Caesars Eats, which sounds like Uber Eats. NOT brought to you on a cart, with real plates and silverware.

My Friday night Vegas ritual used to be:
don't eat anything all day to have an empty stomach
fly to Vegas
pre-game at the poker table sucking down $1 beers, which hammer me because of the empty stomach
when I can hardly stand, stumble to the cab stand and head for the strip club(s)
finish the job of getting drunk with expensive strip club beers and friendly young ladies. I don't know for sure because I often couldn't remember what happened.
get back to the room and order ROOM SERVICE because I haven't eaten since yesterday. Caesar salad, hot wings, and spaghetti. I could nibble on that cart all the next day as I nursed my hangover.

It's really a shame so many of these activities have been broken by circumstance. The best strip clubs are long gone and so is the room service. Just as well, I'm too old to enjoy these things as I used to.