Day 2 con't
Zuma
D set this up for us. None of us have ever been here, and I'm always down to try a new place. Plus, he's got several hundo in comp at least which we can use, and all the other guys are planning on picking up our meals since D and I supplied the rooms/Delilah at the Wynn.
We go with the upgraded omakase menu. It seemed like the right choice given we all planned on sharing anyways. The food was 7-8/10, downgraded slightly bc the restaurant was your typical super loud trendy Vegas place where you have to shout to even be heard. I know that's an atmosphere thing but it makes the meal less IMO. Highlights included the beef sliders, the black cod and the dessert platter- there were at least 10 different things buried somewhere on that huge bowl, all worth eating.
After, D goes to apply his comp- and we wait. And wait. Finally, he's told he needs to go to the Identity desk to get a comp, THEN come back to the restaurant? That doesn't seem right. At a minimum, he was planning on using his points. Plus, we've gotten him to the highest status since we've been playing VP on his card here. I'm spoiled by the Wynn, but it seems ludicrous that the guest needs to leave the restaurant and walk all the way to the Identity desk, wait in line, secure comp, then come BACK up to fix everything. So, D goes and I go with him to grab a smoke.
We find someone at the desk who immediately realizes something is weird. She grabs a manager- that's good. Manager physically comes with us to restaurant. Once back, the Identity manager and the restaurant manager start talking. It's hard to hear, but it seems there is some sort of fundamental disconnection in policy. I hear them blame the impending merge with MGM for screwing up the process.
We wait a good 30 min before we find out- D has to check in!!!! and be a registered guest at the hotel. So, Cosmo will book him into a dummy room, D needs to check in, bill the food to the room, then they will retroactively apply comp. WTF. J and I have had enough. Everyone else was planning on hanging out at Cosmo anyways, so J and I bail and say we'll see them back at the Wynn. Postscript- D had to wait in line 10 min to check in. Total bill was 1400$, he was hoping to apply 500$ food comp. Ultimately, when his host got wind of the fiasco she ended up comping 1000$, so the other dudes just owed 400$ + tip. However, over an hr of our lives were wasted on this process.
J and I head back to the Wynn. Man, I hate Cosmo. OK, where were we? I'm stuck a little over 20k for the trip, have had dealt quads 4 times, and 2 5 digit hits. We sit at spin poker since it's the only thing that seems to be letting us play right now.
Bang! That all important center spot. Twice with kicker and three times without! 5 digit hit number 3!
This machine is awesome. Dealt quads number 5!
Man if we could turn up the frequency of the premiums this would be an amazing trip.
We've made quite a comeback. It's almost midnight and I think we were only stuck 5k for the trip now. J decides to head to bed, I keep playing and spin cools off quite a bit. I decide to hit UX again bc it "can't" stay bad, right? Wrong- dump back 5k instafast before I smack myself and go upstairs. Argh. Can't believe I've had 3 5 digit hits this trip and I'm still stuck!
Day 2 result- -10k
Overall- --10k
Dealt quads- 5, 1 premium
5 digit hits- 3
Day 3 coming soon...