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11-24-2011 , 12:25 AM

#26

highinaroom

journeyman

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 283

not bad. its probably about 60+ for gas/tolls driving. What's up with the slot dollars?

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11-24-2011 , 02:05 AM

#27

stoopmonkey

adept

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 716

you get $25 when you get off the bus to play at whatever casino they drop you at

Its a good deal, $37 and the return trip is open ended. You can catch a bus back to the city pretty much 24 hours a day, they have at least 1 bus leaving from a casino on the board walk. This makes it super easy to go down to AC for at least 1 or 2 nights, and stay for 5 or 6 if I change my mind, and never have to worry about saving that last buck for your bus ticket home!

Only bad thing is none of the buses take you directly to borgata.

They do stop in brooklyn sometimes though, i think flatbush.

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11-24-2011 , 03:37 AM

#28

SteveMorge

centurion

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 171

FYI

In order to cash out the slot dollars you have to run that amount through the machine. So, if you get 25 slot dollars and decide to bet 25¢ per spin, you need to do 100 spins before you can cash out. Therefore, on average it's like a free $20-$22.

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11-24-2011 , 02:31 PM

#29

blah45

adept

Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 829

im horrible with nyc directions but according to google maps the port authority is 3 minutes from Penn station? Is that from the msg side?

Im considering doing a bus once bc between tolls/gas/car miles it will be the same or less with my train ticket to the city

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11-24-2011 , 09:48 PM

#30

chester cheetah

adept

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 718

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Originally Posted by MRBAA

Chinatown bus is free in dollars but occaisonally you pay with your life.

the only thing im a life nit about

if theres one breed i dont trust to begin with its cheap chinatown long haul bus drivers

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11-24-2011 , 10:44 PM

#31

stoopmonkey

adept

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 716

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Originally Posted by blah45

Port authority is 1 avenue west of times square.

Easy and interesting walk from Penn Station, just walk up town and turn left on 42nd.

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11-25-2011 , 10:44 AM

#32

beetman

old hand

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,507

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Originally Posted by SteveMorge

If the slot vouchers from the NYC buses are similar to the ones from the Philadelphia buses, they are also good for video poker, which has a lower house hold. It's pretty easy to find VP machines that pay out 99.5%, like 9/6 Jacks or Better, in which case your $25 is worth about $24.88.

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11-27-2011 , 05:24 PM

#33

ngrund

adept

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,058

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Originally Posted by blah45

you want to exit Penn at 34th and 8th (PATH and A Train end) port authority is 42nd and 8th-6 block walk or one stop on A train

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11-27-2011 , 05:56 PM

#34

highinaroom

journeyman

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 283

Big +:
Slot dollars = free money if you just throw the ticket in and cash out as soon as you can. I did this at Harrah's last time I was there. Got a $25 voucher in the mail, threw it in a video poker machine for like 5 minutes then cashed out.

No parking, gas, or tolls to pay for.

No worrying about staying awake driving home at 3 am on a Saturday night.

Cocktails if you please

Anyone have any tips for getting comped rooms?? A reg at Borgata recently was telling me about getting free rooms all the time, and he was just playing 1-2. Don't know if he was playing other table games in the casino too tho...

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11-27-2011 , 11:38 PM

#35

Crystal ExtacY

old hand

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,346

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Originally Posted by MRBAA

Chinatown bus is free in dollars but occaisonally you pay with your life.

yeah, it can be quite shady with some buses.

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11-29-2011 , 01:39 AM

#36

vierna

newbie

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 25

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Originally Posted by highinaroom

Greyhound has wifi now? Awesome! How much are round trip tickets?

yeah, if you get the newer buses they have nice spacious leather seats also. but you might get those buses maybe 1 out of 6 times. the other times they are **** and a lot of animals on the buses on weekends

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03-09-2012 , 04:01 AM

#37

Frenbar

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,319

I got an email today about a bus from Long Island/Manhattan for $45 round trip ($60 overnight). The bus in the picture looks brand new and offers many amenities, but as someone who has taken a (very crappy, terrible) bus to AC before I'd like a first hand review.

Has anyone taken this bus yet? Is it really a new bus with huge seats, wi-fi and multiple flat screen tv's as advertised? Do they offer any food/slot vouchers with the bus ticket like other AC casinos? (no mention in ad)

Here is a screenshot of the ad they sent me

http://postimage.org/image/6mlbv2kpd/

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03-09-2012 , 09:44 AM

#38

BooG690

grinder

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 454

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Originally Posted by Frenbar

I've used this bus. Most of the time, the Luxury Liner shows up. Some of the time, a ****tier bus shows up. Luxury Liner bus is awesome, ****tier bus isn't. They stopped offering food vouchers but they do give slot vouchers. I forgot how much.

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03-09-2012 , 10:20 AM

#39

gruziaboy92

centurion

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 179

quite simple ... go to chinatown purchase ticket that stops at caesars comes to $27 then redeem your slot and table game cuopon and sell it to the chineese crackheads outside with pre rolled $22 in their hands and you go baisically for free

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03-09-2012 , 11:50 AM

#40

stoopmonkey

adept

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 716

hampton is awesome, and they now go directly to Borgata!

Only problems are much more limited schedule than greyhound, it's $60, and it doesn't say anything about slot dollars.

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03-10-2012 , 08:17 AM

#41

reebs

stranger

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 7

great that this bus goes direct to borgata now but the aces train at 29 bucks each way from penn station wasnt bad either- but its seasonal.
Not sure it will run again this year tho.

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03-10-2012 , 09:09 AM

#42

P0nzi

banned

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 983

price sucks, dont appear to be rebates
the schedule is awful
only 2 options to leave are 745 and 930 pm
probably doesnt matter if you're going to play pit games, but thats absolutely worthless for poker

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03-10-2012 , 12:34 PM

#43

icallunoob

grinder

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 611

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Originally Posted by P0nzi

ditto, its 2 hours, just suck it up on the greyhound

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03-10-2012 , 01:18 PM

#44

stoopmonkey

adept

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 716

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Originally Posted by reebs

great that this bus goes direct to borgata now but the aces train at 29 bucks each way from penn station wasnt bad either- but its seasonal.
Not sure it will run again this year tho.

Aces was cancelled earlier this week. For good.

I agree with you guys, Hampton is really nice, but I'll just be sucking it up and taking greyhound or academy.

In a perfect world, I would take hampton to borgata, and get the same deal as the other buses.

I did once buy a groupon for hampton, $5 round trip to resorts, with $5 slot and $5 food (didnt use food) - last summer.

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03-12-2012 , 06:37 PM

#45

MarkyMark

enthusiast

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 58

Aces was cancelled?? That really sucks but I didn't like their schedule anyway.

I take the luckystreaks bus almost every weekend and it sucks a little when it's really crowded and the person next to you decides to eat their cheap chicken wing next to you. I also would say Bose headphones are a must as some people are.just very loud, even on the nightbus back.

Other than that, its a convient ride if you play at the boardwalk casinos. Sucks a little if you play at harrahs or borgata.

The time on the bus is well spent listening to podcasts or just snoozing off and its probably the best value. The fact that you can just go on any bus is great.

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03-12-2012 , 10:38 PM

#46

Blueshoes100

centurion

Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 128

Why not take the train/ sub-way to AC. I have never done it but i heard it is easy, true?

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03-12-2012 , 10:48 PM

#47

Tony_P

Crimson Challenge Conqueror

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 12,024

No, it's not true. In fact if you read the posts directly above yours you'll see the train no longer runs.

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03-12-2012 , 10:51 PM

#48

GTL

veteran

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,330

i've taken academy for a few 3 day trips. i'm going to be doing a week in april, how do the round trip tickets work if you are staying for more than a few days?

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03-12-2012 , 10:52 PM

#49

doctorbonez

enthusiast

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 62

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Originally Posted by gruziaboy92

If you have a total rewards card, its 19$ + $2 tip on the return trip. You get a $20 direct bet (not match play) and $20 slots. Ive taken the ctown bus multiple times and never had a problem, they usually even keep to speed limits. I like them also b/c they have a pretty flexible schedule (probably 8 buses daily from chinatown, also departs from brooklyn and flushing) I think the return rides are good for 3 days.

the worse part is its a pretty cramped ride.. wont matter if you are a cheap bastard and are small. but if you are tall, its gonna suck (worse than economy class seats on planes)

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03-13-2012 , 01:35 AM

#50

Frenbar

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,319

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Originally Posted by doctorbonez

the worse part is its a pretty cramped ride.. wont matter if you are a cheap bastard and are small. but if you are tall, its gonna suck (worse than economy class seats on planes)

This is why I asked about the new Borgata bus advertisement. I am tall and have taken the bus to AC from Long Island (Westbury) and it was worse then an airplane. There was no legroom, the seats were tiny, and the AC was broken in the middle of summer (I was the only one under 80 - was seriously waiting for people to die). As far as I know there aren't many other AC bus lines that leave from Nassau County, Long Island that are decent, but if there are do tell.

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