Today 7/4 I “dined” at Caesars Palace’s bacchanal buffet.
I’m 7* and had a reservation [which was not checked], pre-Covid 7* got to the head of all queues, not now—minimal line jumping.

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The EXHORBITANT price is $74.99 + tax. Pre-Covid one seafood staple was oysters, not NOW. A few oriental hot dishes were very good, but most items I tried were mediocre, particularly the pizza, not much better that microwave frozen pizza in a supermarket.
While queuing a waitress had champagne to imbibe, i don’t know if t was FREE, my line wasn’t offered any.
HIGHLY disorganized entry procedures.
so right now even if you have ranking there is no special line for the buffet? we all have to make reservations