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Old Nov 21, 2023 | 2:58 pm
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Originally Posted by yscleo
Oh, so it's not like a smell the local smoke, or dunk your head special baptism moment.

"champagne sabering"
Brings back memory of the Pearl Harbour movie scene where Ben Affleck was popping a bottle of champagne outside the hospital.
Yeah, it's often described oddly as the "evening ritual" or "evening moment" or "ritual moment" - some properties do it daily, others only on certain days. Interestingly, some properties do have an expanded take - I've seen this at St. Regis Macao, where they did have an evening cocktail and canape hour with the hotel manager after the champagne ceremony. I had a nice 1:1 conversation with the manager for about an hour - very interesting and philosophical!
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