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Apr 29, 2005, 12:30 pm

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Apr 30, 2005, 9:03 am

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Anyone been to Wynn yet? What are the table minimums?

Ssia...

May 1, 2005, 4:39 pm

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Restaurant Overview

For those of you interested in an overview of the restaurant offerings & prices, follow this link to an informative review on the Las Vegas Sun's website.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/st...518674876.html

FYI ... I already tried to book Okada for a Saturday evening two weeks out, and they had nothing before 10:30pm. I assume they're holding a good number of the seats back for hotel guests (as I was asked whether or not I was one.)

May 2, 2005, 2:30 am

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The Wynn is a very large casino-hotel with a floor area the size of a couple of football fields. The decor is breathtaking. I visited the first day it was open and the table minimums ranged from $25-500 at blackjack and $15-25 at craps. Slot machines range from 1c-$5000. I had lots of fun there. The only negatives I observed are: the place is very, very, large (mother-in-law got lost); and there are few bathrooms, located at quite some distance from the gaming area and hard to find -- if you have a weak bladder stay away, you won't make it.

May 2, 2005, 10:46 am

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MBstone-what did you think of the decor?I got one report from a guy who said"well it(the cost) must be all in the rooms becase the hotel is not so grand"
I find that hard to belive knowing Mr. Wynns love of the "wow"factor.
Also,did you eat in any of the restaurants?The Buffet?Prices?

May 3, 2005, 8:29 pm

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i agree with your friend

It was not all that impressive considering the hype. Many of the flowers were fake! I have tons of pictures, maybe I'll get off my duff and put them on the internet tomorrow or Thursday. Then you can decide for yourself. But it doesn't look like a billion-plus dollars.

And the poster who said there weren't enough bathrooms? You are SOOOO correct.

And what's with the big statue of a shoe in the parking lot? Yikes.

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May 4, 2005, 9:05 am

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The pictures I saw (link posted in another thread here) weren't that impressive.

I mean really, there's only so much you can do with a casino. Though if the plants are plastic, that's pretty lame.

One of my top casinos right now is the Borgata. It's pretty simple, not overly opulent, but understated classy.

May 4, 2005, 12:12 pm

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Pretty much all the plants in Mandaley Bay are fake.Bellagio(outside of the conservetory)and Mirage are 50/50 %
These are such huge structures that they cannot think of going with 100% real plants-even with the incredible greenhouses that both properties utilise.

May 4, 2005, 2:09 pm

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well I posted a few pictures

I didn't feel like posting all the same pictures of flower balls in the trees and mosaics as everybody else but I posted a few of my pictures if you are brave:

http://peachfront.diaryland.com/whackwynn.html

Yeah, agreed, a casino is a casino is a casino but with all the hype I just expected more. Don't really know what more. At least they are not killing any magnolia trees like they did at Beau Rivage in Biloxi. :-)

May 4, 2005, 2:23 pm

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Originally Posted by peachfront

If people want to spend $1 mil for a diamond, what's your beef? Same goes for $10K handbags and $500 shoes. I was there Friday night and could barely move it was so packed. I don't forsee a shortage of visitors any time soon. And with people paying $300 a night and up for a room, I don't forsee a shortage of profits either.

May 4, 2005, 2:54 pm

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What's with the shoe?

May 4, 2005, 3:04 pm

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They have a review up at Cheapo Vegas.

May 4, 2005, 10:38 pm

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Originally Posted by bigguyinpasadena

The rooms are awesome. Please see my post in "Luxury Hotels." I ate room service and at the Terrace Pointe Cafe (coffee shop). Room service, I had shrimp quesadillas and kung pao chicken ($45); at the cafe, I had stuffed clams ($12) and beef tenderloin ($29) -- all comp. I did not eat at The Buffet. Both cafe and buffet had long lines, which I was able to skip at the cafe because I had a comp. I did not observe an "invited guest" line at the buffet. My best recollection is that The Buffet is on the order of $23 for lunch and $27 for dinner.

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May 5, 2005, 2:50 am

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The Buffet is on the order of $23 for lunch and $27 for dinner.

Whoa, that's pretty expensive for a buffet. I paid $27 for a dinner buffet at Bellagio and that was their Labor Day Champagne Dinner. I hope Wynn's buffet was worth it.

May 5, 2005, 11:19 am

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that's my question -- why the shoe?

I don't get the shoe. It's just silly in my humble opinion. As are the flower balls, which are only impressive if they are real flowers but become sad and tacky when you realize that there are so many fakes woven in. I know, tough crowd. But that's my opinion. I expect more for the money. (Well, I guess I mean I expect more for their money. I'm like the other guy, I only do comps in Vegas.)

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Originally Posted by Doppy

What's with the shoe?

Last edited by peachfront; May 5, 2005 at 11:23 am Reason: clarification