That's assuming Eric would consent to even knowing me, in public, highly doubtful outside of AU.Visit GG-1.
AlohaThat's assuming Eric would consent to even knowing me, in public, highly doubtful outside of AU.Visit GG-1.
Aloha
If Jerry has a car, there are/were 2 Embassy Suites (part of HHonors) both on Paridise. That way he could get 500 twice!
Elvis must be rolling in his Grave! :giggle: (Of course in a Pinch there is always Chez Eric!
)But I am not on the Monorail Route. I am about 3-4 Miles from the Sahara Station.Elvis must be rolling in his Grave! :giggle: (Of course in a Pinch there is always Chez Eric!
Tropicanna (X frm MGM Grand) is partnered with HH, as is Hilton Grand Vacations, (next to Famingo) and the Hilton Grand Vacation Suites. (Next to convention center). So I'm golden
Very Kool, Did not know Tropicana was a partner, it is a really good hotel. I have seen several Hilton Grand Vacations Hotels around town just did not know any were near the monorail.
Main Street Station (the hotel) is still open and has s good buffet. The monorail station at Sahara is named Sahara Station, and is behind what was the Sahara Station (currently closed and being remodeled) If it had a nickname I never heard it. Like the former Las Vegas Hilton (now going by LVH) the Sahara will be renamed with initials (I forget which) OJ is an arrogant fool.
OK Eric, you lost me on the "OJ is an arrogant fool." Was that a ref i shud know, or did u type in wrong window?
As for the Plaza Hotel....only reason I would go there, for a bit of nostalgia, of the many times I rode the Desert Wind in and out of there......OK Eric, you lost me on the "OJ is an arrogant fool." Was that a ref i shud know, or did u type in wrong window?
Took monorail to scout out stops for my hotel hopping today, then bus to te REAL downtown Vegas. If you HAVENT been, DO IT, it's like a time warp! Golden Nugget, Binions, way "retro cool" except not retro, but "realtro" (did i just make up a new word?)
Got to In-N-Out Burger at 9:00AM, (noon EST) but they wudn't open early for me
And sadly, I must admit, I am not a true railfan, as I wud not go to the Plaza Hotel, just to see an old Amtrak stop".
)Not everyone can be a High Roller and hang on the Strip! Nickel Slot Players and the 99 cent Shrimp Cocktail/$7 Buffet Crowd need a place to go in Vegas too! 
Every time I've been on the Zephyr, they've made strongly-worded announcements approaching Reno about not trying to make it upstairs and across the street to the casino during the station stop -- enough to make me think it does happen, at least occasionally.
That's okay. Most AUers aren't really railfans either; just traveling types who take trains. An Amtrak passenger (even a frequent one) does not a railfan make.
Yeah.....that's what I suspected. On the DW, it happened virtually every trip. Not too big a deal if you were headed to LA, just catch a freqent Greyhound from the adjacent terminal for the five hour ride. If you were headed East, you were S.O.L...... :huh:
