Pondering a weekend trip to Tunica or Biloxi, Miss.....

**GGW Laurie** · 15th February 2008, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by brianzz

Best I could work was 85 Fri and 120 Sat at the Quality Inn on casino strip resorts Blvd, must be expecting a busy weekend.

........thanks brian, still waiting on call from exec host at the fitz but if not, have back up plan b at a non casino inn close to the strip and if all fails i have back up plan c at the trusty ole (mold) gold strike

just hate to pay those high rates for a crappy room..............thank you and garry for the help on the room rates and contacts.........................laurie

**mush** · 15th February 2008, 04:11 PM

have you guys ever stayed at the grand in tunica? they still have rooms, but i've never stayed there. of course, my husband is out of town working and i guess i'm supposed to just have this whole trip planned and ready when he gets home this afternoon.......

................apparently, he's working in the middle of nowhere w/no resources of his own, even though his blackberry sure seems to work just fine......

sorry for that little bit of venting that i needed to do.......whew, i feel a lot better now......

**NASHVEGAS** · 15th February 2008, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by mush

have you guys ever stayed at the grand in tunica? they still have rooms, but i've never stayed there. of course, my husband is out of town working and i guess i'm supposed to just have this whole trip planned and ready when he gets home this afternoon.......

................apparently, he's working in the middle of nowhere w/no resources of his own, even though his blackberry sure seems to work just fine......

sorry for that little bit of venting that i needed to do.......whew, i feel a lot better now......

Hi Mush, I have never stayed at the Grand as I have always prefered The Horseshoe and the nice treatment I get there. In November, when Laurie and hubby Jim joined me in Tunny for a w-e, Laurie et ux did stay at the Grand and Laurie said they comped the rooms when she mentioned she had come to Tunica to support me in a BJ tourney at the Shoe. Laurie never mentioned anything negative to me about their stay at the Grand so I assume it was grand,lol!.......Also the local Nashville Harrah's junkets are all to the Grand so I believe it is considered enjoyable for a w-e trip but since I am impulsive and have stayed in Tunny as long as 21 days (fine for Vegas but I should have been commited for a 21 day stay in Tunny), I prefer The Shoe as I usually get the same exact apartment style suite on my crazy adventures.....Hope it all works out for both you and Laurie. Sorry, I could not help more and still not even sure if my contact ever called Laurie back!

**anniemac** · 15th February 2008, 09:57 PM

Ya'll are making me so sick!! Wish I was going with. I've stayed at the Grand twice, once at the casino and once at, I believe, the Grand Veranda. Both excellent. The hotel at the casino is a little older, of course, than the Veranda and the Veranda is very nice. Shuttle service was great as well as hotel service. For the life of me, I can't see staying 21 day at Tunica but 2-3isn't bad.

Hope you all have a great time and lots of luck.

**GGW Laurie** · 15th February 2008, 10:12 PM

well i wont be going after all, i guess jim and i will make a day trip to metropolis or aztar sat or sunday, and try to go at the end of the month as i have been told my rooms will be comped at the fitz

, there are so many peeps in tunica now that we have decided to wait. i hope anyone going this weekend has a great time.......................laurie

**mush** · 19th February 2008, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by lauriejim

well i wont be going after all, i guess jim and i will make a day trip to metropolis or aztar sat or sunday, and try to go at the end of the month as i have been told my rooms will be comped at the fitz

, there are so many peeps in tunica now that we have decided to wait. i hope anyone going this weekend has a great time.......................laurie

we actually DID end up going on saturday. i'm sorry you guys didn't get to go. we ended up staying at sam's town b/c by the time we finally decided to go, there were only rooms there and at the grand. i was actually online making reservations with the grand when i came to my senses and decided the $300+ we would save for 2 nights by staying at sam's town meant.........sam's town here we come!!!!!

i've never even been inside sam's town in tunica before this weekend, so i wasn't really sure what to expect, but when i am going to a casino i would choose a larger bankroll over 4 star lodging any day. don't get me wrong, i would prefer to have both, but when i know i'm going to be in the room a few hours of those 2 days anyway and i am asleep pretty much all of those hours i can live w/o turndown service.

i'm exhausted right now, so i'm not going to recap our whole trip tonight, but i plan to share the highlights b/c we had such a roller-coaster ride..........all ended well, so its a good story. for a tease................we checked in, headed to the room and i was back down in the casino w/in about 15 min.....

........i had $40 in my pocket, so i decided to sit down to play before i went to the atm, with hopes of not having to go at all!!! since i had never been before, i wanted to walk around and see everything, but i wanted a drink more, so i sat down at a machine right in the main walkway to enter the casino hoping to get a drink quickly and keep walking. the machine i sat down at was called wild times (i think, but i had never played it before). it had 3 reels with a bonus feature that gave you a chance of winning 2x-25x your bet. anyway, i was not expecting to win anything on my first machine and i was pre-occupied with finding a waitress, so i'm sure everyone can understand my surprise when on my 2nd spin i hit the bonus feature giving me a $350 win on a $.75 bet!!!!!!! to be continued.....

**brianzz** · 19th February 2008, 04:43 PM

the only thing I really hate about Sams Town is most of the rooms there are in Eastern Arkansas, really long walk from the casino

**Mousey** · 19th February 2008, 05:18 PM

When we stayed at Sam's in Dec. I was pleasantly surprised to find we had one of the 'new' comfy beds. Up until that time they'd always had those ol' hard hotel beds that hurt come morning. I love Sam's. Never have to pay for room or food -- and now they have comfy beds -- that's all I need.

Of course it wouldn't hurt if I could hit a RF next trip....

Brianzz... not all rooms at Sam's are on the outer edge of the galaxy.