Biloxi, May 2026

I guess you have to be from somewhere where it's already very humid in the summer (and in that part of the planet, it's definitely already summer) in order to tolerate Biloxi this time of year. I've visited the area several times, but almost always in the winter, when it was very nice. The one time I visited in late April, it was like someone had soaked a blanket in hot water and then draped it over my head--and I couldn't remove it!

I guess I have a non-gambler's mindset at this point. I can dump money into a slot machine or at a carny table game at any one of dozens of places. And I can eat teppanyaki at any of a thousand places, and of course, minor league baseball is easily accessible everywhere. So I kind of wonder...what's the point? If I'm in Biloxi, I want to see what makes the place unique, see and do things that aren't available elsewhere. But the casinos? My God, they're one "feature" that is anything but unique. A Big Fat Resort casino looks exactly the same, whether it's in Biloxi, Vegas, AC, the Sockitoomie Reservation in Wisconsin, Tampa, Reno...you get the idea. Bop me on the head and dump me on the casino floor, and when I wake up, I'll be hard-pressed to tell you which casino I'm in, and where.

I guess it's partly due to gaming regulations and partly due to gamblers' expectations (they want McDonald's, even on the moon), but boy, I can't believe how every. single. goddamn. casino. is the same as the next. It seems ludicrous to travel to any casino town other than the nearest one. It's like, well, driving or flying 1,000 miles to eat at...McDonald's.

1998 was the last time I was in Biloxi.    I lived in Destin, Fl at the time,   Lots of good memories.    

thanks for the report.   Makes me want to go again.

Well, PJ, my family and I did vacations in Ft. Walton, always visiting Destin for dinner.  I miss those days. 

Folks from Florida, Clearwater-St. Pete for one, do the charter to Beau Rivage/Gulfport.  They transport you to the hotel, luggage from airport to your hotel room (one or two hours after landing), pick you and luggage up on day of departure.  Pretty easy for us old people.  Still a lot of folks from the Gulf states enjoy driving to and from, do stopovers along the way.

Everybody pans anything MGM, but the buffet at Beau is very good, and the diner, and Stalla, Italian theme. On the weekend the BetMGM serves burgers and fahitas etc.   People talk about liking Treasure Bay a lot.  One couple we know love the IP.  There is the Hopper (trolley), a bargain for casino-ing around all day.  

The vibe in Biloxi is so nice, peaceful.  In the fall they have "Crusin' The Coast" down Beach Blvd.  Folks bring their vintage/classic vehicles.  Folks sit in lawn chairs enjoying the cars as they pass by.

Candy

Thanks so much for posting, Candy.  Sounds like a fun trip overall.  I do like Biloxi, love the Gulf Coast cuisine and it's nice to be able to take a walk on the beach at a gambling destination.

I really miss all those cheapo air packages out of St Pete-Clearwater (and many other places), 15 years ago there were probably five or six options, now it's just the Beau, and we don't have significant MGM play so it would be over $1000 for the both of us.  Still some playable stuff at Treasure Bay and IP, although IP is Boyd, so no perks at all.