MGM Signature Trip Report

Saturday- Checked into the 950 sq. feet One Bedroom Suite at The Signature @MGM. 23rd floor strip view with a balcony…easily the best room the wife and I have ever stayed in!! Full kitchen with SubZero fridge..oven..microwave..dishwasher. Great for storing leftovers and cooking quick breakfast in the morning…really a money saver!! Two bathrooms with the master having double separate sinks and Jacuzzi tub. Headed to dinner at Rice and Company using $50 dollars off when you spend $100 voucher through MyVegas. Place was delicious as always. Ate half of our food and took the rest to the room and into the fridge. Hit the slots for a bit at MGM and scored a $1013 jackpot on Cherries Jubilee progressive (located next to the Majestic Lions ..which seemed to be getting no play all week). Gave a little back at Luxor before calling it a night…not before spending a little bit of time out on that balcony enjoying that Vegas Skyline.

Sunday – Cooked up eggs and bacon sandwiches for an early morning breakfast in the room. Spent the rest of the morning in the MGM Sportsbook watching my beloved Bears get pummeled by the Patriots while the wife got a full body massage…Least one of us had fun ? Devoured the rest of Rice & Company for lunch before using complimentary monorail tickets (MyVegas) to head to the new SLS. Very nice modern redux of the Sahara… Signed up for their new slot club (CODE).. got a few bucks of free play and turned it into 115 dollars playing video Keno (my favorite). Took monorail back to the new Linq area. Very nice what they have done with that walkway up to the HighRoller. Spent the rest of the afternoon at the Mirage before heading to Caesars for the Bacchanal Buffet. We were able to use our Rewards Credits gained through Social Rewards to comp the entire meal ..which was $53.99 per person. They give you a quick tour of the place before seating you. It also comes with one comp beer or wine with each meal. Meal was excellent and the place was gigantic…def recommend to all.

Monday- Fixed more breakfast in the room before heading out to Downtown area. Visited Container Park which was pretty cool. Entire complex of businesses all run out of shipping containers. Bout some beef jerky at JoJo’s and some excellent chocolates at JinJu Chocolates. Jin the owner could not have been nicer. Headed downtown to do a little gambling… Indulged in deep fried Twinkies and Oreos at Mermaids. Stopped into the Golden Nugget for a few to donate some cash and then head back to the strip. Ate Lunch at Mandalay Bay Bayside Buffet (MyVegas Comp). Pretty good food…..nothing too exciting to write home about but it did the job of filling me up until dinner. Did some gambling at Monte Carlo throughout the afternoon until catching the tram over to the Bellagio for dinner.(MyVegas Comp) Bellagio Buffet was quite nice…..excellent choices all around from the prime rib…sushi….crab legs. Very good selection. Gamble a bit and broke even at Bellagio before heading over to Excalibur for a little table game action. Lost a little bit on Let it Ride….and called it a night.

Tuesday- Slept in a little bit and the wife wanted to chill in the room for a bit. She told me to go back down to the casino and hit those Cherries Jubilee machines again and win..haha. I headed back downstairs and sat down at the Cherries and lightning struck twice and I hit it again for $1024 bucks…woohoo!! I love these machines…(third time hitting them in past two trips). Met the wife downstairs and shared my good fortune with her…she said she had a feeling I would hit it again. We headed over to Aria for their Lunch Buffet (MyVegas comp). Aria never disappoints with their buffet. Awesome selection as always and their desserts are always on point. Gambled at the Aria for next three hours and was killing it playing MultiCard Keno again. Headed over to Monte Carlo for Dinner at Brand Steakhouse ( (2) $50 MyVegas Monte Carlo Food Credit Vouchers). We both had the Short Rib, Mac and Cheese and Mashed Potatoes and don’t forget to ask for the Bread (request only). Spent the rest of the evening gambling at Monte Carlo…..wife hit a nice hot streak on the slots. Called it a night but not before hitting up Corner Cupcakes at MGM for some goodies.

Wednesday- Check out day….ate what was left of our breakfast rations. Went downstairs to the MLife booth to see if I was worthy of any comps for my stay. Much to my enjoyment…..they were able to comp off the two most expensive nights (Sat and Sun) and almost 50 bucks off of my food. We were also able to retain our Gold MLife status after this one trip…..with a tick over 77,000 tier points.
Nothing better than visiting one of our favorite places on earth….getting to stay in an awesome room….eat great (mostly free food) and catch fire gambling….. one trip for the ages. Shout out to MyVegas and Social Rewards for feeding my wife and I like royalty for four days… and of course to the Cherries Jubilee machines that have been so kind to me this year. Till next time kids………….

Nice report and great use of comps! Thanks for writing.

I have tried My Vegas, and just cannot get into the game!!! I read about many people getting free comps, but when I play the games, I get no credits added to be able to use later. I must be doing something wrong!

Thanks for the report. I love video Keno also, and that's usually all I play in all the casinos.

Sounds like a great trip. I always try to play that Cherries Jubilee machine when I'm at MGM although it's not been as kind to me as it was to you.
Thanks for sharing your trip, we head out in the 14th for 3 nights @ Paris, so I love reading these reports while I prepare for our trip.

Thanks for the report, good use of comps and congratulations on the nice gaming hits, especially the ones for $1k+!

RecVPPlayer

Thanks guys....... My wife is usually the big slot player......I stick mostly to multicard Video Keno (i know is has about as good as payback as a penny machine......but they have been really lucky for me over the past 20 or so years!), table games with the occasional small progressive slot machine
Nothing better than Vegas atmosphere to relax and take it all in.....

The Wizard Of Odds website actually has a Keno Pay Analyzer where you can input the pay schedule and it can tell you what the game returns and what the Variance (Volatility rate) is.

RecVPPlayer

Thanks so much for the great trip report. We have reservations for the same kind of room as you stayed in for December and it's nice to find out the room is nice. We will also be using some rewards from MyVegas too. I agree with you about both the Aria buffet and the Bacchanal. Both excellent. I have a question for you. What is the social reward you talked about to get the free bacchanal buffets and how do you get it? Also, what tower did you stay in?

Thanks.

candydave.......... We stayed in Tower 2...although all three towers are the same :-) Tower 2 has Delights (little eatery that has excellent selections and Tower 1 has a Starbucks....which is right down the hall from Tower 2. They are all interconnected via indoor walkways and only about a 5 min moving walkway ride to the MGM..dont be fooled by all the whiners who say that it takes like 20 minutes....they must have crawled..haha.
It was seriously the best hotel experience ever in Vegas and i am in Vegas alot. Place is gated and only accessable by room key after 11pm....very secure.....and completely non smoking.
For your question regarding Social Rewards.......just log on to SocialRewards.com and you can set up a free account. You basically can link it to all your social media accounts and you basically earn Total Rewards Credits by liking stuff and watching videos that are provided by all the Caesars Las Vegas Properties. We were able to accumulate around 170 bucks between the both of us over the past few months. Every little bit counts and this trip cost me literally next to nothing to eat....... Hope your Dec trip is awesome!!!

RecVPPlayer........ love The Wizard of Odds site!!