Just arrived here at Mohegan Sun - Seeing Alice Cooper and Motley Crüe tomorrow night with my Pops - Going to venture down to the casino and check out the sights, sounds and smells First session: Asian lady hovering at table next to me with 3 blacks and 3 greens - I was waiting for her to pounce on the table as soon as my dealer was about the deal...of course, she did and the dealer and I chuckled - Why would she sit down at a 100 table with 375? It makes no sense to me - The first hand she also bet 25 on the "match the dealer" side bet - On the first hand I was dealt a 20 to a Dealer blackjack - Asian lady lost first three hands and threw her empty cigarette box on the floor and walked away - The second time I was dealt a 20 the dealer also had blackjack lol - I was down about 1k midway through the shoe but made a nice recovery, includingThe last hand double down 6,3 v 3I got dealt a 9 for 18Dealer had 3, turned over an 8 then drew a 6 for 17Trip is +200
Observations:
The atmosphere and vibe different, as compared to Vegas--it is not larger than life (although MS is a huge casino)
the high limit room blackjack tables were pretty empty but craps was packed
Entertainment as far as concerts is equal to Vegas - every big name stops at MS
Rooms are nowhere near Vegas (I do not have a suite here but have seen the suites) the rooms are very New England style - white, beige colors and country inspired design
MS has some nice restaurants but nothing like Vegas
People watching does not compare -- the people watching here is like going to your local mall
My clothes are saturated with smoke and I do not even remember seeing many smokers
Just ate at Bobby's Burger Palace (my burger was severely undercooked...food poisoning by 11pm over/under?)
Every place for dinner had a 1-2 hour wait
The BBQ joint is no longer open
They have added quite a few new stores (Robert Graham; Tiffany's; BlueWire)
Well, if you took the under on food poisoning by 11pm you are a winner--within 30 minutes I was running up to the room to vomit.
Ok just played a nice 90 minute sessionStarted out with some nice runs and was up a quick 500However, the second 30 minutes were not as kind to me as I lost terrible hands (20 to BJ; double downs getting dealt squadoosh) -- the gentlemen playing at the table certainly marched to the beat of their own drummers--sometimes standing on multi-card 16s while sometimes hitting; sometimes hitting 10,2 v 4 and sometimes not; sometimes surrendering 16 v 10 and other times hitting it; even splitting deuces v a dealer Ace)The final 30 minutes turned around and variance was on my sideThis is all I played so the trip ended pre-concert at +1050
Alice Cooper and Motley Crüe tore the place down - Rob Zombie came out to sing "School's Out with Alice Cooper for his encore)
Motley Crüe walked through the crowd to play Home Sweet Home on a second stage to finish the showI got a hi-5 from Tommy LeeCooper's theatrics were great and he was in good voice.Vince Neil's voice is kind of shot and it seemed they kept his vocals lowered in the mix BUT, I was in awe that Mick Mars, with his illness, could actually get out there for 2 hours and slay it - Motley Crue definitely won the pyrotechnics battle of the night and not a dry eye in the house when they came out to play Home Sweet Home before saying gnite I like the idea of Robb Zombie carrying on the traditions of Alice Cooper but have never really gotten into his music
