We hosted our meet and greet from 5 to 7. This was Day 3 for me and I was starting to feel a little run down. The guests really enjoyed the bus – however there were a few minor glitches and some serious wind! The iPod connection kept going out the first half. The breaker kept flipping. Seeing that I planned out all the music I was a little bummed. On the way back it was fixed. In regards to the route – I am sure everyone’s group is different, but ours really could have cared a less about the Vegas sign. Since the stop is so close to the Mandalay Bay it really felt like we just got on, and now were getting off. Only four people got off for a picture. Next – downtown Vegas warning. I am sure your future in-laws will totally NOT do this, but my father-in-law thought it would be a great idea if they stayed downtown since they wanted to go there anyway! So we lost about 10 people at his suggestion. I almost died. It was VERY hard to keep everyone organized with the downtown stop and we lost a LOT of time. Also a word to the wise – our brains were really fried on Day 3 from too much partying. We went to drop off the liquor at the DDB Company and used the address on the receipt. Mistake. It was a mail stop. This was not a highlight of our trip. We ended up scrapping the pre drop off and used the coolers that we picked up from RSVP Rental Company for the vista suite. Bus Photos: http://flic.kr/p/9swWfB http://flic.kr/p/9swWcB
Liquor store across from the Mandalay Bay: F-
The guy working here was a giant jerk. I am refraining from profanity. Mean. Horrible. I saw a much larger location when we went to RSVP, so I would avoid the one across from MB. It is small. They had a very limited selection. They were sold out of a good portion of the beer. And we are positive we were overcharged. He was ringing up everything so fast and was being so ignorant that I do not trust that he was charging us correctly. The receipt does not show item names, etc and was very hard to read. Please let me know if you want details on how much we bought for the Vista Suite, what we bought, etc.
RSVP Rental Company: B+ http://flic.kr/p/9swW8v (more pics to come)
We rented wine glasses, Collins glasses, china, white table linen, and coolers for the Vista Suite. Total bill was about $55. Pick up was a breeze. I knocked off a grade because they initially said they would pick up the items from MB for us for $30.00 and switched it to $60 when we called the day we were checking out. A positive side though is that we had several Collins glasses break during the move from the Vista suite to our regular suite, and they only charged us $13.00. I felt like that was incredibly fair. Do I think the China was necessary? Probably not. Did it look great – yes. Would I do it again – maybe not. The barware however – 100% yes. That being said – I *think* Mandalay Bay room service will bring up wine and Collins glasses for you. We called for several items and had them in our room in no time.
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