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Our trip lasted 5 days and even though we stayed longer this time it is still a blurrrrr - why? we were always ( and I mean always) on the go. First two nights we stayed at TI. The room was okay and our view was of the strip/pool. Speaking of the pool ... it was extrememly tooooooooooooooooooooooo small!!!!! One of our goals while we were there was to get a chip from each casino - wellllllllllll that was alot of work. We never made it to downtown to those hotels. The water show at the Bellagio was fantastic!!!! Also saw Pete Rose at Cesaers, and no he wasn%26#39;t gambling ( hee hee). Just signing autographs.

We did ride the monorail which was nice and I loved those escalators and over passes ( bridges that go over the roads).

Our last two nights we stayed at the Rio. Our room was free because we were invited to the slot tournament. Plus you have 4 pools to choose from. Much nicer place. We had stayed there last summer and really liked it . The seafood buffet was fantastic!!!!!!!!! We did go see the show Skintight at Harrahs. It was very good and interesting. We did discover a great table game that we do not have here in St. Louis called 3,5,7. We decided to skip playing slots cause we could do those here and strickly play 3,5,7. and we did really well.

The time difference did really get to us because the first night we crashed at 10:30 ( Bummer). We did walk alot but we also rented a car and kinda had a good idea on how to get around . The rest of the nights we were up till 3a.m. ( that would be 5 a.m. CST). When we got back home it probably took 3 days for me to kinda recover from everything.

In our opinion we love staying at the Rio. It is off the beatin path and has a great atmosphere to it. Even though it was very hot we had a GREAT time and looking forward to going back.

trip report 7/24-7/28

What is 3-5-7?

I have to say that RIO has one of the better pools in Vegas and probably even better than Flamingo.

It is so spacious and comfortable.

The only gripe that I have about the pool is that the sand on the man-made beach is too hot !

trip report 7/24-7/28

Vegas2together - Thanks for the trip report. I%26#39;ve never stayed at the Rio but have gambled there. Are all the rooms at the Rio considered suites? I know the term suite is very subjective in LV, but I thought they had larger rooms.

What%26#39;s 3,5,77?

As far as Pete Rose goes, let Charlie Hustle into Cooperstown already!

vegas2gether...

please let me know about the 3,5,7. I%26#39;m up for a game to replace slots, VP and BJ.

Pete Rose in Vegas....Awesome...That%26#39;s funnier than finding Rafael Palmero in a Pharmacy in Tijuana.

St louis - LOL!

Hey Susan ...... What ya got against St. Louis? Anyhow.....

for thes rest of you 3,5,7 is a table game (poker). It is very similiar to 3 card poker. Very easy and really a non thinking game for those of us that don%26#39;t want to think. Your trying to match your cards up with the dealers. As for as the rooms go at the Rio they are much larger ( compared to the room we had at TI) I guess because they refer to them as a suite. They also had a refrig. in them to keep you refreshments cool :)))))

I agree let Pete In!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

vegas2tpgether - I have nothing against St. Louis. I don%26#39;t know how you got that from my post, but I was supporting the post. I found it funny. Sorry if you took it the wrong way, no harm intended.

Since there are some in the Baesball Hall of Fame that are/were steroid users, I think they need to take a look and let Pete in too.

Hey Susan - no harm done :)))) I also agree let Pete in!!!!!

vegas2 - BYW, thanks for the info on 3,5,7 and the rooms @ the Rio. It was most helpful!