We arrived on Sunday morning, a little before noon, and were able to have a room available. The Ocean Tower is especially nice in the summer if you plan to visit the pool (it closes after Labor Day) and/or the spa which are both in this tower. Our suite had a large marble tiled foyer leading into a living/dining area with a wet bar. There was a couch and side chair which I used at the dining table because the dining chairs were too low for me to reach the table (man, I really wish I had the chance to get taller!). The obligatory TV in the living room was smaller than the one in my bedroom at home, and not a flat screen, but that didn't affect my stay although it did surprise me. The separate bedroom boasted an unGodly comfortable king size bed and another one of those older model TVs. The bathroom was divided into 3 separate sections -- a vanity/wall-to-wall closet area, then a glass enclosed shower stall and jacuzzi spa tub area, with the final area consisting of a sink/counter and a separate water closet. The toilet area was the only one with a door so if you are planning a jacuzzi, be prepared to be naked in front of whoever you are rooming with.
I didn't hit a Royal Flush on this trip (hmmm, what's THAT all about) but I was almost able to achieve another gambling fantasy: a screen full of lions on the 50 Lions slot machine. As it was I got 10-10-10 on the upper rows of the first 3 columns and then the rest of the screen were all lions. Very, very exciting!!! $801 on a $1.25 bet. I took a picture with my phone but don't know how to upload it here, so here is a similar picture from someone else's win in case you don't know which game I'm talking about. I did get a bunch of 4 of a kind hands on video poker and Jean got the 4 Aces with a low kicker so we were able to play A LOT!
We tried some different food options this trip: the Waterfront Buffet at Harrah's was very good. I don't know if they have it all the time because we went on a Sunday, but the steak was one of the best I have ever had in Atlantic City.... Morton's quality (really!) but of course much smaller. I also ordered room service for breakfast one morning just to enjoy my wonderful room and it came promptly, albeit costly (tea, coffee, omelet, 2 eggs, short stack = $56)
One other thing... oh, no two other things..... Diamond Lounge now has an admission fee and it's per person. So you have to pay for you AND a guest. Not a big deal I guess if you are going in there to hang out for a while, but I generally just used the Diamond Lounge to pop in and grab a drink if the service on the floor was bad and now you have to pay every time you go in so that won't be worthwhile anymore. The other thing is that you can no longer use reward credits to pay for internet usage in your room which I think is one of the stupidest things ever -- the internet isn't costing them anything more than they already pay so to gig you $15 when you are dropping thousands downstairs seems a little ridiculous, but, whatever!
We hit up the beach on Monday which was a gloriously sunny day. There were no lounge chairs (they also go away after Labor Day) so we sat on towels, soaking up the sun and even went into the water which was brisk but refreshing.
All in all it was a very good trip!
