Today we decided to try going to Foxwoods Casino since we had tried Mohegan Sun the other day.
We were very dissapointed. It’s the “largest resort casino in
the world” but the place wasn’t at all for us. We were off to a bad
start when we couldn’t figure out which parking garage we were supposed
to go to, and once we were in one, it was like a maze. Just driving
around in it was bad enough, but we couldn’t figure out how to get out
either. And the garage was practically full too, we must’ve been in
there 15 minutes before we found a single empty spot to park in.
It didn’t get much better after that. We finally got in the casino
and started walking around, and just didn’t like it at all. The decor
is very tacky, and trying to look like a village in a way, with the
shops inside looking like houses and stuff like that. There certainly
are a huge number of slots, and alot of non-smoking areas, which was
nice, but it was far too crowded. We couldn’t believe how many people
were there on a tuesday afternoon. Don’t these people have jobs? We
didn’t even get around the whole place once before we decided to leave
and go back to Mohegan Sun.
Once we were at Mohegan Sun again we wanted to get something for lunch, so we went to Todd English’s Tuscany.
It’s a fairly fancy restaurant, and a bit pricy, but wasn’t bad for
lunch. The host looked at us like we shouldn’t be there, but the
servers were nice. The food was pretty good but not really anything
spectacular. You are paying for ambiance as much as anything. The pasta
is made right there, which is nice too, you can see the person making
it. They have a very big wine selection too, but that didn’t interest
us any. It was a fine place, but not really our style and I doubt we’d
go back again.
As far as gaming goes, we did our usual video poker (including Jacks
or Better, and Double Bonus), and some various slot machines. We did
well again. We started with $20 in quarters this time because that’s
what I had. I didn’t have a $10 bill to use. We immediately set aside
$10 so we wouldn’t spend it, and divided the rest up between us. We had
a couple good hands in Poker again, and each did at least one good run
at the slots, and at one point we were probably up $20-25 or so for the
day, but then hit a losing streak and ended up with $5 extra. So we
were still up for the day, and are up around $30 for our two trips, so
we’re happy.
I’m sure we’ll go to Mohegan Sun again, but definitely won’t bother with Foxwoods.