Hard Rock Tampa - go or no go?

[sassycat]

Take your Mother, make memories. I'd love to have my Mother still with me.

Ditto!! What riversong said!

[Darlene]

Go with low expectations, stick to your gameplan and have fun. Warning, I don't follow my own advice :frusty:, I have seen several people win handpays on the Walking Dead machine on the right-side wall past the Wonderfall. There are 4 machines against the wall and the one that I have seen the handpays on was the 2nd one from the end on your left if you are looking at the bank of machines.

[Georgiagambler]

Go with low expectations, stick to your gameplan and have fun. Warning, I don't follow my own advice :frusty:, I have seen several people win handpays on the Walking Dead machine on the right-side wall past the Wonderfall. There are 4 machines against the wall and the one that I have seen the handpays on was the 2nd one from the end on your left if you are looking at the bank of machines.

Thanks Darlene I think my expectations are already low since that's why I even questioned going lol.
Thanks for the info on Walking Dead- I hope if we do go that I can get on the winning machine.

My plan if I go is to leave the ATM card at home so I should be able to at least stick to a loss limit.

[Georgiagambler]

Ok seems like I'm going but here is the next dilemma. My boyfriend is going with me on the trip and he wants to go too because he has never been there. The problem is that he is going to be working most of the weekend.

We get there Thursday night at 8:30pm, my BF and I could easily go straight from the airport but my mom wants to go so that means we have to go pick her up first. Again not a big deal for me or BF because we can stay up late but my mom tends to go to sleep early and this would be late for her. I told her to just take a nap before we get there. Lol but really I am concerned if she will get tired while we are there and I don't have a room for her to rest at the casino.

Ok, next option, BF doesn't have to work until 5pm Friday so maybe we can get up and go early? Well, my mom volunteer's at her church Friday mornings, we could go after but then we would have to rush because we need to be sure he gets back on time for work. It will be Friday night on a holiday weekend, I don't want to stress about him being late if we get stuck in traffic.

Now what? Do I go with BF Thurs night and go with Mom on Saturday? Decisions decisions :noidea:

It was much easier when I was planning not to go :decision:

[slotbender]

Ok seems like I'm going but here is the next dilemma. My boyfriend is going with me on the trip and he wants to go too because he has never been there. The problem is that he is going to be working most of the weekend.

We get there Thursday night at 8:30pm, my BF and I could easily go straight from the airport but my mom wants to go so that means we have to go pick her up first. Again not a big deal for me or BF because we can stay up late but my mom tends to go to sleep early and this would be late for her. I told her to just take a nap before we get there. Lol but really I am concerned if she will get tired while we are there and I don't have a room for her to rest at the casino.

Ok, next option, BF doesn't have to work until 5pm Friday so maybe we can get up and go early? Well, my mom volunteer's at her church Friday mornings, we could go after but then we would have to rush because we need to be sure he gets back on time for work. It will be Friday night on a holiday weekend, I don't want to stress about him being late if we get stuck in traffic.

Now what? Do I go with BF Thurs night and go with Mom on Saturday? Decisions decisions :noidea:

It was much easier when I was planning not to go :decision:

I think that a compromise on your Mother's part would be in order here. You should explain this situation to your Mother and ask her if she can take a Friday morning off from doing her volunteer work and go with your early Friday morning plan : )

[Darlene]

Do you or your mother have a player's card with Hard Rock? If so, check online, they are now posting their reservations calendar online and I was surprised to see I had free rooms that they never told me about and discounted rates on other nights.

Traffic between Tampa and Orlando can be a nightmare, especially on a holiday weekend, it has been better since they finished some of the construction but would still suck to be stressed about traffic when you're trying to have fun slotting.

[Jeani]

"Traffic between Tampa and Orlando can be a nightmare, especially on a holiday weekend, it has been better since they finished some of the construction but would still suck to be stressed about traffic when you're trying to have fun slotting." (from Darlene)

I agree with Darlene Friday traffic could be a disaster getting back to Orlando for your BF to get into work unless you get up super early to get to Tampa in the early morning and leave by 12 or 1PM. If you go Thursday night you Mom could take a nap before you pick her up. I don't think she would get tired because of all the adrenalin you have while you are at the machine. I hope everyone has good luck and safe travels. What part of Orlando are you from?
I'm in the Ocoee/Windermere area.

[Georgiagambler]

Do you or your mother have a player's card with Hard Rock? If so, check online, they are now posting their reservations calendar online and I was surprised to see I had free rooms that they never told me about and discounted rates on other nights.

Traffic between Tampa and Orlando can be a nightmare, especially on a holiday weekend, it has been better since they finished some of the construction but would still suck to be stressed about traffic when you're trying to have fun slotting.

Hi Darlene, I have a players card but haven't played there in quite some time. I checked online and no comps for me boo. I'm sure we will work it out one way or another, we will see. If we do go on Friday, I would definitely go early and try to leave by 1 or 2 at the very latest. Probably even just bring his work clothes with us just in case we need to drop him off at work on the way back.

[Georgiagambler]

"Traffic between Tampa and Orlando can be a nightmare, especially on a holiday weekend, it has been better since they finished some of the construction but would still suck to be stressed about traffic when you're trying to have fun slotting." (from Darlene)

I agree with Darlene Friday traffic could be a disaster getting back to Orlando for your BF to get into work unless you get up super early to get to Tampa in the early morning and leave by 12 or 1PM. If you go Thursday night you Mom could take a nap before you pick her up. I don't think she would get tired because of all the adrenalin you have while you are at the machine. I hope everyone has good luck and safe travels. What part of Orlando are you from?
I'm in the Ocoee/Windermere area.

Hi Jeani, my mom retired to St. Cloud about 3 years ago. She loves living in Florida. Thanks for the good luck wishes, I hope I have good news to report!

[Georgiagambler]

In today's update, mom might not have to go to church tomorrow but mom now says she changed her mind...lol. She is scared of losing, doesn't she know that's just part of gambling?

Anyhow, now the plan is for my BF and I to go tonight after we get in, we will just leave straight from Orlando airport. I told my mom I will call her tonight when we land to see if she changed her mind again

@Darlene and @Jeani, now that I'm definitely going - any machines you would recommend that might just let me sit and play? My first plan is to see if I can get on Walking Dead but would be interested to know if there are any games that you like as a backup plan since I'm sure WD will be hard to get on.