We left Canada Sunday morning 6:30 am, our plan was to stay the night in Scranton PA and than head out to Ac the next morning since we didn't want to drive all day. We arrived in Scranton much earlier than had planned, so we decided to head straight to AC. On the way tyhere i called Ballys and told them that we would be coming down todat rather than tomorrow and than i was informed that they had not one room available. The hostess gave me a cantral AC hotel Number to call and i tried that , there was 1 room available which was at the borgata for $300.00, needless to say i didn't take that so i waited a while and called backed Bally's just in case something became available, no such luck all sold out.

The hostess at bally's did give me a hotel to call which was in Absecon NJ a 5 minute drive to the marina casinos and a 5 to 10 minute drive max to the boardwalk casinos. We arrived there and took a look at the room before we booked it. The hotel is only about 3 weeks opened and the room was excellent. It was spacious, spotless and plenty of towels. The front desk clerk was very nice and they had a free coffee, muffins and donuts in the morning and the price of the room for the sunday night was 82.00 with tax.

We decided to shower than head over to check out Bally's and the boardwalk. Wow driving down White Horse Pike towards the marina we could see the Borgata and Harahs all lit up in neon , pretty awesome, than as we headed down pacific avenue we started to drive by the Taj Mahal all lit up ( really cool ) than we came to Ballys. We parked in the self parking which is free with a players card , than went inside, What a beautiful hotel / casino , the place was packed with people going here , going there . We looked around a bit than headed outside to the boardwalk, opened the doors and BANG there i was finally on the boardwalk in front of ballys , bright lights shining over everything , The old and young alike all seeming to be enjoying themselves, rolling carts pushing people up and down the boardwalk , the smell and breeze of the ocean , it was great. we than decided to head back to the Knights Inn and head back to Ballys early morning.

Arrived at ballys and went to check in , we got there about noon and the room wasn't ready so we checked our luggage to the bell captain at the end of the check in desk and headed out for a few hours. Came back 2 hours later and the room was ready , we went up to the tower room and i walked in and immediately felt dissapointed , the room they gave us was a corner room which was small and a crummy view of the parking garage. It would have been ok if it was a comped room but since i had to pay for our 4 night stay i wanted an ocean view. I headed back to check in and explained to them the situation and they gave us anotherr room , room 3029 , we went up to our room and i walked in. Well that was more like it, what an awesome view of the boardwalk from left to right and of the ocean and ball'ys bikini beach bar.

On further inspection of the room i found few things that had to be changed such as the shower curtain and one of the bed spreads because of some pretty gross stains and some hair in the bath tub. I called the front desk and they sent up one of the supervisors for housekeeping, she agreed with me that it had to be changed and she apologized and she prded up 2 brand new comforters in a bag and a new shower curtain, the maid who came up with her stayed 2 hours changing all the beds and cleaned and scrubbed every inch of the bathroom , the supervisior stayed for about 40 minutes talking with us cause she had friends from Canada. We kept trying to tell the girl cleaning that everytrhing was ok and it was clean but she just kept cleaning , i think my dad was trying to fix her up with me cause she was there with him for at least 2 hours while he talked to ear off and me and mom were long gone. I even called up to the room from an in house phone and he said she was still there cleaning and that was at the 2 hour mark.

While the housekeeping supervisor was up there she even called the front desk manager and when she got off the phone to our surprise they comped us the first night free ( Great Start ). The rooms have comfortable double beds , a safe, a big tv , hair dryer lots of towels & bars of soap & bottles of shampoos, conditioners & bath gel. NOTE : the cleaning cart is usually in the hallway early morning if you need anything lol !!!!!!!!!!

The Spa at Ballys was great !!! awesome pool and whirpools and a really huge outdoor sundeck overlooking the beach and boardwalk as well as a bar on the sundeck ( frozen drinks $6.00 and well worth it & you can charge it to your room as well as at bally's bikini beach bar )
Bally's hotel & casino was super clean and so much security all over the place day and night , if your staying in the tower there is security right there to check your guest card before you get to the elevators. There is also free cofee every morning until 11 am on the 6 th floor in front of animations cafe.

We took the Cape May / Lewis ferry over to the shopping outlets in rehoboth Delaware which was a nice ferry ride over the Delaware river and a day of tax free shopping. The AC Walk is really nice also for outlet shopping as well as the Hamilton mall in Mays landing.

There is a large variety of all types of slot machines and i won some lost some , typically went up and down , There however was a guy and his wife there playing slots and he hit around $79,000 playing right next to my mother. The drink service is really good at Bally's casino , The Wild Wild West and Pennyville in the claridge, The double pina coladas were flowing like water lol . One night i asked the front desk if people get assigned a slot host and her reply was usually only the high rollers or very frequent players get a slot host because normally everyone that signs up for a connection card uses that for their comps and cash back , that seemed logical but she said i can get you someone to take you to the slot host office if i wanted , i said sure why not it can't hurt lol besides who knows what goodies one can receive just by merely asking.

I was taken to an office and i introduced myself to the lady and proceeded to tell her where i'm from and that it was our first time here , she asked to see our connection cards and than she punched up all of our cards, she than said oh yes not a problem Kevin heres $60.00 in food vouchers and 3 free tickets to the legends in concert show , WOW what a bonus , she than gave me her card and told us that if we wanted to come back to give her a call and she would give us 3 nights free stay during the week anytime. She was very nice and pleasant to sit and talk with.

The Virgina buffet was really good , we ate there for lunch and dinner. Bally's Bikini Beach Bar is great with music & a very clean beach front. Caesars, and trump plaza also have a nice beach bar area.
We also got to eat at the white House Subs which was excellent ( i got the white house special ) No joking one sub could feed 2 to 3 adults .
We ate at the irish pub which is really cheap and excellent food, the service was friendly and the atmosphere is great and the patio is really nice also. We ate wings at planet hollywood which was a cool place, look for a $10.00 off coupon when you spend $20.00 , two orders of wings , a basket of veggies & a coke came to $9.00 with the coupon. The Rainforest Cafe is really cool also.

I played slots at the Hilton , Tropicana , Trump Plaza , Caesars , Ballys , Sands , Claridge , Taj Mahal , Show Boat , Harrahs & Borgata. All of the casinos were very nice each with it's own style and atmosphere. It really boils down to which casino and hotel you are the most comfortable with and which atmosphere you like to gamble in. I personally liked to play at Ballys , Tropicana , Showboat & Taj Mahal & Harrahs. The drink service was good at caesars and also the Tropicanna & Showboat ( didn't order at the taj )
The Elvis Story at Harrahs was abolutely amazing wether your a huge fan of Elvis or just enjoy his music this show will blow you away. Jamie Aaron Kelley who plays elvis is unbelieveable , his looks but especially his voice and moves and little quirks , you would think that elvis is there on stage. The amazing set and costume changes portrays elvis's career from the 50' to his death in the 70's. A definate must for anyone wishing to see a professionaly done show while in AC.

I walked the boardwalk all hours of the night , 1 am, 4 am, 5 am, and it is very safe. We also walked in front of the casinos from the Hilton to Ballys in the day time and it it fine, just not much to see but alot of gold for sale type places and the fronts of the casinos. The jitneys are 1.50 and will take you to any casino including the marina district.The Borgata and Harrahs in the marina District are also very nice . The quarter at the Tropicanna is a beautiful area. You could spend hours just walking around there. I also played poker in the new caesars poker room which is really nice and the drink service is great there as well as those comfy poker chairs, You really have to be careful though cause there are alot of the local younger players that team play at the tables i noticed .

Overall Ballys was a great place to stay and i will definately be back , hopefully in October LOL !!!!!!! Now that i have seen and done everything i wanted to, next time i can just relax and stay in one area LOL , I walked the boardwalk from the Hilton to the Showboat many times and back & it was a good walk, but most enjoyable to see everything , I never drank so many double pina colodas , caesars & white russians in my life LOL Oh ya and i never seen so many psychics in one place LOL . Overall with winning some and losing some i lost about $900.00 over 5 days which is awesome considering how much i played and all the casino's that i played in plus i played poker at caesars for 9 hours straight one night . Can't wait to go back I already miss the Action , Bright Lights and Sounds of ATLANTIC CITY !!!!!!!!