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Las Vegas All-Inclusive: What You Need to Know About MGM’s Package · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's episode 315 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:04
  Dayna Roselli: We dig deeper into the MGM all-inclusive deal since people have so many questions.
• 0:11
  Sean McAllister: We also hit up the opening of the highly anticipated restaurant from Mexico City, Cantina Contramar.
• 0:17
  Dayna Roselli: There are more ways to save on Vegas trips, too, and I think we have a link that you'll enjoy.
• 0:22
  Sean McAllister: We've got a lot more that you'll enjoy too right now on Vegas Revealed.
• 0:28
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome to Vegas Revealed episode 315.
• 0:31
  Dayna Roselli: Dana Roselli here along with Sean McAllister.
• 0:34
  Dayna Roselli: We're actually off taking a break with our families separately during Easter week, but we wanted to just quickly pop on and say, listen, we love that you're all listening to our podcast every week.
• 0:47
  Dayna Roselli: And also note that a lot of you are listening to back podcasts.
• 0:51
  Dayna Roselli: We're seeing the numbers really jump.
• 0:53
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it's interesting when we see we get weekly uh data about the downloads, the listens, all that.
• 1:01
  Sean McAllister: But it has been really interesting to see how many people are going back five, 10, 15 episodes and listening to previous episodes, which I will say kudos to you if you are one of the people doing it, because every single episode is packed with a lot of information that doesn't really expire most of the time.
• 1:24
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 1:24
  Dayna Roselli: And some of it that does is kind of fun to listen to, the change, you know.
• 1:29
  Dayna Roselli: Um, like at the very beginning, we interviewed Derek Stevens.
• 1:32
  Dayna Roselli: Now, nothing changed except that was before Circa opened.
• 1:35
  Dayna Roselli: So we got to talk to him about what were the plans for Circa, what was his vision?
• 1:40
  Dayna Roselli: And I love that if you listen to it, you know, still today his vision stands and look what he's built.
• 1:46
  Dayna Roselli: And and what has it been like five years now?
• 1:49
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it's kind of crazy.
• 1:50
  Sean McAllister: That was circa was kind of under construction when we when we did that interview when he was talking to us about the the pool filtration system that he was going to be putting in.
• 2:00
  Sean McAllister: And I think this was before we understood what Circa Swim really even was going to be all about.
• 2:07
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, he's like, Oh, it's this stadium, and we're gonna watch sports and people are gonna swim and the pool's gonna be heated and cooled all year round, and we're like, wow, and then it really lives up to all the hype.
• 2:18
  Sean McAllister: I think more so, absolutely.
• 2:21
  Dayna Roselli: Well, we do appreciate the support.
• 2:23
  Dayna Roselli: If you do ever want to see, we do do TV shows, and those are on our YouTube as well.
• 2:28
  Dayna Roselli: But you know, when it comes to the audio podcast, you can listen to us anywhere Pandora, Spotify, iHeart, every single digital platform.
• 2:35
  Dayna Roselli: You've also made us a top 1.5% podcast out of over 3 million worldwide consistently.
• 2:43
  Dayna Roselli: So we thank you for that.
• 2:44
  Dayna Roselli: And we know um that that comes with consistency as well, because we post a show every single week and we've been dedicated to this, that it keeps because there's a lot of people that start podcasts and literally do it for like two weeks and then promote it and and then it just slowly and quietly goes away.
• 3:04
  Sean McAllister: Well, and that's exactly why we're dropping this episode uh for while we're gone for Easter week.
• 3:10
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 3:11
  Sean McAllister: So we hope you enjoy what we have planned for you, and we hope that you have a fantastic Easter as well.
• 3:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 3:19
  Dayna Roselli: Let's go over that MGM all-inclusive.
• 3:21
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we posted on social media that morning you were part of a satellite media tour that made the announcement.
• 3:27
  Dayna Roselli: And um, you did interviews and and QA with, you know, TV stations all across the country.
• 3:33
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we posted a little video, um, some information.
• 3:36
  Dayna Roselli: It's gone completely viral.
• 3:38
  Dayna Roselli: I think the tweet we put out was like five million or something like that.
• 3:42
  Dayna Roselli: But the questions keep coming in.
• 3:43
  Dayna Roselli: We answer some because we want to be helpful, but it's come to the point now, like we're not concierge.
• 3:48
  Sean McAllister: No, I mean, there are so many questions, and so many of the questions can be answered just by going to the website.
• 3:54
  Sean McAllister: And if you don't have that handy, grab a pen.
• 3:58
  Sean McAllister: It's mgmresorts.com slash all inclusive.
• 4:02
  Sean McAllister: They literally have all of the information laid out for you on one single page.
• 4:08
  Sean McAllister: You don't have to click around, you can just look through everything.
• 4:12
  Sean McAllister: And there's actually even a a good FAQ section on there for a lot of the questions that we're seeing pop up on our social posts.
• 4:21
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 4:22
  Dayna Roselli: If you're like, wait, I have this question, just keep scrolling down the page.
• 4:25
  Dayna Roselli: Frequently asked questions.
• 4:26
  Dayna Roselli: There's a lot of different information in there.
• 4:29
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you know, some of the big ones that we're getting is like, well, it's not three, it's 350 on this week.
• 4:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, the prices vary.
• 4:35
  Dayna Roselli: It starts at 330.
• 4:37
  Dayna Roselli: It's not per person, it's for two people.
• 4:39
  Dayna Roselli: Some people are saying, is it 330 per person?
• 4:42
  Dayna Roselli: No, it's for two people in one room for two nights.
• 4:46
  Dayna Roselli: For two nights, you get the roller coaster rides tickets, you get to pick a show, um, the Caratop, Blue Man Group, Fantasy, Thunder from Down Under, BG's, um, Macking.
• 5:00
  Dayna Roselli: And then you also get um three meals per day each.
• 5:06
  Dayna Roselli: You get vouchers in your, you're gonna have to download an app.
• 5:09
  Dayna Roselli: And in there, there's gonna be all sorts of vouchers for you for meals, for your show tickets, the things you show when you go to the thing.
• 5:15
  Dayna Roselli: And it's all spelled out for you.
• 5:17
  Dayna Roselli: The resort fee is included, parking for one vehicle is included.
• 5:22
  Sean McAllister: Um I did see one comment that said, Well, when I go to the page to try and book my stay, it's making me uh choose three days instead of two.
• 5:32
  Sean McAllister: And that's because when you stay for two nights, that covers uh three days.
• 5:37
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 5:38
  Sean McAllister: You check in one day, you stay that night, you stay the following night, and you check out on the third day.
• 5:44
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 5:44
  Sean McAllister: So that's why you have to put in your check-in and check out.
• 5:48
  Sean McAllister: That's why it spans three days.
• 5:49
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 5:50
  Dayna Roselli: Good point.
• 5:51
  Dayna Roselli: And some people are saying it's not available.
• 5:53
  Dayna Roselli: And the thing is, is like a lot of people are booking this.
• 5:55
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean it can fill up.
• 5:56
  Dayna Roselli: It, you know, this doesn't mean that this the bookings aren't gonna fill and there might not be room on a specific day.
• 6:03
  Sean McAllister: They're not adding rooms to the resorts when it's full.
• 6:06
  Sean McAllister: No, there's limited capacity here, so you do have to find dates that work for you and that work for the resort.
• 6:13
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 6:14
  Dayna Roselli: And there are, you know, sometimes where it's you know, there are no blackout dates, but there are peak times in Las Vegas, Memorial Day, uh, you know, a huge time where there's a huge convention in town or something.
• 6:24
  Dayna Roselli: And the price of July.
• 6:26
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, the prices are gonna go up a little bit.
• 6:28
  Dayna Roselli: So, but it's still a good deal for that time.
• 6:30
  Dayna Roselli: And what people are um saying to us is like, oh, maybe we can go to WrestleMania now because we can get this deal, get all six meals, and then hit a show on the opposite night, go to WrestleMania and like it I it's making, you know, um coming to Vegas, you know, more attainable for some people.
• 6:49
  Dayna Roselli: And I love that.
• 6:50
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's such a great idea.
• 6:52
  Dayna Roselli: Um, did look at the QA though, or the frequently asked questions, and it does say because some people were asking about the pool.
• 6:58
  Dayna Roselli: So, yes, you can go to the Luxor and Excalibur pool, but they are also um allowing you to go to the MGM Grand Pool and Mandalay Bay, too.
• 7:07
  Dayna Roselli: And Mandalay Bay has the beach, MGM Grand has a lazy river.
• 7:11
  Dayna Roselli: There's a lot of perks in here.
• 7:12
  Dayna Roselli: You gotta look.
• 7:13
  Sean McAllister: There are so though, I mean, those are just right there.
• 7:16
  Sean McAllister: That's an incredible perk for staying at uh Luxor and Excalibur.
• 7:22
  Sean McAllister: Um, so yeah, why not?
• 7:25
  Dayna Roselli: And some people keep saying, Well, I don't want to eat at the hotel every day.
• 7:29
  Dayna Roselli: You don't.
• 7:30
  Dayna Roselli: It's not just at your hotel.
• 7:31
  Dayna Roselli: The list of restaurants are there's a bunch at the Luxor, Backstage Deli, Public House, Diablo's Cantina, and then you can go Mandalay Bay to the Noodle Shop, you can go to New York, New York, and go to Tom's Watch Bar, you can go to the MGM Grand Buffet or Tap Sports Bar.
• 7:46
  Dayna Roselli: You can go to the Excalibur Buff Buffet or Tap Sports.
• 7:49
  Dayna Roselli: There's lots of choices.
• 7:50
  Dayna Roselli: So look through it before you start throwing off a million questions.
• 7:54
  Dayna Roselli: There is a lot to go through, but it's really spelled out very, very well on the MGM Resorts.com backslash all inclusive website.
• 8:03
  Sean McAllister: And I know uh some other people have made comments uh about the fact that there are prefix menus at uh the participating restaurants for people who have taken advantage of this all-inclusive deal.
• 8:18
  Sean McAllister: And people are like, oh, well, it's not the whole menu, but that's not an all-inclusive.
• 8:24
  Dayna Roselli: Well, this is we've never had a really an all-inclusive in Vegas.
• 8:26
  Dayna Roselli: This is how Vegas is doing.
• 8:27
  Sean McAllister: This is as all inclusive as we have ever gotten.
• 8:30
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 8:31
  Sean McAllister: So I think just appreciate that, first of all.
• 8:35
  Sean McAllister: And we have looked through the menus, and there is still a wide variety.
• 8:39
  Sean McAllister: You have salads to choose from, you have burgers, you have sandwiches, you have I mean go to the buffet, have whatever you want.
• 8:46
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 8:46
  Sean McAllister: And prime rib.
• 8:48
  Sean McAllister: That's what I was gonna get to is the fact that you do have two different buffets that you can choose from.
• 8:53
  Sean McAllister: And they have sushi, they have prime rib, you they have your seafood, they have you know, different sections of food from around the world.
• 9:03
  Sean McAllister: And you know, there are options.
• 9:05
  Dayna Roselli: And people are like, well, I'd rather stay, then go stay there.
• 9:08
  Dayna Roselli: Go stay there and check into the room and watch your bill skyrocket.
• 9:13
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, go for it if you want to.
• 9:15
  Dayna Roselli: That's not how they do it in Mexico, that's not how they do it on cruise ships.
• 9:18
  Dayna Roselli: Well, this isn't a cruise ship, and this isn't Mexico.
• 9:21
  Sean McAllister: This is Vegas.
• 9:22
  Dayna Roselli: Plus, when you gamble in Vegas, your drinks are free already.
• 9:26
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you do get beer or wine with the meals and the vouchers, so keep that in mind.
• 9:30
  Sean McAllister: It's just so funny.
• 9:31
  Sean McAllister: It doesn't matter how good of a deal is.
• 9:35
  Sean McAllister: There are people who will just complain about it and nitpick and want more and more and more.
• 9:43
  Dayna Roselli: And then it's so sweet.
• 9:44
  Dayna Roselli: Like, we got a little private message on TikTok from someone who said, you know, I haven't been to Vegas in so long.
• 9:49
  Dayna Roselli: I think I may come by myself.
• 9:51
  Dayna Roselli: Like, and then he asked me a question and I answered him, and he was like, Oh, that is he's like, is it and he's like, I think I might come.
• 9:58
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like success, and I you know, it's it's it's making it attainable for people.
• 10:03
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I'm glad that you pointed that out because we have gotten a lot of positive responses too.
• 10:10
  Dayna Roselli: And people are going, hey, wait a minute, this actually is a really good deal.
• 10:14
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 10:14
  Dayna Roselli: And I say, if you're spending a lot of time in your room in Vegas, you're doing Vegas wrong.
• 10:18
  Sean McAllister: A hundred percent.
• 10:19
  Sean McAllister: One hundred percent.
• 10:21
  Dayna Roselli: Um yeah, you can add on uh kids, uh read through it all.
• 10:25
  Dayna Roselli: So um there's a there's a lot of information in there that will answer your question because I know everyone has a specific question and has specific needs.
• 10:32
  Dayna Roselli: Wanted to quickly point out that if you go to the um visitlosvegas.com website slash deals, that page we talked about it a long time ago when they were doing like a one-day big sale, but it's still there and there's deals all the time.
• 10:48
  Dayna Roselli: And all the latest deals are there.
• 10:50
  Dayna Roselli: So that's another option for you.
• 10:52
  Dayna Roselli: If this all inclusive isn't for you, this all inclusive is also listed on this page.
• 10:58
  Dayna Roselli: But I mean, there's you know, there's deals at the Sahara, there's two night stays at Circa,$100 beverage credit, day bet at Stadium Swim, there's 15% off rooms at Caesars Palace.
• 11:09
  Dayna Roselli: You gotta go through it all, tons of deals.
• 11:11
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and those do update uh regularly.
• 11:15
  Sean McAllister: There's sometimes there's shows in the mix, like you mentioned, yeah, there's pool stays, room rate uh discount.
• 11:23
  Sean McAllister: So it is worth bookmarking that as well.
• 11:27
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 11:28
  Dayna Roselli: And real quick with the MGM deal, um, people keep saying when does it end?
• 11:32
  Dayna Roselli: It goes at least through all the way through summer.
• 11:35
  Dayna Roselli: They may extend it.
• 11:36
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, there is no end date announced at the moment.
• 11:40
  Sean McAllister: So that's a good thing.
• 11:41
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 11:42
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, a highly anticipated restaurant is finally open at the Fountain Blue.
• 11:46
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone's been waiting for Cantina Contramar to open.
• 11:49
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we kind of knew it was on the list like at when the Fountain Blue opened, that it was coming, and a lot of you know, food people were buzzing about it.
• 11:56
  Dayna Roselli: And so it's finally open, and you and I got to go to the opening party the night before it actually opened to the public.
• 12:02
  Sean McAllister: And man, that was a hopping place.
• 12:04
  Dayna Roselli: It really was so much fun, right?
• 12:07
  Dayna Roselli: The music, the DJs, the past food, the drinks.
• 12:10
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it was just a great time.
• 12:12
  Dayna Roselli: Um, Contramar is in Mexico City, and it's you know, a highly acclaimed restaurant there.
• 12:19
  Dayna Roselli: So now that we have Cantina Contramar, I actually looked at one day, I was like, it was booked one day.
• 12:24
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, you gotta get on there and start planning now if you want to get in.
• 12:26
  Sean McAllister: That's not surprising.
• 12:27
  Sean McAllister: No, I have a feeling it's gonna be booked for quite some time.
• 12:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 12:31
  Dayna Roselli: The past food um was so tasty.
• 12:34
  Dayna Roselli: It tastes like a like everything that I had, you know.
• 12:36
  Dayna Roselli: I felt like it was like a burst of flavor, and they were in there in the kitchen of an open kitchen and they were making food and um it it was the drinks were excellent too, I felt like.
• 12:48
  Dayna Roselli: What did you have?
• 12:50
  Sean McAllister: I had so when we walked in, they had um a tequila sipper, and that was the smoothest tequila I have ever I have ever tasted.
• 13:02
  Sean McAllister: That was delicious.
• 13:03
  Sean McAllister: Um, but then I had an old-fashioned once I once I got inside, and that was delicious too.
• 13:09
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 13:10
  Sean McAllister: So smooth and it was good.
• 13:12
  Dayna Roselli: I had uh Carajillo, and it if you don't know what that is, it's uh well I looked up the exact way to describe it.
• 13:21
  Dayna Roselli: It's a popular two ingredient after dinner coffee cocktail consisting of equal parts of freshly brewed espresso and liqueur 43, a Spanish vanilla citrus liqueur shaken with ice and served over ice.
• 13:33
  Dayna Roselli: Or shaken, yeah, and served over fresh ice.
• 13:36
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, most delicious I've ever had.
• 13:38
  Dayna Roselli: It was off the hook.
• 13:40
  Dayna Roselli: Like the foam on top, just all of it.
• 13:43
  Dayna Roselli: And I was able to sip on it over a long period of time.
• 13:46
  Dayna Roselli: I absolutely loved it.
• 13:48
  Dayna Roselli: I had to wait for the espresso to be brought out, so I knew it was fresh.
• 13:51
  Dayna Roselli: It was amazing.
• 13:53
  Dayna Roselli: I will definitely be back for that.
• 13:54
  Sean McAllister: Well, I saw a few people walking around with those, yeah.
• 13:57
  Sean McAllister: Uh, including you, and those were just like an eye-catching.
• 14:03
  Sean McAllister: It was it was just very eye-catching to see people walk around with those.
• 14:06
  Sean McAllister: And it's like your your head turns, you're like, ooh, right, what is that?
• 14:11
  Sean McAllister: It was so good.
• 14:13
  Dayna Roselli: It was delicious.
• 14:14
  Dayna Roselli: Chef Gabriella Camara was there, and that was lovely to see her with the staff.
• 14:19
  Dayna Roselli: The staff seemed so happy and proud.
• 14:20
  Dayna Roselli: They were taking pictures together.
• 14:22
  Dayna Roselli: She was on the dance floor.
• 14:24
  Dayna Roselli: It was like a good old celebration.
• 14:26
  Dayna Roselli: You could tell everyone really has poured a lot of time and energy into this.
• 14:29
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 14:29
  Dayna Roselli: And they are excited to have it open.
• 14:31
  Sean McAllister: They're excited to have it open.
• 14:32
  Sean McAllister: We're excited to have it open.
• 14:34
  Sean McAllister: Um, I'm excited to go back and actually sit down for a full meal.
• 14:39
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 14:39
  Sean McAllister: Because just the little bites that were being passed around, the ceviche that they passed around was just I mean, oh, incredible.
• 14:47
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, like it's amazing the flavor that, yeah, was just packed into every little bite that they uh that they had passed around.
• 14:56
  Sean McAllister: So if the if the past bites were were like that, I can't imagine what uh a full meal is going to be like.
• 15:04
  Sean McAllister: So we'll keep you updated once we get back over there.
• 15:08
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, and quick just little thing before we go.
• 15:10
  Dayna Roselli: Uh Lisa has been announced for a Las Vegas residency.
• 15:14
  Dayna Roselli: And this is the first K-pop artist with a Vegas residency.
• 15:18
  Dayna Roselli: So um making a lot of headlines.
• 15:20
  Dayna Roselli: It's at the Coliseum at Caesars Palace, November 13th, 14th, 27th, and 28.
• 15:24
  Dayna Roselli: And Lisa is in blackpink, right?
• 15:27
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, massively huge K-pop group.
• 15:30
  Sean McAllister: Um and so these they're calling it a uh limited, a limited run, um, just because right now there are only two weekends announced starting in November.
• 15:44
  Sean McAllister: There could be many, many, many, many, many more dates added, as we always say.
• 15:49
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 15:50
  Sean McAllister: Um so just keep that in mind.
• 15:52
  Sean McAllister: I believe tickets go on sale uh later in April, the 24th.
• 15:57
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, general sales on April 20, uh, 3rd.
• 15:59
  Sean McAllister: Third, okay.
• 16:00
  Dayna Roselli: General on sale, yeah.
• 16:01
  Dayna Roselli: Pre-sale begins Wednesday, April 22nd.
• 16:04
  Dayna Roselli: So there you have it.
• 16:05
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, making history.
• 16:06
  Dayna Roselli: It's called Viva La Lisa.
• 16:08
  Sean McAllister: I like that.
• 16:10
  Sean McAllister: She's gonna do great.
• 16:11
  Dayna Roselli: All right, and we're gonna La Leave ya and be back next week with more.