First glance at 2015 Seven Stars: Signature Events announced
Caesars has announced its four 2015 Signature Events that Seven Stars members can choose from. Here they are:
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Ugh.
Let's break this down.
First off, the highly popular, fully-paid cruises of 2014 are gone. I guess NCL decided it wasn't worth their while.
But look at the dates and the places associated with those dates:
New Orleans in June? Yuck. I've been there in June. It was so humid that my glasses immediately fogged up as soon as I stepped out the door of the casino.
Las Vegas in August? Again, yuck. One of the two hottest months in Vegas, and it's after the World Series of Poker is already long gone.
Lake Tahoe in September? Not so much yuck, but.... blah. No skiing. Already getting too cool for summery activities. I guess it will be fine in early September, but much of the day is under 60 degrees in late September, and the nighttime is 30s-40s. Exact date is not known. Notice the snow in the background in the Tahoe picture. Highly misleading.
Atlantic City in June? That's the only one where the weather will likely be nice.
As usual, transportation to these destinations is NOT paid.
It is not clear what activities or freeplay will be given.
For whatever reason, they will not tell anyone the exact dates of these events, or perhaps they haven't even decided yet.
If you recall 2014, there was a fiasco with the Las Vegas signature event where the freeplay being provided was far inferior to people's regular Vegas freeplay offers, causing annoyed players to eschew the event and simply book their regular offers instead. This led to the Vegas signature event being embarrassingly underbooked, and they made the 11th hour decision to allow double-dipping with the signature event.
I wouldn't be surprised if they make the same stupid mistake in 2015.