TR in progress--SUCCESS

[cthip]

hey all! wish i had better news to report but so far i'm entirely too sober for this trip!

arrived about 1PM today and checked into our room without issue. took it easy most of the afternoon and had a truly AMAZING dinner at fleur de lys.

unfortunately, my group of 12 has wristbands for the palms tonight and are really ready to party, but one of them LOST HIS ID AND WALLET, probably while drinking on the flight over. this poses a serious threat to our weekend--most of the group is feeling pretty down about it already.

already put a message in to Shawn the JC host for the palms, but haven't heard anything back yet. the friend in question is 27, but without ID he won't make it past the bouncers and he may even have some issues picking up his wristband at the stuff store! i'm guessing that this is one of the situations we can't just grease our way past, especially with what's happened at prive recently my guess is that the whole industry is pretty strict on checking IDs.

so--any suggestions as to how to proceed are welcome. have already done the obvious--call airline, call airports to locate wallet/ID, see if concierge can help, and call club host but if any of you have any ideas of what else we can do we'd be eternally grateful! you could definitely save our trip!

sorry so short--still gonna try and make the meet-up for tonight. will check back throughout the evening so if you can help please PM or post so i can send you my cell #

thanks.

[dnix]

Youll have better luck making something happen in person. I think Shawn's last day at the palms was last night. I seriously doubt he'll get in. I'd be more concerned about how Im gonna get past airport security goin home. I always bring my passport and lock it in the safe for backup.

[cthip]

Youll have better luck making something happen in person. I think Shawn's last day at the palms was last night. I seriously doubt he'll get in. I'd be more concerned about how Im gonna get past airport security goin home. I always bring my passport and lock it in the safe for backup.

thanks for the advice--i hadn't realized Shawn had left. yea, not optimistic about getting in.

have already considered the flight home. he'll have to get to the airport a couple hours early but they do have a procedure to verify his identity in cases like these. too bad clubs don't have the same thing!

[cthip]

update: marginally drunker than before. off to the palms to try and make some magic happen.

[Cisco419]

Have fun bro! Be sure to pull a LeBron at Ghostbar!!!

[hotforvegas]

Have fun bro! Be sure to pull a LeBron at Ghostbar!!!

Yes do the Lebron. see my avtar for instructions

[nyc2vegas]

howd it work out?

[Drew]

he txted me saying they all ended up getting in. Not sure how but I guess it all worked out good for him

[rnjbond]

Also, usually, I found that getting drunk just solves all these situations anyway.

[SunFire]

Also, usually, I found that getting drunk just solves all these situations anyway.

LOL amen! sometimes drinking is the solution to all life's problems...

[cthip]

thanks to everybody who replied--as drew mentioned we did all make it into rain and had an AWESOME time. i guess i could edit the thread title since i'm home now but don't know how!

the solution we chose to get our friend in might be frowned on by some (and probably for good reason), but we picked the method that:

- had the highest chance of working based on our assessment of the club entry procedures
- cost us the least amount of $
- required no help from a host or other palms employee (wouldn't want to risk damaging a relationship with any of those hosts that have been so generous and helpful to the members here)

i won't post the details for two good reasons--it was so ridiculously simple that i'm a little embarrassed that i made such a big fuss about it initially, and it's so easy to exploit that it could encourage some underage members/lurkers to try and repeat it and i don't really think that's a good thing for this board.

full TR to follow--i think i'll organize it by locations/venues rather than give you all the chronological play-by-play which was painfully slow at times.

[cthip]

Have fun bro! Be sure to pull a LeBron at Ghostbar!!!

Yes do the Lebron. see my avtar for instructions

haha funny you guys mentioned lebron--on the way to the palms we were talking with our cabbie about the situation and he said that lebron james had been turned away from one of the clubs for not having valid ID with him. not sure if that actually happened or not.

[Drew]

i won't post the details for two good reasons--it was so ridiculously simple that i'm a little embarrassed that i made such a big fuss about it initially, and it's so easy to exploit that it could encourage some underage members to try and repeat it and i don't really think that's a good thing for this board.

Do I have to PM you to get the details of how you did it or what??

[rnjbond]

haha funny you guys mentioned lebron--on the way to the palms we were talking with our cabbie about the situation and he said that lebron james had been turned away from one of the clubs for not having valid ID with him. not sure if that actually happened or not.

Btw, pulling a Lebron = taking shots, then pouring splenda in your hands, and throwing it in the air like baby powder.

Best idea ever.

[cthip]

Btw, pulling a Lebron = taking shots, then pouring splenda in your hands, and throwing it in the air like baby powder.

Best idea ever.

haha nice! i was wondering what you guys were substituting for baby powder. never made it up to ghostbar--happy enough to get our buddy into rain and didn't want to risk it anyplace else.