[Nyagdu] Our Day at the Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct Raceway, in Queens, NY.

[cheryl echevarria]

Hello all yesterday Nelson, Maxx and I spent the day at the Brand New Resorts World Casino, which is located at the Aqueduct Raceway in Jamaica, Queens, NY.
It is between a 20-30 minute drive from our house.  

One Exit passed JFK Airport, in fact, if you have a few hours in between flights, they have a shuttle from the airport, there is also a subway station near the Raceway that will get you there, and the bus/shuttle will pick you up and take you to the front door.
The new casino opened it's doors in October 2011, I have been there twice, Nelson this was his third time going.
New York State you can only play the slots, but they also have virtual roulette, craps and Sic Bo as well as baccarat, the area where the casino is an Asian Community.
We play the slots!
Anyway, we decided to take Maxx, my guide dog this time with us, since we were going to be gone most of the day. 
I don't like taking him normally, and my daughter usually watches him, but I like this casino, it has 3 floors and mostly everyone goes to the main floor to play, the 2nd floor just opened, and the 3rd floor is going to where they will be having entertainment and trade shows, etc.
Also at the slot machines, you can move the chairs you are sitting on, sometimes the chairs are bolted to the ground and this is great, so I can move my chair and put Maxx in front of me, and not worry.
The people there were really nice, and complimented on how well he was behaving, one mentioned to me that they had a guide dog there  a few weeks ago, and he was out of control, he kept barking and wanting to jump in other people laps, and the person with the dog wouldn't do anything accept kept apologizing, they almost asked him to leave, but were afraid what the person might do.
Anyway, one waitress came over to see if they could get some water for him, I said  no that he was on a strict eating and drinking schedule.
He just lied there by my feet, and everyone once in a while, someone came over to play next to Nelson and Me, and said what a good dog I didn't even know he was there, he was so good.
Very roomy and not over crowded.
They have a number of places to eat:
A food court which has: 
Cups 'n' Cones - It serves Starbucks Ice Cream
Fiesta - Mexican
Popeye's Chicken
Queens Burgers
A Delicatessen
and Wolfgang Puck's Express - Fresh Pizza, Salads, Pasta, etc.

 They also have the Aqueduct Buffet:
>From Soup to Nuts, everything fresh. Salads, Soups, Chinese, Japanese, Fish, Chicken, etc. very big. about $16.99 per person, but we had some Comp for being rewards members so we only paid $8.99 for the 2 of us. 
And just opened 2 Sit Down Restaurants
RW Prime - Which is a Steakhouse, they are owned by the same Restaurant owners of Cagney's Steakhouse of Norwegian Cruise Lines.
And
Genting Palace - Asian Flavor
We were there until about 7pm and went home, about 6 hours we were there. 
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