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| - I was visiting friends who wanted to play Bingo at the Red Rock Casino. I was hesitant to use child care in a casino, but my friend's sister was going to have her child there during Bingo, so I checked it out. The facility was modern, clean and enclosed so any smoke from the casino would not enter the area. They had cubbies for my daughter to leave her shoes. MUST HAVE SOCKS! My daughter and the other child quickly ran into the play area and didn't look back. Although I brought snacks and water, I couldn't bring them into the area, so they showed me a menu of items that I could allow my child to have and limit her budget to a dollar amount ($5). They asked for my daughter's shot records but because I was from out-of-town, I could fax them within 14 days.
After 2 hours, my daughter LOVED it. The next day, she wanted to go again. Our hotel didn't have a Kids Quest, so we drove to Sunset Station which was nearer to our hotel than Red Rock. This is an older casino, and the Kids Quest there was not enclosed and the smoke from the casino was evident in the play area. Forgot socks, bought socks from them. We drove to Red Rock instead. I met my friend for an hour and a half of roulette, and my daughter was not happy that I came back so soon! She was perspiring from running around.
During our final day in Vegas, my daughter kept begging to go back to Kids Quest. I told her that I wanted her to see more of the sights in Vegas than just Kids Quest. That evening, after seeing a show that let out at 9:30pm, we walked around The Strip to see all of the lights, and sure enough, she wanted to go to Kids Quest. We were waiting for a crystal portrait we ordered to be finished which was done at 11:00pm. She still wanted to go. I drove to Red Rock, forgot socks, bought socks, checked her in at 11:30pm. My friend met me for half an hour of roulette, and I got my daughter at 11:59pm (they close at midnight).
Although we went to the Hoover Dam and saw Cirque's "KA", my daughter said that the highlight of our Vegas trip was Kids Quest.
P.S. Red Rock is a very family-friendly, almost smoke-free casino. When we played Bingo, the smokers had their own enclosed room and there was a non-smoking area of machines. We used their bowling alley which was very large and very clean. We will stay there next time we're in Vegas.
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