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1) You will need a Total Rewards card for each of you.
2) Time your first meal so you can get 2 dinners.
3) Go during non-peak times (mid-week, late for lunch, early for dinner) to avoid lines.
4) Avoid the urge to stuff yourself. Otherwise, you'll just essentially be paying too much for one buffet. Have 3 or 4 sane meals and a dessert break.
5) Focus on what buffet's do well: breakfast, dessert, crab, fresh batches and the odd diamond in the rough.
I think the confusion with whether the food is good or not comes from the point of reference. Las Vegas buffets take every other buffet to the tool shed. However, they will never challenge the quality of good restaurants and good home cooking, at least except for the flan at Paris (OMFG that was good). I am a skilled home cook and have eaten at plenty of fine restaurants. I still enjoy the buffet because having just one or two bites of so many different things is fun and as long as you play to the buffet's strengths, the food is good.
Ironically, the 24 hour buffet isn't a great value in terms of quantity. If you are looking for fuel for the money, you'll be better off buying just one buffet per day, preferably breakfast. I'm a camel so I do fine eating a ton once a day but I suspect lots of people could do fine with a big breakfast and an evening snack.
The value is liberty and food security. You don't need to worry about being hungry or trying to stuff yourself to get your money's worth.
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