Not impressed.there are so many better hotels for 400 dollars. Yeah, there were a couple of nice large sculptures here and there, but for the most part it was just inducements to spend money, as if the room itself wasn't costly enough. The atmosphere was like an airport, plus loud music.

And many of the long corridors were narrow and caused bottlenecks in the crowd. Signage was poor, making it difficult to find our way around. No one at the front desk had a map of the huge, confusing complex. We decided not to have dinner there for over $60 a steak (side dishes extra, of course).įor that much money, I would expect elegance and superior service. The breakfast buffet, at nearly $30 a person, didn't even have an omelet station or a waffle machine, and not many other choices. A regular Grande cup of Starbucks coffee was over $5! Each shop and restaurant was a separate entity, not included. EVERYTHING was extra: meals, entertainment, drinks (unless you were gambling, but I guess I didn't gamble long enough), and VR 'rides.' And the prices were high for mediocre to low quality.

We were not allowed to use any other pools, despite paying a $25 per night 'Resort Fee.' We stayed in the Great Cedar section - 1 of 4 towers in the huge complex - and the pool was closed. But for a total of $925, including taxes and fees, I would expect a lot more to be included in the experience than just a decent hotel room. If you like to gamble all day every day, you'll have a great time. In a double punch – the act granted the tribe federal recognition, enabling it to repurchase and place in trust their land.Foxwoods has nearly nothing to do but gamble. Congress and signed by President Reagan on October 18. In 1983, the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Land Claims Settlement Act was enacted by the U.S. Due to their efforts, Connecticut legislators unanimously passed legislation to petition the federal government to grant federal recognition to the tribe. In connection to their land claims, the Pequots also received support from the state of Connecticut. Their efforts were rewarded and their reservation lands now total 1,250 acres. With the assistance of the Native American Rights Fund and the Indian Rights Association, the tribe filed suit in 1976 against neighboring landowners and the state of Connecticut that lands had been illegally obtained in 1856. The day after the massacre, the Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, William Bradford, wrote that each annual day forth shall be a day of celebration and thanks giving for subduing the Pequots and for the next 100 years, every Thanksgiving Day ordained by a Governor was “in honor of the bloody victory, thanking God that the battle had been won.”

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