Hollywood Casino – Joliet, IL – 10.15.17 – 10.16.17
$20, E/W, D
Check in with hotel BEFORE you park. They made us move.
The park is fine. It’s fairly large and was pretty empty when we stayed. Site has E, water until Oct. 15, and a dump and fill station by the hotel. You get hotel breakfast (not great). Our price was based on the water being shut off. Summer price is higher.
Our problem was with the registration process. Normally, you find a spot, set up, and then check in, especially when the park is practically empty. The signs say to check in with the hotel with no other details. There is not a convenient place to park an RV in the hotel parking lot, so we went to the CG, found a spot and set up.
When we registered with the hotel, they assigned us a site number. We said, “Oh, well, we’re already set up in this other spot, so can we just stay there?” The answer was, “No.” They made us move. There were literally 80 sites, 5 of which were filled, and they made us move to different spot.
We were only there for the night, coming from Madison, WI on our way to Grand Rapids, MI, and we were tired and very not happy about the move. We got over it and decided to blow off some steam at the casino.
There’s a sign for a poker room, which leads to nowhere. There isn’t one. An attendant laughed and said, “the funny thing is that we still had it listed on our website last month.” It isn’t funny, it’s bad business; take the sign down. They do give you a sort of lotto ticket when signing up for a frequent player card where you can win free slot play. We had to call an attendant twice to figure out how to use the promo money, and we both have college degrees. The process is unnecessarily complicated.
Also, everything is way overpriced. I’m not joking when I say that they offer just a hot dog for $5.99, and the couple of beers we had were way off the mark too.