My first real visit to the states involved a villa holiday to Florida so I never really felt as though I had experience the true essence of the US. My second trip however took me a little more under the skin and involved a mini road trip along the east coast, fist stop Atlantic City. Apart from the Bruce Springsteen song, and the pool tournament in the Paul Newman and To Cruise movie "The Colour of Money" I really didn't know much about Atlantic City as all. Its around 2 ½ to 2 hours drive from New York Newark airport depending on the traffic and as far as I am aware Philadelphia airport is around 1 ½ hours away. It isn't a bad ...  Read the complete review

Las Vegas has changed in the last 10 years as it has tried to entice the whole family out to Vegas. It still has the gambling for Dad but it has also added amusement parks and games areas for the kids and even an ironing board in the hotel room for Mom. Atlantic City is what Las Vegas was 10 yeas ago, a city built for gamblers. That's why I love it, Although there are only 10 or 11 casinos in Atlantic City they all have vast gaming floors and if Poker is your game then the Trump Taj Mahal is only rivalled by Foxwoods when it comes to the amount of live cash games going on daily. As well as the casino games the Atlantic City casinos also ...  Read the complete review

Cheese, frankly, is what America is best at. The corny, the overdone, bright lights and no substance. Atlantic City is just that. The beach was uncrowded - mostly because it is just nasty. Most people were more interested in the gambling. Sideshow games along the boardwalk catered to the junior gamblers among the crowds. We took a casino bus from PA, a one day trip which cost us $25 - minus the $11 casino voucher. You'd think that somewhere like Bally's, which seemed fairly upmarket, would be a nice place. When we got there, we went up to a cafe on the 6th floor - at which I had the worst service I have ever had at any restaurant, ever. ...  Read the complete review