Las Vegas!!

Rotty · 15 Feb 2006 at 12:49

kitten_caboodle said:
Don't know yet we go to stay with my Aunt in San Francisco so we look in the local paper when we get there and get a cheap deal then. Usually we go for the more cheap and cheerful end, Excalibur, NYNY, Luxor and save our money for the Casinos

Bellagio though. *droooooool* Also love TheHotel at the Mandalay Bay. Remember seeing that being built *reminisces*

NYNY is my favourite of the 3 you've listed though we use the Bellagio nowadays , great hotel and the best location on the strip

McDaniel · 15 Feb 2006 at 12:50

Rotty said:
none whatsoever , some restaurants and nightclubs do though

Ok thats cool

getting so excited

41 days

Guv · 15 Feb 2006 at 18:05

Rotty said:
when taking a taxi from the airport if the go out of the airport through a tunnel and on to the I15 freeway don't tip them as they have ripped you off by going the long way round

They are not allowed to take this route without asking you but they will disguise the question or tell you that there has been an accident on the strip ( if they ask at all )

They did this to me, said there was a really bad queue on the strip but she knew a shortcut round it. We thought she was lying but it's hard to say anything especially as we hadn't been before so weren't to know otherwise.
When we saw the strip it was busy but the traffic was moving.

Taxi cost about $20 so probably not as bad as it could have been.

Rotty · 15 Feb 2006 at 18:17

If they do take the tunnel without asking then don't tip them

Lt. Manlove · 15 Feb 2006 at 18:18

This is definately on the list of things for me to do, just reading through this thread makes me want to go so badly!

Psycho Ned · 15 Feb 2006 at 18:24

Rotty said:
Flamingo is fine , superb location
re Penn and Teller then this is not one of the big vegas shows, the ones to see are ( in order ) Ka , Mystere, O , Blue man

re the lessons , many do this in the morning , while I cant give you a conclusive list Bally's certainly do ( 10 mins from Flamingo )

I didnt fancy the cirque du soleil shows cos I thought they'd be a bit arty farty

are they really that good then? cos the ticket prices make me :eek:

so wouldnt fancy seeing one if it was crap!

G-MAN2004 · 15 Feb 2006 at 18:33

Davinnicus said:
In addition to the above, try the rides on the top of the stratosphere tower, these things are for the purely insane, especially Insanity the ride. Looking at the stratosphere website, it looks like the roller coaster is no longer running.

Isn't the roller coaster shut down because some guy jumped off the tower due to gambling losses :confused:

Rotty · 15 Feb 2006 at 18:33

Psycho Ned said:
I didnt fancy the cirque du soleil shows cos I thought they'd be a bit arty farty are they really that good then? cos the ticket prices make me so wouldnt fancy seeing one if it was crap!

O is a bit like that but Ka and Mystere aren't

Rotty · 15 Feb 2006 at 18:36

G-MAN2004 said:
Isn't the roller coaster shut down because some guy jumped off the tower due to gambling losses

not that I know of , the roller coaster is closed as they are replacing it with something new

Vanilla · 15 Feb 2006 at 19:19

Was there a few weeks ago.

The rollercoaster is being replaced, the other rides are fine and I went on all of them.

Also did a grand canyon helicopter tour. Great fun.

Rotty · 15 Feb 2006 at 19:32

Vanilla said:
Also did a grand canyon helicopter tour. Great fun.

didn't know anyone did Grand Canyon helicopter tours from Vegas anymore , thought that the only ones were to the west canyon , who was it with ?

blueboy2001 · 15 Feb 2006 at 19:45

I'm off to Vegas on 16th March for a week at the Bellagio with a couple of mates.

I definitely want to take a trip to the Grand Canyon. I have had a couple of people reccomend this site http://www.looktours.com/grandcanyon.html for the GC trips. Any ideas which is the best one to go for? I don't fancy 14hrs on a coach so its probably between the plane and the helicopter.

Eliot · 15 Feb 2006 at 19:47

McDaniel said:
I know theres been a few posts on the subject before, but i've finally booked my trip!!

March 28th - 11th April

at Excalibur Hotel.

So people ill be 21 at that point, i wont be arriving till like 10pm (there time) but i plan on going out first night! hehe

What do you suggest i do?

i 100% wanna do a Grand Canyon trip and also see some shows

obviously - gambling a bit etc.. are gonna happen, but what else do you suggest?

I am planning on hoping to LA for 2 days during aswell

Ideas?

Hoover dam is 1 hour away ish, go see that its badass. the fashion shopping centre and forum shops by caesars palace are good for buying cheap ipods etc. have fun, its AWESOME and freakishly hot. when you walk out of the airport you will see

Rotty · 15 Feb 2006 at 19:59

blueboy2001 said:
I'm off to Vegas on 16th March for a week at the Bellagio with a couple of mates.

I definitely want to take a trip to the Grand Canyon. I have had a couple of people reccomend this site http://www.looktours.com/grandcanyon.html for the GC trips. Any ideas which is the best one to go for? I don't fancy 14hrs on a coach so its probably between the plane and the helicopter.

this one is spot on

http://www.grandcanyontours.com/airsouth.html

as I say I am not aware of any helicopter trips from Vegas to the Grand Canyon

Vanilla · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:01

Rotty said:
as I say I am not aware of any helicopter trips from Vegas to the Grand Canyon

I did one. It was $275.

Well worth it. They flew you from Vegas airport all the way to the Canyons. They go past the hoover dam too, allowing you to get some great pictures.

The whole trip takes around 3 hours.

They land in the canyons and you have a quick lunch with some champagne and a look around.

Given that there is almost two hours of fly time it was great.

Rotty · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:03

Vanilla said:
I did one. It was $275.

Well worth it. They flew you from Vegas airport all the way to the Canyons. They go past the hoover dam too, allowing you to get some great pictures.

The whole trip takes around 3 hours.

They land in the canyons and you have a quick lunch with some champagne and a look around.

Given that there is almost two hours of fly time it was great.

at 3 hours that would almost certainly would have been to the west canyon ( west rim ) , this is one of the great cons of Vegas , so many folks thinking they have been to the Grand Canyon when they have not

If you land in the Canyon then it is not the Grand Canyon , helicopters are not allowed to fly below the rim of the Grand Canyon

the one you went on would probably have been to an area about 100 miles from the South Rim in a reservation owned by the hualapai indians , tecjhnicall it is just about part of the Grand Canyon but it is not what is generally accepted as the GC

Vanilla · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:04

Rotty said:
at 3 hours that would almost certainly would have been to the west canyon ( west rim ) , this is one of the great cons of Vegas , so many folks thinking they have been to the Grand Canyon when they have not

If you land in the Canyon then it is not the Grand Canyon , helicopters are not allowed to fly below the rim of the Grand Canyon

Why do you hurt me so close to valentines day

Rotty · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:07

Vanilla said:
Why do you hurt me so close to valentines day

sorry

, just trying to avoid poeple who are visiting from getting something different to what they think they are getting

there is nothing wrong with the west rim it is a great place it just isn't what people think they are getting

Guv · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:18

When we went to the grand canyon we drove to the South Rim, went to the visitor centre and drove across to Desert View stopping at the viewing points for pictures. It's about 25 miles between the south rim and desert view. Although compared to the size of the canyon 25 miles isn't a lot for us it was enough, you get some great views.

I'm not sure where the coach tours take you but being able to drive and stop where we wanted was good. If you have a driving license and are over 21 I'd definitely look at hiring a car for the day. Although it's a long round trip from Vegas (700+ miles IIRC); 2 of us split the driving. With a decent the car the drive is very easy, the roads were clear once out of Vegas.

If you fly there I guess you just stop at the 1 place?

Rotty · 15 Feb 2006 at 20:20

Guv said:
If you fly there I guess you just stop at the 1 place?

we flew and were then met by a coach which took us to about 3 viewing points