Las Vegas - must sees?

[1927]

tops - after that it'll start to make you insane

3 days is about my limit, but its an amazing place and I think everyone should try and get there atleast once, just to see it. After 3 days the perfect antidote is a drive across to LA, taking in Calico, or dropping straight down to San Diego and enjoying the drive upm the coast to San Fran.

 

[MightyAphrodite]

I see Kanda has covered just about everything. I knew it before i ever opened the thread

If i think of anything particularly amazing i'll try and remember to post it.

 

[Kanda]

I see Kanda has covered just about everything. I knew it before i ever opened the thread

 

[Yelkcub]

Cheers all!

Was amazing!

 

[Kanda]

Details ffs!!!

 

[Yelkcub]

Details ffs!!!

Stretch hummers, guestlist and immediate entry at every club, hotel rooms all upgraded to huge suites with pianos after quiet words with reception, Sunday afternoon pool party at MGM Grand's Wet Republic do.

Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Freemont.

Oh, and eventually getting to the point of telling hookers in clubs that if they spoke to me again they should know I was charging for my time!

 

[Kanda]

Nice one! Done in style

 

[DMark]

Sorry I am so late to this party.
I have a website I created for friends and family that simply covers some of the basics. Seems to be helpful for some people: www.dmarkslasvegas.com
If you have any specific questions, let me know.

This is a very good time to come to Las Vegas - due to the economy, there are some fantastic deals to be had, especially if you can come here mid-week. Downtown "low-end, average" hotels are going for as little as $19 a night and even some of the high-end, luxury resorts are slashing prices - I believe Wynn Hotel was advertising rooms for $129 a night that normally go for $300.

Plus, the dollar is not particularly strong right now, so if you are coming with Euros or Pounds or whatever, you might even be able to calculate better savings over all.

I know Condor has cheap, non-stop flights from Frankfurt, and even Virgin has some great fares, especially from Manchester (also non-stop flight).

 

[Vintage Paw]

We couldn't get in - 2 hr wait! for a cake!? fuck off

Didn't take us any time at all. We ate there 3 times in the 1 week we were there

and broken dreams, you forgot the broken dreams

Broken fried cheese dreams

Yep. I started collecting those cards they hand out so I could make a pack of cards with them

You should have stuck them all over your wall. That would look cool.

the whatnow?

A lot of the big hotels have these little mister things that squirt a very, very fine mist of cool water over the sidewalk. When you walk past a bank of them in the middle of 100+degree August it's like a little slice of (fried cheese-smelling) heaven.

 

[Augie March]

I think people have pretty much covered most of the bases here but if you can, hire a car and take a drive through the Nevada desert. A mate and I went to LA and drove from there to Vegas in a convertible (although having the top down is NOT a wise move unless you want to suffer crippling heat stroke). It was pretty damn cool.

 

[Kanda]

A mate and I went to LA and drove from there to Vegas in a convertible (although having the top down is NOT a wise move unless you want to suffer crippling heat stroke). It was pretty damn cool.

Or snowed on as I was at Xmas

 

[llantwit]

Sorry, no time to read the whole thread at the moment, but my vegas highlights in no particular order:

the duelling pianos at New York, New York
$3 steaks and $1 margheritas in the old casinos on Freemont
the down at heel charm of the old casinos on Freemont
the unbelievable kitsch of the Liberace museum
Venice and the gondolas
hotel buffets
Bryce Canyon and the Grand Canyon (for day trips - for the GC, I recommend doing a hummer trip to the Native American owned part of the canyon)
wandering around taking in the excess (everywhere)
seeing a Tom Jones show
not seeing a Barry Manillow/Celine Dion show
taking a tour of the strip in a limo at night
getting married

Oh, and the whole place is best if your half cut (especially on an unlikely-looking foot-long margherita).

 

[1927]

Sorry, no time to read the whole thread at the moment, but my vegas highlights in no particular order:

the duelling pianos at New York, New York
$3 steaks and $1 margheritas in the old casinos on Freemont
the down at heel charm of the old casinos on Freemont
the unbelievable kitsch of the Liberace museum
Venice and the gondolas
hotel buffets
Bryce Canyon and the Grand Canyon (for day trips - for the GC, I recommend doing a hummer trip to the Native American owned part of the canyon)
wandering around taking in the excess (everywhere)
seeing a Tom Jones show
not seeing a Barry Manillow/Celine Dion show
taking a tour of the strip in a limo at night
getting married

Oh, and the whole place is best if your half cut (especially on an unlikely-looking foot-long margherita).

That all just looks odd coming from you! I will never quite see you in the same light again. Llantwit Vegas its gonna be form now on!

 

[llantwit]

That all just looks odd coming from you! I will never quite see you in the same light again. Llantwit Vegas its gonna be form now on!

I love Vegas. I'd go back tomorrow.
I did at least 4 of those things on my wedding day... had our wedding breakfast at the cheesecake factory... met Tom the voice, that day, as well.

 

[1927]

I love Vegas. I'd go back tomorrow.
I did at least 4 of those things on my wedding day... had our wedding breakfast at the cheesecake factory... met Tom the voice, that day, as well.

We're off to California for two weeks next month, missing the play-offs, but I think rather than the planned itinerary we may just hire a car and bomb down to Vegas as the deals on interenet are stupid. decent hotels for $17 a night, whereas we would be paying $100 in CA. Little 27 will love Vegas, he's in love with the lights on fruit machines, just imagine the peace we'll get staying in one big fruit machine for a week.

 

[llantwit]

We're off to California for two weeks next month, missing the play-offs, but I think rather than the planned itinerary we may just hire a car and bomb down to Vegas as the deals on interenet are stupid. decent hotels for $17 a night, whereas we would be paying $100 in CA. Little 27 will love Vegas, he's in love with the lights on fruit machines, just imagine the peace we'll get staying in one big fruit machine for a week.

It's always tempting.
Making me seriously jealous with hotel prices like that.
I'm trying to book a hotel in Chicago for late May, and it's all expensive as hell. Boo.
Have fun in Vegas if you go (be hard not to, ). I bet it's great for kids, too (weirdly).

 

[Sadken]

See the midget porn bar. And the firing range.

 

[Sadken]

tops - after that it'll start to make you insane

Not true. I have done two stays, totalling 25 days. Admittedly, with a hangover the "WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!" machines do make you wanna die but it's like anywhere else and there are loads of things to see and do locally if you do your research beforehand.

 

[Augie March]

See the midget porn bar.

I've been to Vegas twice now and why am I only hearing about this place now?

 

[DMark]

We're off to California for two weeks next month, missing the play-offs, but I think rather than the planned itinerary we may just hire a car and bomb down to Vegas as the deals on interenet are stupid. decent hotels for $17 a night, whereas we would be paying $100 in CA. Little 27 will love Vegas, he's in love with the lights on fruit machines, just imagine the peace we'll get staying in one big fruit machine for a week.

Just read that Bellagio (one of the best hotels in Las Vegas) is currently offering room rates of $90 - that might not sound cheap, but they usually charge $300 and up.

Depending on how many nights you plan on staying, it might be fun to take advantage and live like a high-roller for a night or two.

 

[Kanda]

Bellagio is just too poncy to bother with.

 

[1927]

Just read that Bellagio (one of the best hotels in Las Vegas) is currently offering room rates of $90 - that might not sound cheap, but they usually charge $300 and up.

Depending on how many nights you plan on staying, it might be fun to take advantage and live like a high-roller for a night or two.

Nah cant find anythuing at Bellagio anywhere near that, still $300 a night. We settling for 4 nights at Hooters for £64. The most comfaortable bed I have ever slept in in my life at Hooters, its the only reason I chose to stay there again, honest!

 

[Kanda]

Nah cant find anythuing at Bellagio anywhere near that, still $300 a night. We settling for 4 nights at Hooters for £64. The most comfaortable bed I have ever slept in in my life at Hooters, its the only reason I chose to stay there again, honest!

At least the MGM Grand is just over the road, spending too long in Hooters would make me take the NYNY Rollercoaster and jump at the peak

 

[Sadken]

Stratosphere always seems the best deal for me. On the strip, can get rooms for about $30 per night, nice, clean, comfortable etc. I really liked staying near Fremont Street, but the hotels aren't half as plush there.

 

[DMark]

Nah cant find anythuing at Bellagio anywhere near that, still $300 a night. We settling for 4 nights at Hooters for £64. The most comfaortable bed I have ever slept in in my life at Hooters, its the only reason I chose to stay there again, honest!

Well, I found this link for the $90 offer.

Hooters is the old San Remo - kind of old, but for that price, who cares?

I always say it is kind of silly to spend a lot on a room, considering you will probably only go to the room when you are too tired to stand up. I only mentioned the Bellagio deal as an example of drastic cuts in room rates due to the current economy.

 

[DMark]

Stratosphere always seems the best deal for me. On the strip, can get rooms for about $30 per night, nice, clean, comfortable etc. I really liked staying near Fremont Street, but the hotels aren't half as plush there.

Just don't wander behind the Stratosphere at night...kind of an "iffy" neighborhood at best. Fremont Street has the Golden Nugget - very nice - and even Main Street Station is pretty good there...friends recently stayed at the 4 Queens and said the rooms had been renovated - new furniture, flat screen televisions and still cheap rates.

 

[MightyAphrodite]

Well, I found this link for the $90 offer.

Hooters is the old San Remo - kind of old, but for that price, who cares?

I always say it is kind of silly to spend a lot on a room, considering you will probably only go to the room when you are too tired to stand up. I only mentioned the Bellagio deal as an example of drastic cuts in room rates due to the current economy.

I always stay at the Wynn, i like it there, i spend loads of time in the room!

But i gamble a fair bit too and IF you do that you'll get comped massively when you check out.

 

[Sadken]

Just don't wander behind the Stratosphere at night...kind of an "iffy" neighborhood at best. Fremont Street has the Golden Nugget - very nice - and even Main Street Station is pretty good there...friends recently stayed at the 4 Queens and said the rooms had been renovated - new furniture, flat screen televisions and still cheap rates.

Yeah, Queens is cool and you're dead right about the area behind the Strat - even though the famous Vegas sign is there.

 

[SushiMo]

Best way to do Vegas is to just turn up, later the better, and go straight to any reception and see what they can offer you. We did this a few years back at The Mirage, and got 4 nights for $20 per night. Did the same at the Bellagio 18 months ago, and got 5 nights for $50 per night. Sooner have the rooms filled than not, and seldom will they all be fully booked.

I'll do the same again when I go back again - and I will go back, I love it!

 

[DMark]

Yeah, Queens is cool and you're dead right about the area behind the Strat - even though the famous Vegas sign is there.

Huh?!

The famous Las Vegas sign is located on Las Vegas Boulevard, on the middle island of the street, WAY south (about 5 miles) of Stratosphere, next to Mandalay Bay. They only just recently put in a crosswalk and limited parking so tourists would not be crushed to death trying to cross the street to take a photo of it.