Just realized I pointed you to the wrong set of pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/raychampagne/sets/72157609468891333/
:) On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Just got back from my 7 days of debauchery 2 weeks ago. A couple of > things: > > Vegas strip is all under construction right now, and it isn't very pretty. > Be prepared to take a few cab rides, it is very congested at the moment, and > the "Strip Walking Experience" on the Bellagio side of the strip isn't very > cool. Lots of walking under scaffolding and many detours. Also, you should > avoid walking down the other side from the Wynn to the Flamingo. On one > side the sidewalk is shut down, and the other side, well, with the lack of > the Frontier being there, is very dark and scary. Lots of sketchy people > panhandling, selling who-knows-what-it's-laced-with drugs, etc. You're > better off to take the new double decker buses from the Wynn to Flamingo, or > even downtown. Which brings me to my next point: > > Go downtown! It's a little dicey in places, but the Fremont St Experience > is something you need to do - and do it at night! Also, while downtown, > there are two places I would check out - one is called "Mermaids" and it's a > cool little casino where they literally will give you drinks for just > looking at a slot machine. In fact, as soon as you walk in the door, they > give you beads and take your shot orders. A nice little warm-me-up. The > waitresses will even do shots with you! The other place is El Cortez > casino. Another kind of dumpy place, but if you want to learn a new table > game (might I suggest Pai Gow) this is the place to do it. They have > insanely low table minimums and the drinks flow very freely. We spent a > good 6 hours gaming there after the shots from Mermaids warmed our bellies. > > If you're into beer-pong (I don't think you are, but not sure about > Kennedy) go to the back of O'Shea's casino on the strip. There is a cool > beer-pong area set up there, and you can play against each other, or there > are plenty of people around looking to play couple-to-couple. Bonus - when > you're done, you are literally standing in a food court, so munch away! > > My favorite area to play is that whole Bill's/O'Shea's "dive-y" area in the > middle of the strip. We kept going back there, because it lacked the > stuffiness that I dislike in the Bellagio/Paris/Venetian type places. > > Obligatory things to do while on the strip too - MGM's Lion habitat, > Mirage's "Zoo" and Botanical Gardens (Sigfried & Roy), The Bodies exhibit > Jerry said (was cool for Lori, not really *that& gross, I was so-so > impressed, but I'm a history guy, not much interest in biology), don't waste > your money on the Shark exhibit at the Luxor, check out Gameworks (like > Jerry said, although I noticed it somehow lost is luster for me this time > around), Planet Hollywood Shops are OK, hit the Caesar's Palace Shops and > catch the Atlantis show (free), and don't EVER take a flier from the throngs > of "snappers" on the sidewalk (trust me on this one, they are like > seagulls). > > Off the strip - go to the Hoover Dam. Well worth your time. Bonus, since > you are going to be drving to the GC, you have to drive right over it to get > there. Give yourself an hour or two on the way there to do the tour, take > pictures and just take it in. Check out the new bridge being built too - > it's insane. (See my Flickr page for our pics - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/raychampagne/sets/72157609566623278/ ). > > One thing about the GC - make sure you get up and get going really early > (like 6AM or 7AM at the latest) - it's a long drive. They say it's 5 hours, > not sure where they get that from, we did it in 4, but making a single day > trip out of it makes for a long day when you have 4 hours to drive each > way. If you can get up early enough, the sunrise at the Hoover Dam would be > sweet. We saw the sunset and it rocked. It's only like 25 minutes from the > Strip, so you could leave and easily make sunrise there. > > I think that's it. Hit me up if you want opinions of anything else. I > won't say I'm an expert, but I have been a half dozen times and know my way > around. Like G said, just let your hair down, have fun, and just start > walking every morning - it's fun to just wander and see where you end up! > > Vegas is funny to vacation in - you don't want to leave, but man, you are > just totally exhausted when you get back. You almost need a vacation to > wind down from your vacation! > > Ray > > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Not Must Sees, but all worth doing, and good to have in the pocket. >> >> Hover Dam! Hoover Dam! Damn! That is impressive. >> >> The fountains at the Bellagio. >> >> Tethered Balloon to see all of downtown. Next to the New Frontier >> Hotel.Awesome view, great photos. Goes up 400 feet $12 each person/$15 >> each >> at night. >> >> If you are a sick, sick person (the memory still gets me gagging), Bodies >> the Exhibition shows dissected real bodies, and organs. do a web search. >> Not >> for everyone, but for the science or bizarre minded, definitely worth >> doing >> once. 10am-10pm. $24 each. >> >> Gameworks is _the best_ video arcade ever. http://www.wegotfamily.com/ >> >> Atomic Testing Museum. Learn how we tested, and how it all works, and how >> scary the cold war was. $10 bucks, and worth an hour. >> >> Death Valley Monument is a 2 hour drive each way. >> >> Area 51 is close. >> >> Gunfights and old west show. Bonnie Springs. >> http://www.bonniesprings.com/ >> >> A google map of the outside of vegas items >> >> http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&msa=0&msid=100483915724424959392.00045d4cb3a92dc185827&ll=36.629839,-115.514768&spn=3.825923,7.075195&z=7 >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > its friday and sunday my wife i and fly to vegas for... >> > >> > (tickets are ALL purchased!!) >> > >> > 1. believe (criss angel + cirque du soleil) >> > 2. crazy horse paris (mgm grand) >> > 3. self drive jeep wrangler to the grand canyon >> > 4. trip to sapphire club (71,000 sq feet of nakedness!!) >> > >> > staying @ the luxor and chillin the rest of the time... >> > any other things we MUST do out there? >> > ive been once before but do not really remember much >> > it was a 28 hour blur ;) on purpose!! >> > >> > tw >> > >> > >> > >> > -- tony >> > >> > Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. >> > -- siddhartha gautama >> > >> > >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282205 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
