Las Vegas

...I booked to go to Las Vegas 2 years ago with my 4 year old daughter my after thought was WHAT HAVE I DONE! Not knowing if there would be enough to entertain my daughter (especially for 2 weeks). Worry not there was more than enough for both of us. We stayed at the MGM Grand which was convenient for the on-site theme park and creche, one of a few on the strip. I must commend the staff at the creche as they are excellent with the kids, so much so that ...
...of worrying about whether she would be alright it took 2 staff members to carry her out because she was enjoying herself so much. The entertainment for children is either free or very reasonable with 2 theme parks(the other one being at Circus Circus), a water park, various attractions (ethel M chocolate factory), gaming arcades suitable for ages 4-16 and free shows either outside different hotels or inside the Excalibur, all this on the strip. Also ...

geomel 17.06.2001 · Read full review
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LAS VEGAS , the city that never sleeps , where dreams are born and fortunes are won & lost. My wife and I have been to Las Vegas at least once every year since 1988. Whilst no one can ever claim to know everything about a place , we believe we have a good knowledge and would like to be in a position to provide information where this may prove helpful. I have attached below link's under respective headings as and when I have come across them. Have ...
...you go to Las Vegas , have a fantastic time. Please let me know if any of you win a fortune , I've never won more than 4,000 coins at any one time but go ahead and make me jealous. Please e-mail me at richardandkaye@totalise.co.uk HOTELS (I have tried to do them in position order from the South end of the Strip , moving North.) Mandalay Bay This Hotel has some very strange Restaurants , a Russain theme and a Jungle Theme - have a look but unless ...

kayesheard 27.01.2002 · Read full review
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I love Las Vegas! Good Food! Buffet is really a good value. You can have prime rib for a relatively low price and good quality of food. This is the main reason I visit Vegas all the time! Good Shopping! many shops offer refunds at any other locations in the country. My special interest is the Coca-cola and the M&M's specialty buildings. You will find many merchandize here that you cannot find anywhere in the world. Good Entertainment! marvellous ...
...driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. There is one part that has artificial bumps that remind the driver to stay awake. And there is another part that has only one lane of traffic. We got stuck for traffic jam for almost 5 hours one time in the middle of the night on the way back to Los Angeles and there is no bathrooms or detour. It takes around 4 hours to drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas without traffic. I have taken the flight to Vegas before. ...

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...Sproggit and Son, Hull. Las Vegas is all these things and more. It’s currently the fastest growing city in the USA, with over 5,000 people a month moving in. Although the official statistics fail to mention how many people move out after they learn the hard way that they can’t get their pay check past the casino door. The size of the city is the second thing that hits you as you fly into McCarren International Airport at the south end ...
...attractions for people coming to Las Vegas. The lure of that one lucky role of the dice, or that killer hand or just that lucky dollar in the right slot machine at the right time. It’s what attracts the people in the first place, it’s what keeps them coming back and it’s worth remembering it’s also what makes the hotel owners rich. But don’t stop there. Play some golf on one of the world class courses that surround ...

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Even the most hardened Vegas-addict needs the occasional break from the fast flow of neon, dollars and anything else that you want. Vegas offers everything man has created and that comes in abundance. What is somewhat less available, but my soul begins to crave after around 72 hours is a little immersion in nature. So if you feel the same - then fear not an escape to Red Rock Canyon could be just what you are after. What is Red Rock? ______________ ...
...in a bottle - but by contrast, it is red and it does have rocks in it! Set in the Mojave Desert, this canyon is full of living things. Look overhead and you will often see a predatory bird scanning the valley floor for lunch. Petrified sand dunes are testament to the longevity and unchanged nature of the canyon. There is much more to see & is described below. The canyon is encircled by a Scenic Highway, which enjoys the clever aspect of being a long ...

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...of a real functioning city Las Vegas really is! It is not just a town of hotels and casinos, its very much populated and although not by far the size of LA or London, you certainly feel small there!!! For those of you visiting Vegas in a car like I did, you will initially find the roads slightly confusing. The highways that run along side the city are not very well signed and your fellow motorists are not as forgiving as you are used to!!, however, ...
...film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, was a mere $39 on a Thursday night!! Even these hotels offered facilities that defy the cost of the rooms!! Giant casinos, restaurants, Pools!! Circus even had, well , a circus inside! Trapeze artists, jugglers, clowns, everything! even a McDonalds !!! These are the two pricing extremes on the main strip in Vegas, the further south you go the more expensive it is, remember that one! Places to go! Well you have ...

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...than a coach trip away there are more reasons to visit than the flashing lights. I strongly reccomend everyone should visit Las Vegas at least once, it is truly unique, completely individual, and offers the experience of a lifetime whatever you are looking for in a trip to Nevada. ...

Foxy1212 18.09.2008 · Read full review
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...realise just how big the Las Vegas Strip is. Theres a lot to do bewteen the start of it at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino right up to the breathtaking Fremont Street Experience at the end. The wondeful thing about Vegas is that you could walk around in a clown costume, with your underwear on your head or in a pink tutu in the middle of the day and nobody would bat and eyelid! Thats the pure magic of the place. Everyone is so carefree and you can ...
...Of course, there are the Las Vegas classics, like MGM Grand, Caesars Palace and The Flamingo all of which are well worth a visit. My top picks would be Bellagio, Paris and Caesars. All of the hotels have at least one thing aimed at children, so its not all nightlife, gambling and drinking as some people believe Vegas is. There are plenty of animal parks, swimming pools, games and kids attractions around. However its worth mentioning that at night ...

purplemango 14.04.2005 · Read full review
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Las Vegas is the craziest city in the world. Where else can you and five friends stay in a five star pyramid big enough to hold about 50 IMAX cinemas for sixty dollars a night? Between you, not each. We turned up without having booked anything in advance and ended up in the huge booking hall at the base of the Luxor pyramid. The desk clerks can do all sorts of deals for you on the spot. Our room was a standard double, but as this is the US, that ...
...a roll-out bed, which was big enough for two people as well, so the six of us shared a room and paid 10 dollars each per night - it was cheaper than a hostel! Our room had a great view out over the Mandalay Bay casino, which at the time was the last big one at the end of the strip, and the empty desert beyond. The bathroom was enormous and the shower was big enough for a rugby team. For meals we went to the all you can eat buffet downstairs. For ...

Suse 12.07.2000 (31.05.2001) · Read full review
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...told how IN YOUR FACE Las Vegas was several times but you gotta see it to believe it!! On my first trip, I was utterly astonished at this amazing place (The Strip)in the middle of the desert with enormous (I mean ENORMOUS) hotels, flashing lights etc - it is far grander (although Las Vegas itself and surrounding area are pretty boring really)and more amazing than it looks when you see it on TV. We were staying in Treasure Island which was fairly ...
...after I returned home that Las Vaegas is becoming the murder capital of America but I have to say I felt pretty safe most of the time I was there, just stick to the main tourist areas and you will be okay. Another tip, make your stay Sun - Thurs as most Hotels rates more than double at the weekends, we only paid $50 a night but they wanted to charge us $179 for Friday night and $209 for Saturday!! All I can say is - prepare to be impressed!! ...

kimborob 12.02.2001 · Read full review
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...written during my stay in Las Vegas in November 1996. I went there with some colleagues to attend the annual COMDEX exhibition and these are the thoughts that I had during the stay there. The journey begins Our journey didn't exactly start the way I wanted it to start. When we came to Sola airport (the airport here in Stavanger), we found out that our plane to Amsterdam had been canceled. Because of the cancellation we had to go to Oslo first, then ...
...hours and we arrived in Las Vegas at 3 am in the morning. I sat down a bit at the Schiphol airport in Amsterdam to watch the people go by. It so funny to see all the different characters that walk around. You got your old Japanese male who looks a bit worried while he is smoking his cigarettes (maybe he is afraid of flying), the experienced business man who sits and read a book and between his legs are a bag of duty free things, a young couple: she's ...

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...than a juicy fat steak, Las Vegas is your heaven. So often, in England, the Steak on offer in a run of the mill restaurant, needs some kind of sauce (pepper, diane or chasseur) to give it a decent flavour. But that's the way it's been for years. You immediately notice a different in the USA. Steak tastes of COW !! Prime Rib is on just about all Buffet menus. I can remember seeing movies with Vegas as a backdrop and an undying memory is seeing signs ...
...But, I digress. The Las Vegas Hilton has one of the top buffets in town. We were enticed to go there one evening because of it's proximity to a Show we were booked in for later that night. The Shrimps were laid out on a tray of crushed ice, it looked a fabulous display. Unfortunately the display was better than the shrimps. Whether it was all of that frozen water they were sitting on, I don't know, but they tasted bland and watery to me. But the ...

flashpointz 18.09.2000 (21.12.2000) · Read full review
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...a wonderful six days in Las Vegas in April 2001. My husband and I and our two youngest children aged fifteen and eleven, booked into the Barbary Coast Hotel right in the centre of the strip. From this central base we covered the hotels on the strip like an army operation. Day one we took on all the hotels to our left. Day two, all the hotels on the opposite side of the strip to our left...you get the picture! For any Brit who has never been to the ...
...than enough free entertainment in Las Vegas, each hotel trying to outdo the next to get you into their casino, but if you want to see one of the headline acts or shows then you need to book at least three months in advance over the internet so as not to be disappointed as we where. We would have loved to see the Cirque de Soliel show "O" which shows at the Bellagio but we left it too late. Be warned! If you get the chance to visit Las Vegas then ...

buzzz 29.05.2001 (12.08.2001) · Read full review
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All that is great about Las Vegas is encapsulated within the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas. You can't miss the giant pyramid , rising from the Nevada Desert, guarded by the equally impressive Sphynx. The pyramid itself can hold a fleet of jumbo jets. It houses the mandatory casino, several restaurants, night clubs, an IMAX Theatre and best of all, a full size recreation of the tomb of King Tutankhamen. Being a new hotel (as most in Vegas) the rooms ...
...times and found that the best rooms are in either of the Towers rather than in the pyramid itself which can be quite noisy with the continuous "chinking" from the casino. Room rates vary depending on what's on in Vegas. Saturdays are by far the most expensive, but during the week you can stay for as little as $40. Booking over the internet is easy from www.luxor.com. They often provide complimentary tickets for attractions for internet bookings. ...

netmoneymaker 04.09.2000 · Read full review
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We visited Las Vegas for the first time a few years ago, and are now hooked. So whats the attraction? Well first of all, the hotels are fantastic quality, service is excellent, and value for money is amazing. If you choose the right time of year, you can stay in the biggest and best hotels in the world for less than $49 per night! The food is even cheaper with breakfast, lunch and dinner available at $1.99, $2.99 and $3.99 respectively!!! Of course ...
...The Hotel/Casinos are entertainment venues in their own right and are tailored as much for the family as they are for gamblers. One or two do have restricted areas (eg Belagio), but others really are targetting the family (eg Circus Circus and the MGM Grand). Any for those who prefer natural scenery, you are ideally placed for Lake Mead and Grand Canyon visits. We did the latter by helicopter, and it was probably the best experience of my life! ...

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