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sakon76Wonderful Husband and I went to Las Vegas over this last weekend. It's been, mm, seven-eight years since we were last there, and it is worlds away better than it used to be. The casinos we wandered through uniformly did not reek of cigarette smoke. Hallelujah!
We did get suckered into attending a time-share presentation by Wyndham; we thought their offerings looked pretty and sounded interesting, but when it comes down to it, we are not the type of people who would get much out of what they have to offer. We are not resortists.
We stayed at the Flamingo, which was okay (lovely view of the roof), but we don't go on vacations for the hotel rooms! Using the vouchers we got from Wyndham, we went on the indoor gondola at the Venetian, and also toured Madame Toussaud's, which was kind of creepy. The wax figures were varying degrees of realistic. We caught the Sirens of TI show at Treasure Island (so, so campy... even more so than I remembered it) and a bit of the volcano show at the Mirage. We kept managing to miss the fountains at the Bellagio, though, alas! The main reason we went to Vegas, of course, was to see Cirque du Soleil's "O" at the Bellagio. Which was the best Cirque show we've ever seen! The other three (all good unto themselves) were touring shows; having a permanent stage makes a difference.
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tainry, went to the buffet at the Luxor for brunch, and then headed out to Hoover Dam, where we did the full tour. It was really neat! (Many Transformers references were made.) We also walked halfway across the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, just downstream of the dam, and admired the view from there. The bridge is new since the last time we were there, and I am so, so grateful that they actually made it pretty to look at. Fantastic pieces of construction, both the dam and the bridge!
After dinner back in Las Vegas at KGB Burgers in Harrah's, doing a little bit of slots (I ended the weekend down $3.75) and droppingtainry back at her hotel, Wonderful Husband and I headed home, arriving five minutes shy of midnight. Today we are achey (particularly me, in my calves; I am back to stumping around) but overall pleased with the experience.
We did get suckered into attending a time-share presentation by Wyndham; we thought their offerings looked pretty and sounded interesting, but when it comes down to it, we are not the type of people who would get much out of what they have to offer. We are not resortists.
We stayed at the Flamingo, which was okay (lovely view of the roof), but we don't go on vacations for the hotel rooms! Using the vouchers we got from Wyndham, we went on the indoor gondola at the Venetian, and also toured Madame Toussaud's, which was kind of creepy. The wax figures were varying degrees of realistic. We caught the Sirens of TI show at Treasure Island (so, so campy... even more so than I remembered it) and a bit of the volcano show at the Mirage. We kept managing to miss the fountains at the Bellagio, though, alas! The main reason we went to Vegas, of course, was to see Cirque du Soleil's "O" at the Bellagio. Which was the best Cirque show we've ever seen! The other three (all good unto themselves) were touring shows; having a permanent stage makes a difference.
Yesterday we met up with
tainry, went to the buffet at the Luxor for brunch, and then headed out to Hoover Dam, where we did the full tour. It was really neat! (Many Transformers references were made.) We also walked halfway across the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, just downstream of the dam, and admired the view from there. The bridge is new since the last time we were there, and I am so, so grateful that they actually made it pretty to look at. Fantastic pieces of construction, both the dam and the bridge!After dinner back in Las Vegas at KGB Burgers in Harrah's, doing a little bit of slots (I ended the weekend down $3.75) and dropping
tainry back at her hotel, Wonderful Husband and I headed home, arriving five minutes shy of midnight. Today we are achey (particularly me, in my calves; I am back to stumping around) but overall pleased with the experience.
