Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2012

KarenG wrote: »

Really? When did that change?

I had a big debate with them last August as my booking confirmation stated washer/dryers were available but they were absolutely adamant they weren't. I kicked up a bit of a fuss (had four peoples' worth of twelve days' clothes that I'd specifically saved because I thought there were facilities there) and eventually they "allowed" me to use the owners facility as a one off. It was on the ground (1st) floor. We were in Tower 2 though I'd imagine the setup is the same in all of them (?)

I'd be surprised if they were wrong as I did make a fuss, speak to a manager etc, but stranger things have happened....

We stayed there from 23rd Aug-6th Sept and were given access to the laundry room, have stayed there for 11 nights before and it wasnt mentioned but obv not sure what would have happened if I had asked

hi, looking for a bit of info really, were going for a week nov 4th and im looking to book at the flamingo for the whole week as we were there last year and got a fantastic "go" room overlooking the fountains useing the $20 upgrade trick. The problem is ,when im on the flamingo website its telling me i can only book the Go room up until thurs as all the Go rooms including minisuites are booked up for the entire weekend after that, yet when i go through another travel site say, hotels.com or trivago it lets me book a Go room for the entire week ? i dont want to book through a travel site and then find when i get there , there are only the basic rooms actualy available, would rather book direct with them if only for 4 days, and then change hotels, or do i trust the travel sites ? any info is appreciated ,,, thanks

Thanks for posting. Only 15 days before we're there. (I'm not ready!!!)

Trip report - part 2

Trips/Events

we didn’t do too much on this trip, but really enjoyed the couple of things we did

Jersey Boys at Paris - we had booked $99 tickets through bestofvegas.com a good few months ago, but i think you can get even cheaper tickets now. these were for orchestra stall seats and we had a great view about 20 rows back. i never like sitting right at the front as you’re always looking up and straining your neck (like people who fit flat screen TVs to the wall above a fireplace, why?!). But otherwise, i wouldn’t say there’s a bad seat in the house really. the show itself was really very good - and i’m not a theatre/musical fan at all. but i am a big music fan and love learning music history (though i appreciate it’s a story told from one point of view). it was really fast moving and good fun - you’ll love it if you’re a music fan, but not a theatre-goer.

Scoot City Red Rock Canyon morning trip - we did this on the morning of the day it threw it down with rain in the afternoon, so were very lucky! i can only echo what the TA reports say - it is incredibly good fun, but don’t expect an informative tour of the park. the guides know a bit, enough to give you an idea, but are Scoot City employees, not Red Rock employees. As such, you only get about 15mins in the visitors centre, which is not even close to long enough, so would like to go back to find out a bit more. You’re really well looked after, the guides bring loads of bottled water for everyone. we used a BOGOF Groupon, so was only $125 for 2 of us. would i pay $125 per person? do you know, i think i probably would, but with a groupon, it’s got to a must! if they do a groupon for the Strip tour, i’d look forward to that.

Round The World tasting at Coca-Cola world - ok, not really an event, but didn’t want to put it under ‘food’! For $7 for 2 trays of 16 different Coca-Cola samples, this was definitely good fun - though you must take/get something savoury to eat straight after as it is sugar overload! who knew Coke made so many different drinks - some are surprisingly nice, some are VILE! On one’s wikipedia page, it says about 2 people in 1000 claim to ‘like’ one of the flavours. Blurgh!

Gold & Silver Pawn shop (Pawn Stars) - we got a taxi up there for about 10am on Monday morning, and contrary to many reports, there was no line at all to get in. there were quite a few people looking around the shop, but not enough so you couldn’t see anything. none of the ‘stars’ were there, but we went expecting this - however they were filming there the following day, and Chumlee was welcoming all the taxis on the Wednesday (driver appreciation day apparently!), so you stand a fair chance of seeing them if you went, I’d say. Obviously this is only a trip to do if you like the show (and yes, definitely worth it), we joked with the taxi driver about how he doesn’t really get tourists wanting to go a random out-of-town pawn shop! we were a bit worried about how to get back, but there are always a couple of cabs in the parking lot, and the Deuce stops not too far away... though i’m not sure i’d really want to be walking around that part of town, even in daylight! But we jumped into a cab to the North Premium outlets, so that was a bit of MSE at work!