Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2012

Trip report - part 4 (last one!)

Gambling

we really are low-rollers, and not brave/knowledgeable enough to play any of the tables (will do some of the free lessons next time!), so we stick to the flashy glittery video slots! So we spent a lot of time on Dark Knight, The Hangover, Star Wars, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Michael Jackson, Ghostbusters... we only ever stick in a $20 bill and run that down with minimum credit/x2 all line games... or cash out if we hit $50+ and move on. i didn’t cash out much at all, but OH had success on The Hangover a couple of times, so got some spending money for a new bag or two! That, and Dark Knight were probably our faves, MJ the least fave.

General observations

I wouldn’t say that the homeless/beggars problem is any better/worse than our previous visits in the last couple of years, there were certainly fewer !!!!!! slappers about and they were not as in-your-face.

Taxi driver from airport gave us an option on which route to take, we did end up getting tunneled, but left the choice to him as he knew what the traffic was like... and being friday afternoon, when we got the the Strip, it was pretty busy so looks like he made the best choice.

There’s free wifi in public places at Vdara and Aria, should you ever be there... they can be added to the list of free places Can’t believe Caesars Palace wanted $10 for 2 hours’ access!

Macca83 wrote: »

Right Im down to the 15 day mark and Im no where near organised! Clothes wise, what should i bring? I take it that for a peely wally Scot it'll be warm enough still for shorts? Does it get chilly at night? Oh and are the pools still open in October?

We've been in October a few times, and it sometimes does get a little chilly (not overly so) at night, but it's more towards the end of October so if you aren't sure, just take something light like a tracksuit top. Through the day it's still is quite warm at that time of year, so T-shirts/shorts will be ok. I can't comment on the pools, but I'd rather shop than lounge :rotfl:
BTW first time we went, we had the news on one morning and the weather chappie said "better dig out those sweaters, it's going to be a chilly 95 - 99 degrees out there" :eek::eek: So clothes wise - that should help lol :rotfl:

dontone wrote: »

We've been in October a few times, and it sometimes does get a little chilly (not overly so) at night, but it's more towards the end of October so if you aren't sure, just take something light like a tracksuit top. Through the day it's still is quite warm at that time of year, so T-shirts/shorts will be ok. I can't comment on the pools, but I'd rather shop than lounge :rotfl:
BTW first time we went, we had the news on one morning and the weather chappie said "better dig out those sweaters, it's going to be a chilly 95 - 99 degrees out there" :eek::eek: So clothes wise - that should help lol :rotfl:

Haha I had similar experiences when i lived in oz. My Australian mates would be pulling on sweatshirts and jeans, id be sweltering away in shorts and t-shirts lol

sweenytodd wrote: »

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

That time in November is always iffy to book. American Thanksgiving and the Black Friday Sales bring in tons of people. And there's a marathon in Vegas around December 1st, so there will be people there for that. I seem to remember that there is also a huge IT convention that usually goes on around that time as well.

I think the scoot city tour has gone from Groupon, I must admit I find the site a right pain to use as it tries to pick deals closest to the part of Vegas you have set up. This does tend to miss some deals, I recommend logging in as well as again you get more choice than just browsing.

Luckily I picked one up last week following a tip off from here, booked it today and got my first choice so really pleased.