Las Vegas thread and MSE guide 2009

alictait

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Hi all

just wanted to say thanks for all the info from the forum - i'm off tomorrow at 5.55am :eek:

Got the cheap flights from Expedia.com.au flying from Glasgow - San Fransisco for £154 ages ago and then booked Virgin US from SFO to Vegas for £40pp. Been to Vegas twice before so hoping to relax a bit more this time?!

Doing 12 nights Vegas (8 at the Signature, 4 at Grandview) then onto LA for 2 nights, Cambria 1 night, Monterey 1 night and then San Fran for 5 nights.

Got lots of shows booked too: Blue Man, O, Phantom, Boxing, Baseball etc so will report back when I return...if I can still stand!

Thanks again for all the help!

ferf1223

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have a nice trip alictait - looking forward to hearing about it when you're back!

ferf1223

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Indout96 wrote: »

Dont look at it as a 12 hour stop over look at it as a day out in a new city :j:beer:

A lot of the longer layovers I've seen are overnight.

trets77

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funkyfin2000 wrote: »

Interesitng, might see if we can get her in to jubilee....are the vouchers in the las vegas coupon book? Cool!

Don't want sleazy as she won't go for that at all

Thanks guys! I cant wait for april 29th!!! COME ON!!!

if you want a traditional Vegas show girl show then Jubilee is the way to go IMO. it is not sleazy at all and has some great intermission acts as well .

LVA rewards booklet ( used to be called book of values )


http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/whyjoin-mrbdetails.cfm?cat=Entertainment


I have never seen Jubilee at the half price booths and tickets cost around $88 so spending as little as $37 to get a whole book of great coupons is Quite the deal . given your looming departure date it might best for you to collect the book in person at their office's in LV

callipygean

I wondered if anyone knew how easy it is to get tickets for sold out concerts?

The Killers are playing later this month in the Hard Rock (18/4) and would love to see them.

Are the ticket touts outside these type of gigs or is it better to go via the ebay route?

ferf1223

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trets77 wrote: »

if you want a traditional Vegas show girl show then Jubilee is the way to go IMO. it is not sleazy at all and has some great intermission acts as well .

LVA rewards booklet ( used to be called book of values )


http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/whyjoin-mrbdetails.cfm?cat=Entertainment

I saw Jubilee with my in-laws in October...was a bit worried that it would be weird seeing all the boobies with my FIL (hubby, oddly, had no interest and let the three of us go on his own). I agree that it's not at all sleazy, though I did actually more enjoy the acts between sets. The coupon states that it's only good for the late show (10:30 pm) but you never know, they might accept it for the earlier show. I haven't seen Jubilee at the 1/2 price booths either, so think Trets is absolutely correct that if you're planning on seeing Jubilee, you may as well subscribe to LVA as the Jubliee voucher will save you more than the cost of membership.

neilbond007

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funkyfin2000 wrote: »

i asked her about that too and she didn't seem keen!!!

Was there much nuddy in it? Was it any good etc?

lots of topless ladies doing gymnastics which was all very tasteful... then some blokes getting their kit off to reveal posing pouches. that was degrading to men

overall i wasn't overly impressed... but there again i'm not a fan of that kind of stuff

ferf1223

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Just found out that the Miss USA finals are at PH while we're there! 19th April. Sadly, I cannot justify $75/ticket for the last row of the mezzanine, in case anyone is interested they're being sold on ticketmaster.

Oddly, while I was an absolute tomboy growing up I was fascinated by the Miss USA pageant and LOVED watching it every year...if tickets were cheaper or better seats were available, I have absolutely no doubt I would go to this (with or without my husband).

Dowsy

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callipygean wrote: »

I wondered if anyone knew how easy it is to get tickets for sold out concerts?

The Killers are playing later this month in the Hard Rock (18/4) and would love to see them.

Are the ticket touts outside these type of gigs or is it better to go via the ebay route?

Hello,

I'm not too sure how easy it is to get tickets for this via ticket touts but we are going to this concert.

We tried getting tickets from the very start when they went on presale and then when they went on general but with no luck so we had to go the Ebay route, We were a bit uncertain to start with as there are quite a few other ticket sites that were selling them for silly money but the 2 we got from Ebay were the hard tickets.Paid $260 for the 2 which roughly works out about £90 each and the seller gave us free P+P which was good as a few we saw on Ebay were trying for $30-$40:eek: (actual postage to us was $1.64) Tickets came within 3 days of buying them. But like anything you bid for on Ebay just be careful.

stoneman

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Dowsy wrote: »

Hello,

I'm not too sure how easy it is to get tickets for this via ticket touts but we are going to this concert.

Dowsy, will you stop bloody bragging that you are going to see the Killers!!!
(where is the smilie for envy)
BTW make sure you go out to Sams Town and have your picture taken in front of the sign. we are going to do that for sure.