Las Vegas thread and MSE guide 2009

sew109

The Volcano @ Mirage

stoneman wrote: »

Just a mention, we met a young guy and his girlfriend on the mystery adventure that told us he got the Wynn for 4 nights at $89 a night on priceline. He said it ws a shoe in to be Wynn as one of the facilities listed was a golf course!! Never thought Wynn would have to resort to being added to priceline or hotwire, shows how hard times are.

I have heard of a few people getting Wynn on Priceline (Venetian used to be supplied as well) the problem is that Trump is also on there and whilst the property is meant to be very nice the location is not.

nvh

The Bellagio Fountains

in addition to what Sew says, the key difference between Wynn and Trump on priceline is that Wynn will be listed as having a Casino (or that used to be the case)

dont forget to do your research though!

ferf1223

The Bellagio Fountains

stoneman wrote: »

luci wrote: »

Thanks ferf. I had scribbled it on a Post It when you first posted it, but obviously got it wrong. Still considering it for April/May, but hubby's not keen.
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Why wouldn't he be keen? It is a great 2-3 hours fun and cheap with it. Make sure you use the $5 off voucher on the site, and yes you will need to book in advance, the tour is very popular now, just look at the reviews on trip adviser, not one less than 5 stars. They are also going to be on the cover of Vegas Now next month so that will make it a shoe in that it will get very busy.

I agree - it's great fun and relative to what you could lose in a casino in 2-3 hours, it's a steal. Also, those who like solving puzzles can work on that element, and those who don't can have a general rummage to find the things you need to find...so there's something for everyone really...we had both sorts in our group and it really did seem that everyone got stuck into the part they enjoyed doing. I'm pretty shy around people I don't know so the group thing was a bit off-putting for me, but it wasn't a problem at all - we had a great group and got on really well.

One word of warning though - without giving anything away - one of the locations is a shop. Do not lean on the shelves in the middle of the shop...I did, only for a second, and the top shelf gave way and crashed down on those below...how embarrassing - they said someone had done it once before though, so wasn't just me.

So cool that they're going to get a magazine cover! So far I think it's a relatively unknown thing, but once they get more press I can see it getting very popular.

wdyw

nvh wrote: »

TI Orange Bar was rammed with young folk when we last went

Did you mean Tangerine rather than Orange? I'm afraid they did away with it last summer.

wdyw

stoneman wrote: »

Just a mention, we met a young guy and his girlfriend on the mystery adventure that told us he got the Wynn for 4 nights at $89 a night on priceline. He said it ws a shoe in to be Wynn as one of the facilities listed was a golf course!! Never thought Wynn would have to resort to being added to priceline or hotwire, shows how hard times are.

A bit more expensive but there is an email offer going out to people who have th Wynn reward card of $109 a night - maybe worth it to some to guarantee being in the Wynn rather than TT.

weiser

in vegas early march and want to do the new mystery adventure trip can it be booked from the uk

sew109

The Volcano @ Mirage

wdyw wrote: »

A bit more expensive but there is an email offer going out to people who have th Wynn reward card of $109 a night - maybe worth it to some to guarantee being in the Wynn rather than TT.

$109 for Wynn is a real deal this hotel in Europe would be £300 per night, my wife travels for work and they usually put them up in Four Seaons, Mandarin Oriental and Ritz Carltons (or at least they did ;_) and she thinks that Encore beats any hotel she has stayed at and Wynn is a close second. Wynn is certainly a world above Venetian and Palazzo

ferf1223

The Bellagio Fountains

weiser wrote: »

in vegas early march and want to do the new mystery adventure trip can it be booked from the uk

yes, but you will have to call as they require a credit card to secure the booking...what we did was to email them first to see if they had availability for our date and time and then called to book.

Contact details are here:

http://www.mysteryadventureslasvegas.com/ma_contact.htm

use the call checker to find the best rate (we use Discount Dial)

http://callchecker.moneysavingexpert.com/intcallchecker/

nvh

The Bellagio Fountains

wdyw wrote: »

Did you mean Tangerine rather than Orange? I'm afraid they did away with it last summer.

hahaha, it's all the same colour really

:rotfl:
:beer:

ferf1223

The Bellagio Fountains

wdyw wrote: »

A bit more expensive but there is an email offer going out to people who have th Wynn reward card of $109 a night - maybe worth it to some to guarantee being in the Wynn rather than TT.

Another reason to sign up even if you don't think you will gamble much...loads of people got the 3-free nights at Encore as well for minimal play...though the window was pretty limited, for those who could use it, how awesome?

We've barely gambled at the Hilton and they regularly send us snail mail offers too...OK, Hilton, not Wynn or Encore, but still...just shows you don't have to gamble loads to get good deals.