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Las Vegas thread and MSE guide 2009

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  • pennylane99
    pennylane99 Posts: 5,783 Forumite
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    The Bellagio Fountains
    Froggitt wrote: »
    Nice hotel - but too far to walk to mid-strip which is where "most stuff" is.....reliant on car or taxi or deuce except for closest stuff like MGM or Luxor. Youll therefore need to leave extra time to get anywhere.

    Not like staying at Bellagio and popping over to Miracle Mile, or at Venetian and going for a poker tourney at TI. Or Wynn and doing the Fashion Show Mall.......its MBay and.......well theres the MBay beach, Lion King......

    Frogs first rule of Vegas............just because it looks near, doesnt mean it is near.

    Mandalay Bay is ok

    I have often stayed there, and walked each morning along to Fashion Show Mall...doesnt take that long...
  • Froggitt
    Froggitt Posts: 5,904 Forumite
    The Fremont street experience
    Its a lovely hotel. Walking to FSM.......in summer......wow.
    illegitimi non carborundum
  • Froggitt
    Froggitt Posts: 5,904 Forumite
    The Fremont street experience
    Thats going past Luxor, Excalibur, NYNY, Monte Carlo, City Center, Bellagio, Caesars, Mirage and TI. Three miles as the crow flies.......but no they direct you in and out of hotels and walkways rather than let you cross a road. Up and down, in and out.......thats gotta be a good couple of hours. It takes me 20 minutes to get across the road from Venetian to TI starting at the wrong end of Venetian!!!!
    illegitimi non carborundum
  • ferf1223
    ferf1223 Posts: 8,936 Forumite
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    The Bellagio Fountains
    because we can't resist stopping into each casino to have a look at the slots, we normally don't have too much trouble walking from point a to point b as we just naturally have a number of breaks...but I can say that the distance from Peppermill to Sahara (to get the monorail as we were going to Bally's and our friend to the Hilton, so made sense) at 3am is waaaay farther than it looks. I swear that Sahara seemed like a mirage in the distance that kept moving farther away. :)
    Does remembering a time that a certain degree of personal responsibility was more or less standard means that I am officially old?
  • funkyfin2000
    funkyfin2000 Posts: 649 Forumite
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    The Bellagio Fountains
    I forgot to mention when we were there, just outside one of the hotels, some bloke lost it in his car, mounted the central reservation bit and hit a tree slightly and then carried on driving!!!!! Must have been hammered! Everyone just stopped and stared! Quite funny, unless he had lost control and hit us pedestrians!
  • c_l_a_i_r_e
    c_l_a_i_r_e Posts: 4,647 Forumite
    The Bellagio Fountains
    Thats what I'd like to do next time! I flew to Cancun in April stayed at Moon Palace and then just returned from Las Vegas last week, I'm still worn out! hehe wish we'd booked the 2 trips together, this year all i've done is long haul flights inc Dubai.

    We stayed at Moon Palace too, lovely hotel:D Vegas/Mexico was a great trip for us, and i'd definitely recommend it. Lucky you though - vegas, mexico and dubai already this year and its only june:eek::p
    :starmod:C'est la vie:starmod:
  • c_l_a_i_r_e
    c_l_a_i_r_e Posts: 4,647 Forumite
    The Bellagio Fountains
    Froggitt wrote: »
    Nice hotel - but too far to walk to mid-strip which is where "most stuff" is.....reliant on car or taxi or deuce except for closest stuff like MGM or Luxor. Youll therefore need to leave extra time to get anywhere.

    Not like staying at Bellagio and popping over to Miracle Mile, or at Venetian and going for a poker tourney at TI. Or Wynn and doing the Fashion Show Mall.......its MBay and.......well theres the MBay beach, Lion King......

    Frogs first rule of Vegas............just because it looks near, doesnt mean it is near.

    Frogs first rule of vegas is spot on:D

    I really like MB and the location is a non issue but then for us central strip isn't where "most stuff" is . We always go for meals at Bellagio/Paris and a bit of shopping at CP/PH but apart from that the majority of our time is spent either north or south strip as we prefer those areas. Also i'm kind of the mindset that the more walking involved the better - gotta work off all that eating and drinking somehow:o:rotfl:
    :starmod:C'est la vie:starmod:
  • pebblesmax
    pebblesmax Posts: 2,279 Forumite
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    The Bellagio Fountains
    It just shows that there is something for everyone in Vegas. We usually spend time in different areas of Vegas and do things fairly close to our home casino. (Not counting walking from Excalibur to Palazzo for Jersey Boys!!!!! and back again)
  • ferf1223
    ferf1223 Posts: 8,936 Forumite
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    The Bellagio Fountains
    Also i'm kind of the mindset that the more walking involved the better - gotta work off all that eating and drinking somehow:o:rotfl:

    Indeed. and with all the walking I usually find that I don't gain weight while in Vegas despite all the bad for me food I eat...one trip I actually LOST 5lbs...which was just ridiculous. :)
    Does remembering a time that a certain degree of personal responsibility was more or less standard means that I am officially old?
  • lumines
    lumines Posts: 11 Forumite
    How long do you guys normally spend in Vegas? Was thinking about staying for a couple of weeks, is this too long?
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