Las Vegas thread and MSE guide 2010

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vegasvisitor

stoneman wrote: »

For now the next trip we have planed is September to Atlantic City, that should be an eye opener. It is more to be used as a base, I was born and grew up not far from there and want to show Tracy around, go to Philadelphia and New York, and use AC as night time recreation. My mum and dad used to take us to the shore there for holidays. I have been reading some of the forums and it sounds totally different to Vegas so quite an adventure. God knows how T is going to cope with the boardwalk in her heels, but all part of the fun.

I went to Atlantic City back in the mid-90s, I had family living in New Jersey at the time and we went down to the Jersey Shore for the weekend. Think we stayed just south of Seaside Heights, not sure exactly where, but I know I would recognise it if I saw it. Quite a narrow peninsula in places, we were down in a quiet area with a deli/restaurant and a couple of bar/restaurants. Other than that we had to jump in the car and drive for about 5 or 10 mins up to the main area. There was a fairground out on the boardwalk there. We stopped at Atlantic City on the way home, played some slots (oops, I was only 19 or 20 but was hardly ever ID'd in the states back then), we walked up and down the boardwalk, beach was nice from my memory but I think you had to pay to get on it! This was in my pre-vegas days, it was about another 6 years before I went to Vegas, so I can't really say how they'd compare.

I think you've had a rather good run at Vegas to be honest! We've done 10 trips I think now, and we feel we should be tiring of it now, but we aren't (to date). I wonder if we'll get fed up soon. There are still places that I don't think have changed over the last decade - Bill's (albeit the name has changed), Bally's, Harrah's, Bellagio, Orleans etc. However, I see Flamingo, Planet Ho, Luxor, TI becoming much more geared to the young crowd. Maybe it's that some of your old favourites have changed too?

Well, do let us know how you enjoy your east coast trip!

pennylane99

June

Celine Dion pregnant with twins, due in October, still planning on starting her residency at Caesars Palace from next March

stoneman

September

ferf1223 wrote: »

I was about to caution on this one until I read that you'd grown up not far from there and were going to use it as a base. We went a few years ago and it is totally different from Vegas as you know...unless something's changed I think you'll find the attitude of the place a lot different from Vegas but not necessarily better...customer service wise, certainly. I think because it's smaller and has such a strong locals base they don't really have to do nearly what the Vegas hotels do. And you'll know that the area is not very nice at all. We've always said we would go back as a side trip next time we go to NYC though, so it can't be all bad..

Yeah it's more that we can use it to go out at night after visiting my family. It was my BIL that signed the laws over to start gambling in AC (Governor Jim Florio ). There is a definite sort of crowd that goes to AC that's for sure,mostly Philadelphia and South Jersey, and they can be a handful. We will be staying during midweek and heading off to NY for the weekend. We were going to do Miami but decided to leave that till next year when we can use our BA miles for Clubworld for the longer trip.

nvh

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ITRUK

Hey guy's, does anyone know if Tix4tonight still have the voucher for the queue jump? I remember using it when i last went in 2008 but can't seem to find it now, only a $2 off thing

ferf1223

April

ITRUK wrote: »

Hey guy's, does anyone know if Tix4tonight still have the voucher for the queue jump? I remember using it when i last went in 2008 but can't seem to find it now, only a $2 off thing

Not the one you could print before you go, unfortunately. You still get one when you buy tickets - so you can jump the queue if you go back the next day...but not for the first time that I've seen anywhere for awhile.

Gav86

June

nvh wrote: »

http://www.lvrj.com/vegas_in_motion.html

Thanks for the link, love this!

jaxxs

Hi

Anyone know of any current restuarant.com codes ??

Cheers

Gav86

June

jaxxs wrote: »

Hi

Anyone know of any current restuarant.com codes ??

Cheers

Newest code appeared today and is DINNER. 50% off.