Las Vegas thread and MSE guide 2010

credit_crunch

October , November

wow :-)

just back a few days ago & had the most amazing time! 3 nights mgm in css - room was huge, view was amazin - would defo recommend. then moved to encore for 4 nights - it is just in a completely different league! everything about it was just super :-) plus my oh proposed once we got settled in our rooms :j

have a lot on but will try to do trip report

first few days were cool enough but by the end of the week it was min 25 degrees - not too many by the pools tho :cool:

places id recommend to eat/drink
cabo wabo - miracle mile - great view of bellagio fountains
pf changs - chinese in ph
top of the world - stratosphere - views & food were superb
stirpburger - went twice & had the peanut butter shake - yum ;-)
ocean bar grille - miracle mile - tasty & cheap enough
wynn buffet for breakfast
dennys for a cheap no frills meal
magianos - perfectly authenice itlain place at fashion show mall

shops id recommend
forever 21 in fsm - spent near $400 over 3 days
abercrombie - fsm

we also did the premium outlets and found this quote good. now that we are back home we have heard ppl say the other outlet is better

think thats me for tonight but just wanted to finish by sayin thanks so much to everyone on here for all their help, opinions & suggestions!

also i have a stack of vouchers - i will try to get all the details posted over the next few days, or if anyone is travelling soon, i can post them to u 2moro

nite nite xx

luci

May

I wouldn't worry about the other outlets. On one trip we thought they were better than the Premium Outlets, but every other time we have much preferred the Premium Outlets. In fact I think we'll give the LV Outlets a miss when we go back.

chellshoc

January , February

We are going to vegas in January for 4 nights just any advice on attractions shows etc that are a must do and also do you recommend taking dollars or travellers cheques or both?
Thanks for all your help with this thread been brill reading and cant wait to get there

trets77

chellshoc wrote: »

We are going to vegas in January for 4 nights just any advice on attractions shows etc that are a must do and also do you recommend taking dollars or travellers cheques or both?
Thanks for all your help with this thread been brill reading and cant wait to get there

my advice is to take things as you find them . if you run around trying to see everything you will not enjoy it , and you cannot fit it all in a week let alone 4 days .

Bellagio Fountains at night are the only thing i would make the special effort to catch , and would say are MUST see .

Shows are all subjective to your taste . but there are several that are firm thread favs

Jersey Boys is the one nobody comes out dissapointed from , Le Reve is my fav . others will give some opinions on their favs .

photome

Crredit crunch

Glad you had great time.

I am with Luci about the malls, I have been to all of them lots of times and we now only bother with the Premium outlet as we think it offers best choice/value, although for handbags my wife often finds Macys the best

Froggitt

Dont forget the outoftowners 10% discount in Macys. Buy 10% more handbags!!!

MMachine

May

Help!...... I can't decide which hotel to stay in!!

I am going to vegas in May with the other half and just can't choose which hotel. We won't gamble loads, i will play a bit of poker and just wanted to look round, shows etc. We want a nice room and hotel and quite central if we can.

Been looking at the following -

Encore at the Wynn
Venetian
Bellagio

They all look good but i am a bit worried about how much its going to cost for food etc in these as everything seems so expensive!
Is it worth paying the extra for these hotels ?

Cheers

Mmachine

KarenG

adamg wrote: »

hey in exactly the same position as you although we have £900 in vouchers. getting almost identical prices to go in Aug but flying with continentail from Heathrow. Vey short stop in Houston to pick up new passengers. we do get 2 x 23kg luggage allowence each. We are going to stay at excalibur though for £1417 as its right for what we want this trip already stayed at other/ better hotels. I would rather fly with Delta then Virgin

If you haven't booked yet - and I am guessing you haven't as you are talking about having vouchers - you won't get 2 x 23kg with Virgin any more. They stopped that some time ago (but still honour old bookings that were made before they changed it).

The only way you will get 2 x 23kg each is if you are flying PE - and I suspect you won't be if you are on a Continental flight, as I'm not aware they have a PE equivalent product.

Also, I've never heard of stopping to pick up new passengers on your first point of entry into the US (Houston in your instance). I am sure you will have to disembark, go through immigration, clear customs, recheck your bags and get back on a plane to Vegas. The bonus of that is that you won't have the hassle of doing it again at LAS.

Just wanted to be sure you don't think it is a quick stop with a few extra bodies getting on - as I am sure it won't be.

luci

May

MMachine wrote: »

Help!...... I can't decide which hotel to stay in!!

I am going to vegas in May with the other half and just can't choose which hotel. We won't gamble loads, i will play a bit of poker and just wanted to look round, shows etc. We want a nice room and hotel and quite central if we can.

Been looking at the following -

Encore at the Wynn
Venetian
Bellagio

They all look good but i am a bit worried about how much its going to cost for food etc in these as everything seems so expensive!
Is it worth paying the extra for these hotels ?

Cheers

Mmachine

You don't have to eat where you are staying. There are too many other options and once you are out for the day you won't want to go back to the hotel just to eat.

Of those I prefer the Encore, but it is that farthest north. Bellagio is more central, but nothing special without a lake view room.

ferf1223

April

MMachine wrote: »

Help!...... I can't decide which hotel to stay in!!

I am going to vegas in May with the other half and just can't choose which hotel. We won't gamble loads, i will play a bit of poker and just wanted to look round, shows etc. We want a nice room and hotel and quite central if we can.

Been looking at the following -

Encore at the Wynn
Venetian
Bellagio

They all look good but i am a bit worried about how much its going to cost for food etc in these as everything seems so expensive!
Is it worth paying the extra for these hotels ?

Cheers

Mmachine

Agree with Luci on everything she said - though we haven't stayed at Venetian/Palazzo yet (next trip is the plan). We rarely eat at our hotel, no matter where we are staying - just too many options and you probably won't stick close to your hotel much. Near to Encore are some of our favorites, Stripburger (especially with restaurant.com voucher), Grand Lux at Palazzo and Venetian and Peppermill...none are 'cheap' but are good value. Loads and loads of less expensive options around too.

You could consider splitting the trip between 2 hotels, depending on how long you are staying.

Whether it's worth it or not to stay in the nicer places is a personal thing...we've started splitting the trip - somewhere less expensive the first 5 or 6 nights and somewhere nicer the last 3...to us it's worth it, but to others it isn't - just depends on what you're used to and what you want out of the trip. I personally don't think Bellagio is all that (though agree that a lakeview room makes it just about worth it) - but others think it's fab...really subjective. Remember that 'nice' in Vegas will be a lot nicer than other places, if that makes sense...a far less expensive hotel in Vegas would be considered 'nice' compared to standards elsewhere.