Las Vegas thread and MSE guide 2010

ratkarth

Jodi wrote: »

Thanks for the hint about not sitting at the front!!! The food does'nt sound too bad. Hope to get to this

Thanks for your help with this Jodi x

tomato soup ?with fingers....

dontone

ratkarth wrote: »

tomato soup ?with fingers....

oops :rotfl:you do get an "authentic plastic pewter bowl" to drink it out of.

Should have mentioned that.

Froggitt

Jodi wrote: »

Thanks again for the help

What time, do you think is best to start to queue at tix4 booth? Are there big queue's? Also wondering if it would be worth buying VIP Line Pass from them?

Thanks again, Jodi x

If they still open at 10, start queueing at 9. If you start queueing at 10, it will still take an hour but stuff may have gone. If your doing the one at the FSM, leave Mr Jodi in the queue and head for Starbucks!!!

Remember if you go back next day with your ticket stub used previous day, you get free VIP line ie turn up at 10, get served at 10.05am

mookybargirl

March

Well, my hotel hunting has started.... we are there from the 26th March. The weekend prices are crazy. It seems it's the end of a convention for 140k people for that week. Hoping that some good hotel offers come along. (we're there for 10 nights).

I've been reading back to see what's changed since April. Can't say we'll consider the renovated Tropicana. Really hated it the once I was in it - lol.
Nice to see another City Centre hotel has opened though. Has anyone stayed here yet, or in any of the City Centre hotels?

Off topic, we're also in San Francisco for a few days this time at the start of the trip, if anyone has any advice. Think we're looking at a hotel around Union Square. Tourist stuff on the list so far, Golden Gate Bridge/Boat on the Bay, Alcatraz, Cable Cars. Would appreciate any advice if anyone has been.

vegasvisitor

sarahlasvegas wrote: »

Merry Christmas to you too.

We've just booked this very minute - through Virgin.

Flying Monday 22nd via Manchester with US Airways - 2 of us and staying 9 nights in the MGM - total price was £1160 - so £580 each.

Expedia and ebookers are both showing as £850ish and US Airways flight alone is £600 - so i snapped it up. We're going for a wedding on the 24th, and a good chance we might fly somewhere else for a couple of days - so not bothered about the hotel/changing at all.

This is the flight ive wanted and have been pricing it up for weeks - cheapest its been was £500 4 or so weeks back.

I think it might be a miss price - the Flamingo total price is showing at £1700 - the Mardi gras is £1500.... we've got this at £1160///

Paid £300 deposit and have a booking ref -
do you think they would cancel it at all? Hope not, im all excited now.

This got me excited, but I can't get anything good for Glasgow and for my September dates. Would have been good though. Sounds like a real bargain! Think I just need to be patient and wait for prices to drop.

Froggitt

mookybargirl wrote: »

Off topic, we're also in San Francisco for a few days this time at the start of the trip, if anyone has any advice. Think we're looking at a hotel around Union Square. Tourist stuff on the list so far, Golden Gate Bridge/Boat on the Bay, Alcatraz, Cable Cars. Would appreciate any advice if anyone has been.

We did SF two years ago. Stayed at Fishermans Wharf. Did Alcatraz trip which was excellent.....I heard the dusk tour was even better and more atmospheric.

Given more time I would have done a winery visit, and taken one of the satellite guided mini-cars for a city tour, rather than on a luxury bus. Segway tour was another we considered but in winter, SF weather isnt good.

Jodi

December ( including Xmas and New Year )

Froggitt wrote: »

If they still open at 10, start queueing at 9. If you start queueing at 10, it will still take an hour but stuff may have gone. If your doing the one at the FSM, leave Mr Jodi in the queue and head for Starbucks!!!

Remember if you go back next day with your ticket stub used previous day, you get free VIP line ie turn up at 10, get served at 10.05am

Thanks again for your help! I think we will going to the one at Bills Gamblin Hall, we staying at the Vdara, so think that's the closest to the hotel. OH, cannot wait!! x

luci

May

Jodi wrote: »

Thanks again for your help! I think we will going to the one at Bills Gamblin Hall, we staying at the Vdara, so think that's the closest to the hotel. OH, cannot wait!! x

I would strongly suggest that you go to one of the others, probably the one at the Hawaiian Marketplace which isn't far from the Vdara.

The queue at Bill's moves exceedingly slowly and most of the time doesn't seem to move at all. We have tried it a couple of times and given up. Walked down the the HM and got served almost immediately.

I have seen all the shows you mentioned at T4T, apart from Penn & Teller. I can't remember seeing that listed, but that's not to say it isn't, just that I didn't notice it.

Highly recommend the Jersey Boys. It's a long show, but there is an 8 min intermission.

ferf1223

April

Jodi wrote: »

Thanks again for your help! I think we will going to the one at Bills Gamblin Hall, we staying at the Vdara, so think that's the closest to the hotel. OH, cannot wait!! x

That location is normally really, really busy. Pretty sure they open at 9? It used to be that they put the list of shows up 30 mins before opening, so you could go and have a look and make a decision as to whether it's worth waiting - not sure if that's still the case. Or if you aren't planning on buying any tickets your first day in town, wander over to one when it suits and look at the list to see if they have (or had) tickets for the shows you are after available...it does change, but you can get a good idea.

Some of those you are after have discounts or 2-for-1 tickets in the Las Vegas Advisor book for 2011...so may be worth considering...with the fee for Tix4Tonight, and the waiting in the queue, and the uncertainty, may be worth thinking about paying $37 for the online membership and getting the full coupon book?

Jodi

December ( including Xmas and New Year )

luci wrote: »

I would strongly suggest that you go to one of the others, probably the one at the Hawaiian Marketplace which isn't far from the Vdara.

The queue at Bill's moves exceedingly slowly and most of the time doesn't seem to move at all. We have tried it a couple of times and given up. Walked down the the HM and got served almost immediately.

I have seen all the shows you mentioned at T4T, apart from Penn & Teller. I can't remember seeing that listed, but that's not to say it isn't, just that I didn't notice it.

Highly recommend the Jersey Boys. It's a long show, but there is an 8 min intermission.

Thanks for the tip Luci, we will head to that one instead Penn and Teller is one we def want to see, so we might et ticket before going? We really want to see Jersey Boys too, if you dont mind me asking, were do you think is the best place to sit for it??

Jodi xx