Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2011

duchy

May

jonnywells wrote: »

I got back last week and stayed a couple nights in the Flamingo. We was in a GO room which had both a fridge and a coffee machine (a first for Vegas) Best room i have stayed in in Vegas so far, although i only have it to compare to the rooms @ Treasure Island

Not all the Go rooms have a fridge. Seems to be the ones with view do but it may just be it's hit and miss and we just happened to get the fridge when in the view rooms and not when we had no view. I didn't bother asking but I'd imagine if you get a room without one you could get one sent up.

pennylane99

November / December

Shania Twain announces 2 year residency at Caesars Palace from December 2012. 60 shows each year.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jun/08/shania-twain-confirms-her-show-begin-caesars-palac/

nvh

Polo Towers always looked quite spooky to me, but i'm sure people on here have said it's alright? (feel free to correct me):
http://www.travelzoo.com/hotels/las-vegas/-49-Las-Vegas-Hotel-on-The-Strip-incl-Weekends-1044057/

Seems good considering it includes weekends.

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secretmachines

July

in case it impacts on someone:

23 July 2011, Mandalay Bay, Amir Khan fight
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jun/09/amir-khan-unification-zab-judah

adamg

August

secretmachines wrote: »

in case it impacts on someone:

23 July 2011, Mandalay Bay, Amir Khan fight
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jun/09/amir-khan-unification-zab-judah

im there 3 weeks later then this and 3 weeks before the pacman fight! how annoying

scottish_lass

August

Never been on such a long flight before. Just looking for some advice re clothing/footwear etc or anyother useful info.

secretmachines

July

scottish_lass wrote: »

Never been on such a long flight before. Just looking for some advice re clothing/footwear etc or anyother useful info.

i don't know if they worked or not, but I wear flight socks. never had any problems before, but thought it can't hurt!

next time, I'm taking my own headphones for the IFE... i think i'm right in saying the VA headphones you're given/loaned are a regular 3.5mm jack. but they're the cheap, overhead foamy ones... my own little in-ear buds will be much better

buy a couple of bottles of water airside before you board, to stick in your bag... you'll get fed and watered obviously, but you're bound to fancy a drink at a time when it's hard to get served/get your own!

take your own back-up entertainment... I'm sure VA systems work most of the time, but have a read a few times that the IFE system packed up for a while... so an mp3 player/dvd player, etc. might be a thought?

Spursman180

March

scottish_lass wrote: »

Never been on such a long flight before. Just looking for some advice re clothing/footwear etc or anyother useful info.

Machines is all good stuff, As an old geezer I've suffered with various bits of me swelling up, notably feet, I don't dress up for when I'm on board as I also usually manage to spill stuff. Whilst not quite a scruff I tend to wear clothes that I can bin once I change into the clean Tshirt I have in my hand baggage.

Footwear, sort of sandally things that can be still put on and done up when your feet are 3 sizes bigger than when you got on.

I tend to just hunker down and endure the flight as a neccessary evil, always have my itouch and one of those extra battery things, so I can just plug in and tune out for the duration.

I also make sure I eat a decent meal before boarding so if the food is gash then I'm not chewing the armrests, also if I just want to sleep through I'm ok.

When I board I always put my watch to the local time at the destination, it helps me anyway.

I've no tips on jetlag as I've flown a lot of long haul and whatever I've tried I still fall flat on my face as soon as I walk indoors.

My last trip was about the best I've been, stayed up til 11pm when I got back as I had work early the next morning, went straight to sleep and was banging my head on the wall being wide awake at 3am and by 10am was delusional at my desk.

stoneman

October

scottish_lass wrote: »

Never been on such a long flight before. Just looking for some advice re clothing/footwear etc or anyother useful info.

Wear dark clothing, then when you spill something on yourself you won't see it.
Also our biggest tip, take your own pillow. We always do it and use a silk pillowcase as it reduces crinkling on your face. If you put it in your carry-on case it also helps to hold in place all those expensive electrical items you might have in there. I have heard that some people swap their old pillows for a nice new ones from Encore, but it is only a rumor

StuieUK34

June

Hi all
For those that got married in Vegas, what do you do after you've done the ceremony ? I have the pink paper u get from the marriage license place, i got my certificate signed and so on, but i'm under the impression i gotta pay some more money and take my marriage cert back to the license'ing place and get a 'certified copy' of the license???

Or somthing like that ?