Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2011

MIDGEBW

October

Hi guys

Going to Vegas on 05th October, while we are out there we fancy an evening flight over the strip in a helicopter, can anyone recommend any particular companies.
We havent got mega bucks, and for around $70 - $80 we get around 11 or 13 minutes actually in the air, is that standard or can anyone recommend summat a bit longer for not much more?

Id appreciate any responses! Cheers...

DeeLasVegas

luci wrote: »

The new Margaritaville casino opens on 1 October.

This is only the soft opening. The grand opening is October 14th. :beer:

DeeLasVegas

Anyone in LV right now....avoid The District at GVR. Police officer involved shooting near Cheesecake Factory Restaurant parking lot. Stay safe :cool:

pebblesmax

November / December

We'll hopefully be there for both.

There are some Jimmy Buffett concerts on in October too.

DeeLasVegas

pebblesmax wrote: »

We'll hopefully be there for both.

There are some Jimmy Buffett concerts on in October too.

Yeah he's at MGM GGA October 15-22. They will be having street parties from 11am on 15th and 22nd at the casino (well in the alley between Flamingo and O'Sheas). Going for a Guinness World record for the largest Margarita too!!!! :j

Did a walk thru of casino today...very tropical

nvh

Porthorg wrote: »

Did you do all those things on your trip to the canyon? They look stunning.

the road direct to the GC is a bit long and dull to be honest (though suggestions welcome if anyone has found anything interesting along the way!)

With that in mind, we went a bit around the houses and did the north side of the canyon, round to page, then to south GC - here's the route we did:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Las+Vegas,+NV+89109,+USA&daddr=Cliffrose+Lodge+%26+Gardens,+Zion+Park+Boulevard,+Springdale,+UT,+United+States+to:Page,+AZ,+USA+to:Grand+Canyon+National+Park,+Grand+Canyon,+Arizona+86023,+United+States+to:Las+Vegas,+NV+89109,+USA&hl=en&sll=36.128561,-115.17113&sspn=0.075842,0.114326&geocode=FTFHJwIdxqAi-Sn9uwzYQsTIgDG8jlz-MLhOyw%3BFYmVNwIdleJD-SFU0Vmw5RgtAA%3BFSJGMwIdp1Fb-SmPdc39WxM0hzE5TjhTUS-Ybg%3BFfX8JQIdaBZR-SE7YzTC5Mlivg%3BFTFHJwIdxqAi-Sn9uwzYQsTIgDG8jlz-MLhOyw&vpsrc=0&mra=ls&t=m&z=7

So we went from:
Vegas --> Zion (under 3 hours drive), went around the National Park - (didn't do much walking to be honest) but had a good poke around and stayed the night, then the next day did...
Zion --> Page (under 3 hours drive), stopped at Lake Powell for a mooch, then on to Chief Tsosie Antelope Slot Canyon tour, then went to Horseshoe Bend just outside of Page. We then drove...
Page --> Grand Canyon Village South (under 3 hours drive IIRC), stopped at points on the way in and stayed the night followed by finally...
Grand Canyon Village South --> Vegas (under 5 hours drive), dull and un-interesting only real thing of interest that was saw was stopping @ Hoover Dam on the way back

Traincrashing

November / December

50 days today! I'm so ridiciously excited. I've started writing a list of everything I want to buy, and have done a table of the outlet malls I want to go to and what shops they have in them, and whether they have a book of coupons for extra savings!

ratkarth

DeeLasVegas wrote: »

Anyone in LV right now....avoid The District at GVR. Police officer involved shooting near Cheesecake Factory Restaurant parking lot. Stay safe :cool:

is it just higher reporting of these incidents or is it just a lot of them have been posted in thhe past weeks

Porthorg

May

nvh wrote: »

the road direct to the GC is a bit long and dull to be honest (though suggestions welcome if anyone has found anything interesting along the way!)

With that in mind, we went a bit around the houses and did the north side of the canyon, round to page, then to south GC - here's the route we did:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Las+Vegas,+NV+89109,+USA&daddr=Cliffrose+Lodge+%26+Gardens,+Zion+Park+Boulevard,+Springdale,+UT,+United+States+to:Page,+AZ,+USA+to:Grand+Canyon+National+Park,+Grand+Canyon,+Arizona+86023,+United+States+to:Las+Vegas,+NV+89109,+USA&hl=en&sll=36.128561,-115.17113&sspn=0.075842,0.114326&geocode=FTFHJwIdxqAi-Sn9uwzYQsTIgDG8jlz-MLhOyw%3BFYmVNwIdleJD-SFU0Vmw5RgtAA%3BFSJGMwIdp1Fb-SmPdc39WxM0hzE5TjhTUS-Ybg%3BFfX8JQIdaBZR-SE7YzTC5Mlivg%3BFTFHJwIdxqAi-Sn9uwzYQsTIgDG8jlz-MLhOyw&vpsrc=0&mra=ls&t=m&z=7

So we went from:
Vegas --> Zion (under 3 hours drive), went around the National Park - (didn't do much walking to be honest) but had a good poke around and stayed the night, then the next day did...
Zion --> Page (under 3 hours drive), stopped at Lake Powell for a mooch, then on to Chief Tsosie Antelope Slot Canyon tour, then went to Horseshoe Bend just outside of Page. We then drove...
Page --> Grand Canyon Village South (under 3 hours drive IIRC), stopped at points on the way in and stayed the night followed by finally...
Grand Canyon Village South --> Vegas (under 5 hours drive), dull and un-interesting only real thing of interest that was saw was stopping @ Hoover Dam on the way back

You must have read my mind!! Thankyou that was exactly what I wanted to know :-)

DeeLasVegas

ratkarth wrote: »

is it just higher reporting of these incidents or is it just a lot of them have been posted in thhe past weeks

The fact is there are a lot of incidents :eek: .......but most of them are not in tourists areas so are not as widely reported.

I only put that on here because it is a tourist area.