Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2011

lil.smartie

Sunset park is another for lights if you have a car.

We did Rio buffet last year for Christmas iirc $50 per person an an hour or so wait at lunch time!

Kate

mat5664

November / December

stoneman wrote: »

All shows will be dark on Xmas day

Sorry, but that's incorrect. We always go to a show on xmas day and will be again this year - all the cirque shows are running as normal, plus Lion King, Phantom, Jubilee etc. A few are dark, but most will be open.

Spursman180

March

Scary_ wrote: »

I'm off to Vegas in a couple of weeks for a wedding. Are there many free wifi hotspots around the strip? I know the hotels charge for access and I'd like to be able to keep in touch on my phone a bit while I'm there

Also we're staying at the Luxor and have tickets to see Penn & Teller which is at the Rio, it doesn't look that far but there is a motorway junction in between by the looks of it. Does anyone know if it is walkable or will we need to cab it there?

Any Denny's, IHOP or Starbucks for sure.

Cab to the Rio. There are shuttles but probably not convenient for your location.

luci

May

Do you need a code for the wifi at Denny's and Starbucks? I needed one at the Tea Leaf and Coffee Bean even though it was free.

shaggyjh

Thanks for all the replies about Christmas. I've tried to see what is going on over the festive period in Vegas apart from the norm. Is there anything that we should definitely see whilst we are there that wouldn't normally be?

Spursman180

March

luci wrote: »

Do you need a code for the wifi at Denny's and Starbucks? I needed one at the Tea Leaf and Coffee Bean even though it was free.

No code for Denny's or Starbucks.

Spursman180

March

I found Christmas day to be pretty much business as usual, some of the shops etc tend to shut earlier on Christmas Eve, it seems that it is a more important part of the holiday season than Christmas day itself.

One memorable sight was the queues out the door at Maccy D's on Christmas afternoon!

Apologies to our American members on here but I love a Christmas dinner but I couldn't get on with the US version, even though I was sort of looking forward to it. I did find brussel sprouts on the Gold Coast buffet, and they worked a la the Royle family stylee. It should be against the law to have anything but brown gravy!

tdawber

November / December

What about thanksgiving?

I would love to try a traditional thanksgiving meal somehwere.

Any info on this would be great.

We fly out on 23rd Nov for the 1st time.

Any ideas on where to go for special birthday meals as its OH birthday on 1st Dec.

Cheers

Traincrashing

November / December

Triker wrote: »

Just had a look at Earth Cam, people are wearing jackets and coats so will start to pack accordingly. Looks a bit overcast too.

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/nevada/lasvegas/

That's such a good idea. I never even thought about doing that

ferf1223

March

Spursman180 wrote: »

Apologies to our American members on here but I love a Christmas dinner but I couldn't get on with the US version, even though I was sort of looking forward to it. I did find brussel sprouts on the Gold Coast buffet, and they worked a la the Royle family stylee. It should be against the law to have anything but brown gravy!

So what was on the American Christmas dinner that was really different to the one here? I would imagine some sort of yams or sweet potatoes...maybe the oft served green bean casserole...but apart from that, Christmas dinner varies a lot from region to region and family to family in the US...so other than turkey or ham (or both) and cranberry sauce...and stuffing/dressing...there may be mimimal similarities between one family's Chrstimas dinner and another's.

Also, brussell sprouts are the devil's food.