Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2012

secretmachines

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Viva Elvis Cirque show at Aria to end in August and replaced with Zarkana... anyone seen that?

OH wanted to go to the Elvis one in September, but that won't be happening now!

http://www.lvrj.com/neon/cirque-du-soleil-rock-opera-zarkana-to-replace-viva-elvis-at-aria-141839903.html

SirAlfonso

jammerr wrote: »

for those that have used the virgin site to compare rates, i thought they couldn't compare rates across currencies?

I had no problems with the different currencies. On the form it asks for the currency of your Marriott booking, and the currency of where you found it cheaper.

coz2099

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coz2099 wrote: »

Hi,

My mother in law bought 2 of the last Scoot City Groupons as they were intending to go vegas in may with friends and planned use them but they are not going now this year so have 2 going spare if anyones interested, they are valid til Dec 30 2012 - http://www.groupon.com/deals/scoot-city-tours-1?dl=d47388

We have already done Scoot City otherwide we would have had 1 of them for our trip.

If anyone would like to buy 1 or both please send me a pm!!

Cheers!

Still available if anyones interested??

duchy

SHOWS

I do think it depends what you play ......and what you mean by comps.

I haven't paid for a room in several years (2 or 3 short trips a year) and always get something taken off at check out for meals too.

I never stake e more than $100 a day -theoretically-although if I've had a good day I might add something onto the following day's budget

I've stayed mainly at CP and the Flamingo but also Rio for the odd night and the Orleans and once or twice the odd night at the Gold Coast. So long as I'm somewhere fairly central or easy to get to mid-strip I'm not bothered. I like a nice pool and will sometimes casino hop outside of the CET casinos but the majority of my gambling is CET. I also get points for show tickets.

For my level of play (slots) CET works for me but table games are something else entirely.

So for me playing the comps games works -my hotels are "free" (although certain hotels I'll use the $20 trick but never book the lowest grade of room anyway) and some of my food.

Wouldn't work for everyone but I can't agree with Stoneman -comps can work but it depends very much on what you're looking for and how you want to play it.

amrad

I've given up on the looknofurther guarantee. They messed up the virgin price I sent them (thought the rate there was per night not for the whole stay), then by the time I pointed it out to them the price on virgin had gone up £200. Then I pointed them to lowcostusa and they seem to only be able to find a price that is £400 higher. It may be due to their computers checking these sites so often that they see higher prices because of cookies or something.

Anyway, time to plan seeing a show. Are there any good offers on cirque shows at the moment? Otherwise leaning towards penn and teller or blue man, both seem to have reasonable deals on travelzoo at the moment.

coz2099

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coz2099 wrote: »

Hi,

My mother in law bought 2 of the last Scoot City Groupons as they were intending to go vegas in may with friends and planned use them but they are not going now this year so have 2 going spare if anyones interested, they are valid til Dec 30 2012 - http://www.groupon.com/deals/scoot-city-tours-1?dl=d47388

We have already done Scoot City otherwide we would have had 1 of them for our trip.

If anyone would like to buy 1 or both please send me a pm!!

Cheers!

Just 1 still available now, pm please if interested!! Ta!

rorylando45

CASINOS

Yeah I suppose the best attitude with comps is not to expect much, then if you do get anything comped it's a pleasant surprise. 26 days I can't wait! I'm only gonna be there for 6 nights though, wish it was longer!

costingbunny_2

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Anyway, time to plan seeing a show. Are there any good offers on cirque shows at the moment? Otherwise leaning towards penn and teller or blue man, both seem to have reasonable deals on travelzoo at the moment.[/QUOTE]

just back from my first LV visit & will report soon (loved it!). Saw cirque show mystere at Treasure Island. Bought tickets on the day from Tix booth. They had tickets for $62 and the seats were ace. Show was amazing. Hot tickets are O and Ka but the tickets were around $100 or more even when reduced. Enjoy

nvh

Someone put this picture of Wicked Spoon desserts on Twitter... Tasty

Porthorg

nvh wrote: »

Someone put this picture of Wicked Spoon desserts on Twitter... Tasty
https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/jnifferann/status/178582278786658306?photo=1

It's a good job it's treat day tomorrow!!!! Seeing that has made me hungry.