Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2013

photome

sk00bie1 wrote: »

9 days to go!!!

Am so looking forward to a bit of sun (and of course getting hitched to my lovely OH )

Booked the last things yesterday (1 night stay near Six Flags Magic Mountain so we can go after we drop Mum at LAX and the limo to the Las Vegas sign) so everything is now sorted!

The countdown is on!!!

If you like. high,fast,scary,upside down etc etc six flags is the place to go.

Have you checked out their website they often have offers on if you prebook

traveller

photome wrote: »

So do CH3000 or at least they used to, but if you pay deposit only there are amendment fees and they wont match prices after booking which they have always done if you pay in full.

Not sure what USrentacar terms are, if only paying a deposit

Hi,

USrentacar are very good. You pay your deposit of 50 quid I think if your up to 12 weeks out? of your pick up date. for an extra tenner you can buy cancellation insurance. There is a code that may work, which I have used a couple of weeks ago, for my august pickup. If you use this you effectively have free canx insurance as it takes a tenner off your overall price. In case it proves of any use i'll PM you the code as I'm not sure I can post it here.

sk00bie1

photome wrote: »

If you like. high,fast,scary,upside down etc etc six flags is the place to go.

Have you checked out their website they often have offers on if you prebook

Haha yep that's why we're going Although I don't recommend riding twice in a row, your legs don't work properly afterwards :rotfl:

And yes had had a look, lucky we're going when we are as they only start opening on week days from April!

You save $25 per ticket if you book three days in advance so we'll do that, or there's a printable voucher from the visit california (.com not .co.uk) website that gives $20 off per ticket. That's what we had last time and had no problems using it so it's great if you don't want to book in advance for whatever reason, or decide to go less than 3 days in advance.

photome

traveller wrote: »

Hi,

USrentacar are very good. You pay your deposit of 50 quid I think if your up to 12 weeks out? of your pick up date. for an extra tenner you can buy cancellation insurance. There is a code that may work, which I have used a couple of weeks ago, for my august pickup. If you use this you effectively have free canx insurance as it takes a tenner off your overall price. In case it proves of any use i'll PM you the code as I'm not sure I can post it here.

Thanks it may work for someone else but my Car hire is already booked this year with CH3000

photome

Just bought a few dollars, as the exchange rate went down today and I got scared.

1.48 at sainsburys

traveller

Oh no-It was showing $1.50 in London Victoria yesterday

photome

traveller wrote: »

Oh no-It was showing $1.50 in London Victoria yesterday

London rates are usually better than the rest of the country

ratkarth

Wendell_Pierce wrote: »

Vdara is connected to Bellagio by an internal corridor.
From the lobby of Vdara to the first access to Bellagio probably takes around 5 minutes.
You could also take the free tram.

We staying in vdara this time through travelzoo

StuieUK34

grrrrrrrrrrrrr
wish you would'nt have mentioned that Six Parks place!!
We love theme parks, so if Magic Mountain is the closet to Vegas, am already looking at how long it would take to get there!!

stoneman

StuieUK34 wrote: »

grrrrrrrrrrrrr
wish you would'nt have mentioned that Six Parks place!!
We love theme parks, so if Magic Mountain is the closet to Vegas, am already looking at how long it would take to get there!!

We've done it twice. Takes about 6 hours by car.
First time we left really early like 4am. Got there for opening, spent about 6 hours there then drove straight back to Vegas:eek:
Second time we drove there and pre booked a hotel close by for the night. Got to the park and Tracy was violently sick for about an hour (combination of car sick and being thrown up on on the flight over, which resulted in both of us catching something) so we abandoned the whole thing and drove back to Vegas without going on one ride.