Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2013

nvh

Hovis91 wrote: »

They have taken all buffets of MyVegas except for Cravings,hopefully there will be new ones added that are for two people,I wont have to play as long then!!

Ha! Wishful thinking... they're back... price is the same for the Bellagio buffet but its for 1 person instead of 2!!

Not sure what the others (luxor etc) were originally priced at etc but they're back to...

This game will become irritating if they keep moving the goalposts / devaluing everything (understandable with popularity but infuriating if you're working towards something!)

nvh

photome wrote: »

mandaly bay....http://www.mandalaybay.com/beach/pools-and-cabanas/beach-cabana/

working for me... there booking engine for Cabanas and pricing is here:
https://reservations.mgmmirage.com/bookingengine.aspx?pid=278&host=hotel

Picked a random date and Pool Gazebo was cheapest @ $225, going up to $900 for a 'Sun Villa Grand'

vegasvisitor

Just looking at the destination coupons link (thanks to the poster of the link). Anyone been to Buca di Beppo on Flamingo near Paradise? We're going to be staying at Platinum, could walk over there.

ferf1223

nvh wrote: »

This game will become irritating if they keep moving the goalposts / devaluing everything (understandable with popularity but infuriating if you're working towards something!)

this is my concern since it's already irritating to me. We don't go until October so have more than 3 months before I can even think about redeeming...we shall see...I need to stick to my goal of Zarkana tickets only, I think...rather than starting to think I may have enough for more freebies.

secretmachines

re: cabanas, this was posted on VegasChatter the other day

How Much That Poolside Cabana Will Cost You In Vegas (The 2013 Edition)

traveller

saffstar wrote: »

We got married there 2 1/2 years ago. Nevada weddings are fully recognised in UK law so you don't have to record your marriage in this country unless you want to (it's not a legal requirement). The only real advantage of doing so is that you can obtain a duplicate marriage certificate from a UK address instead of emailing Vegas and asking them to send one so we've never bothered. I was able to change my name on all our legal/financial docs using our Nevada issued certificate

Hi,

You are correct in that the marriage is fully recognised. It was the obtaining extra copies bit here in the uk I was trying to explain.When I worked in the GRO, the amount of people that did not realise that bit was unbelievable. They just thought bit appeared over here automatically. Personally, I'd be quite happy to email nevada, rather than pay any extra,lol.

StuieUK34

MGM buffet for 1 doubled, so did cravings...
luxor, circus and excal stayed same cost, for only 1 person !!!! (shocking!!)

However, you will find it drops back to normal next month and something else changes cost, as its been doing this since Jan !

I could only get 4 rewards, which i've redeemed now, so dont need to play anymore... Its gonna take about 1 day to remove the 1000 friends i added! and i still have 9000 LP's which i am sure i could push to 50k by the time i go next month.....
But i would need to spend another $100 to raise my reward count to 6, and then its case of can i use 2 rewards which are more than the cost ?!!!
Either way, its a good game!, so just casually play it now as my job is complete! (I've earnt nearly 230lp's since mid Jan!)
Still got the wifes account to rack up more LP's though, shame you cant transfer!

StuieUK34

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/currency/11/12/intraday.stm

Would appear the dollar is starting to look better hopefully,

nvh

StuieUK34 wrote: »

However, you will find it drops back to normal next month and something else changes cost, as its been doing this since Jan !

not sure why they would do that? The Mirage suite doubled from 75k and has never changed back though so I can't say it can be predicted to happen across all rewards. I would expect demand to push prices up permanently (as word spreads) as opposed to fluctuating... I guess we'll see though *fingers crossed*!

StuieUK34

steakhouses shot up double, then dropped back...
few other food/drink related shot up and dropped back
shows off, on again, some double, some come back less....

Supply and demand i guess for 1, and the game becoming quite big is another, hence the costs maybe ?