Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2013

visidigi

Well we're down to two...I think.

I looked at the Vdara but decided against for an forgotton reason! - so its down to the Mirage and the MGM Grand....I think...*sigh*

Mirage - £275 - 394sq ft. Resort King Room
MGM Grand - £236 Executive King

visidigi

btw anyone got any recommendations for data sims? Had decided to buy a sat nav from Amazon.com and get it delivered to the hotel for our arrival (first night at the airport hotel) as its cheaper than hiring and I can take it home with me - but it just dawned on my I have it on my phone - Just got the network unlocked - but now need to find a good data sim deal...any ideas?

Hovis91

visidigi wrote: »

Well we're down to two...I think.

I looked at the Vdara but decided against for an forgotton reason! - so its down to the Mirage and the MGM Grand....I think...*sigh*

Mirage - £275 - 394sq ft. Resort King Room
MGM Grand - £236 Executive King

We have stayed in both of those hotels-MGM we even had a suite- but hands down Mirage is the better hotel in my opinion.We have stayed there twice and absolutely loved the location on the strip,the restaurant,cafes,bars and the rooms are lovely.
For me I don't particularly like MGM end of the strip I would much rather be more central which the Mirage certainly is!!:)

Wendell_Pierce

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Did you walk from the Neon Musuem to Fremont Street? It's just that I've heard it's abit of a dodgy area to be walking in?

Its only 0.8 mile, but its a walk along N Las Vegas Boulevard, with parts without sidewalk, under bridges, and could be very hot, probably take 15 mins.
We booked the 2pm tour, and intended to walk there, but took the car to find it earlier that morning, you can't miss it, its the white swoopy triple shell shape roof building with a free car park.
We would be happy to walk, there are lots of people are about, but it goes without saying, there will be street people outside the 7/11 and under the bridges.
There is a #113 bus passes by, there were people waiting by the bus stop both ways.
If possible I would drive, its a straight line, and less than 5 mins.

silvercar

visidigi wrote: »

btw anyone got any recommendations for data sims? Had decided to buy a sat nav from Amazon.com and get it delivered to the hotel for our arrival (first night at the airport hotel) as its cheaper than hiring and I can take it home with me - but it just dawned on my I have it on my phone - Just got the network unlocked - but now need to find a good data sim deal...any ideas?

Buy in the States, bring it home and sell in the UK. We bought a decent Garmin for 99$. The problem with sat nav on your phone is that it eats battery life as well as data.

Dirk_Gently_2

silvercar wrote: »

Buy in the States, bring it home and sell in the UK. We bought a decent Garmin for 99$. The problem with sat nav on your phone is that it eats battery life as well as data.

Agree with that. Also the dedicated sat nav will have maps on the device, on a data card, so it only needs to locate the satellite to work.

A sat nav on your phone doesn't have local maps, so it needs a data signal too. Not only does that eat data, as already said, but if you're out in the desert with no service then that also means no sat nav.

stoneman

visidigi wrote: »

btw anyone got any recommendations for data sims? Had decided to buy a sat nav from Amazon.com and get it delivered to the hotel for our arrival (first night at the airport hotel) as its cheaper than hiring and I can take it home with me - but it just dawned on my I have it on my phone - Just got the network unlocked - but now need to find a good data sim deal...any ideas?

You can buy a cheap navigation system that downloads the maps to your phone so no need to use data.
Copilot premium USA is £10. GPS navigation 2 is £9.50 for worldwide maps.

stoneman

silvercar wrote: »

Buy in the States, bring it home and sell in the UK. We bought a decent Garmin for 99$. The problem with sat nav on your phone is that it eats battery life as well as data.

But it will have U.S. maps on it. Whoever buys it this end will have to pay for UK maps which will put lots of people off

visidigi

Dirk_Gently wrote: »

Agree with that. Also the dedicated sat nav will have maps on the device, on a data card, so it only needs to locate the satellite to work.

A sat nav on your phone doesn't have local maps, so it needs a data signal too. Not only does that eat data, as already said, but if you're out in the desert with no service then that also means no sat nav.

Fair point - the power side isn't an issue as have all the cables for the car, the signal is a valid point though still need a data sim though, any suggestions?

stoneman wrote: »

You can buy a cheap navigation system that downloads the maps to your phone so no need to use data.
Copilot premium USA is £10. GPS navigation 2 is £9.50 for worldwide maps.

Hmmm interesting...will look into that thanks

stoneman wrote: »

But it will have U.S. maps on it. Whoever buys it this end will have to pay for UK maps which will put lots of people off

I wouldn't sell it, I go to the US too often and tbh, would save my employer renting the god awful Hertz Never(but nearly always is)lost

photome

Hovis91 wrote: »

We have stayed in both of those hotels-MGM we even had a suite- but hands down Mirage is the better hotel in my opinion.We have stayed there twice and absolutely loved the location on the strip,the restaurant,cafes,bars and the rooms are lovely.
For me I don't particularly like MGM end of the strip I would much rather be more central which the Mirage certainly is!!:)

My thoughts exactly