Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2014

John259

lesley74 wrote: »

Oatman

Here's a couple of YouTube videos that might interest you:

Kingman to Oatman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdzMIE4mHb8

Kingman to Seligman via Peach Springs (Arizona state highway 66, AFAIK the longest continuous surviving stretch of US66):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVd2iTCkYQw

John259

32b3in2013 wrote: »

Also, does anyone know if the immigration queues in LV are as bad as the ones in NY?

Have a look on http://awt.cbp.gov for the official figures. Las Vegas is listed under McCarran, the airport name.

32b3in2013

John259 wrote: »

Have a look on http://awt.cbp.gov for the official figures. Las Vegas is listed under McCarran, the airport name.

Excellent, thank you. The times look much shorter than NY. I have waited 3 hours in immigration at JFK before

I am flying into NY from Vegas, and I am assuming that as it is an internal flight, I won't have to go through immigration in NY

ferf1223

steventylerswifey wrote: »

3. Anyone else been in Feb? What's the weather like? I know the pools won't be open but thats fine as I didn't use them last time either.

I like this to get an idea of temps as depending on dates within a month it can be quite different (early to late)...Feb is pretty consistent though...some months the averages are very different from the start to the end of the month.

http://uk.weather.com/climate/annualClimo-Las-Vegas-USNV0049:1:US?month=2

ferf1223

32b3in2013 wrote: »

A quick question if I could. I am flying to Vegas on 16 June by Virgin, I vaguely remember a post saying that I can choose my seats 2 months in advance. Is this true, or am I dreaming?

It's 60 days vs 2 months but yes...so I think on the 17th it should open for you.

https://www.virgin-atlantic.com/gb/en/manage-your-flights/seat-assignment.html

pennylane99 previously confirmed that the seat map opens at 8am at 60 days before - not to the time of your flight.

John259

32b3in2013 wrote: »

I am flying into NY from Vegas, and I am assuming that as it is an internal flight, I won't have to go through immigration in NY

Yes, you're correct. You only go through immigration when entering the USA at the "port of entry" airport, and there's no immigration involved for domestic flights.

secretmachines

lesley74 wrote: »

Secretmachines....I had a thought. Is your forum name anything to do with any other sort of machines? haha.

nope, just the secret ones ... maybe i should change it to laundrymachines!

littlemissbossy

secretmachines wrote: »

not too much booked for our 8 nights:

rose.rabbit.lie dinner & canto
michael jackson one tickets
aria sunday brunch buffet
high roller at the linq (not yet booked tickets)

usual list of places we want to eat at, shopping, hotels to visit, etc. It'll all be on-Strip stuff.

toying with a cabana at Vdara, they're on offer until the end of April... anyone booked a cabana at a pool before? is it worth it?

Hi secretmachines

I've just been looking at the details for the High Roller, I see you've not booked yet, will you book when you get there? I was a bit concerned it might be booked up with it being new.

I think the night time visit is a must for us, I think I'll book a specific time rather than the day/three day flex tickets so it doesn't get too expensive.

Is anyone else planning to give this a go?

32b3in2013

John259 wrote: »

Yes, you're correct. You only go through immigration when entering the USA at the "port of entry" airport, and there's no immigration involved for domestic flights.

Thanks, this is extremely good news

I have been reading through the posts and I have nothing at all booked, and no plans as to what to do whilst I am there. I should really start making a plan!!

Thanks again

32b3

secretmachines

littlemissbossy wrote: »

Hi secretmachines

I've just been looking at the details for the High Roller, I see you've not booked yet, will you book when you get there? I was a bit concerned it might be booked up with it being new.

I think the night time visit is a must for us, I think I'll book a specific time rather than the day/three day flex tickets so it doesn't get too expensive.

Is anyone else planning to give this a go?

i'll probably book in the next couple of days (we fly on Thursday), and will aim to book a time around sunset (7ish), so the lights are on but there's still a bit of daylight.

we're also just looking at our (loose) itinerary and haven't worked out which day to go yet!

you can select time slots through the website, so i'm sure these will get greyed out when they sell out - so maybe plug in a few times/dates and check likelihood of availability?