Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2015

StuieUK34

Yeah, I have Animal Fries , and 4x2 Burger (4 cheese slices) with the pepper on the bottom...
I'll be doing 'In n Out' in California somewhere, as am sure will be starving by the time we land in LA!

And yeah, am well looking forward to my trip!
Foodie places I like and will be going to this year:

Harley Davidson Caf! - Strip (great food, we been each year so far)
Rollin Smoke - Off Strip , went last year, cheap and proper smoked BBQ food, real real real nice!
Famous Daves - Kinda off strip, but south of the strip... Never been so looking forward to trying it...
Memphis Champion BBQ - Off strip, went 2 yrs ago, I thought it sucked but wife likes it, so wants to go back..
Hooters - oh I love Hooters!
Stripburger - Strip ... Nice burgers, especially with the R.com voucher!

ferf1223

Froggitt wrote: »

in n out +1


Ask for everything animal style.

agree, though I do prefer the fries natural...a burger that is not animal style would make me very sad.

vegasvisitor

gracie10 wrote: »

Did you manage to fit that all into 2 days in San Diego Lesley74? What was the safari park like? At the moment we are planning the zoo, seaworld and USS Midway.

Yes, we fitted that all into 2 days.

First day:-
Walmart 7am
Drive down to peninsual and up through Coronado (20 min stop/walk)
Zoo
USS Midway
Flagship cruise (415pm maybe? it was a south one)
Dinner

Second day:-
Safari Park (there for it opening 9am)
Bite to eat along the way
Drive through La Jolla
Outlets near Tijuana
Tram to Gaslamp - dinner and a drink, tram back.

Zoo was better than Safari park. We were at the zoo on mother's day so it was very busy. Safari park was quiet, but we went on a Monday, presumably most kids at school. More spread out and seemed like less animals. Took longer to get around than the zoo but it was quite nice walking around. Definitely do Zoo as a first choice though, but add the Safari Park if you're keen to do more of similar. Safari Park had lots of upsell options, can't help but think they may be what makes it a better experience, but they start around $50 so would increase your costs significantly. We're not theme park type of people (went to Florida and only did Tampa Zoo) so I realise the prices of these things are probably just quite high and maybe a shock to me because I don't tend to do these types of thing.

Hope this helps

vegasvisitor

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nvh

StuieUK34 wrote: »

Stripburger - Strip ... Nice burgers, especially with the R.com voucher!

just received this re:StripBurger... Doh!

We are sorry to inform you that Stripburger is no longer participating in our program. Your account contains 1 gift certificate to this restaurant. We are happy to offer an exchange, just follow these steps from your desktop computer:

duchy

Rather unexpectedly it looks like I may be in Vegas for four days at the beginning of September ......but trying to find myVegas nights that work is a right royal pain in the posterior so late !!!

Looking at the rates I presume labor day is the weekend of the 5th/6th ?

vegasvisitor

duchy wrote: »

Rather unexpectedly it looks like I may be in Vegas for four days at the beginning of September ......but trying to find myVegas nights that work is a right royal pain in the posterior so late !!!

Looking at the rates I presume labor day is the weekend of the 5th/6th ?

Labor Day is always the first Monday in September. I'm sure I found myvegas reward nights for the Friday Saturday at Luxor that weekend. We have a room booked until the Friday at Wynn, then looking for something for the remainder. It's a popular time for boxing as well (maybe following week) so can be expensive. The days following Labor day are usually the cheapest, the week after it goes up a bit.

ferf1223

nvh wrote: »

just received this re:StripBurger... Doh!

I was just coming to say the same thing...it's the end of an era.

stoneman

lesley74 wrote: »

Lol, we believe you (about the heels).

Unfortunately we're still a bit undecided re Tuscany/Platinum for September. Tuscany is definitely a good shout, but on the day it was sunny there wasn't a single available lounger by the pool, and that would kill it for me I'm afraid. We didn't have to worry about it though, had already sunbathed that morning, and then the next day it was cloudy (well rainy), then home.

8 mins seems a bit short, but perhaps you mean from Bally's and were luckier with the crosswalk than we were. Some hotels it takes a good 5 mins to get to your room anyway so I do agree.

At Philly airport now. Wine at Vino Volo as we have a bit of a wait here.

I have some major news that might effect your plans.
Platinum are introducing a resort fee. Not sure when, but it's coming in.

Derek says that anyone that books now will be grandfathered in with no resort fee and will get the old half off 4-7 happy hour drinks offer. You will need to tell him you were told by Andy that this is in offer though.
I booked for September yesterday which is when he told me about it

stoneman

Froggitt wrote: »

in n out +1


Ask for everything animal style.

Animal style is too mushy for me.
I have fries well done a a 6x6 with fried onions and a side of chillies . Tracy has a grilled cheese with fried onions and a choco/vanilla shake