The Las Vegas Thread and MSE guide

pebblesmax

November/December

Tony at the Grand canyon last November.



And again.



An interesting rock. (It has a name, I can't remember it.) Taken at sunrise by Tony. I think he was trying to get the nipple rock in the background but he claims he wasn't.:cool:



Another sunrise photo.

ferf1223

March

middy60 wrote: »

just a quick one about the restaurant.com vouchers for the envy can you use them towards wine aswell as food eg a bottle of wine with the meal

The voucher says that use of the certificate for alcoholic beverages is at the sole discretion of the merchant. Some do specifically state that alcohol is not included - this one doesn't, but with the general 'sole discretion' clause it's a bit of an unknown.

ferf1223

March

pebblesmax wrote: »

Looking up the strip from MGM. The coke bottle and La Salsa Cantina in the picture. Incidentally, the food court with WESTGATE above it is where I saw the new incarnation of tix2nite.

This is how said I am...I looked at that photo and my first thought was 'Starbucks! I never knew there was a Starbucks there! Awesome.

I also love the Aladdin vs. PH comparison photos - you don't realise how much has changed until you see them one above the other like that...

pebblesmax

November/December

I didn't even notice the Starbucks. had to go back and have another look.

Katykat

Can anyone recommend a good DVD. We are about to book our trip and we want to have a "Las Vegas" night, so we can pour over the places to se & visit. Dont want one of the 5 second You Tube jibbies. Want the full all singing, all dancing, Get us in the mood films. any suggestions.
Bt the way, has anyone seen the google street view of the strip? Bit dissaponting. I'm sure they wanted to show all the glittering lights, but its all turned out quite dark. You cant make much out. it seems part of the strip was filmed in daylight, then when it gets to MGM, it switches to night view. It would have been better to film it all in daylight.

lasvegaschris

dvd as in movies? how much time have you got?

oceans 11
honeymoon in vegas (old, but funny - still got some of the hotels)
vegas vacation (national lampoon)
con air (only the end is in vegas i guess...but what an ending!)

these are some of my favourites. we head off end of september and im currently working my way through the LAS VEGAS tv series with James Caan. Its really gettin me in the mood!

ThomasNo10

Hi everyone, after reading this thread 6 months ago i decided i was going to book up a trip to vegas, unfortunatly now i can't afford to go. whilst looking at this thread i read about the virgin flying miles you can purchase to use to get a discount on the virgin flights (i went ahead and bought 10,000!! oops) but now they are not really much use to me, anyway my point for this post was does anyone want to purchase my miles (at a better rate than Virgin) from me to boost their own total? if so please send me a PM

Thanks

Chris

WestHamDaz

lasvegaschris wrote: »

dvd as in movies? how much time have you got?

oceans 11
honeymoon in vegas (old, but funny - still got some of the hotels)
vegas vacation (national lampoon)
con air (only the end is in vegas i guess...but what an ending!)

these are some of my favourites. we head off end of september and im currently working my way through the LAS VEGAS tv series with James Caan. Its really gettin me in the mood!

Casino - one of my all time favourites

WestHamDaz

ThomasNo10 wrote: »

Hi everyone, after reading this thread 6 months ago i decided i was going to book up a trip to vegas, unfortunatly now i can't afford to go. whilst looking at this thread i read about the virgin flying miles you can purchase to use to get a discount on the virgin flights (i went ahead and bought 10,000!! oops) but now they are not really much use to me, anyway my point for this post was does anyone want to purchase my miles (at a better rate than Virgin) from me to boost their own total? if so please send me a PM

Thanks

Chris

You cannot transfer miles from your account to another

Steff

July

Katykat wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a good DVD. We are about to book our trip and we want to have a "Las Vegas" night, so we can pour over the places to se & visit. Dont want one of the 5 second You Tube jibbies. Want the full all singing, all dancing, Get us in the mood films. any suggestions.
Bt the way, has anyone seen the google street view of the strip? Bit dissaponting. I'm sure they wanted to show all the glittering lights, but its all turned out quite dark. You cant make much out. it seems part of the strip was filmed in daylight, then when it gets to MGM, it switches to night view. It would have been better to film it all in daylight.

Hiya,
Oceans 13 has been showing on Sky Movies - I watched it on Saturday night and I feel even worse about being back here now!!!! Ive had my vegas holiday for this year and watching that just made me wanna book another!!
"21" is a really good film and there are LOADS of vegas shots - but its not on dvd yet.

There is a recent Nicholas Cage film whose name I cant remember where he can see into the future and that is based in vegas and the Grand Canyon - good film actually and that IS on DVD - do a search on blockbuster or something - sorry I cant remember the name!
Just remembered - its called "Next".
Steff