The Las Vegas Thread and MSE guide

middy60

hehehe not long now

trets77

April

I' ll hold my hands up over the poll, i assumed i would be able to edit and change it. i now cannot find out how to :mad: . i have PM'ed Crabman the board admin to see if he can help . sorry guys

sabelu

Any recommendations for a day trip quite fancy a Hummer any experiences/recommendations/links etc?

ferf1223

March

photome wrote: »

Article in todays Gaurdian about the Vegas monrail "ride to ruin" has wall street worried.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/feb/16/useconomy.marketturmoil

I have never used it because it is so far from anywhere and have thought to myself that it was never a viable alternative to the strip buses

They shot themselves in the foot about a year ago when they increased prices - because that makes sense - they're losing too much money so increase the prices...which led to some previous riders abandoning it completely. I'm no bean counter, but even I can see that that was a silly plan.

Personally, I would never take a bus in Vegas as I take buses at least 5 days a week in London - I completely refuse to step foot on a bus on holiday unless it absolutely cannot be avoided. I like the monorail occasionally and while some of the stops are a long walk from the front of the casino others are a bit better - and it's really quick relatively speaking. MGM to Sahara in 15 minutes or less isn't bad. I also like seeing things from a different perspective - you can see some of the hotel pool areas from the monorail, etc. Areas you wouldn't normally see if you weren't a hotel guest. It's also well air conditioned and usually not too crowded.

It's all a personal choice really and I wouldn't use it as my primary mode of transport, but occasionally it's a nice way to get about we think.

trets77

April

if you have a desire to see what the Wynn Golf course is like then you get a great view from the Monorail on the way up to the Sahara.

guess they are kinda of like the Channel tunnel with this , now it's built they might as well keep it running , but some people are going to take a almighty hit on cost of building it . owe the bank a million = You have a problem. owe the bank a couple of hundred of million = Bank has a problem .

As regards for this threads poll i can set a new one up , but it is a complicated deal that requires help from the board admin. so the next one will be have to be for as long the thread is going ( till 2009 when we will start again with the guide at start most likely)

so i need ideas for what the poll will be. we could start a new Buffet one , or a poker room one, other suggestions i have thought of are , fav pool , or Fav casino game . any suggestions most welcome :A

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New York New York from $72
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Bellagio from $149
from Las Vegas message board, various stays and expiry.

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Luxor from $80
from vegas hotels online, stays until 31st Aug

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gt568

September

Fav casino would be good IMO.

Stew68

Trets,

You could have a poll for favourite shows, there are plenty to choose from, I'm afraid I will be ineligible to vote as I've yet to visit the great city:sad: :sad: but i'll be there in 91 days:beer: so after that i'll vote.

Stew

ferf1223

March

I think favourite casino, show, hotel - any of those would be good ones.

The other option would be maybe use something like this:

http://www.snappoll.com/index_user.php

To set up links to various polls throughout the year, maybe you could keep a list of the links to the various polls in the first post.

It may be more work than I sounds and I wouldn't suggest anything that would be a complete hassle, so if it is, just ignore me.

trets77

April

ferf1223 wrote: »

I think favourite casino, show, hotel - any of those would be good ones.

The other option would be maybe use something like this:

http://www.snappoll.com/index_user.php

To set up links to various polls throughout the year, maybe you could keep a list of the links to the various polls in the first post.

It may be more work than I sounds and I wouldn't suggest anything that would be a complete hassle, so if it is, just ignore me.

it is not a hassle, it's just that people are more likely to vote if it's on front page. the problem with MSE thread polls is that you don't get to put enough answers in ( max 10 ) . so i cannot put anything like enough options in for Fav Casino .

how about best month to vist :idea: ? i could comibine Jan / Feb and Nov/ Dec

mils

First of all i would like to say thank you and comment on the work Trets77 has put into this Forum, i have found it most useful and appreciate the work and time you have put into this.
Now i would like to ask if anyone could help me get a good deal.
Theres a group of us 3/4 ppl (adults of course) wanting to go to Vegas around mid September 08 time, for 7 nights, with virgin airways, staying at one of these 7 hotels-

• New York New York

• Ceasars Palace

• Treasure Island

• Mirage

• MGM

• Wynn,Bellagio(but those 2 will probably too expensive)

The best we can get seems to be between £950 - £1150 with one of those hotels (minus Bel and Wynn) and flight with virgin. To me this seems quite a bit or more than i had hoped. Can anyone help get us a better deal?? Any information will be appreciated. thanks:j
Paul