Las Vegas guide and MSE thread 2018

Cleofish, you already seem prepared for the Vegas heat and I believe current daily temps are raising over 100F. You are right keep hydrated, stay inside etc. I suppose the tolerance to the heat depends how seasoned you are to that sort of climate.

From my experience of Vegas in August all I wanted to do was sit and relax by the pool then go for a siesta in the afternoon, then come alive late afternoon.

I would just see how you go and after a day or two in the heat your body will know if it can cope or not.

A three day bus pass for $20 is good value, it will get you up and down the strip to the malls and further. You will soon realise how far apart places are on the strip so will be glad to jump a bus.


Not sure what the go card is but morning or evening may be a better time to do things outside.

As for staying up again if you keep hydrated, have a sleep on the plane etc you should be able to stay up. Try to resist going to bed in the afternoon when you arrive as that can often lead to losing the rest of the day. You will still probably wake up early hours until your body clock acclimatises.

Have a great time

cleofish wrote: »

The flight will land in Las vegas 12pm local time (uk time 8pm) realistically how long will we be able to stay up in Las vegas on that first day? Im planning on having a sleep on the plane but i know it doesnt always end up that way. Im trying to figure out what to do on the monday, how has everyone else coped?

You are going to have a great time! Re the heat, yes, it will be unlike anything you've experienced before. Drink lots of water, try and have a bottle with you at all times. The air is DRY out there, plus the aircon in the buildings takes it out of you. As pp have said also, don't try and walk too far, things seem closer than they are (on our first trip to Vegas we decided to try walking to the Rio from the Bellagio. 45 mins later, it still some distance away, we conceded this wasn't the best idea we've ever had ). If you walk to the LV sign, definitely do it morning or evening.

When you arrive, DON'T SLEEP! Go to your room, unpack, have a shower and then have a wander around. Try and have something to eat. If you can even stay awake till 6/7pm you will have made all the difference and will be on track to be pretty much normal the next day.

The Bellagio buffet has definitely gone downhill - when I first went about 10 years ago it was excellent, great range of food and still had the table service. They ditched that a couple of years ago, and seemed to downgrade the food as well. Definitely not what it was. Interesting to hear about the Luxor though, haven't been there since they revamped it. It was awful before.

Avoid at all costs the Paradise Garden buffet in the Flamingo <shudder>.

The only buffet we do in Vegas is M Resort. $17? for lunch with unlimited beer and wine included, as well as specialality coffees. They also have the rootbeer from Ellis Island there as well on draft.

Regarding buffets, I really like the breakfast buffet at MGM. You have to take your drinks on your own too but food quality is always solid.