This is my 5th time in Vegas and I was looking forward to hanging out in this crazy town again. I stayed in Treasure Island (which they have rebranded TI). This was merely to be close to my friend, but also save some money. I would have much preferred to have been in the Venetian - my favourite hotel in Vegas, but had to remind myself that I am unemployed...
Vegas nights:
One night we went to The Wynn for their buffet. At $56 for unlimited food and champagne it is an enjoyable evening out (as long as you wear elasticated pants). We scoffed and quaffed for just over 3 hours, and generally made pigs of ourselves.
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| about an eighth of the dessert buffet... |
The Wynn is also a lovely casino to walk around. It is in the classier range of hotels, up there with the Venetian and Bellagio.
Another evening, my friend was working at a dive show and conference so I joined her at a drinks reception where we got free wine all night (which was a result) Her opening line to everyone was that I don't dive. Of course these avid divers then all thought I was a total freak...Like attaching yourself to tanks and mooching around in the big blue is normal?! I behaved myself and left about midnight, but left out the back of the Flamingo, big mistake! Impossible to walk round the back of the massive casinos.
On the Friday we went up the Stratosphere, which is a huge freestanding tower at one end of the strip.
It is a cheep and cheerful hotel, but you really appreciate the views of the strip from 1149 foot above it. My crazy friend wanted to go on all the crazy rides. There is one ride that you sit in and it shoots you up above the viewing deck. One ride is like a claw and dangles people over the edge of the observation deck. The third one has people sit in a dodgem type car which then goes down a rail and dangles people over the edge. All of them looked horrific to me and it was all I could do to watch my friend. I certainly didn't go too near the edge of the viewing platform.
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| Bleurgh.... |
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| Barf... |
After this stomach churning episode we went down to the Fremont Experience. This is a street of old school casinos with a canopy over the top that contains thousands of lights. They then perform a light show every hour on the hour. We plumped to go for the Queen show. The music was of course fabulous, but the light show was mediocre. The last time I went (about 7 years ago) they used different travelling vehicles to show off the length of the canopy, such as planes and trains. It was great. This time they just flashed up lyrics and album covers etc - naff.
The whole area is a bit sketchy and full of bargain basement tourists with lots of 'lookalikes' waiting to get dollars for photos taken with them. A Chippendale grabbed me and told me I needed a photo with him. I assured him I didn't, because really, who needs more than one photo with a Chippendale in their collection?!
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| The light canopy |
The next night I caught The Sirens of TI show. In all my trips over 14 years I have never managed to catch this. It is a draw on the strip and hundreds of people turn up to see each show of pirates and wenches (they used to defeat the British every night, but have sexed it up a little now). Turns out I didn't miss a thing. Dodgy dancing, corny script, and the 'VIP' seats blocked by massive lights, so you couldn't really see what was going on most of the time! The pyrotechnics were the best bit!
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| The sirens of TI |
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| Best thing for TI, set it alight, and build another wing of The Venetian... |
So that was it in terms of evening's entertainment. Fair less drunk/depraved than many of my past visits to Vegas and I think I was in be every night before 2am, so pretty tame.
Add to this two trips to the gym, and I think we have witnessed the falling of a legend - both myself and Vegas...
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