I'm going to Vegas, baby!
 

OK, just got done booking a trip to Vegas in April. This will be my first time. Actually it will be my first real vacation ever. I have a few weeks to plan and I want to see as much stuff as possible.

Hit me with your recommendations. I want to know what places I need to visit, restaurants can't be missed, sights I should see. Trying to keep a budget so dropping big money on a bunch of shows isn't really my thing. I might gamble a little but I'm not big on gambling. I will be looking for photo spots though. I will be bringing my camera and taking a ton of pictures.

So what do you think, Planet? What do I need to see in VEGAS?

EDIT: Here's the link to the pics: http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showp...&postcount=106

Thanks everybody!

Where are you staying?

Planet Hollywood is the shit. There is this thing where you can jump off of the stratosphere for like $100 that would be pretty cool too.

Go to China Panda for dinner, and if you see a guy there eating alone, give him your cell#.

I'm biased being that I work for the largest gaming company, so I'll say Caesar's Palace. (Insert Hangover joke)

I was there this week. I saw nothing. Of interest, that is.

The Luxor. 3 nights.

Wow, you weren't kidding about being on a budget. :)


Well, if you're not going to gamble much or see shows, I guess there's not much to do other then go to a strip club.

The package we got includes 2 cirque tickets. We'll probably go to the Beatles show. We might go to another one if we feel like it. I'm just not looking to spend a ton.

I'll be with my girlfriend, so the strip club is probably a no-go. Those places are usually ripoffs anyway.

There's nothing to do in Vegas. They pretty much roll up the sidewalks by midnight.
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What? Strip clubs are ripoffs? You don't like paying $8 for a beer? :)

I was kidding about the strip club.

I think you will find plenty to do just walking up and down the strip. I love downtown, so I reccomend taking a cab to Fremont for one night and just walk around and enjoy the light show.

Walk through Caesers palace it is a neat place to see all the stores and stuff inside. I went into planet hollywood it was pretty neat to see different instruments and stuff of musicians.

I am going again in May, and will hit up a few others to check out. Gambling in planet hollywood was expensive so I won't be doing that again. Tables were $25 minimum.

Seriously, if this is your first trip to Vegas, don't plan anything. It's such a sensory overload, you'll lose track of time and if you have plans to be somewhere at a certain time, it will just cause undo stress. Go to your Cirque show and then just go with the flow the rest of the time.

Oh, and do a search here for Vegas. There are plenty of threads on the subject already.
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Dam.

The Hoover one.



You wouldn't regret adding a day or two to go down to the Grand Canyon. It's about five hours away.

Last time I went to a strip club was Bazooka's a couple years back with a buddy after a bachelor party. I swear we got bugged every ten minutes to buy another overpriced drink or leave. It's like the meter is running as soon as you walk in the door. Really pissed me off.

I seriously know nothing about Vegas, the names of the casinos, that's about it. I don't know which ones are supposed to be the good ones.

What's Fremont, is that a street, or an establishment, or what? You may have to use small words with me here. :drool:

Bring comfortable walking shoes. The strip doesn't look big on maps and in pictures, but it's pretty big. You will do a TON of walking.

Fremont Street is the area near downtown...it's the "old Vegas." It's cheaper, not as nice, and not as big as the strip.

Not as nice? Have you seen the shark tank at the Golden Nugget?

http://attractions.uptake.com/blog/f...as-nevada1.jpg

Woah you are staying at Luxor? That is WAAAAY down at the south end of the strip. It's a long hike to the middle of the strip (near caesar's, etc.) I stayed at the MGM once and that felt like forever, but Luxor is even farther away. I reiterate my above post about taking comfortable shoes.

OK, cool. I am also trying to get a feel for which casinos are most worth seeing.

I don't feel like dropping a ton at the tables. When my old roommate used to go to the boats, I would spend $50 at Pai Gow or video poker and see how long I could milk it. If they had $1 tables or something I'd probably play something awhile for fun.

Well of course that's cool, but I was just talking "in general."

They have $1 tables at Slots of Fun by Circus Circus. But that's a long way away from the Luxor. They have $5 tables downtown everywhere but the Nugget.

How many hours is it? I REALLY want to see the Grand Canyon but we're only there 4 days, it may not be enough time for a long car trip.

Yeah, I was being smartass. I love downtown because there are fewer people and it's cheaper to do about everything. Ironically, I've never stayed downtown.

Awesome, I will check it out.

Maybe on like a Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. somewhere would have $1 tables. The cheapest I saw when I was at MGM was $5 roulette on Monday morning.

Try Fremont Street for some cheaper tables...or maybe some of the older casinos like Imperial Palace or something.

Does anyone know if Sahara is closed down yet?

Hit the Peppermill or Hash House for breakfast.

The Peppermill is right up by the Riviera and the Hash House is inside the Imperial Palace.

Also downtown is pretty cool with the Fremont Street Experience.

That's all i got. When I go to Vegas all I do is eat breakfast, gamble, and get wasted.

Have fun

They have a place like that at the Dallas aquarium, a big shark tank except you walk through the middle of it.

That's the thing though, I'd like to see cool things off the beaten path and not the tourist traps with a ton of people.

It's not so bad if you aren't trying to do stuff on Friday night through Sunday afternoon.

You should try to check out that pawn shop from the TV show Pawn Stars. :thumb:

4 hours, 49 minutes according to Google Maps. That's the south rim. The north rim is an hour further.

In all seriousness, if you haven't been there, get up really early one morning and make the drive. It's beyond spectacular. It's almost unbelievable. Even if you only stay two or three hours, you could get the feel and it makes for one long day.

About an hour.

OK, I am taking notes. I don't know if I have time for all these places, but I will try some of them.

Don't they other entertainment besides the shows? I thought one of the casinos had a full amusement park or something.

By rocket sled.

I hear that place is always packed with people.

It's actually going to be Tuesday - Friday. I'm taking off work.

I did it in a rental car in an hour.

This. The Peppermill rocks.
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Good call! You should find the experience much more enjoyable.

I thought the aquarium at Mandalay was cool. Cirque (Mystere @ Treasure Island) was awesome as well.

Also, you should see how many different porno cards you can collect. You'll know what I mean when you get there.

I don't know if I want to spend 10 hours on the road in a rental car just to be there for an hour or two. It may have to wait for another trip.

Sometime I'd like to drive through Monument Valley and see the Grand Canyon and Antelope Canyon. That would be a whole 'nother trip though.

Are you talking Hoover Dam or the Grand Canyon? I'm talking Grand Canyon.

Tripadviser.com

Oh. LMAO

Hoover Dam.

:LOL: No seriously guys, it only took an hour!

Here is the list of shows with the promotion:

http://www.mgmresorts.com/march11/showinfo/

We're planning on the Beatles one but I might change my mind if someone was raving about another one.

Monument Valley is way cool, too.

You can also take a tour bus, but I think driving is the better way to go: http://coachamerica.com/graylinelasvegas/tour.cfm

Is the Hoover dam only an hour away? We may be able to squeeze that in.

I was a little worried that someone had misdirected you to an unusually large arroyo.

Yes, but by foot it's a little more than that.

There is a bar between the Flamingo and Bally's that is a lot of fun. $4 pitchers and Fat Elvis singing live kicks ass.


Probably the best thing we did besides going to the Hoover Dam.

It's five hours if you run. But yeah, probably an hour by car regardless of whether donger's driving.

If I go I have to see Antelope Canyon, I've always wanted to see that place:

http://tedmuller.us/Graphics/Wallpap..._Canyon,AZ.bmp

Oh, and if you end up getting a room with an eastern view, you might be able to see the Janet terminal and planes.

Heh. We're on the same wave length today.

Good advice. You might ask the lovely Carlotta for inside info on what is going on right now.

That sounds perfect. It's going on my list.

First glance, I thought that said, "And you can see Janet topless," and I thought, I've already seen Janet topless.

Heh. Not quite as visually appealing (I presume), but it's kind of neat.

*If you are going with a girl you really care about be sure and take her to the Red R
Rooster

*Take your shrooms about 30 minutes before you hit Fremont at night

*Those big cups stacked by the slot machines are for big drinks. Grab one and fill it with your favorite alchoholic beverage and you can drink from it wherever you go.

It is perfect. I used to think that it was great to get free beverages while gambling, but it ends up costing a lot more while being frustrating.

There used to be a mechanical horse race table on the second floor of Imperial Palace. Quarter bets against odds and the bar was 5 feet away for free beverages. It was fairly quiet, too, which is hard to find in Vegas.

Find the $5 football beers (44 ounces) downtown and they will refill them for $3. Catch the light show (at night) on the canopy while you are there.

Request a coupon book at the front when you check in. While you walk around Vegas you will constantly save $$$.




Oh, NEVER sign up for free ANYTHING. Those bastards will literally grab you while walking by and try to get you to come to a free dinner while they press you for a time-share sale. I have never been burned, but I just about punched a a salesman for grabbing my shoulder.

Wow. Quarter mechanical horse racing on the second floor of the shittiest house in Vegas? Why even go if you are on that much of a budget?

I'm heading to Vegas April 2nd-4th. I'm going there to throw some money down on the Final 4 games.

There is an In-N-Out burger not too far from where you are staying. Everyone should at least try it once if you haven't already, IMO. 4X4 animal style.

First time I went to Vegas 9 years ago we stayed at the IP. Cheap, but it is right in the middle of everything. Besides, you don't sleep when at Vegas, so who gives a shit?


Mechanical horse races are pretty fun when you get a good group of 10-12 player going. Bar was 2 seconds away and the waitresses hit us every cycle. Good times.


Now that I am older we stay at Paris.

It's fun, that's why.

Wow, I didn't know it was possible to be on the same wave length as you... :p

Well, we should stop in case we cancel each other out.

I hear you; when I was a kid we roadtripped out there and slept in the car the first night becasue there weren't any rooms.
My comment came out shittier than I meant it to sound. Probably should have kept that one in my head.

You absolutely have to do Fremont Street. Its sooo much cheaper than the strip. You also HAVE to have a steak dinner at Hugos at the Four Queens (Fremont). Killer steaks and its old school gangsterlike Vegas. Plus Fremont has ziplines,..which is kind of cool. Outside of that, just walk around and have fun..it is sensory overload your first time--BUT FREMONT AND HUGOS IS A MUST!

Take it from a local.:thumb:

It's not a bar, it's a small casino called Bill's Gambling Hall and Saloon.

But he's right. Big Elvis is a rather large man, but does a great Elvis impersonation. And Bill's is just a fun place to hang out anyway.

The MGM still has a mechanical horse racing game. I believe its the only one left in Vegas. It's a blast late at night when you're inebriated, especially when all the spots are full. Try not to yell at your horse with all the other drunken idiots. You can't.


Timeshare hawkers. You can avoid them by never walking side by side past them with your wife. They prey on couples. If they do spot you and ask if you want to see a free show, just ignore them and keep walking.

Now THAT'S what I'm looking for. Quirky shit that I would never think of but would be a blast without dropping a ton of money. :thumb:

You're going to have to be more specific. Name a venue.

That would be perfect though. Cheap places to get drinks and cool stuff to see. Gambling is for suckers. I'd rather spend my money on booze.

Time share? **** that. I don't buy things from people that approach me anyway. Especially in a strange city.

Hugos sounds cool. I will check it out.

Dueling pianos at NYNY.
Water show at Bellagio.
Check out the canals at the Venetian.
Free show at Treasure Island.
Take a half day and tour the dam.

somebody told me to go to the peppermill.

totally worth it.

slammin' breakfast. smokin' hot honey's.

and the food was great too.

Still hammering out our itinerary. Can someone tell me which is the 'real' Hash House? A google search turned up several hits.

http://i.imgur.com/aeoPN.jpg

Between Fremont and the strip, which is better daytime and which is better at night?

You need to go to Fremont at night to see the light show. And they usually have live music going on down there in the evenings.

Daytime on Fremont and the Strip at night.

Fremont is the more "shady" side of Vegas now but that's where the "old Vegas" deals still happen.

JMO...

Actually I just realized, our show is at 7PM Thurs. at The Mirage. So it'll have to be Fremont in the morning.

Take comfortable shoes, because the signs look close but they are a long way away. Get up early in the mourning and walk up strip, you are on south end. Get up to NYNY and MGM and there is tons of free things to see. Roller coaster on NYNY, cool stuff in MGM ect. Watch for trams because you will get tired of walking. There is a tram way in the back of MGM that goes up to Bally's, Flamingo and many other points northward. If you like Italian food or like me your laddy does go to Batista's Hole in the wall. Very cool place. Its behind Bill's Gambling Hall on a side sreet off of Flamingo Bvd. All the old acts used to hang out there and they have really cool stuff if you are into that sort of thing. You don't have to spend lots of money to have a good time.

OK, I think I've got it pretty much planned out:

• Arrive Tues, chill out at the hotel
• Rent a car, spend Wednesday driving to Hoover Dam, Valley of Fire, Lake Mead
• Thursday morning eat at Hugo's for lunch and walk around Fremont
• Thursday night see Cirque, walk the Vegas strip and see the casinos and the lights
• Fly back Friday

Should be fun!

I already have a bunch of restaurants on the list but I will see if we can squeeze it in. Yes she does love Italian food.