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: