Danauk's anniversary trip to Disneyland (and a few other places too!)Day 11-18 Vegas!

Danauk

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I thought I would do the last bit of the report all in one go as the final week was more relaxing!

Today we got up early again and packed our cases. We had another studio tour this morning then we were driving on to Las Vegas for a week. We drove to the Sony studios (the old MGM studios where many classics were filmed such as The Wizard of Oz) which is also the Columbia/tri star studios. This studio was located further out of Hollywood than the others and was more film based rather than TV show. We wondered around the lots and into some street sets.

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We went onto one of their biggest sound stages where they had filmed all the Oceans films (I loved them!) and saw some of the sets for Angels and Deamons which they were filming that day. Tom Hanks and Ewan McGreggor were on the lot as well. We saw a few of the actors for this being driven around in the carts between the sound stages. We also went into the painting department into a huge buildng where they hand paint the back drops onto cloth. These were amazing. Then we went into the workshops where they were building more film sets (again more Angels and Deamons, the Vatican set). We also went on to the set of Jepordy which the Americans in our group loved! The tour ended at 12:30pm and we had lunch in the cafe there before leaving for las Vegas at 1:30pm.

The drive out of LA wasn't too bad, not nearly as bad as we were expecting and soon we were making our way through the mountains and the Mojave desert towards Las Vegas. At some points the only road on the sat nav was the one we were on, there was nothing else there!

At 6pm we finally arrived at the Bellagio.

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The bell man took the bags and valet took to car so we went off to check in (the hotel must have one of the most beautiful check in desks ever, and the smell from the flowers was out of this world.)

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We were soon on our way to our room where we were greated with an amazing view.

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We decided to un pack and have a relax so we headed down to the Fontana bar where we spent the evening on the patio watching the dancing fountains (I spent a lot of this week watching the dancing fountains!)

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Then we headed back up to our room, where I sat and watched the fountains some more!

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Seen as we spent a week in Vegas I think I'll just condence it to the highlights!

The conservatory in the Bellagio. I love this place, they have the lost amazing floral displays. This time the theme was a tribute to American locomotives.

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The Grand Canyon (the pictures don't do it justice)

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Including the Sky Walk

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And the helicopter trip out to the canyon

The Hoover dam
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And we drove out to Red Rock Canyon

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We did see a few Cirque du Soliel shows when we were there too, O and Ka. We liked them, O especially. We also spent quite a bit of time just looking around the other hotels as they were so nice.

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This is the entrance to a toy store!

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Oh and eating at quite a few nice restaurants. On our anniversary we ate at Prime Steakhouse in the Bellagio and the chef sent out a soecial desert for us.

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We had a wonderful time in Vegas and will definately be going back!!
 
Wow that sounds amazing! I loved Las Vegas and can't wait to go back. The fountains at the Bellagio are just amazing! I could have watched them all day long. You had such a great view from your room, did you have to upgrade for a view of the fountains or was it just by chance?

We also saw 'O' - it was by far the best Cirque show we have seen so far.

Your whole trip has been amazing with so many tours etc, thanks you for sharing. :goodvibes
 
OMG !!!! Wow what fantastic photos, i would love to see the grand canyon :)
 
I've been looking forward to this and it was worth the wait, your photo's are fab, I love the view from your room. We stayed across the road at Planet Hollywood and LOVED it. We would cross the road to the Bellagio every evening to watch the fountains and to visit the conservatory, I love the way they change the theme. Really enjoyed your trip report :thumbsup2 but sad there's no more
 

Thanks very much, I've enjoyed all your reports.

As others have said, the view from your room was quite something.

Crikey, that pathway along the ridge of the Grand Canyon looks a bit dodgy! I can just imagine if we went there - Tam would be shouting 'Don't go too close to the edge!' ...... and that would be from 100 yards away!

Kev
 
Wow - absolutely fantastic photos.

Bellagio is my fav hotel in the world!
 
OMG your photo's are truly awesome. :worship: what an amazing trip.
 
WOW-your photo's are great :thumbsup2 .May i ask what you are both wearing on your feet when on the skywalk?.Did you actually see Ewan Mcgregor+Tom Hanks?.x.
 
Thanks for the complements guys!! To answer a few questions:

We did book a lake view at the Bellagio, I definately wanted a lake view so we booked that room (although we ended up paying for a regular view thanks to our credit card company!)

Nope, there was no wall, rope or anything on the edge of the canyon (yet we had to sign a waiver with the helicopter people as the path down to the river was uneven and we might trip!!)

On the glass bridge they made you wear covers on your shoes turned inside out (the bobbles on the bottom might scratch the glass!) They made you put everything in lockers before you went out there, no cameras, phones in pockets or anything.

At Sony we saw Tom Hanks in the distance being driven to the set on a cart. I can't wait to see that movie now (it also helps that Angels and Demons is one of my favourite books ever!!)
 
Thanks so much for sharing your trip reports with us. Las Vegas and especially the Bellagio are my all time favourites. It was really nice to share your experiences of them.
 
Awesome photos. I really want to go to Vegas & the Grand Canyon. I have loved reading your report. Thanks for sharing:goodvibes
 
Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon look amazing! We're hoping to visit the GC next time :)
 
Wow! Wow! Wow! Brilliant report Karen and your photos are fab, thank you so much for sharing this with us:thumbsup2
 
Thank you so much for your great trip reports. I have read them all in one go and it was such a pleasure. I should really be out in this wonderful weather but preferred to read your report which is really saying something for me!

Thanks


susan
 










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