Las Vegas Junkie here! We go at least twice a year (more if we can swing babysitting)since it's a 5 hour drive for us. Yes Vegas really was 101 and will stay in the high 90's usually until the middle of October where it lowers into the 80's and 70's. You need to make sure you bring sunscreen and drink a TON and I mean a TON of water! The strip gets really hot and you can dehydrate really quickly and since they have very little humidity (in the teens or 20's usually) it is easy to get parched! Also bring good walking shoes as you will do a TON of walking even just getting to your room from the strip!
Here are some of the things we would suggest: (take them for what it's worth)
Bellagio- See the dancing water (at night it's really awesome) and if you like art the art gallery has some great stuff there sometimes. Last time we saw the works of Monet and it was amazing!
Caesers Palace--The forum shops are fun, the italian restaurant is yummy to eat in, there are a couple of free shows there...1 is Fall of Atlantis and it's amazing! It's by the Cheesecake Factory down there and the scene is cool. The skies part and fire reigns down. It's great, the 2nd is the Festival Fountain Show and it has anamatronic figures but it isnt' quite as impressive as the 1st one.
Circus Circus in my opinion is a dump and not worth going to. Back in the early days it was fun but now it's gross in my opinion (again take that for what it is worth)
The Flamingo--Has a wildlife habitat that you can go to for free but it wasn't all that impressive.
LV Hilton is great if you are a Star Trek Freak! They have a couple of Star Trek things there.
Luxor--has an Imax theatre and some Motion rides but they weren't that impressive to us either.
Mandalay Bay has a great shark reef. It's somewhat pricey though. It cost us in February about $16.00 but it was awesome! The Pirahna tank was cool especially since we hit it at feeding time!
MGM Grand has the lion exhibit. You can look at the lions through a big window for free or you can go in for a fee.
Mirage has the volcano for free you can watch outside on the strip and also has a dolphin exhibit and a tiger habitat. If I remember correctly they charged $12.00 and that got you into both.
NYNY has a real cool roller coaster but it can smack you around pretty good so be warned. In Feb it cost us $12.50 for ONE ride!
Paris has the Eiffel Tower you can go up into. It is about 10 bucks a person and you go up something like 400 feet in a glass elevator. Not for the faint of heart if you don't like heights.
Rio has Masquerade Village which you can watch for free or you can pay a fee and be part of the "show"
The Sahara has Speed the ride and it's pretty intense! I think it was about 10 dollars for 1 ride or you could buy a combo pass for like 18 and it included Speed and the Cyber Speedway. We didn't think the Cyber Speedway was worth the $$$.
Stratosphere has great rides on top of it but if you don't like heights don't bother.
Treasure Island now has a new show outside and it's pretty risque from what I've heard..definitely an "adults" type show. It's free and runs 4 times a night like 7, 8:30, 10 and 11:30.
The Venetian has the Gondola rides, the Guggenheim Museum, Madame Tussauds, and Time Traveler the ride. They all cost an entry fee ranging from $7.00 for Time Traveler to $21 for Madame Tussaud.
Also beware that if you do walk along the street there are PORN peddlers all over the place handing out leaflets with some not so great pics on them. Just don't put your hand out, walk by and don't say anything to them and you'll be fine. It's more that it's annoying and makes the streets look cluttered and dirty than scary!!
If your DH is at a table in a casino there is usually somewhere you can go and check out inside the casino. I don't know if I would want to be outside alone at night but that's just me.
For shows
Blue Man group is good
Mystere is good
Zumanity is good it's a "sister" to Cirque d Solei but it's pretty pricey
Lance Burton
David Copperfield
But these shows are not cheap! They are usually at least 60-80 bucks a seat (for the cheapest)no matter what you go to.
I'm jealous..as you can see I still have 38 days until I'm on my trip down there! Have a GREAT Time!! The Spa is a great idea as well BUT if it were me and you were thinking of doing a spa treatment I'd call the hotel now direct and see if they have any openings. When we were there in February we stayed at the Monte Carlo and we tried to get spa treatments and they were booked and suggested in the future to call and get treatments ahead of time.
Heidi
(Not that he expects to win) I can hardly drag him to live theater at home when there is not the choice of games to be played! Now if the Cards, Blues or Rams were in town
that would be different. I shouldn't complain since he is a good sport about Disney every year!
I am surprised at all there is to do besides gambleing. All the hotels are so different and fun to explore. I spent a lot of time just trying to see all the different "free" stuff at each one. We even came home ahead, now that was a surprise! ( One of the ponies paid off 161/1) Dh did well at the blackjack table too.
