We're going to Vegas, baby! August 13-18. We are staying at the Flamingo.
Cast of characters.
Me-Amanda
DH-Chris
Bil-Charlie
Bil's fiance-Taylor
Chris and I have been to Vegas together three times before and I went once for an exercise when I was in the Air Force. This will be Chuck and Taylor's first visit. The trip is for Taylor's 21st birthday and they invited us to tag along. We have been talking about heading back to Vegas this year but the airfare is always so high. Chuck asked Chris last week if we wanted to go. Chris checked Priceline and we were happy to find out it was reasonable for the week planed so we booked!
Charlie and Taylor were originally going to stay at the Imperial Palace. We decided we didn't want to stay there so after pricing everywhere out and looking at online reviews we went with the Flamingo. We are staying in a "Go Deluxe" room. I guess they are a little nicer.
What we gathered after telling them was they had done no research on Vegas at all. After we told them we chose a different hotel they took a look online and switched to the Flamingo as well.
The only thing they had planed was a visit to the Minus 5 ice bar. We talked to them about shows and what they wanted to see but, as I said, no research what-so-ever! Chuck said they are open to anything we want to do.
For us a Cirque du Soleil show is a must! We have only seen Mystere and Zumanity but we loved both. I kinda had my heart set on Love but after watching the videos we think we would all enjoy Ka the most. Chris said we may do both but we have so much else we want to do and only 4 nights so I don't think I am even going to bring it up again. There is always next time!
Charlie is apparently a big fan of Penn and Teller so that is another must do for us. I am still trying to figure out if they have a military discount or not as when I Google it I find sites that say they do but when I call it goes to Ticketmaster and I cant get a hold of the box office at the hotel directly. We may just wait until we get there to buy tickets for that one.
I am using my credit card points to treat everyone to a helicopter tour of the strip! I have always wanted to do a helicopter tour and this is the perfect opportunity. Chris and I were talking about what we should do for Taylor for her b-day and we were thinking about paying for a show or nice dinner so this will work perfectly. We of course asked if this was something they would be interested in and they seemed pretty enthusiastic on the phone! The last thing we would want is to try to surprise them and then find out one of them is terrified of helicopters or something!
Chris also wants to see Crazy Horse Paris at the MGM again. Right now we are thinking he and Charlie could go see that and Taylor and I could have some girl time. No sure what we would do though. Maybe we'll go see Thunder from Down Under! Although I would probably rather go to the spa.
Other random things we want to do:
Visit the Pinball Hall of Fame Museum. http://www.pinballmuseum.org/
We know it is not really a "hall of fame" or even really a museum but we love kooky stuff like this.
Fremont Street. I visited in 2010 when I was with the Air Force but Chris still has not been. I really want to do the zip lining.
http://flightlinezfremont.com/
The Neon Museum bone yard.
http://www.neonmuseum.org/
We were going to go last time but they were closed during our trip.
We still have not seen the fountain show at the Bellagio! We will try to plan for that. I also need to check out the other free shows and attractions at the different casinos for things to do besides gamble during the day.
I kinda want to do gondola rides at the Venetian.
The roller coaster at NYNY is one of my favorites so we will be doing that at least once. We may also try the rides on top of the Stratosphere!
I found this restaurant tour company http://www.thewalkinggourmet.com/
But it may be out of our price range. Looks like fun though!
I also really want to play bingo! lol So I need to find a place to do that.
And last but not least a visit to In n Out!
So if anyone has any comments, suggestions or questions let me know. We are going to be seeing Chuck and Taylor next week so we will have more of a game plan after we talk to them face to face.
Cast of characters.
Me-Amanda
DH-Chris
Bil-Charlie
Bil's fiance-Taylor
Chris and I have been to Vegas together three times before and I went once for an exercise when I was in the Air Force. This will be Chuck and Taylor's first visit. The trip is for Taylor's 21st birthday and they invited us to tag along. We have been talking about heading back to Vegas this year but the airfare is always so high. Chuck asked Chris last week if we wanted to go. Chris checked Priceline and we were happy to find out it was reasonable for the week planed so we booked!
Charlie and Taylor were originally going to stay at the Imperial Palace. We decided we didn't want to stay there so after pricing everywhere out and looking at online reviews we went with the Flamingo. We are staying in a "Go Deluxe" room. I guess they are a little nicer.
What we gathered after telling them was they had done no research on Vegas at all. After we told them we chose a different hotel they took a look online and switched to the Flamingo as well.
The only thing they had planed was a visit to the Minus 5 ice bar. We talked to them about shows and what they wanted to see but, as I said, no research what-so-ever! Chuck said they are open to anything we want to do.
For us a Cirque du Soleil show is a must! We have only seen Mystere and Zumanity but we loved both. I kinda had my heart set on Love but after watching the videos we think we would all enjoy Ka the most. Chris said we may do both but we have so much else we want to do and only 4 nights so I don't think I am even going to bring it up again. There is always next time!
Charlie is apparently a big fan of Penn and Teller so that is another must do for us. I am still trying to figure out if they have a military discount or not as when I Google it I find sites that say they do but when I call it goes to Ticketmaster and I cant get a hold of the box office at the hotel directly. We may just wait until we get there to buy tickets for that one.
I am using my credit card points to treat everyone to a helicopter tour of the strip! I have always wanted to do a helicopter tour and this is the perfect opportunity. Chris and I were talking about what we should do for Taylor for her b-day and we were thinking about paying for a show or nice dinner so this will work perfectly. We of course asked if this was something they would be interested in and they seemed pretty enthusiastic on the phone! The last thing we would want is to try to surprise them and then find out one of them is terrified of helicopters or something!
Chris also wants to see Crazy Horse Paris at the MGM again. Right now we are thinking he and Charlie could go see that and Taylor and I could have some girl time. No sure what we would do though. Maybe we'll go see Thunder from Down Under! Although I would probably rather go to the spa.
Other random things we want to do:
Visit the Pinball Hall of Fame Museum. http://www.pinballmuseum.org/
We know it is not really a "hall of fame" or even really a museum but we love kooky stuff like this.
Fremont Street. I visited in 2010 when I was with the Air Force but Chris still has not been. I really want to do the zip lining.
http://flightlinezfremont.com/
The Neon Museum bone yard.
http://www.neonmuseum.org/
We were going to go last time but they were closed during our trip.
We still have not seen the fountain show at the Bellagio! We will try to plan for that. I also need to check out the other free shows and attractions at the different casinos for things to do besides gamble during the day.
I kinda want to do gondola rides at the Venetian.
The roller coaster at NYNY is one of my favorites so we will be doing that at least once. We may also try the rides on top of the Stratosphere!
I found this restaurant tour company http://www.thewalkinggourmet.com/
But it may be out of our price range. Looks like fun though!
I also really want to play bingo! lol So I need to find a place to do that.
And last but not least a visit to In n Out!
So if anyone has any comments, suggestions or questions let me know. We are going to be seeing Chuck and Taylor next week so we will have more of a game plan after we talk to them face to face.