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Day 8, Las Vegas
We had a bit of a lie in today, we got dressed and headed out for breakfast at about 10am.
Quick selfie while we wait for valet to arrive with the car.
We decided to go to IHop to give Jane that all American breakfast, we found one further up towards the north end of the strip, it was a little erm, seedy up there! We parked up and headed inside. I won't sugar-coat it, it wasn't a great experience. The food was okay I guess, as was the service but the whole place was just a bit grubby and not very sanitary. I wouldn't return that's for sure.
Some pics of our food.
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We paid the bill and headed out to the car. We decided to do a bit more hotel hopping so we parked up at the MGM and went for a look inside and have a mooch around. Jane liked the vibe of it, I wasn't wowed really, though I did like it more than a fair few of the hotels we looked around. It was a nice place but I preferred our hotel still or the Bellagio
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We walked over to the NY NY to pick up the show tickets for the evening. We had 2 free tickets by playing MyVegas on our ipads so only had to pay for 2. It was a bit of a faff picking them up, I had to go pick up a loyalty card first but I didn't know that so we had queued up at the box office only to have to walk to the other side of the hotel to get the card and then back again. Pfft. The show was called Zumantiy and was over 18's only! It was a cirque du soleil show but a more risqué one I'll get on to it a bit later.
Tickets in hand we walked back over to the MGM and back in the car. We headed back to the hotel for a relax by the pool for an hour and a half, it was really windy today so drinks, towels, chair cushions were flying all over the place! The wind was that strong it could take a full drink away! I read the last of my book and Jane did a few lengths. Sy went over to the Fashion Show Mall to grab him and his friend some baseball caps that he wasn't able to get in SF. He arrived back just in time for us to head up to the room. We were on our way to get changed and ready for our night out. We had gone up in plenty of time so I had a bath in the jacuzzi tub, it was my last chance and it had to be done
Hair washed and all ready to go we headed outside to pick up the car from valet.
Jane remembered to grab a selfie, looking swish! (I however was no so clever!)
We knew where we wanted to go for dinner, Outback so we headed to the one near Mandalay Bay thinking it would be quieter than the one mid strip. We were shown to a table right away so I think we made the right choice! We ordered some drinks, Jane and I went for the awesome Wallaby Darned
my favourite!
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We then ordered our mains, Sy and Jane went for a steak while I went for a chicken and bacon swiss with a sweet baked potato. YUM!
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Feeling full and happy we paid the bill and hopped back in the car. We were early still for the show (we were seeing the later show at 9:30pm) but we knew we wanted to visit the duelling piano bar at NY NY (Bar at Times Square) beforehand so we made our way there and parked up. We were among some of the first through the doors but it soon started to get busy, a personal highlight were the guys singing 'My humps' hehehe. We got chatting to another English couple at the bar who were there celebrating their Anniversary, they had just come out of the earlier show and said how amazing it was! Yay!
Pics in the bar
Time flew by while we were in there and it was soon time to head out to the show. We joined a huge mass of people heading in and made our way to our seats up in the balcony. The show was about to start and all the seats around us filled but the place was half empty so we asked if we could move back a few rows to get a bit more comfortable. The usher moved us back a few rows but then came back a minute later and said she wasn't sure if where we were sat would be free so she then moved us to the side but right at the front, a much better view than our first seats! Woohoo! Thank you very much
The show I just loved, okay there were bits that I thought, is there any point in the girls having no tops on for this bit? But for the most part I thought it was really funny and clever. It was hosted by a drag queen who wasn't afraid to pick on the audience (those balcony seats were looking more and more desirable hahaha). Lots of acrobatics as you would expect from a cirque show but with a sensual undertone (and yes, lots of boobies!). Before the show there were 2 ladies which were obviously in place of the 'clowns', they were getting the crowd ready and making lots of jokes, again picking on the audience.
I really did love the show as did Sy, Jane enjoyed it but not quite as much. I'd watch it again if I do end up going to Vegas another time (along with more shows, I'd like to watch 1 a night if I go back as this was a real highlight of Vegas for me).
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This was one of the 'clowns' sorry for the blurred pic. You can hopefully see the lack of clothing
After it had finished we headed back into the piano bar, it was a LOT busier now including a group of Scottish guys on a lads holiday. We watched them picking off the girls in the room and trying to get lucky, 1 of them managing with a girl who was away with her mum! He mum stood chatting to a few of the guys while 1 was chewing the face off the daughter :O awkward! Hahahaha. 1 of the lads had only arrived that day and was so jetlagged and drunk I dunno how he hadn't been thrown out. I felt sorry for him cause none of the lads would take him back to the hotel (we got chatting with them) but they said he was just laying it on lol.
Another selfie in the bar.
At about midnight we decided to call it a night, we had a loooong drive in the morning as we were heading to DISNEY! We headed back to the hotel and I did a bit of packing before falling into bed at about 1am.
We had a bit of a lie in today, we got dressed and headed out for breakfast at about 10am.
Quick selfie while we wait for valet to arrive with the car.
We decided to go to IHop to give Jane that all American breakfast, we found one further up towards the north end of the strip, it was a little erm, seedy up there! We parked up and headed inside. I won't sugar-coat it, it wasn't a great experience. The food was okay I guess, as was the service but the whole place was just a bit grubby and not very sanitary. I wouldn't return that's for sure.
Some pics of our food.
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We paid the bill and headed out to the car. We decided to do a bit more hotel hopping so we parked up at the MGM and went for a look inside and have a mooch around. Jane liked the vibe of it, I wasn't wowed really, though I did like it more than a fair few of the hotels we looked around. It was a nice place but I preferred our hotel still or the Bellagio
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We walked over to the NY NY to pick up the show tickets for the evening. We had 2 free tickets by playing MyVegas on our ipads so only had to pay for 2. It was a bit of a faff picking them up, I had to go pick up a loyalty card first but I didn't know that so we had queued up at the box office only to have to walk to the other side of the hotel to get the card and then back again. Pfft. The show was called Zumantiy and was over 18's only! It was a cirque du soleil show but a more risqué one
I'll get on to it a bit later.
Tickets in hand we walked back over to the MGM and back in the car. We headed back to the hotel for a relax by the pool for an hour and a half, it was really windy today so drinks, towels, chair cushions were flying all over the place! The wind was that strong it could take a full drink away! I read the last of my book and Jane did a few lengths. Sy went over to the Fashion Show Mall to grab him and his friend some baseball caps that he wasn't able to get in SF. He arrived back just in time for us to head up to the room. We were on our way to get changed and ready for our night out. We had gone up in plenty of time so I had a bath in the jacuzzi tub, it was my last chance and it had to be done
Hair washed and all ready to go we headed outside to pick up the car from valet.
Jane remembered to grab a selfie, looking swish! (I however was no so clever!)
We knew where we wanted to go for dinner, Outback so we headed to the one near Mandalay Bay thinking it would be quieter than the one mid strip. We were shown to a table right away so I think we made the right choice! We ordered some drinks, Jane and I went for the awesome Wallaby Darned
my favourite!http://s1313.photobucket.com/user/watson_disney/media/West%20Coast/IMG_9009_zpszp8heqmr.jpg.html]
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We then ordered our mains, Sy and Jane went for a steak while I went for a chicken and bacon swiss with a sweet baked potato. YUM!
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Feeling full and happy we paid the bill and hopped back in the car. We were early still for the show (we were seeing the later show at 9:30pm) but we knew we wanted to visit the duelling piano bar at NY NY (Bar at Times Square) beforehand so we made our way there and parked up. We were among some of the first through the doors but it soon started to get busy, a personal highlight were the guys singing 'My humps' hehehe. We got chatting to another English couple at the bar who were there celebrating their Anniversary, they had just come out of the earlier show and said how amazing it was! Yay!
Pics in the bar
Time flew by while we were in there and it was soon time to head out to the show. We joined a huge mass of people heading in and made our way to our seats up in the balcony. The show was about to start and all the seats around us filled but the place was half empty so we asked if we could move back a few rows to get a bit more comfortable. The usher moved us back a few rows but then came back a minute later and said she wasn't sure if where we were sat would be free so she then moved us to the side but right at the front, a much better view than our first seats! Woohoo! Thank you very much
The show I just loved, okay there were bits that I thought, is there any point in the girls having no tops on for this bit? But for the most part I thought it was really funny and clever. It was hosted by a drag queen who wasn't afraid to pick on the audience (those balcony seats were looking more and more desirable hahaha). Lots of acrobatics as you would expect from a cirque show but with a sensual undertone (and yes, lots of boobies!). Before the show there were 2 ladies which were obviously in place of the 'clowns', they were getting the crowd ready and making lots of jokes, again picking on the audience.
I really did love the show as did Sy, Jane enjoyed it but not quite as much. I'd watch it again if I do end up going to Vegas another time (along with more shows, I'd like to watch 1 a night if I go back as this was a real highlight of Vegas for me).
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[/URL]This was one of the 'clowns' sorry for the blurred pic. You can hopefully see the lack of clothing
After it had finished we headed back into the piano bar, it was a LOT busier now including a group of Scottish guys on a lads holiday. We watched them picking off the girls in the room and trying to get lucky, 1 of them managing with a girl who was away with her mum! He mum stood chatting to a few of the guys while 1 was chewing the face off the daughter :O awkward! Hahahaha. 1 of the lads had only arrived that day and was so jetlagged and drunk I dunno how he hadn't been thrown out. I felt sorry for him cause none of the lads would take him back to the hotel (we got chatting with them) but they said he was just laying it on lol.
Another selfie in the bar.
At about midnight we decided to call it a night, we had a loooong drive in the morning as we were heading to DISNEY! We headed back to the hotel and I did a bit of packing before falling into bed at about 1am.
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