(vainness) Looking for FReeper tips for fun stuff to do in Las Vegas in December

10/24/05 | marty fierro

[martin_fierro]

Hi all;

Mrs. F & I are gonna be in Vegas in the week before this Christmas and wanted to tap into FReepers' recent experiences there.

We're consulting all the travel guides, but also wanted to get some FReepers' feedback as to what they thought was fun/not.

Here's a partial list of stuff we're considering doing:

ON THE STRIP

• Caesars Palace Forum Shops
  • Animatronics every hour on the hour

• Stratosphere

• Night flight over Vegas

• Bellagio
  • Fountains
  • Gallery of fine art
  • Botanical gardens

• Treasure Island
  • Sirens of TI nightly at 7:00 PM, 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, 11:30 PM.

• Wynn (3131 Las Vegas Blvd. South)

• Venetian
  • Grand Canal Gondola ride
  • Blue Man Group

• Paris Eiffel Tower

• Luxor
  • IMAX theatre

• New York New York

• Mirage
  • white tiger exhibit
  • volcano

• MGM Grand: lion habitat

DOWNTOWN

• Fremont Street/Penny slots
  • Fremont Street Experience

• Golden Nugget - Tony Bennett

SOUTHEAST

• Hoover Dam Discovery tour

• Grand Canyon tour

• Ethel M Chocolates, Henderson NV

• Green Valley Ranch/Fado

NORTH

• Area 51

WEST

• Rio Suites Masquerade Show in the Sky daily 3p, 4p, 5p, 6:30p, 7:30p, 8:30p, 9:30p

Are any of these things especially worth doing/avoiding? What have we missed?

[martin_fierro]

Locals' input especially appreciated!

[Tijeras_Slim]

[Tijeras_Slim]

If you're interested in Cold War stuff, there's a new Museum about Nuke Testing. You can also bus tour the NTS (Nevada Test Site), but have to contact the DOE to get details. Get to see all the stuff they blew up in the 50's (lot's of it is still there)

[EX52D]

LOL...I live in Vegas and haven't done all those things. :)

[Charles Henrickson]

Just remember: What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas!

[martin_fierro]

Ring-A-Ding-Ding PING

[Tijeras_Slim]

Mirage
white tiger exhibit

Is that where the Roy Horn Buffet is?

[Michael Goldsberry]

... fun stuff to do in Las Vegas...

Well you can...

Mrs. F & I...

*nevermind*

[Larry Lucido]

[martin_fierro]

Just remember: What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas!

Oh, and father-in-law will be along for the ride. < |:(~

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[Charles Henrickson]

If a funny-looking guy named Siegfried asks if you want to join his act, just say no.

[Millee]

There's a lot of locals that hand out fliers on the strip for fun/exciting things to do. Look for one of those guys. ;o)

[areafiftyone]

If you are interested in visiting any of the parks (which I did). There are great parks you can hike or just walk the trails in just about 1 hour away. Valley of Fire National Park, Red Rock Canyon etc. And its more fun doing it in the winter because its not sooo hot. Even Death Valley is great to visit and not far and you drive on part of Route 66 which is nice.

[martin_fierro]

Is that where the Roy Horn Buffet is?

If I wanted to hear from you, I'd've sent out a ring-a-ding-dong Ping.

[EX52D]

If you go on the Hoover Dam tour, go on the Hard Hat tour. It's more expensive, but I heard it is the better of the two.

[areafiftyone]

LOL Whenever I hear Hoover Dam I think of The Chevy Chase Movie "Vegas Vacation".

[onyx]

Where are you staying?

[Serb5150]

I see you've got the white tiger exhibit at the Mirage listed... make sure you don't just see the tigers in the casino, spend the 12(?) bucks for entrance to Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden. Despite the homoerotic name, it's a really cool place that's got a dolphin enclosure, an elephant, and excellent viewing of many different big cats.

[martin_fierro]

If you go on the Hoover Dam tour, go on the Hard Hat tour. It's more expensive, but I heard it is the better of the two.

Thanks -- we did that one the last time we were in Vegas (2000), but post 9/11, I think they're only offering one type of tour anymore, and it's much more abbreviated.

[martin_fierro]

Monte Carlo.

Lah-dee-freakin'-DAH

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