Now, next years' spring cruise sounds very, very doable!
Mustang and Pat send with Best FReegards.
In front of our freeper conference hotel (Treasure Island) a live Pirate Battle is waged daily every 90 minutes beginning at 4:00 PM. If you prefer, you can indulge yourself with an exotic adult beverage inside the hotel as you watch the pirate show from the other side.
At the Las Vegas Hilton, you'll be beamed aboard the bridge of the USS Enterprise where you'll get to interact with crew members in a "Star Trek Experience". High-tech stuff, believe me!
Every 15 minutes each evening, the fountains in front of the Mirage come alive in a flaming Volcano Show. It's incredible! The flames are even coconut scented! Pretty cool!
The lake in front of the Bellagio hosts an eye-popping Dancing Fountain Show to a wide range of music. The Bellagio is easily Las Vegas' classiest hotel. It deserves a walk through it to gape at all the wonders, including an extensive botannical garden and a renowned Gallery of Fine Art.
Close your eyes and imagine you're in Venice as you take a romantic evening gondola ride through the Venitian Hotel. Tour past the fabulous Grand Canal Shoppes (you can stop and shop), let Italian opera singers serenade you and watch the talented "street" artists all around you.
If you're on a shoe-string budget, Las Vegas will keep you entertained every minute of your spare time and you can certainly enjoy "la dolce vita" on the cheap!
Leni
I am showing up a day early and staying a day after, I am willing to help out in any way I can.
Anyone who stays with me has to be able to fake a male voice if they answer the phone...in case Mrs. Fox calls.
Well, freepers have this inordinant tendency to put an "FR" in front of any word they can!
The 1964 movie, "Viva Las Vegas" was one of Elvis Presley's best movies. It succeeded largely due to the chemistry between Elvis and the gorgeous, flame-haired, talented Ann Margaret.
Many scenes were shot in and around the Flamingo Hotel pool. In the movie, Elvis wants to enter the Las Vegas Grand Prix. His adventures and amours center around his job as a hotel employee where he's hoping to earn enough money to repair his racing car.
"Viva Las Vegas" (the hit song in the film) is fast, attractive, lean and mean. It's great Elvis! The fade-out note that he hits at the finale is one of the most remarkable of his career.
Working behind Elvis in the band sessions was a little-know guitarist, Glen Campbell, later to become a famous recording star in his own right.
For the year 1964, "Viva Las Vegas" was number 11 in movie ratings and it grossed in excess of $5 million (a goodly sum 38 years ago!).
The chemistry between Elvis and Ann Margaret both on and off the screen was sensational. The gossip columnists had a field day. But each eventually went their own ways. Elvis and Ann Margaret remaind friends until his death.
FReepers will meet FReeper FRiends at "FRiva Las Vegas" in August! FReep the FRegistration form right away!
FRegards, Leni
(FRiva Diva)
;-)