Overall

Bring lots of money and walking shoes. You'll need both. Shows are very expensive. (It cost me $225 for Celine Dion -- buying three days in advance and $99 for Cirque du Soleil (KA). Hundreds of expensive shops are located inside the hotels. Everybody smokes in Vegas -- either first-hand or second-hand. Drinking while strolling down the street is common. Hundreds of hispanics stand along the strip passing out cards with pictures of nude girls and their phone numbers. (This is not a family friendly welcome.) Don't try driving your car down Las Vegas Blvd. It is a traffic nightmare. What I liked was the architectural features of Paris, the Venetian, New York New York, etc, and the beautiful gardens surrounding and inside many of the hotels. And try to find half-prices same-day show tickets near the huge Coke bottle next to the MGM Grand Hotel. But if you like drinkin', smokin', girls and gamblin' you've come to the right place. Find hotel discounts in the "Traveler Discount Guide" and try the $1.75 two-egg, potatoes and toast breakfast at the Ellis Island casino, located next to the Super 8 on Koval. And room rates at the Super 8 aren't bad either. If you are looking for cheap food in the hotels look for the food court or food near the swimming pools where families are most likely to hang out. And as for the new Wynn Hotel -- don't bother. Ugly is the first word that comes to my mind when describing the interior, gaudy bright colors that seem to be in search of a theme. And the new astroturf lawns, instead of grass, is a real treat for the eyes too.

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5 June 2005 | kenself2000

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