Las Vegas – Day 2

This day started early for me as I got up a 7:30am (biological clock told me to wake up).  I sat in my hotel room and Russ slept, I surfed the web and posted my previous post

When we finally got ourselves ready, our plan was to head down the strip to the Luxor and walk back to our hotel leisurely. We took the Las Vegas Monorail as far as it could take us south. The closest stop to us was at the Imperial Palace which was about a 15 minute walk.  Interesting to note, you have to go through the casino to get to the monorail .  After paying our $5/trip ticket, we took it all the way down to MGM Grand Casino. The inside of the casino is amazing. Deco style everywhere.  They even had a “Lion’s Den” where you can see their house lion in action (or in this case just lying around doing what cats do best).

Once outside the MGM Grand, we crossed the street to the Excalibur where we took their free monorail service to the Mandalay Bay Resort.  Walking through the casino I saw one of those big huge slot machines and I had to try it out.  After inserting $20 and loosing 4 times I thought it was time to cash out. I was surprised that the machine actually gave me $2 coins (hello are we in Canada?)

We continued our walk through the casino and somehow ended up at the Luxor.  I wasn’t too impressed with the Luxor.  From the outside the complex looks amazing, on the inside there was alot of construction for new stores and alot of wasted space as you looked up the pyramid. Russ and I both didn’t even play anything in the casino.  Granted they did look like they had some great shows there including the new Cirque Du Soliel show with Criss Angel – Believe. Now the show just started its pre-shows and it doesn’t officially open until Halloween.

As we further walked through the casino, a walkway took us right into the Excalibur. As we walked through this Medival Castle themed casino, all I could think of was a co-worker of mine who loves this stuff.  I bet if she and her husband would to come to Las Vegas they would definitely stay here.

We then crossed the street and headed to New York, NY casino.  The oustide alone is a full replica of the Manhattan skyline. We walked around and sat down by a cafe and ate some tastey treats. As my main purpose was to try out their rollercoaster, we quickly headed to it. Now those that know me, know that I don’t always do well with heights, but when it comes to rollercoasters I love them (I just hate the getting up the first hill). I was alittle surprised that the cost to ride this was $14 per person, but we just had to try it out and had a fun filled 2 minute ride

We slowly started to make our way back to our hotel, but stopped in at Planet Hollywood hotel (which I might add is greatly designed), and went to the shops.  I ended up buying a new sparkling belt buckle and a great embroidered shirt which I will be wearing tomorrow night when we go see “O”.

We continued to walk where we stopped in a the Paris Hotel and sat outside and enjoyed a great slurpy drink which was served in a cermanic bowl in a replica of the hot air ballon that is outside the hotel.  Of course by this time I was getting tired and it was already approaching 7pm.

We finally got back to our hotel room where we rested for a few minutes, got changed and headed out yet again to get a bite to eat.  We were in a pasta mood, so we headed over to the Venetian and ate close to the gondola rides at restaurant owned by Wolfgang Pucks called Postrio. I have to say the food was spectacular and the service amazing!

After our meal we headed towards the Palazzo hotel. I didn’t have my camera with me and when I upload what Russ took you will see how amazing this hotel is.

I was starting to feel stuffed up at this time, but we continued our walk to Wynn, where I can say we lost money at their casino VERY quickly . So to me it did not live up to its name . We casually walked across the street and back to our hotel where I collapsed at the shear exhaustion of the day.

The next day will involve heading further up the strip and see what other goodies there are!