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Viva Las Vegas
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We took an airport shuttle to the hotel (around $5.50 each plus tip), and headed to find the Tahiti Village representative. We made an appointment to go get the sales pitch (Sunday at noon), and got all of our free stuff minus the $200 chips, which we will get after the presentation.
The rooms at the Monte Carlo are very nice, spacious and clean. The hotel is huge (as if there is a small hotel in Vegas), and very expansive. Most important, we finally found a hotel with a great shower.
Unbelievable!
Since it has been many hours since we ate (at least 10) we went to the Monte Carlo's Brew Pub. One would think that with such a name, it would be a brewery, but it's not, just a restaurant. We scowled down a burger and salad for the tune of around $50, and started walking around.
The first casino we walked into was New York-New York. Being from the area, we found some of the smaller details fascinating, like steam coming out of the manholes, and statue of liberty torches as door handles. We got show tickets for Cirque du Soleil's Zumanity that evening (around $210 for two tickets).
We walked over the Excalibur where we played some slots and doubled our money in Blackjack (yes, we left...). The hotel is pretty cool, lots of cheesy ornaments, but all in all it has personality.
The MGM Grand has live lions on display, so you know we had to see that, it was crowded since it is one of the few things which kids can do in the city.
We walked over to the Luxor, walked around and took some pictures. Then we walked outside to try and find a good angle to take our picture with the sphinx and the pyramid.
Why?
Because that's the hotel you see in all the movies. After seven or eight angles we finally got a good one.
Walking back to the Monte Carlo to rest, take a shower and got back to New York - New York to see the show. We walked into Zumanity about 15 minutes before the start, and we should have gotten there earlier. Some of the performers were mingling with the audience cracking jokes and playing gags.
The show is very risqué, and no one under 18 is allowed inside. If anyone wondered what contortionists look like naked, that's the show for you.
(P.S. Cirque du Soleil - I just sold you an extra 1,000 tickets, just FYI for future discounts). The show is very sexy and funny, sort of a cabaret which combines music, dancing, acrobatics and very colorful. Unlike the rest of Las Vegas' cabarets, Zumanity brings on stage people of all shapes, colors and sizes, including a few audience members.
We enjoyed the show very much.
We tried to look for a place to eat steaks, NY-NY has a steak place ($40 average entrée), which we figured we'll skip. Monte Carlo also has a steak place ($50 average entrée), which we didn't want to spend that kind of money on dinner, so we opted for the café in the Monte Carlo which are opened 24 hours (basically a diner in the casino).
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