Vegas here we come

Trip Start Nov 04, 2008
1
9
12
Trip End Nov 14, 2008


Loading Map
Map your own trip!
Map Options
Show trip route
Hide lines
shadow

Flag of United States  , Nevada,
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

A late start 10.00am and a short drive across the desert to Las Vegas. Our hotel is the Sahara at the end of the strip near the Stratosphere.  We had a walk around our end of the strip and saw some of the tacky wedding chapels with their hire dresses, plastic flowers and scruffy limos, we saw Circus Circus where Frank and Mary used to take Myra when she was small.  It has a circus act preforming every 1/2 hour and is made just for children. We were undecided whether to take the evening tour of Vegas by night but were glad we did. We sent first to Freemont Street where we went into the Golden Nugget Casino to see the amazing swimming pool.  It had a large fish tank in the centre with sharks swimming around and the tube slide from the swimming pool goes right through the fish tank, we then saw the Golden Nugget in its case and went outside where the whole street has a canopy over it and they show a film show the length of the street, with lots of Harleys and a 'Born to be Wild' soundtrack.  Rich was fascinated with a street artist painting with aerosols in seconds and brought home a picture.
We then got back on the coach and into Vegas proper, we saw the beautiful glass flower ceiling and the giant chocolate fountain, and the amazing dancing fountains in the lake at the Bellargio. We had a walk to see the Venician Hotel with its gondalas  New York New York, MGM Grand, and to take pictures of the other casinos.
When we arrived back around 10.00 we decided to go up the Stratosphere to get a good view of Las Vegas at night and Richard encouraged me to buy ride tickets for all the three rides on the roof. We went up the 109 floors in a superfast lift at 22mph and in seconds we were on the observation deck. Rich was eager to go on the rides so we went on what I thought would be the tamest ride called 'Big Shot' This is what it say about the ride  If you ever wanted to know exactly what if feels like to be an astronaut, then this is your chance! On the Stratosphere's Big Shot, you'll take off so fast, you'll actually feel like the rocket itself. The Big Shot whisks you 160 feet in the air in an astounding 2.5 seconds. Get a feel of weightlessness as 4 Gs of force literally lift you off your seat. You'll then drop to shocking one negative G.

The initial free-fall drop is so intense, most riders are too shocked to express their emotions immediately.

We then went on 'Insanity' and were disturbed to notice that although you were spinning 1,000 feet over Las Vegas there were no shoulder harnesses just a bar across your waist but we went on anyway. Scary but great fun.
The final ride was X Scream where the carraige goes over the edge and then stops, after the other rides this was the tamest and it was the one I was most scared of!
Slideshow Print this entry