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AIBU?

To not get Las Vegas?

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EuphemiaMcGonagall · 20/07/2011 18:57

Someone I know has just gone on honeymoon there; another friend has also gone there with her family for their annual holiday.

As far as I can tell, it's a city full of casinos, a fake Eiffel Tower and a fake Grand Canal.

Sounds hellish.

What am I missing?

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ednurse · 22/07/2011 19:32

Off to Vegas for 5 nights end of August I cannot wait.

bellavita · 22/07/2011 19:29

mrsb - talk talk talk to me about Hawaii - we fly to Maui 3 weeks to tomorrow

mrsbiscuits · 22/07/2011 19:04

No it is not a holiday destination to spend 2 weeks at. But we got married there in 2003 and spent 4 days there afterwards before flying to Hawaii for our honeymoon and I have to say we had a blast and plan on going back for our 10th anniversary. We aren't gamblers either but there is soooo much to do there and see and everything is madly larger than life - great fun much better than it sounds :)

katkitya · 22/07/2011 18:52

The Bellagio is stunning. Real Picassos casually hang on the walls!! The food in there is very expensive for what it is, I have to say.

AnneWiddecomesArse · 22/07/2011 18:41

Fountains are mechanically engineered water spurting up. I've seen them at Versailles. It's not impressive; it's a lot of water coming out of a pump.
I much prefer nature doing the same thing but better. Geysers, spouts, springs. Give me Iceland any day.

louisianna · 22/07/2011 18:34

Take it for what it is - disneyland for adults! One of my favourite places along with rome and rio de janeiro.
Shopping on a par with New York.
Most michelin star restaurants in one small place - which are reasonably priced compared to London or Paris!
Always something new to see every time you go.
Very safe.
Some of the best shows in the world.

It's about so much more than gambling - although I do play poker!!!

You have to experience it and then make your mind up!

bellavita · 22/07/2011 18:26

Feedthegoat - oooh I loved San Fransisco too.

We stayed about a mile off the strip on the outskirts in a resort, we had an apartment. A little shuttle bus would run from mid-day to midnight every 10 mins or so up to the Tropicana and back.

feedthegoat · 22/07/2011 18:22

I have been and didn't get it either.

We had just driven down highway 1 from San Francisco through Big Sur. I couldn't believe we left all that rugged beauty for a dump like Vegas.

I know people talk about glitz and glamour but to be honest it passed me by. I can't see what on earth is glamorous about paying $90 to float down a swimming pool in a gondola in the middle of what is effectively no different to the Trafford Centre.

We stayed in the MGM which was a nice enough hotel but hotel rooms and shopping centres aren't really my thing. The casinos just reminded me of the kind of fake tacky that shopping centres tend to be adorned with.

I preferred Fremont Street the best, but that is of a poor lot. Was so relieved to head back to California and Santa Cruz!

bellavita · 22/07/2011 18:21

catgirl is correct annwiddecombe.

The Fountains at the Bellagio are to die for.

bellavita · 22/07/2011 18:19

catgirl1976 · 22/07/2011 18:18

I pormise you annwiddecome is is NOTHING like Blackpool.

bellavita · 22/07/2011 18:18

BoF, you know me... Would I go anywhere tacky? Hmmm?

katkitya · 22/07/2011 18:17

Don't forget to save some money for the best shopping ever!!

BitOfFun · 22/07/2011 18:15

Hmm, this thread is changing my mind on it. I have always thought it was just a bigger Blackpool, but DP is always trying to convince me to go. A big party, great weather, and a helicopter over the Grand Canyon sound like just the ticket right now really...I may have to relent

AnneWiddecomesArse · 22/07/2011 18:15

I have been to Blackpool (family obligation). I imagine that Las Vegas is bigger, better and Glitzier sans vomit.
I imagine it as an adult Disney. (Hell)
So I wont ever go. I have seen documentries; I've seen weddings. It is (I know) my idea of hell.

bellavita · 22/07/2011 18:08

Oh and we spent two weeks there and didn't gamble.

bellavita · 22/07/2011 18:05

We loved loved loved Vegas!!

Went there in 2009 with our two boys - they also loved it.

Grand Canyon was amazing.

The hotels/buffets are amazing.

We will go back!

scarletfingernail · 22/07/2011 17:58

Vegas is amazing and it has to be seen to be believed. I don't think you can "not get" something until you've experienced it really. Fair enough if you've been and decided then that you don't like it, but don't knock it til you've tried it.

FWIW I wasn't sure what to expect the first time I went and was not expecting to be blown away like I was. I couldn't describe it well enough to do it justice as it's such an unusual place.

It's not somewhere I'd choose to go every year as I like to see new places, but I have been twice and I would love to go again at some point.

PedigreeChump · 22/07/2011 17:43

Vegas is probably my favourite place in the world. As I was leaving, I wanted to be coming back, it was incredible... Had a Cypress Suite in the Bellagio, it was gorgeous.

LadyClariceCannockMonty · 22/07/2011 15:25

DP and I don't want to get married, but we are agreed that if we ever did the ideal would be to get married in Vegas, by Elvis, with Jackie O as maid of honour.

glittershoes · 22/07/2011 15:09

I loved it and really didn't expect to. It wasn't really on my list to do but DH was desperate so with combined it with a trip to New York (which I was desperate to do), six days in each.

It was wonderful, full of fun and glitz and incredible people everywhere. You have to stop trying to compare it to somewhere else or define it and just accept it for what it is. I don't gamble and didn't at all when we were there. We did a helicopter trip to the Grand Canyon which was absolutely insane, really breathtaking and fantastic, and the rest of the time we relaxed, saw shows, ate amazing food and just enjoyed it all.

The Bellagio fountains are just spectacular, I could have watched them forever. We also loved Fremont Street - just brilliant.

LadyClariceCannockMonty · 22/07/2011 13:12

I wouldn't make it the focus of a trip, but I'd go if I took a trip to that area to see the Grand Canyon, Salt Lake City etc. I think it is probably vile in lots of ways but fascinating too. The contrast between the elemental desert landscape and white-bread all-American Mormons thereabouts, and the lights and fountains and goings-on in the original 'Sin City', really interests me. There is nowhere else like it and I'd love to see it. Agree with others that you probably don't need/want to stay very long though.

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redexpat · 21/07/2011 20:21

It's quite fun! Just walking up and down the strip and looking at the excess of it all, and the people watching - oh my! You wouldn't get the same sort of thing in the UK. Yes you get casinos, but it's not the same.

Reiden · 21/07/2011 14:54

I also got married in Vegas, loved it there, but was only there for a few nights before travelling the coast. Didnt do any gambling (well about an hours worth just for the experience), but was plenty to do - Red rock even closer than grand canyon, and was lovely! Probably wouldnt go back there though.

katkitya · 21/07/2011 14:07

I look outside and it's raining in July. I would much rather be trying to find my way out of the Wynn

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