Bussin' it to Vegas - Page 2

madmonkeygirl · 06-21-2007, 09:52 AM

I usually stay somewhere on the strip. Last trip it was Sahara due to prices on rooms and knowing i wouldn't be in my room very much and also it is a monorail stop. Thank goodness for the monorail. Easy access to pretty much whereever you want to go along the strip with minimal walking. My poor mom after Bon Jovi and we were riding back on the monorail she kept asking at every single stop if it was ours and i kept telling her our stop is at the very end. She did much better on our way to Mandalay Bay. I would love to stay at Mandalay Bay but unfortunately too pricey to me and i'd rather spend the money for a room elsewhere. Usually i stay at Excallibur the last few times i've been there.

madmonkeygirl · 06-20-2007, 08:54 PM

Good luck playing video poker. I won $100 on video poker at Saharah over Memorial Day Weekend when i was there for Tiger Jam. I only put in $1 into the machine too. That was when we had arrived and freshened up and went down to play before dinner. So needless to say i started the trip very lucky and my luck continued the next day. *rubs off some luck on you* btw i went with my mom and i loved hanging out with her.

RStar · 06-21-2007, 07:14 AM

I'd have to take a taxi as I prefer the other end of town. The Paris hotel is my fave, and a trip on the monoral to the Star Trek Experince!

innerSpaceman · 06-21-2007, 08:02 AM

I'd be a taxi passenger, too. The other other end of town is where I stay nowadays - I'm a Mandalay Bay man.

Though I fancy a stay at the Wynn. Alas, a tad pricey for my non-winning ways.

Alex · 06-21-2007, 09:29 AM

I don't really care where I stay. The rooms at pretty much any on strip hotel are fine by my standards (now that the Boardwalk is gone; and note, by my standards a Motel 6 room is more luxury than I really need) and even the $28/night hotels off Fremont downtown work for me.

I've never flown to Vegas so I always have a car, though I generally take a cab everywhere anyway.

MBC, since you're at that end of the strip I heartily recommend a visit to Luv-It Frozen Custard. Very good stuff.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-21-2007, 09:37 AM

Last time we went to Vegas, we stayed in the Circus Circus bunaglows. The room had four walls, a bed, and a bathroom. Worked just fine for me.

When I'm on vacation I spend very little time in my hotel room, it's rare that I particularly care how "upscale" that room is. As long as it's clean and well maintained. Location is my main concern and in Vegas, as long as it's on or near the strip I'm good. Mind you, that's probably because while I was growing up my grandmother was a dealer/pit boss at the Sahara, so I'm accustomed to staying at the north end. And I've been known to walk the length of the strip rather than take a cab. I like that walk.

innerSpaceman · 06-21-2007, 09:47 AM

To each his own, and thank goodness for that.

Me? The luxuriantness of my rare vacation time must extend to every corner of my experience. Call it vacation themeing, and I enjoy its thoroughness in the same way I enjoy Disneyland's.

alphabassettgrrl · 06-21-2007, 10:20 AM

Having done that drive too many times, the bus sounds like a much better way to do it. We always stay with my m-i-l in Henderson which is nice.

Enjoy your trip MBC!! I love Vegas.

innerSpaceman · 06-21-2007, 12:59 PM

OMG - we went to the Luxor to see if they had a vacancy, but it was sold out. So we went next door to my current fave, the Mandalay Bay. How could we not have seen each other?!?!?

(I've never stayed at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay. Is it nice?)

I used to like the Luxor when it first opened, but it went waaaay downhill fast. Still, zapppop had never experienced the cool rooms with the slanty window wall. That would have been fun.

(Though he freaked when I took him to the very top of the pyramid and had him look straight down. We had to do all sorts of insider tricks to get up there without being guests, so it was too bad he hated it in the end.)

AllyOops! · 06-22-2007, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

OMG - we went to the Luxor to see if they had a vacancy, but it was sold out. So we went next door to my current fave, the Mandalay Bay. How could we not have seen each other?!?!?

(I've never stayed at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay. Is it nice?)

I used to like the Luxor when it first opened, but it went waaaay downhill fast. Still, zapppop had never experienced the cool rooms with the slanty window wall. That would have been fun.

(Though he freaked when I took him to the very top of the pyramid and had him look straight down. We had to do all sorts of insider tricks to get up there without being guests, so it was too bad he hated it in the end.)

How did we miss each other?!?! Damn!! I wish we would have bumped into you guys!!

You know, the Mandalay Bay is very nice! The rooms were very spacious & cozy. However, I don't remember much more (Vegas will do that to you

). Oh! They did have a groovy wave pool!

Ooh! I've heard about the slanty walls in the rooms at the Luxor! My Mom loves it there and has shown me pictures of the rooms. Is it a little freaky? It looks way cool! I also remember my brother telling me that there was a little Nile River replica inside the Luxor complete with non-rideable boats. I only remember this because my brother got trashed and hopped inside a boat for a ride.

Staring down from the top of the pyramid sounds both scary & cool- I didn't know you could do that!

Doesn't Criss Angel perform at Luxor? I've never seen a magic show in Vegas, but damn he's pretty smokin'. I'd go see him!

06-21-2007, 09:52 AM	#1
madmonkeygirl Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 764	Bussin' it to Vegas I usually stay somewhere on the strip. Last trip it was Sahara due to prices on rooms and knowing i wouldn't be in my room very much and also it is a monorail stop. Thank goodness for the monorail. Easy access to pretty much whereever you want to go along the strip with minimal walking. My poor mom after Bon Jovi and we were riding back on the monorail she kept asking at every single stop if it was ours and i kept telling her our stop is at the very end. She did much better on our way to Mandalay Bay. I would love to stay at Mandalay Bay but unfortunately too pricey to me and i'd rather spend the money for a room elsewhere. Usually i stay at Excallibur the last few times i've been there.
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06-20-2007, 08:54 PM	#2
madmonkeygirl Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 764	Bussin' it to Vegas Good luck playing video poker. I won $100 on video poker at Saharah over Memorial Day Weekend when i was there for Tiger Jam. I only put in $1 into the machine too. That was when we had arrived and freshened up and went down to play before dinner. So needless to say i started the trip very lucky and my luck continued the next day. rubs off some luck on you btw i went with my mom and i loved hanging out with her.
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06-21-2007, 07:14 AM	#3
RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	I'd have to take a taxi as I prefer the other end of town. The Paris hotel is my fave, and a trip on the monoral to the Star Trek Experince! __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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06-21-2007, 08:02 AM	#4
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I'd be a taxi passenger, too. The other other end of town is where I stay nowadays - I'm a Mandalay Bay man. Though I fancy a stay at the Wynn. Alas, a tad pricey for my non-winning ways.
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06-21-2007, 09:29 AM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I don't really care where I stay. The rooms at pretty much any on strip hotel are fine by my standards (now that the Boardwalk is gone; and note, by my standards a Motel 6 room is more luxury than I really need) and even the $28/night hotels off Fremont downtown work for me. I've never flown to Vegas so I always have a car, though I generally take a cab everywhere anyway. MBC, since you're at that end of the strip I heartily recommend a visit to Luv-It Frozen Custard. Very good stuff.
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06-21-2007, 09:37 AM	#6
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Last time we went to Vegas, we stayed in the Circus Circus bunaglows. The room had four walls, a bed, and a bathroom. Worked just fine for me. When I'm on vacation I spend very little time in my hotel room, it's rare that I particularly care how "upscale" that room is. As long as it's clean and well maintained. Location is my main concern and in Vegas, as long as it's on or near the strip I'm good. Mind you, that's probably because while I was growing up my grandmother was a dealer/pit boss at the Sahara, so I'm accustomed to staying at the north end. And I've been known to walk the length of the strip rather than take a cab. I like that walk. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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06-21-2007, 09:47 AM	#7
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	To each his own, and thank goodness for that. Me? The luxuriantness of my rare vacation time must extend to every corner of my experience. Call it vacation themeing, and I enjoy its thoroughness in the same way I enjoy Disneyland's.
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06-21-2007, 10:20 AM	#8
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Having done that drive too many times, the bus sounds like a much better way to do it. We always stay with my m-i-l in Henderson which is nice. Enjoy your trip MBC!! I love Vegas. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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06-21-2007, 12:59 PM	#9
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	OMG - we went to the Luxor to see if they had a vacancy, but it was sold out. So we went next door to my current fave, the Mandalay Bay. How could we not have seen each other?!?!? (I've never stayed at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay. Is it nice?) I used to like the Luxor when it first opened, but it went waaaay downhill fast. Still, zapppop had never experienced the cool rooms with the slanty window wall. That would have been fun. (Though he freaked when I took him to the very top of the pyramid and had him look straight down. We had to do all sorts of insider tricks to get up there without being guests, so it was too bad he hated it in the end.)
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