This is topic Katharina in Vegas - I left behind my showgirl outfit, so what is there to do? in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
There must be something to do in this town that won't offend my taste. That knocks out Momma Mia.
I'm staying at the Mandalay Bay resort for Photoshop World, and while I am very excited about the conference, I think I'm bored. The beach/pool closes at 5:00, and I've exhausted the fascination of SharkVision - the channel showing the live camera in the shark reef. I don't have a car, so the strip is what's open to me. I'll definitely go to the Nile show at the IMAX at the Luxor, but besides that, what else is there to do?
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Hey my brother and his fiancee/now wife were there this weekend!
You didn't happen to see a gorgeous someone who looked nothing like me at all there? Cuz if you did, that was HIM!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Fine art display at the Belagio (like, Picassos and other known names).
Crepes at the Paris mini-Eiffel, overlooking the water display coordinated with music.
Free glimpse of the white Tigers at the Mirage.
Whichever strip hotel has a pirate theme has re-enactments of the pirate ship taking over a trading village. Also free, occurs every few hours or so. Cute, not too bloodthirsty. Very wenchy.
For those with a more free wallet, try the Cirque d'Soleil show.
[ March 07, 2005, 01:11 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
White, man-mauling tigers.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
One of my colleagues is there! Say "hi" is you see her!
-o-
Don't do any of the rides at the Luxor. They are badly done and nauseating.
Take the monorail to the Hilton and do the Star Trek experience. Both of the rides are really well done (though pricey).
Will Cirque du Soleil offend your sensibilitiess?
I must post pictures of my recent trip when I have the time. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Well, yeah. I stayed behind the glass.
I didn't pay for the more extensive show, as I didn't want to support the exhibit, but as we were being put up at the Mirage for a conference, I did stp by to see them briefly.
They are so gorgeous.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Ooh! Ooh! Blue Man Group!
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
CT- you're not a man. You're safe.
On my honor.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
You've GOT to hit up blue man group if you can. I've heard they're awesome to see.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Well, Scott R, for all you know I might just be a very good female impersonator. I did have a full beard at the first WenchCon, you know, and that whole "costume" line seemed just a little too convenient, don't you think?
*guffaws, spits, and scratches self in an inappropriate place
[ March 07, 2005, 01:19 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
I saw the Blue Man Group when I was in Boston a few years ago (on September 10, 2001, actually), but I love the idea of the crepes and water show. I think I could do one Cirque de Soleil - Zumanity's the sexy one, right? I don't think I'd be comfortable there, but there are a few here - I'll have to look around.
I will say hello to everyone that looks like they are related to a Hatracker. Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
O is reputed to be the best Cirque du Soleil show, and it was fantastic.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Like Ic and CT, I'd recommend Cirque du Soleil (you'll want to stay away from their show called Zumanity -- that will offend your sensibilities -- but otherwise you should be ok). You'll likely have trouble getting tickets on such short notice, though.
[edit: yall are too quick for me, dammit. I haven't been to Vegas myself, but I've heard O and Mystère are both very good.]
[ March 07, 2005, 01:26 PM: Message edited by: Mike ]
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Depends on your flexibility wrt to showtime.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
You're right CT-- thanks for augmenting my paranoia.
I was THIS close to organizing a California get together when I come out in August, too. . .
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
And I forgot about Kà, the new show. I think that one has a martial arts theme.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Oh, word to the wise -- we walked the strip to get places at night, and I did feel perfectly safe. Lots of other tourists all around. On the other hand, there were many people standing on the sidewalk handing out sexually explicit cards (stripper and call girl services, complete with pictures). They were also littering the sidewalk.
Of course, that was in summer, but I'd be prepared for the worst -- just so's you know.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
I second CT's Bellagio suggestion.
Make sure you check out the Chihuly art installation in the lobby. Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
quote: *guffaws, spits, and scratches self in an inappropriate place
If you were a man, it would have been an appropriate place to scratch. Proof that you are, in fact, a woman.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Kat, I think you travel more than everyone I know put together.
Ok, maybe not. But a lot. That's awesome! Have fun!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
The Excalibur show is great fun, especially if you really get into it and cheer for your knight.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Huzzah!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
No showgirl outfit?
Go nude, you'll fit right in.
Well, maybe not, but you sure would be popular....
P.S Don't forget to post pics....
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
Too bad that you're limited to the Strip. Oh, well.
Circus Circus is good if free is your thing. You can just sit and watch the acts on the second floor, and roam the midway. Okay, it will only keep you amused for so long, but free is free. Of course, Circus Circus is at the far northern end of the Strip, so it still might be too far.
I like wandering around inside some of the flashier casinos and just watching the crowds while I take in the interesting architecture. I remember enjoying doing this in the Bellagio as well as New York, New York.
Don't do the Treasure Island (now T.I.) pirate show. It has changed, and shocks some visitors who have heard about the old show. Something to do with pirate babes in highly impractical pirate gear.
After dark, the Bellagio fountain show is amazing, as long as seeing all that water go to waste in a desert during a drought doesn't make you sick to your stomach.
The Venetian has an art museum, but it's not free, nor is the one in the Bellagio. Mandalay Bay's Shark Reef is supposed to be real cool, but I haven't been there.
Really, it's too bad you're confined to the Strip. For a non-Hedonist non-smoker, there's just not much to do or many comfortable places to do it.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote: I was THIS close to organizing a California get together when I come out in August, too. . .
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I have heard that the water in the fountain at the Bellagio is all recycled waste water, so it wasn't useful for other purposes anyway.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
M&M had a cute museum and movie staring your all time favorite TV add characters. It was across from New York/New York I believe.
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
The story we Las Vegans are generally told when we ask why the big casinos get to spray water around indiscriminately while our lawns die and our cars all turn a uniform gray-brown is that they have their own wells, so they don't get their water from the local utility, and therefore all is well. Whatever.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
As if those wells aren't all connected to the same aquifier?
That doesn't even make sense. Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
Go to the Stratosphere!!!!!
You could spend a whole night doing the stuff at the top!
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
Kat, are you still in Vegas? Because I hear the shopping there is even better than L.A. (which is still not as good as NYC, but still).
Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :
Go see KA at the MGM Grand.
I did that.
Here are pointers to various technical articles about KA:
And take a look at the Rio sky parade, for similar reasons.
But don't gamble. It never works.
--Steve
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
If you haven't skydived as yet, you should experience indoor skydiving at least once in your life.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I did that indoor skydiving in Vegas. It's great fun - I can't believe I forgot about it.
Hoover dam is fun, too.
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Thank you for all of your suggestions!!
Monday night, I walked from Mandalay Bay to...Bally's, I think. Past the Bellagio, and through New York, New York and the Paris casinos. I fully intended to go to O, and marched up to the ticket counter at the Bellagio to order a ticket, but the lowest price ticket was a $150. It doesn't matter if I could afford it or not, there's no way. So, instead went outside and watched two of the fountain shows for free. Very nice. I also saw the glass art in the lobby of the Bellagio - the same artist did an installation at the Dallas Museum of Art. It was like meeting an old friend.
The Paris has my favorite casino floor - very light and airy and somehow less seedy than all the others.
I planned on seeing the IMAX movie at the Luxor, but by the time I got back to that end of the strip (after beeing hit on twice and solicited once - I was wearing sneakers, jeans, a t-shirt, glasses, no makeup, and my hair in braids. Hello, people! A woman walking alone does not equal available! We are not in the antebellum South!), I was exhausted and had blisters on my feet, so I went up to my room and watched Sex and the City on TBS. No swearing, no sex, no Samantha. Cheers to Vegas.
Last night, I was sore everywhere and my blisters were festering (sorry - it's just such a great word. I had to use it.), so I stayed in and watched the new Gilmore Girls. Yay! my favorite show. I don't have a television at home, so I have to admit that the hotel TV has held some fascination. Did you know that Tony Danza has a daytime talk show? Who knew that?? It was really awful, too. Also, Law and Order is on 24 hours a day.
Tonight, I feel better and am geting restless, so I'm trying to decide between the Ka! show at the MGM, and the IMAX movie at the Luxor. IMAX will definitely be fun, but I'll probably never be in such a good position to see a Cirque de Soleil again. Hmm....
Mrs. M, I have indeed noticed the fabulous shopping. Mandalay Bay is boring in some aspects(the pool closes at five!), but Mandalay Place has some great boutiques.
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
Well, if it's shopping that interests you, the best shopping is supposed to be in three places on the Strip: 1) the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace; 2) Desert Passage at The Aladdin; and 3) the Fashion Show Mall, next to T.I.
I'd drive down, pick you up and show you around, but I really don't think my wife would like that. Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
You know, that thought crossed my mind. Hey! There's a cool hatracker in Vegas! <pause> Oooohh, yeah, no, that's not going to work. Thanks for the tip about shopping, though.
I'm rested, restless, and hungry right now, so I think I'm off to Ka, Italian food, and the beautiful Nile.
Posted by alluvion (Member # 7462) on :
mmm... Mandalay Bay.
Eat at the Rum Jungle (the brazillian meat-fest - don't order the lobster). Stick around while it converts from restaurant to night-club. Crappy dance club, but the girls (not offensive) swinging about the room over the crowds on hoops and what not is pretty impressive.
vegas: if you don't want to gamble, indulge, or be offended, leave. Preferably on a helicopter trip to the grand canyon.
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Went to see Ka, but it was their night off. Did go down to the Venetian, where I ran into someone from the office - she was here for a different conference there. That was just crazy - I don't know what the chances are. I rode the monorail, and when I was contemplating buying a ticket, a very nice lady came and gave me a pass for the night on the monorail for free. Apparently I looked like her daughter.
Alluvion: Really? You'd wish a bloody death on everyone who doesn't like gratuitous cheesecake? You don't think you are overreacting a little bit there?
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote: after beeing hit on twice and solicited once - I was wearing sneakers, jeans, a t-shirt, glasses, no makeup, and my hair in braids. Hello, people! A woman walking alone does not equal available!
Now you're just braggin'.
(I was a carnie for Cirque. While disenchanting, I did hear that O was pretty spectacular. Don't know if I'd dish out $150 for a ticket, though.)
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
'Tisn't, I swear. I don't think drunk and scuzzy are looking for sexy nearly so much as vulnerable. I know I didn't look pretty, but I think I looked vulnerable.
Disenchanting? I remember you becoming a carnie - not all fun and games? What happened? Please let it involve precision popcorn throwing.
[ March 10, 2005, 02:44 AM: Message edited by: Lady Jane ]
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
I always have glasses, and I never wear makeup.
I think the number of cab drivers who have hit on me since I moved here is up to seven, now.
*shudder*
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote:Tisn't, I swear. I don't think drunk and scuzzy are looking for sexy nearly so much as vulnerable. I know I didn't look pretty, but I think I looked vulnerable.
Disenchanting? I remember you becoming a carnie - not all fun and games? What happened? Please let it involve precision popcorn throwing.
Just a lot of pot smoking and rabble-rousing behind-the-scenes. (Not moi, of course. I only rouse. I'd NEVER rabble.) Plus, the show was only so-so considering the price I knew I would be paying for the seats were I not a carnie.
It's okay to brag. I'm almost impossible to live with when I've been hit on. I mean, more impossible.
[ March 10, 2005, 03:14 AM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
It didn't seem to me that Alluvion was telling you that to be rude...I think he was saying that Vegas is full of that stuff, so the Grand Canyon would be a better choice.
I know someone who did the helicopter over it and completely loved it.
I have always wanted to do the indoor skydiving, ever since I saw it on TV as a kid. It seems like it would be really, really cool...
Kwea
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Ah - that makes more sense. I thought it was a "take a long walk off a short pier" comment, and that seemed a little excessive.
I'd love to take the helicopter ride, but I have work during the day, so I'm limited to what I can find at night.
I go home tomorrow, though, not having seen any Cirque show. I'll have to see it in Dallas when it comes.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I've done helicopter rides - not over Vegas, though. Just in the North West Territories. Man, they're soooo cool! I loved them! If you get the chance, jump.
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