Besides gambling and whores?
Seriously what? The wife and I were thinking about a "vacation" in Vegas (free airfare and travel thanks to a conference my wife wants to attend) which will leave me with a bit of solo time. What can you do to fill the time there?
What's there to do in Vegas.....
What's there to do in Vegas.....
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
Re: What's there to do in Vegas.....
Stay at home with beer and porn?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Hoover Dam is worth the trip. Nice tours.
You can fill the better part of a day wandering around the humongous properties.
Great evening entertainment to choose from. And plenty of good food, but its spendy now; not many low-cost deals there.
Of course, they ended the Star Trek Experience at the Hilton, so maybe you should follow Gob's helpful suggestion.
You can fill the better part of a day wandering around the humongous properties.
Great evening entertainment to choose from. And plenty of good food, but its spendy now; not many low-cost deals there.
Of course, they ended the Star Trek Experience at the Hilton, so maybe you should follow Gob's helpful suggestion.
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It is a great place to see people and stuff. Just wander around the strip and watch the people. Watch people gambling - it's fascinating.
THe architecture is tacky but fabulous, it's worth examining both close up and from a distance. Lots of golf courses in easy driving distance. I second the suggestion to visit Hoover Dam - and DO take the tour.
If you look around, you can find some fantastic deals on meals at any time of the day. Some of the buffets are incredible, and most are very reasonably priced.
Whether you like it or not I think every American needs to experience it at least once.
THe architecture is tacky but fabulous, it's worth examining both close up and from a distance. Lots of golf courses in easy driving distance. I second the suggestion to visit Hoover Dam - and DO take the tour.
If you look around, you can find some fantastic deals on meals at any time of the day. Some of the buffets are incredible, and most are very reasonably priced.
Whether you like it or not I think every American needs to experience it at least once.
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Oh CP, there's a ton of stuff to do in Vegas besides gambling and whores...The Frank Sinatra Meyer Lansky days are long past...
Vegas is very family friendly now, it's like a huge open air amusement park...
I would suggest for you and your wife and the boy, Circus Circus...
It has a collection of free circus acts to take in, and a midway boardwalk with a bunch of "try this win a prize" stuff (that's not very tough to win) that your son will love...
We've always stayed at The Mandalay Bay, because it has a complete beach set up with multiple pools and Tati's really into swimming...
But now that the lad seems ready to finally handle an airport and hour long plane flight, we're going to do Vegas for a few days in mid August...
Since Jimmy was born, we haven't gone anywhere that we can't drive to...(We go to Reno occasionally and stay either at the Circus Circus or The Silver Legacy there, or rent a cabin on the lake at Tahoe)
I don't believe in putting small children through really annoying travel experiences unless there's no choice...
I feel it's not fair to them, plus I swore a long time ago that I would never be an obnoxious parent who brought a screaming child into an environment they were not ready for...
One more year, and I think he'll be up for a short cruise...(We took Tati on a cruse for the first time when she was 5...I didn't think she'd react well to the life jacket drill, but she started telling us what to do...
And then one more year, and he'll be ready to take the flight cross country to Reagan National, and get to hang out with my side of the family, and do cool things like go to the Air and Space Museum...
Vegas is very family friendly now, it's like a huge open air amusement park...
I would suggest for you and your wife and the boy, Circus Circus...
It has a collection of free circus acts to take in, and a midway boardwalk with a bunch of "try this win a prize" stuff (that's not very tough to win) that your son will love...
We've always stayed at The Mandalay Bay, because it has a complete beach set up with multiple pools and Tati's really into swimming...
But now that the lad seems ready to finally handle an airport and hour long plane flight, we're going to do Vegas for a few days in mid August...
Since Jimmy was born, we haven't gone anywhere that we can't drive to...(We go to Reno occasionally and stay either at the Circus Circus or The Silver Legacy there, or rent a cabin on the lake at Tahoe)
I don't believe in putting small children through really annoying travel experiences unless there's no choice...
I feel it's not fair to them, plus I swore a long time ago that I would never be an obnoxious parent who brought a screaming child into an environment they were not ready for...
One more year, and I think he'll be up for a short cruise...(We took Tati on a cruse for the first time when she was 5...I didn't think she'd react well to the life jacket drill, but she started telling us what to do...
And then one more year, and he'll be ready to take the flight cross country to Reagan National, and get to hang out with my side of the family, and do cool things like go to the Air and Space Museum...
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You wouldn't take your son but you recommend me taking mine?
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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I think you're trying to jerk my chain here CP...You wouldn't take your son but you recommend me taking mine?
I've taken him to the Circus Circus in Reno...
The reason we haven't taken him to Vegas, is because I wasn't sure he was ready to do the whole airport plane flight thing...
What part of:
Did you not understand?But now that the lad seems ready to finally handle an airport and hour long plane flight, we're going to do Vegas for a few days in mid August...
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Remember my son is a out 2 years you get than yours
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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There goes that auto "corrector" thing again...Remember my son is a out 2 years you get than yours
Did you have it set to, "make me sound like an Italian immigrant who just got off the boat at Ellis Island, circa 1896"?
Because if you did, your auto-corrector's working beautifully...
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Las Vegas is unwholesome. I would not take a child there until they were old enough to understand corruption and degradation. It's worth seeing as an adult but I would only stop there on the way to somewhere else.
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Only republicans like Las Vegas.
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"Unwholesome"?
Jesus.
It goes without saying that an appropriate level of parental supervision is necessary any time you take kids on vacation.
Certainly, one must do some sort of explanation in advance on the ubiquitous Hispanic gentlemen who are passing out cards advertising the various whore houses. One might tell them, for example, that these are like "baseball cards" only the sport is copulating.
Unwholesome?
Fucking prude.
Jesus.
It goes without saying that an appropriate level of parental supervision is necessary any time you take kids on vacation.
Certainly, one must do some sort of explanation in advance on the ubiquitous Hispanic gentlemen who are passing out cards advertising the various whore houses. One might tell them, for example, that these are like "baseball cards" only the sport is copulating.
Unwholesome?
Fucking prude.
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I agree, it's not any more "unwholesome" than most big cities, nor is it any more suited for children than other big cities. Corruption and degradation is rampant.
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Good lord, what provincialist pablum....Las Vegas is unwholesome. I would not take a child there until they were old enough to understand corruption and degradation. It's worth seeing as an adult but I would only stop there on the way to somewhere else.
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I'm guessing the moron hasn't even been there in the past 30 years...
There is probably no city in America with more security (both public and private) versus the population size in the United States, especially around the major hotels on The Strip....
I have certainly felt a lot safer walking around Las Vegas at night then I would in say , The Tenderloin, or Downtown Oakland....(Probably downtown Santa Cruz as well)
Also in all the times I have been there, I have never once been accosted by a pan handler....in fact I've never even seen one(the police do a pretty good job of keeping the riff raff away from the big hotels...)
In the hotels themselves, it's impossible to walk around any area for more than a couple of minutes without seeing a security person, (usually in plain clothes)
Hell, even the mob doesn't conduct hits in Las Vegas....
If it weren't for the extreme heat, I wouldn't mind living there...
A very nice suburban environment has grown up in the town away from the strip; I'd have no problem raising children there.
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Is this where you got the travel info?rubato wrote:Las Vegas is unwholesome. I would not take a child there until they were old enough to understand corruption and degradation. It's worth seeing as an adult but I would only stop there on the way to somewhere else.
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Much has changed since 1971, what a moaron!
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
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I love Vegas - personally would include it on every trip to the USA I make if Brahms would agree I love the "buzz" of the place, the sheer tackiness of some of the casinos & the fact that you can do and see so much for FREE 
Getting around is a doddle no car needed though theres a heck of a lot of walking involved and thats after you get inside the casinos The first time we took Xeno he was only 15 but aside from him being narked that he got told to keep moving whenever we were in the gambling areas of the casinos and he wasn't allowed to step off the red carpet in those areas he had a fabulous time - whenever I wanted to do some gambling he took himself off to the huge video games room and had a great time. We never found it restricting having a youngster with us, we did Boulder Dam, flew below the rim of the Grand Canyon in a very small plane (it was still allowed when we went the first time), went to a couple of shows and between us we decimated the stock of cuddly toy prizes for the side shows in Circus Circus - in fact we had to get a 2nd holdall just for the toys Despite the restrictions Xeno loved it so much that when he and mydil took their first holiday together after they got engaged it was to Vegas staying at the same casino, The Riviera, and they both loved it - and neither one of them gamble. At one point they were seriously considering getting married in Vegas but as some of mydils family won't fly they had to drop that idea. Like me Xeno would go back again and again.
Last time Bramhs & I went we took both of our mum's and combined it with a 5 day stay in San Francisco, we had a fantastic time, we stayed at Ballys for a change and can recommend it for location alone its hard to beat, right in the middle of the strip directly opposite The Belaggio, next door and linked to The Paris. Rooms were huge and we asked for and got (with the $20 trick) a room directly overlooking the Bellagio fountains. Personally I do like to gamble but I only do so if I can afford to lose so I set myself a daily limit usually around $25 and if I lose that then I stop until the next day - I dont play table games the odds are lousy, I tend to stick to video poker (best odds), blackjack or chuck a few coins in a slot machine just for fun. I also place a few sports bets which usually covers my stake for the day and a bit of profit - I have yet to come back from Vegas without my stake intact having gambled every day - obviously I will never get rich or make a fortune that way but neither will I go broke or end up in debt chasing my losses and best of all I get to play everyday.
Food is everywhere - the all you can eat buffets are very good value though some are better than others, & theres plenty of websites telling you which ones are best on what days and even money off vouchers or twofer deals. Tickets for the big shows are expensive - so dont pay full price, theres a couple of discount ticket places and sometimes you can get in for half price, as well as the big "headliners" you can often find loads of decent acts (we saw the Commodores last time) as well as in house shows which can be pretty decent, Xeno loves the comedy store type shows.
Theres a couple of big malls though one is better than the other depending on what kind of shops you prefer one is touristy the other more for locals so probably pretty similar to the ones you have at home. I've never been panhandled however there has been an increase in timeshare touts (imo they are worse) some of whom are allowed inside the casinos a polite "fuck off" tends to get them to move on where a "no thanks" or "not interested" doesn't they also tended to be eastern European rather than American so less polite but at the same time they didnt take offence to being told to eff off.
Families with kids tend to hang out in Circus Circus, Treasure Island or New York New York as these are very much geared up for them with loads of things for the kids to do, fairground rides, arcades, pirates, circus acts etc. but you'll see children in pretty much every casino.
I recommend a gondola ride in Venice - tacky as heck but great fun, go see the fountains, the pirate show & the volcano but get there early, some are better at night due to the light shows and pyrotecnics. I loved the rainstorm at miracle mile (Planet Hollywood), ceasars palce show is reallllllly tacky and funny & the shark reef aquarium in Mandalay Bay is worth a look but there is an admission charge.
Honestly there is a ton of stuff to do hopefully you'll love it.
I love the "buzz" of the place, the sheer tackiness of some of the casinos & the fact that you can do and see so much for FREE Getting around is a doddle no car needed though theres a heck of a lot of walking involved and thats after you get inside the casinos The first time we took Xeno he was only 15 but aside from him being narked that he got told to keep moving whenever we were in the gambling areas of the casinos and he wasn't allowed to step off the red carpet in those areas he had a fabulous time - whenever I wanted to do some gambling he took himself off to the huge video games room and had a great time. We never found it restricting having a youngster with us, we did Boulder Dam, flew below the rim of the Grand Canyon in a very small plane (it was still allowed when we went the first time), went to a couple of shows and between us we decimated the stock of cuddly toy prizes for the side shows in Circus Circus - in fact we had to get a 2nd holdall just for the toys Despite the restrictions Xeno loved it so much that when he and mydil took their first holiday together after they got engaged it was to Vegas staying at the same casino, The Riviera, and they both loved it - and neither one of them gamble. At one point they were seriously considering getting married in Vegas but as some of mydils family won't fly they had to drop that idea. Like me Xeno would go back again and again. Last time Bramhs & I went we took both of our mum's and combined it with a 5 day stay in San Francisco, we had a fantastic time, we stayed at Ballys for a change and can recommend it for location alone its hard to beat, right in the middle of the strip directly opposite The Belaggio, next door and linked to The Paris. Rooms were huge and we asked for and got (with the $20 trick) a room directly overlooking the Bellagio fountains. Personally I do like to gamble but I only do so if I can afford to lose so I set myself a daily limit usually around $25 and if I lose that then I stop until the next day - I dont play table games the odds are lousy, I tend to stick to video poker (best odds), blackjack or chuck a few coins in a slot machine just for fun. I also place a few sports bets which usually covers my stake for the day and a bit of profit - I have yet to come back from Vegas without my stake intact having gambled every day - obviously I will never get rich or make a fortune that way but neither will I go broke or end up in debt chasing my losses and best of all I get to play everyday.
Food is everywhere - the all you can eat buffets are very good value though some are better than others, & theres plenty of websites telling you which ones are best on what days and even money off vouchers or twofer deals. Tickets for the big shows are expensive - so dont pay full price, theres a couple of discount ticket places and sometimes you can get in for half price, as well as the big "headliners" you can often find loads of decent acts (we saw the Commodores last time) as well as in house shows which can be pretty decent, Xeno loves the comedy store type shows.
Theres a couple of big malls though one is better than the other depending on what kind of shops you prefer one is touristy the other more for locals so probably pretty similar to the ones you have at home. I've never been panhandled however there has been an increase in timeshare touts (imo they are worse) some of whom are allowed inside the casinos a polite "fuck off" tends to get them to move on where a "no thanks" or "not interested" doesn't
they also tended to be eastern European rather than American so less polite but at the same time they didnt take offence to being told to eff off. Families with kids tend to hang out in Circus Circus, Treasure Island or New York New York as these are very much geared up for them with loads of things for the kids to do, fairground rides, arcades, pirates, circus acts etc. but you'll see children in pretty much every casino.
I recommend a gondola ride in Venice - tacky as heck but great fun, go see the fountains, the pirate show & the volcano but get there early, some are better at night due to the light shows and pyrotecnics. I loved the rainstorm at miracle mile (Planet Hollywood), ceasars palce show is reallllllly tacky and funny & the shark reef aquarium in Mandalay Bay is worth a look but there is an admission charge.
Honestly there is a ton of stuff to do hopefully you'll love it.
If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you may have misjudged the situation.
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I've been through Las Vegas on a semi-regular basis starting in the 1960's when we would stop there on the way to Lake Powell or Havasupai, other trips to the Colorado Plateau, driving to Jazz Fest in New Orleans, up to a few years ago when we were driving to Gallup N.M.
It depends for its existence on a sophisticated manipulation of greed, ignorance and the capacity for self-deception. It is worth seeing as an example of how easy it can be to seduce the ignorant and foolish into participating in their own degradation.
William Bennett is a fair example of the repellant lying and self-justification of the typical habitual gambler.
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William Bennett = A drug addict who was Regan's "Drug Czar". And an addicted gambler who lost millions, lied about it, and made a fortune as moral scold.
It depends for its existence on a sophisticated manipulation of greed, ignorance and the capacity for self-deception. It is worth seeing as an example of how easy it can be to seduce the ignorant and foolish into participating in their own degradation.
William Bennett is a fair example of the repellant lying and self-justification of the typical habitual gambler.
yrs,
rubato
William Bennett = A drug addict who was Regan's "Drug Czar". And an addicted gambler who lost millions, lied about it, and made a fortune as moral scold.
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He's just so superior, isn't he?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Well rube, you would certainly be the expert in that area...the capacity for self-deception.
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Superior to you is a low standard. I would never boast of it.Gob wrote:He's just so superior, isn't he?
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