So I'm in Vegas... What now?

[AestheticLife]

Excluding the obvious Bunny Ranch/go gamble bullshit replies, is there anything I simply need to do before I leave? I'm here for a bit over a week, so take that as a guide for what to fit in.

[Kuyuk]

STD test

[Durgrimst]

Get a 100oz Daquiri from Fat Tuesday's in the basement of MGM Grand. Make sure you get a 190 Octane or your a pussy.

[Belnia]

Grab a quick flight on Grand Canyon Tours. They'll fly you out to a small airstrip on the canyon rim, helicopter down into the canyon and a cruise on the river. I think that giant plexiglass horseshoe that extends out over the canyon should be open now too.

I'm completely horrified of heights that could kill me if I fell from them, so it's not quite my cup of tea.

[Durgrimst]

I think that giant plexiglass horseshoe that extends out over the canyon should be open now too.

It is, and its like $100 just to walk on it.

[Sean of the Thread]

Steal Mike Tyson's jungle cat.

[Clove]

Get married.

[Keller]

Vegas is a shithole.

I'm sorry for your wasted week.

With that said, you can salvage your time there by (i) sitting by the pool with a drink, (ii) drinking by the pool, and (iii) going to dinner.

[Keller]

Oh, and Lotus of Siam is a great restaurant off the strip. One of the best thai restaurants around. Great bargain for the quality.

[Allereli]

go see "O". eat at Social House in Treasure Island. Go take a tour of the Hoover Dam and spend a day in the desert

[Skeeter]

Visit the Spearmint Rhino. Go to a concert. Hit some clubs. Go watch a Cirque du solei of some sort. Fireworks tonight should be the tits.... and you should see tits.

[Androidpk]

Ether.

[Revalos]

Go to The Gun Store and shoot every gun from WWI to today at Osama bin Laden for about 20 bucks a piece.

[Valthissa]

go see "O". eat at Social House in Treasure Island. Go take a tour of the Hoover Dam and spend a day in the desert

Second vote for seeing "O" and a trip to Hoover Dam.

The small planes and helicopters can have a lot of turbulence flying over Lake Mead. I've done it twice and both times there was somebody with a weak stomach on board.

C/Valth

[Belnia]

Our plane flight wasn't even a pressurized cabin.

[Geshron]

buffets and hookers, there is nothing else in Vegas.

[Whimsi]

Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum is fun to visit. Other than that, gambling, eating, and shows are about all I can think of.

[Farn]

What's the deal with the buffet reputation in Las Vegas, anyway? I've only been to a few buffets while passing through because other people insisted, but I don't recall the food ever being notably better than anywhere else.

[Gan]

Hookers and Blow.

My last trip was at the Bellagio. Plenty of things to do there and thereabouts.

Also, if you go to Hoover Dam - see if you can find Sector 7 and the NBE1 lair.

[Doughboy]

Without reading the whole thread....

booze and women...

[Geshron]

I foolishly left out blow, Gan. Nothing complete without.

[radamanthys]

I hear Vegas is more Meth these days.

[4a6c1]

So I'm in Vegas. What now?



Sit in your room and chat in online forums.

Oh wait...

[kookiegod]

The buffet @ Bellagio is to die for.

Star Trek the Experience @ the MGM Grand

"Love" the Beatles show

The Treasure Island show outside

See the water show at the Bellagio from the top of the Eifel Tower @ Paris

I definitely second the Gun Store, along with the gambling, hookers, and blow.

:)

~Paul

[Durgrimst]

I definitely second the Gun Store, along with the gambling, hookers, and blow.

If you do these 3 at the same time you Win at Vegas.

[CrystalTears]

What's the deal with the buffet reputation in Las Vegas, anyway? I've only been to a few buffets while passing through because other people insisted, but I don't recall the food ever being notably better than anywhere else.
Because it's cheap as hell, purposely done so that you spend most of your money gambling. You need to eat to build up your strength to gamble.

[Asile]

1) If you're not afraid of horses, check out Sagebrush Ranch (http://www.sagebrush-ranch.com/) and take one of their rides in the mountains just outside Vegas. We took the lunch tour back in 2004, and it was awesome. If you're not used to being on a horse, plan to spend the rest of the day doing something relaxing (a hooker may not be the best plan for that night, based on what my husband told me).

2) Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower at the Paris...especially at night.

3) While you're at the Paris, grab dinner at Le Provencal. Over the course of 2 trips to Vegas, it's the only restaurant we ate at more than once not counting coffeeshops/bakeries/quick sandwich places...it's really that good.

4) If you're feeling extremely masochistic, check out the amusement area inside Circus Circus. Be prepared to dodge many screaming and bratty children and be overwhelmed by tons of noise and lights. (We made the mistake of going into Circus Circus ONCE. Never again.)

5) If you like margaritas, find one of the La Salsita locations and get a margarita from them (there's one inside Caesar's, by the Forum Shoppes, I think, and another mid-Strip kinda across from the Monte Carlo and New York New York). Best margarita I ever had.

If you're still totally lost, ask the concierge at your hotel for suggestions. That's what they're there for, after all.

ETA: As for buffets... I've heard some people say they're really good, others say they're nothing special other than you can get a ton of food for the cost (or less) of one entree at a sit-down restaurant. I couldn't tell you, because we never went to any of the buffets: they're not that great a deal for as little as my husband will eat at one sitting. And I rather like the attention and service we (SHOULD!) get at one of the sit-down restaurants; we only had one bad experience that I can recall.

[Gan]

What's the deal with the buffet reputation in Las Vegas, anyway? I've only been to a few buffets while passing through because other people insisted, but I don't recall the food ever being notably better than anywhere else.

Where do you think the phrase "Winner winner chicken dinner!" came from?

[Methais]

Grab a quick flight on Grand Canyon Tours. They'll fly you out to a small airstrip on the canyon rim, helicopter down into the canyon and a cruise on the river. I think that giant plexiglass horseshoe that extends out over the canyon should be open now too.

I'm completely horrified of heights that could kill me if I fell from them, so it's not quite my cup of tea.

You can die falling down a flight of stairs ya know...

[AestheticLife]

You can die falling down a flight of stairs ya know...

No you can't. That's just the excuse your wife/husband uses after he/she murders you.

[Krendeli]

Walk up and down the strip collecting the escort ads that the mexicans are handing out.

Take them home and stealthily slip them into your married buddies houses and watch the fun ensue.

[Another odd duck]

If you are into cars, The Shelby Works is in Vegas and has a museum tour. The site says they're closed till Monday, but will be open 8-4 then. http://www.shelbyautos.com/index.asp

[NocturnalRob]

If you're not forced to leave a black jack table at the Bellagio because you've been there for 30 hours straight, then you're doing it wrong.

[SHAFT]

Go to Cut at the Palazzo and order the wagyu filet mignon 6-8 ozs. Also, get the mapled pork belly as well as the bone marrow flan. Delicious