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January 25, 2005
Las Vegas Day Two
So today we traveled up and down the strip checking out all the different casinos. It's absolutely unbelievable how huge each one is! Every casino and hotel is so spread out with so much inside - stores, restaurants, theaters, hotel rooms, conference centers and of course the casinos. One of the most impressive in terms of the attention to detail in terms of the theme was The Venetian, a piece of which is pictured above. Great care is taken to make visitors feel like they really are in Venice with Gondola rides through a canal and all. The only thing is that I couldn't help but think of Epcot in Walt Disney World and the Italian area there because much of the architecture and stature were extremely similar.
The Luxor was another cool casino. Jim wasn't too impressed with it but I've always been intrigued by Egypt and the pyramids since I was a little girl. So I thought the Luxor was pretty neat. The only thing is it was very dark inside and I've heard the rooms are that way as well so I'm not sure I would enjoy staying there though.
Of course all of the casinos have fancy restaurants, bars and nightclubs. I took this particular photo outside a seafood resturant where the bottles were embedded in a see-through wall that water flowed through. The photo isn't that clear but I thought it was kind of neat.
There was no way for us to see every casino but so far the one that I thought was the nicest was the Bellagio which we went to last night. That's the fanciest and most expensive one on the strip and everything there is very well taken care of. The fountain show there is amazing too and at some point I'll have to post some photos of that too. As for the one I liked the least I'm not sure but I didn't think The Mirage lived up to the hype in that a lot of books said how nice it was and how much there was to see there.
Posted by silverdsl at January 25, 2005 08:41 PM