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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:58 pm
by Dave_L
Has anybody here been to Vegas?
Turns out I'm going in October/November this year as part of my 40th "Celebrations" as I'm told it is all downhill from therein......
It was all going to be a complete surprise (after some saving by both of us) but seeing as though I need to renew my passport (£80 ffs) and I have to go to London for a bastard interview to get a visa (ineligible for ESTA due to teenage high-jinks lol....) it's not gonna be cheap...
Has anyone been, what did you like, what was good, what was crap? Any advice welcome 
PS I'm quite looking fwd to going to Hooters.
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:00 pm
by London Stone Paving
I've not been myself Dave but also planning to go later in the year. Be carfeul, i've heard it can destroy you :p
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:05 pm
by msh paving
Dave i need to have a interview, can you let me know how it goes? went to disney last year on a ESTA ,but all most got sent home due to not telling them about a issue MSH
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:11 pm
by Dave_L
OK, will do, all I did was piss about with a road sign/barrier in town whilst on the sauce, got locked up for it and cautioned. That walk of shame home at 7am the next day wasn't my proudest moment LOL Hardly ground-breaking but I cannot afford to fib about it and get turned away!!
It gets expensive, a day off, day trip to town and the $140 fee, comes back to bite you on the arse 20 yrs later on in life.
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:12 pm
by Dave_L
Could this be a Vegas BC get-together?
Gambling, Guns and Hookers! :p
I'm really looking fwd to going to the Gun Store and firing off an AK-47. Bring it on. 
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:25 pm
by Carberry
Dave_L wrote:Could this be a Vegas BC get-together?
Gambling, Guns and Hookers! :p
I'm really looking fwd to going to the Gun Store and firing off an AK-47. Bring it on.
Not been but my friend went and said most fun he had there was on the shooting range.
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:44 pm
by Dave_L
This is what I'm looking forward to....
http://thegunstorelasvegas.com/try-one
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:48 pm
by lutonlagerlout
I went to vegas on my honeymoon,loads to do there that isnt gambling
hoover dam is a must see, Elvis and Liberace museums and the shows
also some of the buffets are awesome
regarding the ESTA thing did you actually apply dave?
I have been to America 4 times and i always forgot to mention my teenage " high jinks" as you put it
thing is if i admit my jinks they deffo wont let me in,so its a rock and a hard place 
vegas is great fun though
LLL
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:56 pm
by Dave_L
Thanks Tony, the Hoover dam was on my to do list, so that's good to hear.
Elvis museum sounds good too.
I haven't applied for my esta as I can't answer no to the "moral turpitude" question lol......
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:03 pm
by specialbranch
I went for 5 days but can barely remember a thing :laugh: We did a Helicopter over the grand canyon landed in an Indian Reserve for a Champers picnic and then fly back over the strip at night, well worth doing. Cayotee Ugly bar in New York Hotel. The ride at the top of Stratosphere Hotel! Go to all the big hotels on the strip and go to a show I think the scale of the hotels is the most impressive thing and all have something worth seeing.
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:38 pm
by Big Phil
be prepared to get mithered by greasy pimps on the strip handing out adverts/flyers - even when walking down the strip with the mrs.
grand canyon fly over and landing is amazing and most hotels are worth a visit for their own reasons - many have free attractions and shows. catch a show, we booked in advance online and collected the tickets over there, cirque du soleil was superb. best value for food are the hotel buffet restaurants - be a fat yank and each as much as you can.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:10 pm
by lutonlagerlout
yeah forgot about the pimps,we were newleyweds and yet still they pressed flyers into my hand
i rented a car and drove up to the hoover dam, the whole place is just nuts
that ride on top of the stratosphere has to be the second scariest thing I have ever done,you know how bad it is as when you get off the attendant said " ride again for 2 bucks sir?"
i was white as a sheet
similar to blackpools big shot but 1000 feet higher
even the rollercoaster is lairy that high up
LLL
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:19 pm
by ken
whats the first most scariest thing you have ever done LLL!?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:55 pm
by Carberry
ken wrote:whats the first most scariest thing you have ever done LLL!?
I'm going to guess.......
Getting married?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:42 pm
by lutonlagerlout
this little devil
I went on it when it was a week old,I didnt know that at the time or I would never have done it
it is so gut wrenching when you have to pull the rip cord from 300 feet up (long way up in flat florida) i almost passed out
this is the big shot another one of those gut churning rides that yanks love so much
looks like the roller coaster was replaced a few years ago by even more insane rides
as karl pilkington would say "whats the point?"
LLL
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