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WYNN Las Vegas Deluxe King Resort Room Panoramic View

Like Please!! We stayed at the Wynn for our Memorial Day Weekend Vacation. We were supposed to be in the Deluxe King Resort Rooms but there was a small mistake with our reservations and they ‘upgraded’ us (2 couples, 2 rooms) to the Deluxe King Panoramic View Rooms. We had another couple…

Vdara Deluxe Suite 36036 v3 view of water show next door

STRIP VIEW FROM THE COSMOPOLITAN

The new jewel on the Strip – the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas opened on Dec. 15, 2010 boasting of 2995 resort rooms. Aside from its casino floor it offers a convention center, a meganightclub and bars, restaurants, and botique shops. The Boulevard Pool on level 4 of the building offers a spectacular and unique night view of the Strip. (Sent to You Tube via my iPhone 4, video mode). More info: www.lvrj.com/cosmopolitan, www.lasvegassun/videos, www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

Las Vegas Day Drive View strip from I -15

Driving on the Freeway looking at the Las Vegas Strip

Planet Hollywood Fountain View room Las Vegas!

Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on the 20th Floor. Great view of the Fountains and of the strip. Follow me on Twitter! www.twitter.com

My view from Vdara Hotel in Vegas

Admiring the Bellagio Fountains from my suite @Vdara in Vegas for MAGIC trade show August 2010

vegas strip night view

las vegas strip night view

Las Vegas: Looking in My Rear View Mirror

“A Bloody Mary, Please” I say to the flight attendant as I gaze out the side of the plane with my glossy eyes.  I’m not a big fan of drinking on a plane, but after spending the last 4 days in Las Vegas, I touched on a lot of things that I wouldn’t normally do.  I imagine that is what is expected in a place that affectionately calls itself ‘Sin City’.

Thinking back to my touchdown at McCarran International airport, I remember how edgy I was.  Not the type of edginess that I sometimes feel while waiting in the dentist’s waiting room; but rather that ‘waking-up-on-Christmas-morning’ edginess.  I grabbed my carry on luggage and stood in a long line of business travelers and tried not to let my over zealous feelings get the best of me.

After we collected our luggage from the turnstiles, we headed outside and hailed our first cab in Las Vegas!  We climbed into the cab and was taken on a 20 or so minute ride through the neon signs of beautiful Las Vegas.  I have always believed that the things that make a vacation memorable are the people that you meet and the way in which you go there.   I was sold on the idea that this cabbie was either a comedian or a tour guide.  Every single light on every single building had a story…and this guy wasn’t afraid to share it.

We checked into our hotel; and for the first time I was able to catch my breath and really take it all in.  We had a room with a view; although that view was of air conditioning ducts, but just be in looking out a window that is stationary was all that I needed to just collect my thoughts.  Las Vegas is a lot of things, but one thing its not is dull and boring.  I wasn’t able to do everything that I wanted to do, but the things that I did do were dead-on accurate to what I expected it to be.

It seems that every hotel in Vegas that you stay at has some sort of gaming hall.  Whether it’s the top of the line hotel; like the Bellagio or the Wynn all the way to the smallest Inn way over on the other side of the strip, its all about machines ringing; waiting for the next contestant to deposit their money and pull on their arm.  In our hotel, it was no different.  We had to pass the casino floor to get to every place we wanted to go; a very ingenious marketing ploy.  We found a seat at the bar and had a drink while hearing two guys trying to discuss the best way to play pocket 3’s out of position in the Texas Hold ‘Em game. 

I remember hearing a rumor that casinos pump in oxygen into the room so to not have people get tired.  There are also no clocks anywhere.  I’m not sure if it’s a coincidence, but as tired as I was when we got off the plane, I was in no need of sleep.  Everything was moving at the speed of sound; and I was ready to experience the fast lane.  The food was marvelous and the staff everywhere we went was welcoming.  Overruling my objection, my wife and I did manage to catch one of the thousands of shows that the fine folks put on in Vegas; Cirque de Sole. 

I  saw the fountains at the Bellagio and saw one of the most fantastic shows ever (yes, despite my objections, it turns out that it really was worth going).  I did gamble and won, but nothing to make me quit my job and live the life of a gambler.  I do wish that it didn’t take me 17 years between my two visits, but, like always, I was glad to be sleeping in my own bed.

Las Vegas New York New York Street view with roller coaster..gocheapvegas.com

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View from our room at Vdara

View from our room on the 22nd floor facing North at Vdara.