After my family left, luckily I was very busy and only had to wait three days before my next exciting trip! I went to Las Vegas for 4 days with my friends from work; Anna, Arran, Callum and Kim. It was the first time I had left Central Florida in 5 months!
Our flight was at 7am so we left our apartment complex at 5am. I had been working so much I hadn’t really h ad much time to pack, meaning I left my phone charger behind. I remembered my passport this time though so that’s a plus! We had to queue up for a while to check in and to get through security but our flight was on time and we got straight on. It was a really small plane with no TV, even though the flight was 5 hours long! We all sat on our own but we mainly slept or read so it wasn’t too bad. Because of the time distance we arrived in Las Vegas at 9am so we had the whole day. We couldn’t check in till 3pm but we left and bags and went exploring. There is so much to see! We went out for lunch, had a quick gamble, meet Elvis. It takes about 15 minutes to walk through each hotel as they are massive. Our hotel room (sorry penthouse!) was on the 31st floor with floor to ceiling windows facing the strip. It had everything. Two huge double beds, a Jacuzzi, large walk in shower, two sinks, fridge, microwave, coffee machine! Although there were five of us in the room and using one bathroom we all got on well.
We saw a show each night at different hotels. On the first night we saw ‘Holly Madison’s Peepshow’. I’m not completely sure why as there were three girls and two gay guys on our trip! It was quite good with lots of singing and dancing, but also random nakedness. At one point three girls got into a huge bath of milk! On Wednesday we saw Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian. It’s slightly different to the version in the West End as it’s only one act and has more special effects. It has never been one of my favourite shows but it’s always nice to go to the theatre! I think the lead could have been slightly better but Christine had a really good voice. On the way home we stopped at watched the fountains outside the Bellagio, they were amazing! On the last night we meet up with a few other people from work who had arrived in Las Vegas that day. We saw cirque du soleil love at the Mirage. This is set to Beatles music with a 60s English theme. It wasn’t what I expected at all and I was initially disappointed. It was quite different to the shows I have seen at the Royal Albert Hall which I love. There was less acrobatics and more contemporary dancing and abstract sequences, it was all a bit chaotic and confusing! It was good just in a different way. There are so many cirque du soleil shows in Vegas it’s hard just to pick one to see.
I was a bit of a conservative gambler as it’s so easy to get carried away. The casinos have no clocks or window so you have no idea what time it is or how long you’ve been sitting on a machine. We all played on the slot machines as these were easy to understand and weren’t too expensive! Most of the tables were a minimum of $15 bet so you could easily lose a lot of money. I found a blackjack machine which was only $5 minimum bet and I managed to win $60! Arran was the luckiest and was about $200 up when we left.
I think we managed to do all the major sights. We had photos taken but the famous sign, which is a long walk! We went to all the famous hotels which took all three days. On Thursday morning we got a taxi to the Stratosphere, which is the tallest freestanding observation tower in the US. It didn’t only have two observations decks, but rides which shoot you up into the air or off the edge of the building! We first went on Big Shot, which shots you up 1,081 feet above the strip then on X-Scream, which was possibly the scariest thing I’ve ever done and I’ve jumped out of a plane! You literally just get thrown off the end of the building 900 foot in the air! I was nearly crying and was so scared to look over the edge. You feel like you are hardly strapped in and could slip out! We also did a bit of shopping and obviously ate at a few buffets...it was a very successful trip if you ask me!
From Florida with Love
Emily
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