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Cool. I'm going with a bunch of friends who have been there before, but just trying to look up stuff about everything. Weather in June should be fairly warm I'm guessing.
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Planning a trip for late August with a bunch of friends. We are a bunch of middle aged, married folk planning to do it up cheap, gamble at cheap tables, get drunk, hang out at the pool, ect. A couple questions: 1) I have been before and stayed on strip and never made it to downtown. Generally, is there any reason to stay downtown or is it better to just cab it over for one day to say I went there? I want to see the Fremont experience and the container mall at least and probably find some cheaper tables. 2) Any recommendations on places to stay with good pool options. Obviously August is an awful time to go so we will want to spend lots of time in the pool. 3) When I was there years ago I could never find craft beer on the strip. I assume this has gotten better. Any casinos with decent beer, brewery, and/or beer bar recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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Mar 21, 2016 03:49
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On number 3 go to the pub at Monte carlo
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Cascadia Pirate posted:Planning a trip for late August with a bunch of friends. We are a bunch of middle aged, married folk planning to do it up cheap, gamble at cheap tables, get drunk, hang out at the pool, ect. A couple questions: 1) If you don't get comped rooms then downtown is cheaper to stay. That is the only reason to stay there. 2) MGM Grand. They also have a lazy river. 3) I'm not really up on local beers there. If I want a craft beer I usually go to the Chandelier bar at the Cosmo and get Ballast Point which isn't local to Vegas.
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Mar 21, 2016 04:16
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Last time I was ecstatic to find Newcastle so Ballast Point would be great.
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Downtown is a bit more raw than the strip and cheaper. I'd vote staying on the strip and cabing downtown for a few hours.
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Mar 21, 2016 04:37
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Golden nugget has a cool pool and is downtown and cheap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AphGhUpPJ1A) So you can eat cheap, gamble cheap, etc. They also have a 21+ pool. That said, Mandalay Bay has a wave pool and lazy river. Monte Carlo does too but Mandalay will be nicer. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHwSOsHqQMA). Mandalay also has a top-ional pool club. Mandalay is far away though, next nothing cool. Pub at Monte Carlo is good suggestion for craft beer. There's Banger Brewing downtown. Four queens also has a brewpub thing I had last time that was ok, as does apparently Main Street Station. I'd maybe stay downtown. Do things downtown during the day and then go out for dinner and stuff on the strip at night? I guess it really depends how much strip stuff you wanna do. It sounds like you might be of the downtown mindset.
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If you want to casino hop and low roll (i.e. $15 bets or lower) then downtown is great. Golden Nugget is plenty good and yet 30% cheaper than comparable properties on the strip.
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Mar 21, 2016 06:31
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Main station has an on site brewery which is pretty good. They serve the beers at the casino bar for $1.75 so it's worth a shot
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Cascadia Pirate posted:Planning a trip for late August with a bunch of friends. We are a bunch of middle aged, married folk planning to do it up cheap, gamble at cheap tables, get drunk, hang out at the pool, ect. A couple questions: There's a craft whisky/beer bar at the container park, so you can combine number 1 and 3.
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Mar 21, 2016 15:38
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There is a Yardhouse in the alley by the Linq, it may be a chain but they have all the craft beer you could possibly need. There is a pizza place directly across from it that had a good beer selection too.
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Mar 22, 2016 07:11
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Thanks for all the recommendations, any recommendations for downtown that are out of the ordinary tourist activities?
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Mar 23, 2016 18:29
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Cascadia Pirate posted:Planning a trip for late August with a bunch of friends. We are a bunch of middle aged, married folk planning to do it up cheap, gamble at cheap tables, get drunk, hang out at the pool, ect. A couple questions: I've never understood the allure of going to the strip and then being cheap. You can't "do it up cheap" on the strip, and there are so many other good places to have a cheap vacation.
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Mar 23, 2016 18:36
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Cascadia Pirate posted:Thanks for all the recommendations, any recommendations for downtown that are out of the ordinary tourist activities? Mob museum is fun I find. Then again main station is probably the least busy casino
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Cascadia Pirate posted:Thanks for all the recommendations, any recommendations for downtown that are out of the ordinary tourist activities? Taima posted:I've never understood the allure of going to the strip and then being cheap. You can't "do it up cheap" on the strip, and there are so many other good places to have a cheap vacation. Food is pretty expensive though.
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Mar 23, 2016 19:55
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Imaduck posted:Food is pretty expensive though. That's pretty subjective. You can eat super high end or have some really good meals on the cheap. Just gotta know the right places to go.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:33
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Food and Spirts are easily obtainable in Vegas on the cheap. The most costly thing if anything are the flights and hotel.
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Flights and lodging for us are super cheap. We can probably do a 4 day Vegas vacation for less than the flights alone to Nashville.
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Mar 24, 2016 03:03
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What's the lowest you've gotten tickets and a hotel?
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Mar 24, 2016 05:42
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Flights are usually around $150 round. When I was in college there was a super cheap discount carrier that was even less but I couldn't afford to travel back then. I don't remember what the mirage was last time I stayed but there are lots of dirt cheap places.
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Mar 24, 2016 06:30
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My go to cheap meal on the strip is NY NY Shake Shack. Great burg for about 10 bucks.
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Mar 25, 2016 23:30
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Mine is the in and out
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Mine is literally every restaurant on Spring Mtn. but hey to each their own.
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Mar 26, 2016 12:45
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Jay, attending a Labor Day Weekend Bachelor Party this year --- any chance you could get some good group rates (roughly 12 guys) for either some kind of Lake Mead Jetski experience, OR purchasing advance tickets/passes for the Michael Jackson ONE show?
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railroad terror posted:Jay, attending a Labor Day Weekend Bachelor Party this year --- any chance you could get some good group rates (roughly 12 guys) for either some kind of Lake Mead Jetski experience, OR purchasing advance tickets/passes for the Michael Jackson ONE show? Maybe some sort of Lake Mead activity. Show tickets are best purchased elsewhere.
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Cascadia Pirate posted:Flights are usually around $150 round. When I was in college there was a super cheap discount carrier that was even less but I couldn't afford to travel back then. I don't remember what the mirage was last time I stayed but there are lots of dirt cheap places. That's what I'm hitting out of smaller city with 150k but if I lived major city I've seen flights for less than $100.
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Jay do you have an email I could ask a few questions about an upcoming trip? We have 15 guys in town the weekend of May 6 and 7 for a bachelor party and the person organizing it seems to think general admission for pool parties and nightclubs is going to work somehow. We are staying at the Cosmo and I've already suggested the all access wristband but the rest might get ugly without the proper planning.
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Bgwin posted:Jay do you have an email I could ask a few questions about an upcoming trip? Jay dot FarberLV at gmail dot com. I mean...GA is fine if you like waiting forever. Feel free to shoot me an email. Will help sort you guys out.
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Is Westgate a lovely place to stay? It's the cheapest by a bit on flight+hotel kayak.com option. Not going to be doing much if any gambling just going to be wandering around and taking photos and having drinks. Other close-in-price options are Circus Circus, The Rio, Ballys, and Harrah's. Is there a better place to look for flight+hotel deals? Thanks gamblegoons.
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The Westgate is pretty far north; It's going to be quite a walk / monorail ride to get to most of the places on the Strip. Circus Circus is pretty far as well. The Rio is nice, but it isn't even on the strip; they have shuttles back and forth from the strip, but it's still kind of a pain. Harrah's is the only one you've mentioned that I've stayed at. It's in a very good location. The rooms are fine, but not really luxurious in any way, if that's what you're looking for. They're pretty much a standard hotel room in an older building. Totally reasonable if you just want a place to crash, and it has a few inexpensive food options that aren't bad. Ballys is pretty old, and it's pretty set back from the strip, which means you've got an extra walk every time you want to leave the hotel. EDIT: One warning: Make sure you're aware of the daily, required "resort fees" wherever you decide to stay. Basically every hotel has them, and it can easily be half the cost of your stay.
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Imaduck posted:EDIT: One warning: Make sure you're aware of the daily, required "resort fees" wherever you decide to stay. Basically every hotel has them, and it can easily be half the cost of your stay. Yeah I heard of this. Is there somewhere it's all listed for each hotel? e: List is here. VelociBacon fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Apr 6, 2016 |
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Westgate will suck and they will hound you for a timeshare. Off strip but has a monorail stop. Rio off strip. Bally's and Harrahs are bleh but I'm sure the rooms are okay for poo poo/shower/sleep. Both have monorail stops (which I like, but a lot of people don't). Bally's has an OG style pool with actual deep ends so there's that! (Bally's is just the burned up old MGM). TheReverend fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Apr 6, 2016 |
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The front of Bally's was under construction last time I was there since they're building yet another giant CVS or Walgreen's on the strip. I dunno if that's finished yet. Of those hotels the Velocibacon posted, Harrahs is surely the best if for no reason other than location and saved $$$ on cabs/ubers/monorial and saved pounding on your feet.
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VelociBacon posted:Not going to be doing much if any gambling just going to be wandering around and taking photos and having drinks. Speaking of which, definitely seems like Vegas kind of shot itself in the foot by promoting itself as this "shows/food/clubs/drinks/pools/loving" place instead of being all about gambling. http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/08/news/vegas-nevada-casinos-losses/ Maybe at some point they'll start giving decent comps again for $100/hand play. Instead of a timeshare dude popping out every 10 feet.
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Baddog posted:Speaking of which, definitely seems like Vegas kind of shot itself in the foot by promoting itself as this "shows/food/clubs/drinks/pools/loving" place instead of being all about gambling. Vegas has been promoting itself as "fun" destination a few years now. Celebrity Daytime Pool Parties are now top grossing entertainment venue. Peaking at the report those numbers might seem scary but in the business world it's just another loss leader and the entertainment companies make it up with bars, clubs, restaurants, events, etc
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Perhaps they'll stop loving with the odds so much. They are facing more and more competition for the gambling dollar all over the US and world, and they've responded with 6:5 blackjack. 2x craps odds, and tight rear end video poker paytables.
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Tab8715 posted:Vegas has been promoting itself as "fun" destination a few years now. Celebrity Daytime Pool Parties are now top grossing entertainment venue. Wait people are spending more money on the day parties over the night parties?
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keevo posted:Wait people are spending more money on the day parties over the night parties? I doubt it. Highly. But Day Clubs are insane revenue generators given the fact that they're only open for about 6 months a year.
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Good burger within walking distance of the Luxor?
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