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 Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:46 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:09 pm
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Ok, a complete tour of the Strip would take several days, so I'm going to break this down into segments. This particular segment will be a Day Tour, and will highlight the Venetian, Caesar's Palace Forum, the New York NY, the Paris, the Bellagio and the Luxor! Along the way, we'll catch glimpses of the bustling Strip, as well as some interesting attractions you'll find there!
And with that, let's start with... The Venetian!!
Here you can see the bridge leading up to the hotel, with the canal down below. Off to the side are gondola docks where you can take a gondola ride into the hotel & down through the Canal Shops inside.
Let's go inside & take a look around!
Inside you'll find the Canal runs throughout the Shops plaza, and in the plaza you can find a small market, right next to an open air cafe'. Note the celing inside here, it's painted to look like the sky, giving you the illusion of actually being in an open Italian plaza!
You can choose to walk along the plaza, shopping at your leisure, or enjoy the gondola ride along the Canal, soaking in the atmosphere!
Ok, let's move on!
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:37 pm
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We find ourselves at one of the most prestigious hotels in Las Vegas today... Caesar's Palace! One attraction that makes this hotel so impressive is the Forum, where you'll find all of the shops catering to the uber-trendy, ultra-chic & fashion elite... Let's take a look around!
When you enter the Forum from the Strip, you come into a huge 3-level plaza with lots of atmosphere. Just take a look at the artwork flanking the stairs leading upwards...
And here is a glimpse of some shops you'll find there...
As we make our way up, we pay homage to the mighty Griffin keeping watch over us...
Another view of the plaza, from the 3rd level...
Ok, moving down to the 2nd level, we make our way along the body of the Forum shops. Notice again the ceiling here, painted to look like the sky... giving us the feel of the open air environment that was Rome so long ago.
As we make our way down, we come across a display of Dionysus, bestowing blessings of a good social life on all patrons who make a donation...
Have you ever seen a Gucci store look so impressive?
And with that, let's head back out & see what's across the way!
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:58 pm
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As we continue on, we start to approach another old & impressive hotel here on the Strip... the New York, New York! Check out that roller coaster!!
The hotel is designed to look like a minature replica of New York city, complete with the Statue of Liberty!
Due to time constraints, we'll pass on going inside... maybe next time. Next stop takes us to the Luxor, our very own tribute to ancient Egyptian culture!
On the Pyramid, you can see the hotel's advertising of "Transformers 2"... the eyes even glow!!
Heading inside, we can feel the Egyptian atmosphere all around us...
By the way, the Luxor is now the premiere venue for the extreme alternative magician, Criss Angel... also known as the Mindfreak! Here you can see he's put up a 2009 Corvette for raffle!
Now we'll head back down the Strip to our last stop...
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:05 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:27 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:35 am
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:00 am
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:59 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:20 pm
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:58 am
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iX Sugar_N_Spice Xi Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:14 am
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