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Try the Las Vegas Power Pass

Do you want to do something different on your visit to Las Vegas? Want to try something besides the slot machines and save some money and time? Maybe the Las Vegas Power Pass is the ticket you need. With the pass you can visit sites on the strip and off. No need to stand in line waiting. If you want a tour, ride a roller coaster, or even some culture, yes in Las Vegas. The pass will provide a wide variety of activities for you to enjoy.

The pass can be purchased for 1,2,3 and 5 day durations. Tickets for one day start at $40 for children under age 12, adult tickets start at $70. The three day pass is $80 for children and $120 for adults. But the 2, 3 and 5 day passes are now sale with 15% discount until August 30th.

The price of the Power Pass gives you admission to twenty different activities in and around Las Vegas. The Power Pass also gives you discounts and special offers and many other places.

Some examples of the Power Pass:

The Adventuredome Theme Park at Circus Circus, an all day ride pass.
Madame Tussauds Interactive Wax Experience , admission, located at Venetian
Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat, admission to both, located at Mirage
Star Trek: The Experience™, admission to a futuristic world, located at LV Hilton
Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, admission, located at Venetian
Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, provides admission and a 10% discount on select gift items
Liberace Museum, admission
Luxor's In Search of the Obelisk, admission, located at the Luxor

and some discounts:

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, provides $4 off admission, located at Tropicana
NASCAR Race Wear Shop, provides 25% discount on regular priced items, located at Sahara
Planet Hollywood at Caesars Palace Forum Shops, $10 off food or merchandise, VIP seating
Extreme Skydiving, $20 discount on tandem jump & t-shirt, located about 2 miles from LV strip
Sagebrush Ranch, receive a 25% discount on any of their package tours

That is an example of what the Pass will do for you. If you would like more information, here is the link to the Power Pass Las Vegas site:http://visiticket.com/LasVegas/
You can read the information and decide if the pass is a good idea for your next trip. This site also offers Power Passes for shopping and restaurants. Take a look, may save you some money.
If you would like to purchase a Power Pass now, the link to site is located at bottom right of this page.

Have a great trip and good luck!!!

A Las Vegas Wedding

The other night I was browsing other Las Vegas blogs and came across one that had a small article about Las Vegas weddings. I read the article and left a few comments. We have all heard about the cheap and quick weddings that happen in Las Vegas. Sometimes people just rush into the weddings without thinking about it, others just want the quick wedding without all the troubles and cost.

But today, things are quite different. You can still have the cheap and quick "lets get it over with" if you want. But also, the major casinos now offer weddings that cater to whatever you want at any price. If you want lavish and elegant they are very willing to provide for you, if you have the money. You can have a wedding in special halls designed and planned just for weddings, or have the wedding outside in a garden area. Many times I have seen the brides and grooms walking through the casinos or sitting at the slot machines still dressed in a wedding gown and tuxedo.

This link is to the "Las Vegas Wedding" site:http://www.vegasweddings4u.com/Chapel_1.html here you can make reservations for your $129 wedding. That does not include taxes, tips, or donations to limo driver and minister. But does include the chapel, with a few dozen guests, live webcam of ceremony, music, the limo to and from hotel, silk bouquet for bride and a garter. They also offer a $329 Elvis wedding. Elvis will sing songs, walk you down the aisle and pose for photos with you. And a for $459 Elvis will pick you up in his 1956 pink Cadillac. Not exactly cheap, but should be fun. Certainly a day to remember!!

This link:http://www.harrahs.com/casinos/caesars-palace/wedding-services/weddings/packages.html to the wedding plan site at Caesars Palace is for those wishing a lavish and elegant wedding. The wedding packages here start at $800 and go over $20,000. And Elvis and his pink Cadillac are no where to be seen. Again, these prices do not include taxes or gratuities. Might be quick but certainly not inexpensive. But they do include, the minister, floral arrangements, music, rose bouquet and photographs. The more expensive packages include many freebies at the hotel on rooms, shopping, dining and shows. And the champagne will be flowing, maybe even a toast by Caesar himself.

If you interested in a Las Vegas wedding, these are only two sites of many for you to look at. There are many other small chapels for the inexpensive wedding. Bellagio, Venetian, Wynn, MGM will all provide a very tasteful and elegant wedding for you and your guests. And as always with the gambling, good luck also with the weddings!!!

Football is in the air!

Another hot, sunny humid day here. Better than yesterday when storm after storm battered the Pittsburgh area. Flood and wind damage over a wide area of western Pa. But nothing makes people here feel better than football season. Black and gold rules this area of the country!

But I like Las Vegas!! And going there doing football season is a good way to have some fun on your vacation. Take a break from sitting at the slot machines. Or the gaming tables. Place a wager on your favorite team or game. Does not have to be much. Most sport books in the casino will take a five or ten dollar wager on a game. Just enough to make the event a little more interesting and exciting.

A sports book like Caesars Palace is a very good place to watch the games. The book is large and takes all wagers. Usually plenty of room for everyone to find a seat or slot machine to sit at! But it does get very crowded when a popular team or game is on the large screens. So for a big game it is best to find your seat early and make your wager early. Other sports books I like are at Bally's, Bellagio, LV Hilton, MGM and Paris. All of these are large hotels, so the same rules apply about being there early for the big games.

If you have never placed a bet on a sporting event, don't worry. Making the bets is very simple. And ask the people working at the sports book if you do have questions. They are there to help you make and place your bet. Just like slots or craps or roulette. There are no systems that will make you a big winner all the time. Take the time to know the game before you place your money on the line.

Make a little wager, or more if your ready for it! Sit with the crowd and root and cheer for your team to win! Have a snack and drink. A game can take a few hours to complete. It's good fun and entertainment. And you may find it more exciting and less expensive than sitting at the slot machine for a few hours!!

Here is the link to the Las Vegas Hilton website for a little more information on what types of wagers you may make:http://www.lvhilton.com/casino/wageringmenu.shtml
If you look at this page, you will get an idea of the many different types of bets that can made on a single event, be it football or golf.

Sometimes I get lucky!!!

I was in Las Vegas over the July 4th week. I was there for five nights. So had to make sure I kept to my budget. Would not be fun in Las Vegas without any money! I did most of play this time between the Bellagio and Caesars Palace. Also did some at the Mirage, Flamingo, Planet Hollywood, MGM and the Venetian. I did not go to the Wynn. Like the casino, very nice. But I have never had a winning session there.

This trip I was concentrating on the MGM and Harrah's properties. Trying to work on my comps totals. Nice to keep receiving the free room offers and food discounts. So far I keep receiving the better offers from the Harrah's hotels. I stayed at Bally's five nights July 4th week, all five nights were comped. MGM is only offering me some rooms discounts. Not enough to make me give up the free rooms.

But I also like the Venetian. Very nice casino, good restaurants, luxury rooms. Only stayed there once a couple years ago. I seem to have some good luck in the Venetian casino, sometimes!! So I walked down there to give their slots another try. I did have some good luck. I played a few different slots and was up a few hundred dollars. Making up for my losses the night before at Bellagio.

I was ready to leave the Venetian and move on to another casino. But I still had $21 on a voucher. So I decided to walk around and find a good penny or nickel machine to play. I walked down to where they have a bank of "Wheel of Fortune" machines and a couple rows of penny machines. I did not see any that I liked to play. Then I turned around and saw a "Super Jackpot Party" machine. I have had some good luck on those machines. So I put my $21 voucher in and was ready to play. Then I noticed, this was not a penny machine, it was a dollar machine! Oh well, I decided to play anyway. I tried five lines, a dollar a line, nothing. Then i tried five lines at two dollars a line. Ding! Ding! Ding! Hey, a winner!!! I look down and I have two blue sevens and a wild symbol. A nice payout of $600. 00 . This time I cashed out and did walk away!! Not a bad little mistake on my part!!