Fodor's Travel Talk Forums - Las Vegas trip report

A few weeks ago my sister and I went to Las Vegas for the first time in 30 years. WOW. It was truly amazing. I had read several guide books and watched a few travel videos before the trip. It in no way prepared me for the reality of it all. I could use many words to describe it. Fantastic, outrageous, spectacular, and out of this world. Everything was exaggerated to the umpth degree. I cant wait to go back. We were there for 4 nights and only scratched the surface. The hotels we visited were… The Bellagio Venetian Tropicana Luxor Ball y’s Ceasars New York New York We loved all of them. The Dale Chihuly art in the lobby of the Bellagio was so beautiful. It is a must see on anyone’s list. Also the fountains outside are magnificent to say the least. We could see them from our hotel window. Excellent… The gondolas at the Venetian were realistic. I have been to the real Venice and found that they did a good job depicting the scene. The Tropicana was nicely decorated and we went to the seafood buffet. It was good. The Luxor was awesome. I loved the shops and the Sphinx outside. Bally’s was so big. We basically just walked through most of it going to the monorail to the MGM. We didn’t go into the MGM. Ceasars is HUGE !!! We didn’t see half of it after walking for 15 minutes. New York New York was cool. I could go back and see it again as we didn’t see all of it. My sister is handicapped and we were able to get a wheelchair free of charge at most hotels to use while we were there. This really helped my sister see much more than she would have if she had to walk around the hotels. I don’t exaggerate when I say that the hotels are HUGE.. We stayed at the Flamingo hotel. We LOVED it. Everything was wonderful. The room was perfect with a view of the Eiffel Tower and the fountains at the Bellagio. We will request that room again. The buffet at the Flamingo was perfect. Everyone working at the hotel was so nice and helpful. The grounds are so beautiful, with lush vegetation and the have many birds. There are penguins, many different types of ducks and some exotic birds. There are waterfalls and many different pools to swim in. There are 2 hot tubs also. I cant say enough about how much we enjoyed our stay at the Flamingo. We will stay there every time we are in Las Vegas. It is located right in the middle of the strip. You cant beat it for economic rooms that are clean and well appointed. The Desert Passage shopping mall was like none I had ever seen before. It was spectacular. Dont miss it... Feel free to ask me any questions.. VEGAS ROCKS…..