SoCalDem
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Tue Aug-02-05 10:45 AM
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People PAY to go to the top of the eiffel tower |
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in VEGAS...how stupid is that? We just got back from Vegas (we stayed at the Paris ...comped 3 nights ..) The whole town is nothing more than a glitzy/gaudy mall with gambling..
We took our son & his fiancee out to dinner, and he said "Mom, are you & Dad gonna go to the top of the tower..it only costs $8 a person"..
No way in HELL would I pay any amount to ride an elevator to the top of anything in vegas..just to look out at a valley of lights:)
The Paris was ok, but nothing THAT great..the steakhouse was totally a la carte..$8 for a lukewarm baked potato,... $43 for a filet(but it was delishhhhh)
color me ..jaded & cynical
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Tue Aug-02-05 10:48 AM
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1. This is why I won't go to Las Vegas |
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If I want to see Paris or Venice or even NYC I'll go visit those cities and not some silly hotel made to be like that city.
I don't want to be critical of those who go to vegas because lets face it - it's a damn cheap vacation (provided you don't get hooked on the slots), but I'm not much of a gambler and the whole place just seems too cheesy for me
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SoCalDem
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Tue Aug-02-05 10:51 AM
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2. We get comps, ( I play the slots) |
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this time my husband was going to a trade show, so our son & fiancee used the free room we got at Sam's Town, and we stayed at the free rooms at the Paris from my husband's job..
I spent the entire day Saturday, snoozing in the room while he went to the trade show..
Did not gamble at the Paris..their slots were mostly dollar slots and I gave them up a few years ago..
I did win $352.00 on a penny slot at Sams..:)
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Tue Aug-02-05 10:55 AM
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3. I would think at night the view of the lights would be neat |
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Did you go downtown and see the laser light show on Fremont St? That's my favorite thing in Vegas.
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Tue Aug-02-05 10:56 AM
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4. Nope.. lights don't impress me much |
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:)
I am a cynic:) I go there to win money..not watch shows :)
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:30 AM
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Edited on Tue Aug-02-05 11:31 AM by proud2Blib
That laser show is one of the neatest things I have ever seen. And it's free.
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Tue Aug-02-05 10:59 AM
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5. You have to pay to ride to the top of the Space Needle |
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:02 AM
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6. The best view is from the Stratosphere |
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:03 AM
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7. Yep. I did go there when it first opened ..rode the slingshot thingie |
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:33 AM
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9. The view's better from the real Eiffel Tower. n/t |
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Tue Aug-02-05 11:38 AM
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I told my son,that if I were in Paris France, I would go to the top :)but not in Vegas :)
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Tue Aug-02-05 01:02 PM
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11. Las Vegas is the most perfect representation of America that exists. |
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A wasteland with no culture of its own, that cynically exploits other cultures in the name of commercialism and entertainment; a vast and gaudy monument to shallow materialism and the fever dream of striking it rich with a minimum of effort...if America has a soul, it probably looks a lot like Vegas.
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Tue Aug-02-05 01:23 PM
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12. The reason the fancy-restaurant food is so expensive |
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in the casinos is so that the folks who get comped add up the prices and think they're getting a steal.
At least according to a friend who worked in management at Ceasar's in AC.
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