Ryan and I just got home from a quick trip to Vegas and we had a blast! We left after work on Friday and got down there about 9pm. We decided to stay at Motel 6 because it was cheap and close enough to the strip we could just walk around which was nice. Friday night we decided to get some rest (I remember how much I hate driving hours and hours at a time now).
Saturday morning we decided to hit the strip...
The first thing we went to was a museum at the Tropicana, it was a museum of artifacts from the Titanic and it was really neat! When we first arrived at the museum they gave us a "boarding pass" with the name of someone who was on the Titanic and a little information on them. The passenger I had was named Annie Clement Funk. She was a second class passenger who was traveling alone. She was a missionary and a teacher in India who was on her way back to America to take care of her sick mother. At the end of the tour you could see if your passenger had survived. Ryan had a man from 3rd class, who was traveling with his family. Throughout the tour they had artifacts they got from the wreckage sight on the bottom of the ocean floor. They had a TON of stuff, it was so neat seeing these items that survived the sinking. They also had the tour set up really cool because during some parts it was like you were in the ship. We walked down one of the hallways and saw room where 3rd and 1st class passengers stayed. We also saw the grand stair case (obviously reconstructed but still very neat) it was just like in the movie Titanic. During one part it was like we were on the deck at night and they had the walls painted black with stars and a fan blowing so it felt like wind. You could of sworn you were out in the Atlantic Ocean on the Titanic as a passenger almost 100 years ago. The last stage of the tour they had a huge iceberg you could touch and the room was cold and chilly and had a very sad and eerie feeling to it. You could sense the misery and coldness of the events that night. At the very end you could see who survived and who didn't. My passenger did not survive, Ryan's did. It was a once in a lifetime experience, I'm very glad we went!
The first thing we went to was a museum at the Tropicana, it was a museum of artifacts from the Titanic and it was really neat! When we first arrived at the museum they gave us a "boarding pass" with the name of someone who was on the Titanic and a little information on them. The passenger I had was named Annie Clement Funk. She was a second class passenger who was traveling alone. She was a missionary and a teacher in India who was on her way back to America to take care of her sick mother. At the end of the tour you could see if your passenger had survived. Ryan had a man from 3rd class, who was traveling with his family. Throughout the tour they had artifacts they got from the wreckage sight on the bottom of the ocean floor. They had a TON of stuff, it was so neat seeing these items that survived the sinking. They also had the tour set up really cool because during some parts it was like you were in the ship. We walked down one of the hallways and saw room where 3rd and 1st class passengers stayed. We also saw the grand stair case (obviously reconstructed but still very neat) it was just like in the movie Titanic. During one part it was like we were on the deck at night and they had the walls painted black with stars and a fan blowing so it felt like wind. You could of sworn you were out in the Atlantic Ocean on the Titanic as a passenger almost 100 years ago. The last stage of the tour they had a huge iceberg you could touch and the room was cold and chilly and had a very sad and eerie feeling to it. You could sense the misery and coldness of the events that night. At the very end you could see who survived and who didn't. My passenger did not survive, Ryan's did. It was a once in a lifetime experience, I'm very glad we went!
Next we went to the MGM Grand, they had lions in this glass cage there which was pretty neat. We walked through the casino (no we didn't gamble lol) and stopped by this neat Rainforest Cafe. They had a ton of robotic jungle animals which were really fun.
We headed over to New York New York next (since it was just right across the street). We pretty much just walked through New York New York but it was really neat how nice they made it and how much they kept to the New York City theme. We might not have been able to go to New York City (where Ryan really wants to go) but we came pretty dang close (lol).
We then went to M&M's World where we went to a 3-D Show (anything to stay out of the 110 degree heat!). It was really neat, they had a gift store (4 levels) and a ton of different M&M's in every color you could think of!
We kept walking north up the strip and had lunch at the Harley Davidson Cafe, delicious! For anyone that knows me I love Harley's so it was a real treat being completely surrounded by them as we dined.
We then went to the Hotel Paris where we went up the Eiffel Tower and gazed over all of Las Vegas. It was nice and windy at the top which also cooled us off. There was also a ton of attention to detail there so that made it really neat too.
Next we went to the Bellagio where we watched the amazing water fountain show. We were so tired and it was so hot that we decided to head back to the hotel where we took a nap. Later that night we got some food and got some pie (yummy!) and called it a night.
Sunday we took off about 10:30 and made it home in about 5 hours (not too bad). It was blast! Overall we had an amazing time!
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2 comments:
Wow you guys got a lot in for just one day! It sounds like you had a lot of fun. Did the M&M world have brown M&M's? our sister Sarah went there a while ago and they didn't have the regular brown m&m...
hmmm...I don't remember now
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