February 2011
Sunday was another nice weather day that started out with a trip down to Mandalay Bay to go to Shark Reef Aquarium followed by a monorail ride to Excalibur for lunch at the Sherwood Forest Cafe. Then headed back up to the Bellagio to see the fountain show by daylight before staking out a good place to watch the Sirens of TI show at Treasure Island. After the show, we took a cab to Fremont Street. After gazing at all the neon that makes you feel like you're in the Las Vegas of yesteryear, we had dinner at the Golden Nugget before catching one of the night's Fremont Street Experience shows. A show projected onto a massive space frame screen that covers the whole street. Once back at the Paris, we finally hit the creperie and had some real French crepes to finish off another busy day.
Pulling up to the Luxor, you're greated by a sphynx.
The Luxor pyramid is one of the most unique (and coolest) buildings in Las Vegas
Mandalay Bay anchors the southern end of the Strip
Mandalay Bay is home to Shark Reef Aquarium
The Komodo Dragon at Mandalay Bay's Shark Reef Aquarium
There was a staff member standing at the piranha tank to make sure small children or dumb adults don't put their fingers in the tank.
Green Tree Monitor at Mandalay Bay's Shark Reef Aquarium
The coolest part of Mandalay Bay's Shark Reef Aquarium is the tunnel that lets you walk through the shark tank.
They're not quite as dangerous as the sharks, but these jelly fish could do some damage of their own
One of many stingrays at Mandalay Bay's Shark Reef Aquarium
This stingray was available to be petted
They call it Shark Reef Aquarium for a reason!
Green Sea Turtle at Mandalay Bay's Shark Reef Aquarium
The Bellagio fountain show begins
The Ballagio fountains look very different during the day
The Ballagio fountains are impressive any time of day
The Bellagio's computer controlled fountains created continually varying paterns
The Bellagio fountains propel water more than 10 stories high
The Bellagio fountains propel water more than 10 stories high
The ship of the sirens at Treasure Island
The giant naked woman on the front of this ship denotes that it's not the pirate ship, but the siren ship.
The Wynn with the Encore to the left of it
The Pallazzo Resort is the sequel to the Venetian
The SIrens of TI show at Treasure Island
When the show starts the pirate ship travels around the front of Treasure Island
The Sirens of TI show at Treasure Island
Here come the pirates!
The massive fireballs quickly take the chill out of the night air
Ironically, the cast of the show is actually dressed more conservatively than many of the tourist girls we passed on the street.
The Sirens of TI show at Treasure Island
The pirate ship sinks
What's a pirate show without someone walking the plank?
Just watching these guys in the water makes you cold.
The Sirens of TI show at Treasure Island
The Sirens of TI show at Treasure Island
The Sirens of TI show ends with a bang, fireworks to be exact.
The Sirens of TI show ends with a bang, fireworks to be exact.
The 4 Queens Casino on Fremont Street
The Fremont Experience is a giant screen that coveres the entire street
The Fremont Experience screen while nothing is being projected on it
Binions, fomerly the Horseshoe is one of Las Vegas' oldest casinos
That's a giant neon cowboy
The Golden Gate Casino is home to the original shrimp cocktail.
The Golden Goose sign looks like a blast from Las Vegas' neon past.
Binions, fomerly the Horseshoe is one of Las Vegas' oldest casinos
The pool at the Golden Nugget features waterfalls and a shark tank.
The pool at the Golden Nugget features waterfalls and a shark tank.
The pool at the Golden Nugget has lounge chairs in the pool. You can sit and watch the shark tank.
Some strip clubs keep a low profile, then there's Glitter Gulch.
The Fremont Experience show featured Don McLean's American Pie.
All of the neon lights of the casinos are turned off while the Fremont Experience show goes on
Any show that features old diner menus is right up my alley!
The show lights up Freemont Street like daylight
It's like watching an IMAX movie out on the street
The coolest part of the show is when an Apollo rocket flies the length of the street turning the "sky" red with fire.
The day the music died
Fremont Street also features street performers such as this sax player
The Fremont Casino sports a classic Las Vegas neon facade.
Fitzgeralds Casino on Fremont Street
You can ride a zipline under the Fremont Street Experience screen over the heads of the crowd
The Golden Nugget in Atlantic City closed years ago (though it will soon return) but the one in Las Vegas has operated continuously in since 1946