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robinhood2b · 31 Dec 08, 07:04 PM

we stayed at the sheraton aniheim when we went and it was a great hotel and very close to disney land, we all loved it.
we drove down to vegas for 3 days on the spur of the moment and won a vw beetle car on a 5 cent slot machine which of course made it the best holiday ever for me..
by the way if this happens to you dont panic as the casino offered me the cash instead so no worries about having to ship home a lefthand drive car home...

kerryh · 31 Dec 08, 11:17 PM

Your trip sounds amazing, i was in Las Vegas about 6 years ago & we did the night helicopter flight. There was a place on the strip that you could just walk up to & leave on the next helicopter, it saved us booking a trip that would we would have probably got picked up at our hotel for. Im sure it was around $80 each for a 15 min helicopter ride, it went over the strip to Downtown & back again.

**KarenG** · 1 Jan 09, 11:36 PM

You've got a great trip planned!

Sarah84 · 1 Jan 09, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by robinhood2b

we stayed at the sheraton aniheim when we went and it was a great hotel and very close to disney land, we all loved it.
we drove down to vegas for 3 days on the spur of the moment and won a vw beetle car on a 5 cent slot machine which of course made it the best holiday ever for me..
by the way if this happens to you dont panic as the casino offered me the cash instead so no worries about having to ship home a lefthand drive car home...

wow what a fantastic prize, congratulations. I always wondered what would happen if someone from a different country won a prize like a Car in the Casino's

Sarah84 · 2 Jan 09, 12:04 AM

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Well I have some news to add to my pre trippe...

OUR FLIGHTS ARE BOOKED

I'm so excited to have them actually booked now, makes it even more exciting and real that we are actually going. I booked the exact flights I wanted too VA heathrow to LA 11.30am on 1st September and returning on the late VA flight 20.55pm on 17th September

Sarah84 · 3 Jan 09, 02:46 AM

So now my flights are booked, im wondering where to sit on the plane? we have been issued 52 H&K just wondering those flown the LHR-LAX route on virgin what are some good seats, particually is there a better side of the plane to sit on for when landing in LA?

robinhood2b · 3 Jan 09, 10:23 AM

it obviously depends upon which direction they land from due to the wind direction but when we landed the view to be had was from the left hand side of the plane as the runway is parrellel with the strip and very close to it so you get a good view of all the hotels before getting off the plane.

Sarah84 · 4 Jan 09, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by robinhood2b

it obviously depends upon which direction they land from due to the wind direction but when we landed the view to be had was from the left hand side of the plane as the runway is parrellel with the strip and very close to it so you get a good view of all the hotels before getting off the plane.

Thank you, but we are actually landing in LA though I will keep that in mind when we fly from Orange County to Vegas

merkat · 7 Jan 09, 09:47 AM

hey sarah!

this is so odd! it literally is like reading what im up to! haha. Basically we had/have disney booked for late Aug taking my younger brothers but they can't come anymore so going to put that back a year or two and me and my boyfriend are venturing to Vegas and San Diego (his lifetime dream) have to say at the start i wasnt overly excited (think i was more gutted about having to cancel disney) but since ive been searching more and more i can't wait! Oh rough guide so far is:

Fly direct to vegas (stay 2 nights in nice hotel)
drive to san diego (nervous about this bit!)
stay in and arund SD for 9 nights in the best hotel that our budget will allow?
drive back to Vegas (hopefully less nervous!)
stay in vegas for 3 nights (in a really good hotel)
fly direct home to manchester

the reason for flying direct is i've just come back form NYC where i had in-direct flights with one stop and i fractured my spine few years back so it really was so uncomfortable, not even read all your info properly got so excited i had to post you!

Will now go back and read properly!

Fi x

Sarah84 · 7 Jan 09, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by merkat

hey sarah!

this is so odd! it literally is like reading what im up to! haha. Basically we had/have disney booked for late Aug taking my younger brothers but they can't come anymore so going to put that back a year or two and me and my boyfriend are venturing to Vegas and San Diego (his lifetime dream) have to say at the start i wasnt overly excited (think i was more gutted about having to cancel disney) but since ive been searching more and more i can't wait! Oh rough guide so far is:

Fly direct to vegas (stay 2 nights in nice hotel)
drive to san diego (nervous about this bit!)
stay in and arund SD for 9 nights in the best hotel that our budget will allow?
drive back to Vegas (hopefully less nervous!)
stay in vegas for 3 nights (in a really good hotel)
fly direct home to manchester

the reason for flying direct is i've just come back form NYC where i had in-direct flights with one stop and i fractured my spine few years back so it really was so uncomfortable, not even read all your info properly got so excited i had to post you!

Will now go back and read properly!

Fi x

Arghh no sorry you have cancelled Disney, but im sure you will stil have a wonderful time in Vegas & San Diego

Your plans sound great, SD looks gorgeous its somehwere ive wanted to visit for a while infact all the places we plan to stay on our trip i've always wanted to go to.
Have you booked anything yet? Vegas hotels look great, you can book a great 4 or 5* for great prices when the right deals come up