I used some of our My Vegas points to get a premium companion ticket to Criss Angel, it was 7500 points and I managed to book seats near the front for $144.
We wanted to do a Cirque show too but we couldn’t really afford two shows and we both said we would rather see Criss.
I also used My Vegas points to get BOGOF entry to Shark Reef aquarium and BOGOF Rollercoaster ride at NYNY.
Then I booked Slotzilla Zipline at Freemont Street which was $90, the Strip Scoot City Tour for $250 and the sunset Grand Canyon Tour with Papilon helicopters which was about $700 I think, can’t remember the exact amount through.
So the plans for the rest of our time there...
Today – Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay
Thursday – Pool chill day then Freemont Street
Friday – We would go to the Rio to play Kiss Mini Golf, find Counts Kustoms and see Criss Angel in the evening
Saturday – Wander round some more hotels then helicopter ride.
Sunday – Nothing planned so we can do what we want
Monday – Scoot City tour then free time to see anything we may have missed.
Tuesday – Fly to Orlando!
With that all sorted we got ready and headed out in the direction of Mandalay Bay. On the walk down we stopped at the Hard Rock Cafe shop and got two pins for my collection, the top that I saw in the Manchester shop and Ross got a baseball cap which all came to $87.
On the way out we got a drink each, a Bud Lite and a Purple haze cocktail, can’t remember what was in it but it was strong and goooood.
We had seen a lot of people walking up and down the strip carrying drinks and I thought it was weird and I didn’t really like it. I guess it’s cause you don’t see it here but we had somewhere to be and you know what they say, if you can beat em, join em! So we carried our drinks down the strip, we thought it would be a quick walk as it looked really close but it took aaaaaages!
It was a nice walk though, except for the couple we saw having a barney outside the Tropicana. They were really tearing strips off each other! They looked pretty homeless or maybe just really hippy-ish (sorry I know that’s not a word!) and he was being vial about her lady parts then she threw a punch at him and he stormed off into the Tropicana. Classy people!
Just past the Tropicana I had to throw half my cocktail in the bin as I was half way to being half cut and I know my limits!
Soz, I cant take pictures when I'm drunkard!
Once we got to Mandalay Bay it was about 6:30. We spotted the bell desk and asked the guy where the aquarium was. As we were walking away in the direction he pointed us to he shouted to us ‘Which part of Scotland?’ What? ‘Which part of Scotland are you guys from?’ Oh! We told him he was mistaken but only by a couple of miles as Carlisle is right on the border. He told us that he has family in Aberdeen and visits every few years so we joked about the extreme weather difference between Las Vegas and Scotland . He also apologised for calling us Scottish, he knew how people can get with the rivalries etc but we really don’t mind, like I said we are only a few miles off being in Scotland anyways!
We found our way to the Aquarium, walking past a wedding party by the casino! I showed the really happy (?!) lady at the counter our BOGOF thing on my phone and paid her the $20 to get in. It was a nice little aquarium. The komodo dragon was cool, we’d never seen one of those before and the sword fish are incredible, I definitely don’t think it’s worth $20 each though! I’m glad we used the voucher for it!
Get ready for some really bad photos of fish...
Once out of there Ross was itching to head into the casino but I wasn’t keen on the slot machines so he decided to play blackjack on the tables instead and managed to turn his $20 into $100! I made him walk away before he blew it all, cause I’m a top nagging wife! Dinner was certainly on him tonight!
Walking up the strip at night was great, the Luxor looks good with the light at the top and NYNY is amazing at night!
Tea tonight would be at the Hard Rock and it was great to know it was already paid for with Ross’s winnings!
Ross had a Bud Lite and I got a coke then for food Ross had 8 buffalo wings and a legendary burger and I got the nachos from the starter menu. A while later I saw the waitress bring over Ross’ burger and another plate which cant have been mine because it was twice the size of a normal plate and piled 5ft high with nachos! Unfortunately it was mine and I had to try and make a dent in this stupid pile of bloody crisps!
When our server came to ask if everything was ok I had to say something, ‘dude you could have told me the plate was this big, look at the size of me I cant eat all of this!’ his reply ‘well the thing is 16 bucks you’d expect a big plate right?’.
I ate what I could and Ross helped a bit but it didn’t look like we’d even started! I told Ross I was going to the toilet and I wanted the plate gone by the time I got back, I couldn’t look the waitress in the eye when she came to collect the very full plate so I hid in the bathroom!
After I emerged we paid the bill of $97 including tip and wandered back to the hotel.
We watched the fountains for a bit then went to bed at 10... stupid nachos.
Chicken Wing Count - 23