Las Vegas with kids - Tips welcome!

[happytraveller]

Hi, cab wise, you will be able to either request an Uber for all five of you plus luggage or yes, you can get a cab. It shouldn’t be an issue, but you’ll definitely be able to request an Uber for you all.

With regards to the voucher, I bought one for everyone over 16 before and now just me and my daughter as my youngest is 11. I just signed us all up for travelzoo accounts. It’s a fab deal, usually on for miracle mile and the Florida mall. For Hell’s Kitchen, I’d advise you to book. The lunch menu looks better and is cheaper and that’s what we’re doing lol. Strip burger is worth a look. 3 mini sliders for 7.99 during happy hour, but are very filling For milk shakes out of this world, Blacktap in the Venetian I think is supposed to be fab. Prime burger right now has a deal on groupon and their food is lovely. As you can see I’m a right cheapskate

Originally Posted by lallan

Wow, amazing tips and advice from all of you, thanks so much! This first hand knowledge sorta info is exactly what I was after 🙂 Will be so useful to me as we wing it lol

I’ve went ahead and bought the go card passes for us all. It was a no brainer really price wise as it covers pretty much everything we want to see and do plus the shows being included will save us a fortune. It’ll be a mad but exciting 3 days trying to pack in as much as humanly possible! Just need to take the time and work out all the logistics of the hotels in order to get the most out of them (the 5 hour drive to Manchester will be perfect for this!). It also means on the other days we can take our time seeing and doing the ‘free’ stuff and some shopping etc.

Currently making up a list of restaurants based on recommendations from you guys. So far i’ve got Ellis Island cafe - great reviews on trip advisor and menu (and prices!)looks fab. Ocean One bar & Grill - noted to go here for $4.99 lunch after seeing menu. Stage Door Bar for $2 hot dogs. We also get an hours free bar at Señor Frogs included in our passes so we’ll go there for a few beverages and maybe a few bar snacks for food. We also get $15 meal credit for Planet Hollywood with our passes so we’ll have a meal there too. Johnny Rockets in our hotel so will probs eat there at some point too. We might try Hell’s Kitchen for a splurge last night in Vegas kinda meal. Although I’ve saw it gets busy so may not get a table. The Travelzoo $10 for $20 credit will be getting purchased...wonder how many you’re restricted to buying?

We get one premium show included in passes and I can’t decide on LOVE by cirque or Blue Man Group.

We don’t have a car so for our 3 days of madness we’ll use the included 2 day hop on hop off bus pass and the 1 day monorail pass. The other days I guess we’ll use our feet to go from hotel to hotel.

Did want to ask how you’d get from airport to your hotels? I know it’s not far so would all 5 of us plus luggage fit in a cab outside the airport or would I be better booking a proper transfer beforehand?

Thanks!

Louise x

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[lallan]

Originally Posted by happytraveller

Hi, cab wise, you will be able to either request an Uber for all five of you plus luggage or yes, you can get a cab. It shouldn’t be an issue, but you’ll definitely be able to request an Uber for you all.

With regards to the voucher, I bought one for everyone over 16 before and now just me and my daughter as my youngest is 11. I just signed us all up for travelzoo accounts. It’s a fab deal, usually on for miracle mile and the Florida mall. For Hell’s Kitchen, I’d advise you to book. The lunch menu looks better and is cheaper and that’s what we’re doing lol. Strip burger is worth a look. 3 mini sliders for 7.99 during happy hour, but are very filling For milk shakes out of this world, Blacktap in the Venetian I think is supposed to be fab. Prime burger right now has a deal on groupon and their food is lovely. As you can see I’m a right cheapskate

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Thanks. I’ll need to sign up to Uber then and figure out how all that works. We always have a car in Florida so never paid much attention to Uber.

Thanks for the recommendations too. Will keep them all in mind 🙂

Oh, and I am also a fellow cheapskate lol

[Beth_Disney]

We stayed at Elara and can certainly recommend Ocean One Bar and Grill for food and drinks. It's a hidden gem and very well priced for Vegas. My dad and hubby sampled the whole of the 3 for $10 cocktail menu on one evening whilst the ladies went to see Magic Mike. Panda Express is a couple of doors down from Ocean One.

There's a few more relaxed places to eat in the Bally's/Planet Hollywood area that I'd suggest - In n Out burger at The Linq, Earl of Sandwich at Planet Hollywood, Pin Up pizza at Planet Hollywood and Shake Shack at New York New York. We enjoyed the Aria buffet too.

We bought a voucher (maybe Travelzoo) for Monster Mash mini golf in Bally's. It was good fun and something that the kiddies in our group (8 and 6) enjoyed. It's themed crazy gold with a DJ (cheesy music) and lots of UV lights.

We've hired a car on our last few visits as the parking for Elara is free (Miracle Mile shops at Planet Hollywood) so haven't needed transport. We did hire a limo a few years ago and it was actually cheaper than paying for 4 people on one of the shared shuttles. Mum and dad loved the limo as it was their first visit to Vegas. That was booked through Viator.

[JoS]

Originally Posted by lallan

Wow, amazing tips and advice from all of you, thanks so much! This first hand knowledge sorta info is exactly what I was after 🙂 Will be so useful to me as we wing it lol

I’ve went ahead and bought the go card passes for us all. It was a no brainer really price wise as it covers pretty much everything we want to see and do plus the shows being included will save us a fortune. It’ll be a mad but exciting 3 days trying to pack in as much as humanly possible! Just need to take the time and work out all the logistics of the hotels in order to get the most out of them (the 5 hour drive to Manchester will be perfect for this!). It also means on the other days we can take our time seeing and doing the ‘free’ stuff and some shopping etc.

Currently making up a list of restaurants based on recommendations from you guys. So far i’ve got Ellis Island cafe - great reviews on trip advisor and menu (and prices!)looks fab. Ocean One bar & Grill - noted to go here for $4.99 lunch after seeing menu. Stage Door Bar for $2 hot dogs. We also get an hours free bar at Señor Frogs included in our passes so we’ll go there for a few beverages and maybe a few bar snacks for food. We also get $15 meal credit for Planet Hollywood with our passes so we’ll have a meal there too. Johnny Rockets in our hotel so will probs eat there at some point too. We might try Hell’s Kitchen for a splurge last night in Vegas kinda meal. Although I’ve saw it gets busy so may not get a table. The Travelzoo $10 for $20 credit will be getting purchased...wonder how many you’re restricted to buying?

We get one premium show included in passes and I can’t decide on LOVE by cirque or Blue Man Group.

We don’t have a car so for our 3 days of madness we’ll use the included 2 day hop on hop off bus pass and the 1 day monorail pass. The other days I guess we’ll use our feet to go from hotel to hotel.

Did want to ask how you’d get from airport to your hotels? I know it’s not far so would all 5 of us plus luggage fit in a cab outside the airport or would I be better booking a proper transfer beforehand?

Thanks!

Louise x

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The shopping coupon for Caesars shops you can get one for each adult. Monorail is great as the stop is downstairs at Ballys. We tried to book Hells Kitchen at 3 weeks out and they were fully booked. Ellis Island is behind Ballys on Koval so you need to go out of the side entrance downstairs and turn right. Uber is very easy to use. At the airport you need to order your XL uber once upstairs but before you cross the little bridge into the actual ride share area. We often lose internet connection while in there, but if your Uber is on the way just watch for you car and reg.

So are you going for 3 days?

We so enjoyed LOVE but we are older and l love the beatles. I dont know if the lads will ?

[lallan]

Originally Posted by Beth_Disney

We stayed at Elara and can certainly recommend Ocean One Bar and Grill for food and drinks. It's a hidden gem and very well priced for Vegas. My dad and hubby sampled the whole of the 3 for $10 cocktail menu on one evening whilst the ladies went to see Magic Mike. Panda Express is a couple of doors down from Ocean One.

There's a few more relaxed places to eat in the Bally's/Planet Hollywood area that I'd suggest - In n Out burger at The Linq, Earl of Sandwich at Planet Hollywood, Pin Up pizza at Planet Hollywood and Shake Shack at New York New York. We enjoyed the Aria buffet too.

We bought a voucher (maybe Travelzoo) for Monster Mash mini golf in Bally's. It was good fun and something that the kiddies in our group (8 and 6) enjoyed. It's themed crazy gold with a DJ (cheesy music) and lots of UV lights.

We've hired a car on our last few visits as the parking for Elara is free (Miracle Mile shops at Planet Hollywood) so haven't needed transport. We did hire a limo a few years ago and it was actually cheaper than paying for 4 people on one of the shared shuttles. Mum and dad loved the limo as it was their first visit to Vegas. That was booked through Viator.

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The Limo idea sounds awesome and I think my boys would love this as a surprise! Off to look now, thanks x

[lallan]

Originally Posted by JoS

The shopping coupon for Caesars shops you can get one for each adult. Monorail is great as the stop is downstairs at Ballys. We tried to book Hells Kitchen at 3 weeks out and they were fully booked. Ellis Island is behind Ballys on Koval so you need to go out of the side entrance downstairs and turn right. Uber is very easy to use. At the airport you need to order your XL uber once upstairs but before you cross the little bridge into the actual ride share area. We often lose internet connection while in there, but if your Uber is on the way just watch for you car and reg.

So are you going for 3 days?

We so enjoyed LOVE but we are older and l love the beatles. I dont know if the lads will ?

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Yeah I think we might struggle to get in to Hell’s Kitchen at such short notice.

No we’re going for a week but the passes i’ve Bought is a 3 day pass that has to be used consecutively so we need to squeeze as many activities as we can on the list into the 3 days.

I love the Beatles but my hubby not so much. One of my sons like them too but the other 2 not fussed about music. We went to a Beatles tribute in Tenerife in May and we all actually really enjoyed it. But i’m not sure, maybe Blue Man Group might suit everyone more. One of my sons is a major Queen fan so wondering if there’d maybe be a tribute show we could go to if anyone knows of any?

[daytonababe]

I’ve taken kids from 6mths to 20 10 times now ..

Personally I wouldn’t have bothered with any attraction cards , Vegas I find is much better without a plan just do what you want when you want and as much as I love Vegas, I find the paid attractions like shark reef a waste of money

Obviously it’s going to be hot so I’d be looking st visiting one of the water parks ( cowabunga bay / wet & wild ) both are off strip though .


The monorail really isn’t that great it only does one side of the strip and the stations are a long way back , very few recommend it .

I wouldn’t do Vegas without a hire car , there’s so much you can do off the strip like the hoover dam , red rock canyon , lake mead , neon museum etc


I don’t know if your aware but under 21s can’t stop on the casino floor at all and can only walk through with a adult .

Food wise I’ve never booked anything in advance , there is plenty to choose from in Vegas so we just eat when we come across something we like the look of .

[DisneyBerry]

This is good to hear that’s the total sum of our planning for our 4 day trip next month with out 7 and 5 year old 🙂