Thursday, May 1, 2014

The Strip-May 1, 2014

Today was our last trip to the Strip for this visit. Sad. There is no way we could cover the entire Strip in one day, so we chose the area around MGM and New York. First we checked in at the MGM Lion's Share machine.

It is up only $4100 in a little over 3 weeks. That's
not very much at all. Apparently the machine is vacant
much of the time. However, there were 4 people in line
to play when I took this picture.
 
The Tropicana is a long walk across the street. It has been beautifully renovated but it was so hot we barely walked in the door and turned around and walked out. Then we went across to the three in one group. Excalibur, Luxor and Mandalay Bay are all connected by tram. For a reason I don't know we found parts of the Luxor we have never seen before. It was just beautiful. We walked from Mandalay Bay to the Luxor which brought us in on the second floor where normally we are on the ground floor. So, for the first time we saw the hotel rooms from the inside.
 
From Mandalay Bay this is the first view of the interior of the
Luxor. Obviously the buildings are just for decoration. But, the
gray part that's on an angle with lights in between are the rooms
in the hotel. We've never seen this and we just stopped and stared
like normal tourists would do. This is so massive it would never
show up in a picture.
 
Perhaps this shows the hotel rooms a little more clearly.
 
This humongous statue is in the lobby of the hotel. In fact
there are 3 of these in the lobby.
 
Also inside the Luxor lobby.
 
This obelisk is outside the Luxor. For another odd quirk
we have not been in front of this obelisk like this before today.
 
The Excalibur
 
We found this fountain and pool on the back side of the Excalibur.
Again, we have not been in this spot before.
 
We haven't a clue how we ended up in places we have never been in before, but we are certainly glad we saw this before we left. Things constantly change in Las Vegas. The construction never stops so we know if and when we return this place will be completely different. That just means more for us to explore! This was our last nice day weather wise so we enjoyed every moment. We'll be inching up close to the 100 degree mark from here on out. Time to go! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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