For my brother-in-law's 30th birthday celebration, we all headed up to Vegas for a couple days. We were going to leave our son at home, but after I gave it some thought, I felt it was better to bring him. Being pregnant I wouldn't be able to participate in much, not that I wanted to anyway. So, I would need a play buddy while everyone else parties. I'm so glad I made that decision too, he had such a blast the whole time. I love taking him on vacations, and any other trip in which he can learn and explore. My husband enjoys being with him also, he is a fun and easy kid. We both still feel we get a lot of freedom with him. Let's see how that goes when baby 2 arrives.
We stayed downtown, and learned, it really isn't a place for kids, but the choice of hotel was not up to us. You should stay on the strip if you have little ones. There are only a couple arcades downtown and they aren't very good. We played at our own hotel's arcade, the Golden Nugget, and that occupied about 20 minutes. Not very good games, most of them broken. Then we hunted down another arcade at the California Club, I think. It was even dirtier and more broken down then our arcade, but it kept us occupied a little bit longer. Almost an hour.
The rest of our time spent on Fremont street, our son danced around on the large circles on the ground, we did some shopping, napping, and played with toys in the room. I decided to spoil myself one of the days. While my son took a nap in the hotel room, and everyone else was out gambling, I ordered me some room service. It was sooo good, and sooo expensive. But I deserved it. I thought I had read online that there was free Internet at the Golden Nugget, but I was wrong. It was ridiculously expensive. Good thing I guess, I might have spent all the vacation on the net :)
The highlight of the whole trip was taking a trip to the strip one of the nights. It was just the three of us and we got some dinner at Outback, then saw the pirate ships at Treasure Island, the Mirage's volcano and we passed the Bellagio's water show, but our son was already passed out by that show. We learned it's probably better to just take the strip bus from Fremont street down the strip, instead of driving in all that traffic. Also, if you are going to a certain spot, park at the closest hotel possible. We parked at Paris, walked all the way to Treasure Island and then walked back. With all the people it was a one hour walk each way. No wonder our son passed out on the way back. He got a lot of free rides up on Dad's shoulders, but it was still exhausting. I will never do that again, while pregnant.
Finally, we did check out the new Aria hotel. They have some water tornado pipes set up with various cool colors shinning through them. It's quite funny actually, because you find people rubbing the tops of these plastic tubes, thinking they are creating the tornadoes. In fact, they are just rubbing their hands all over germs and watching the inevitable happen. But they did entertain our two year old for a while. He just wanted to watch the water spin and the colors flash.
Next time we get a chance to take a vacation to Vegas, we are planning on staying at Circus Circus. The kids will really enjoy themselves there. We will also be sure to spend plenty of tip out on the strip while all the shows play. We didn't get to see the pirate ship show at Treasure Island. Seeing the pirate ships had him so excited, I can imagine was watching them in action would do!
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We stayed downtown, and learned, it really isn't a place for kids, but the choice of hotel was not up to us. You should stay on the strip if you have little ones. There are only a couple arcades downtown and they aren't very good. We played at our own hotel's arcade, the Golden Nugget, and that occupied about 20 minutes. Not very good games, most of them broken. Then we hunted down another arcade at the California Club, I think. It was even dirtier and more broken down then our arcade, but it kept us occupied a little bit longer. Almost an hour.
The rest of our time spent on Fremont street, our son danced around on the large circles on the ground, we did some shopping, napping, and played with toys in the room. I decided to spoil myself one of the days. While my son took a nap in the hotel room, and everyone else was out gambling, I ordered me some room service. It was sooo good, and sooo expensive. But I deserved it. I thought I had read online that there was free Internet at the Golden Nugget, but I was wrong. It was ridiculously expensive. Good thing I guess, I might have spent all the vacation on the net :)
The highlight of the whole trip was taking a trip to the strip one of the nights. It was just the three of us and we got some dinner at Outback, then saw the pirate ships at Treasure Island, the Mirage's volcano and we passed the Bellagio's water show, but our son was already passed out by that show. We learned it's probably better to just take the strip bus from Fremont street down the strip, instead of driving in all that traffic. Also, if you are going to a certain spot, park at the closest hotel possible. We parked at Paris, walked all the way to Treasure Island and then walked back. With all the people it was a one hour walk each way. No wonder our son passed out on the way back. He got a lot of free rides up on Dad's shoulders, but it was still exhausting. I will never do that again, while pregnant.
Finally, we did check out the new Aria hotel. They have some water tornado pipes set up with various cool colors shinning through them. It's quite funny actually, because you find people rubbing the tops of these plastic tubes, thinking they are creating the tornadoes. In fact, they are just rubbing their hands all over germs and watching the inevitable happen. But they did entertain our two year old for a while. He just wanted to watch the water spin and the colors flash.
Next time we get a chance to take a vacation to Vegas, we are planning on staying at Circus Circus. The kids will really enjoy themselves there. We will also be sure to spend plenty of tip out on the strip while all the shows play. We didn't get to see the pirate ship show at Treasure Island. Seeing the pirate ships had him so excited, I can imagine was watching them in action would do!
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