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Las Vegas early in the morning of November 19th. We went
to Las Vegas to just have fun and go sightseeing. Getting
from the airport to the hotel was easy. The cheapest way
to do this, if your hotel does not have a shuttle, is to catch
one of the buses. We took the Grayline shuttle. The
Las Vegas Airport
website has all the information
you need on transportation from the airport. |
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We stayed at the Venetian Hotel
on the strip. I was getting e-mail specials and
decided to take them up on one of the offers. All of
the rooms in the hotel are suites. I read several
online reviews about the hotel before we left, to see what we
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A few people had said that the
staff here were snobbish and hovered around waiting for
tips. Actually, that was not the case during our stay.
The staff we had contact with were pleasant and courteous.
The attendant working at the front desk was fast and
friendly. We had arrived several hours before the
actual check-in time, but our room was ready for us.
The room was kept clean, for the most part, but needed to be
dusted more. There was some dust in some
out-of-the-way places that needed a little more attention.
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"living room" part of the suite was comfortable with both a desk
and dining table. There are two televisions in the room.
The blinds were operated by a remote. The curtains are
operated by a slight tug that signals them to close or open.
We did not touch the mini bar. There was a small
refrigerator that we used, to the left of the cabinet. |
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beds were very comfortable and reading lights are available
above the beds. The other television is on the wall across
from the beds. There was an adequate amount of space in
the dresser and in the closet. My only complaint was the
clock in the room. They have placed a model in the rooms
which is about as hard to program as other electronic gadgets.
The buttons were all over the place and I did not manage to
figure it out. I called the operator and asked for a
wake-up call on the mornings we had to get up early.
Someone forgot the cardinal rule when adding the room
accessories, K.I.S.S. |
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Also, it would have
been helpful to have a TV guide showing what stations were what.
We had to figure out which was CBS, ABC, NBC, etc. We
wanted to listen to the local news for weather reports and for
other information. We figured it out eventually but other
hotels at least provide a list.
The bathroom has a separate room/closet for the toilet.
There is both a bathtub and separate shower stall. The
floor of the shower stall was very slippery, so we recommend
using the little shower mat they provide. Brighter
lighting would have been helpful. But I guess they want
all their guests to "think" they look beautiful. |
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| They did send me an
online survey where I did mention my little complaints above.
I checked the box saying that they could contact me. They
never did. Overall, we had a pleasant stay at this hotel.
But after walking around Las Vegas and seeing all of the
glamorous hotels, all I can say is, "so many hotels, so little
time". |
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The Faux Campanile |
The hotel has
all of the famous Venetian landmarks, but having seen the real
thing in Venice, I was not impressed. The landmarks are
cleaner looking (no mold or grime) than the real thing. To
see the actual landmarks in Venice, visit my
Venice Travel Pages. |
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The faux patron saints of the
Plazza San Marco,
the Lion and Todero (St. Theodore) the first patron
saint of the Venetians before St. Marcos. |
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| After we got settled
into our hotel room, we decided to walk to the Hilton to visit
Star Trek: The Experience. We thought that all we had to
do was walk up the street and make a right. But Nooooooooo.....there
was construction. So we had to cross the street. Not
only are you forced to cross the street, you are forced into the
hotels and having to walk through their casinos to get out to
continue on the sidewalks. So we ended up walking about
twice as much as we should have. |
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Star Trek - The Experience
This attraction sadly closed
on September 1, 2008 :(
I have always been a Star Trek fan
so I just had to go here. It contained a mixture of the
five different Star Trek shows. There was a museum of the
different costumes and props used in the different shows.
There were nice displays showing the chronology of the shows and
the characters. There were two motion rides, Klingon
Encounter and Borg Invasion 4D, that you can go on.
And to finish everything off, you could stop by Quark's for a
drink or bite to eat. |
Star Trek sign located on the larger Hilton
sign
in front of the hotel. |
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What every girl wants. A photon torpedo! |
My ticket stub |
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The walls are
lined with the different costumes from the shows |
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In the center
of the larger room are models of the different starships |
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Inside the
rides |
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Least we forget
some of our favorite monsters and villains |
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Some of the sites on the way back to
our hotel |
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Patricia just
having some fun on the furniture. |
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We topped off
the night by going to the Wayne Brady Show "Making %@it Up".
Excellent show! The man is truly the king of improv.
I am always amazed how he can come up with a skit "out of the
blue" and it works! The man can also sing and dance up a
storm.
Wayne Brady's website:
http://www.waynebrady.com/ |
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October 4,
2013 |
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