Duneraider Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Our fearless 7 year old just reached the minimum height to ride the coasters of Las Vegas. So off on tour #2. We rolled in after an all nite roadtrip. Wife works in intensive specialty cancer treatment and is used to being up all nite with her patients,, so I had some awake company along for the ride. 'Vegas was a full house with folks from all over here for the big Monster truck show we're told. Witnessed one family blow a red lite with a surburban full of kids and get sandwitched by two vehicles. All her airbags deployed and everyone in all vehicles were ok. Just a few bells rung deluxe. We always stop and render aid when tragedy strikes. Good thing we noticed were the airbags stayed deployed while the suburban stay'd in motion absorbing secondary and third impacts. The inside of the suburban turned white with airbags. Looked bizarre but worked as designed. She's going to "order another" she said. She'll have to, this new one won't buff out that's for sure. Day one at the Circus Circus adventure dome was OK. Not too crowded. Ya get $4 off coupons on check-in, so the cost per kid was $18 for an all day (10 AM to Midnite ) pass. The entire Circus Circus property has been cleaned up, and easier on the eyes colors have replaced the Gaudi hot pinks. Every place we went the staff much nicer than in the past. The kids rated the Canyon Blaster Coaster B+, a bit ruff on their melons, but a good fun ride. Won $120 at Dice. The funny thing was I kept giving the dealers $1 side bets (as a tip) on the hard ways and they kept hitting. The dealers made an easy $150 tip off maybe 10 dollars bet for them. "You guys are class people" we're told.- Oh brother. Lance Burton show last nite. A good show. If ya take kids, make sure to get them amp'd up & ready to run on stage when he asks for volunteers kids. He asks for 5, but always 10 or 12 run up there,, so make sure yours do too. He gets them all involved in a trick, and you can pick up pix of them on the way out. The Sahara has an out-and-back kinda ride for a coaster. The kids loved it, but like everyone else remarked, wished it was a longer ride. If you're a NASCAR fan Sahara is a fun place to hang out. New York New Yorks Coney Island Coaster is excellent, but the kids said a very rough ride, and it was $12 a ride. The arcade had indifferent employees, almost half the games broken. Gameworks is far better IMHO. Visited wifes very ill dad, and the inheritances are starting to come in. Modest stuff like tools, collections, ect, but a good size amount of historical stuff & orig documents that certifiably belong'd to the assassin of a loved and famous American. (The assassin was no relation to us BTW). We'll probably contact a museum dedicated to the victim and see if they are interested in all if it as a free donation. I'm sure they will be, if not, eBay. OK,, enough of that,, onto Stateline,, Final Leg of the Roller Coaster tour took us too Buffalo Bills Hotel and Casino in Primm Nevada, AKA Stateline. Right off the I 15. Thirty bucks per kid for an all day, unlimited use of all the rides and attractions at Buffalo Bills: A water Flume ride, some motion theaters, and the really cool Desperado Roller Coaster. Alice was super tired, and slept in the RV while I took all the kids in to the ride area. I watched NASCAR and played a little Video poker just near the entrance to the food court/ride area. Our older kids are responsible to accompany the younger ones. We all carry cell phones, and we keep in touch constantly. We figured a couple hours, but five and a half hours later the kids were still riding the coaster and all the other rides. No lines, no wait so that's a lot of coastering!!! Always enquire what rides are operating before ya make the decision to buy the tickets. If the coaster isn't running due to wind or weather,,, and they give ya the line they don't know when it might open, expect it to be closed for the entire day and nite. If it ain't open,, it ain't gonna open. No rain chex, no discounts,, no nothin'. Just our experiences from the past. The buffet at Buffalo Bills is pretty good, and about 12 bucks for lunch,, a few bucks more for dinner. Our Nevada rule of Buffets: Dinner: A $8.00 buffet is in-edible, not worth 2 bux A $15.00 buffet is worth $20 A $22 dollar buffet is worth $30. A $50 dollar buffet is worth $100. Damfino why, but I always expect a seedy crowd of customers at Buffalo Bills, but never see that. The way my pea brain works I guess. Usually a pretty reasonable bunch of gamblers, no trouble, usually a fun atmosphere. Live, mid-day entertainment from the center bar, really good $2.50 hot dogs at all the bars (free with the fun book coupon BTW). Won $48 on the video poker, and a few bucks more on Dice. Did the place-a-bet-for-a-tip dealio for the dealers again and they came out a few bucks ahead too. We never win gambling,, I can't recall a winning trip,, but this time we made a little gas money. Alice awoke, came into the casino, had a $2.50 hot dog and won $43 on video poker, rounded up the kids,,, and it was home in about 5 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinicolada Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Cool Raider sound like you and the family had a great time in our fabulous town, it’s always great hearing when visitors win some money here it make’s it easier to get them to come back, :dance: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duniemonkie Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Duneraider, next time you come visit check out my aquarium and museum; kids always have a good time @ both places Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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