After an interesting long first day in Las Vegas, it was nice to sleep a whole night before hitting up The Strip again. One of the first things we did on our second day was go on the New York New York hotel's roller coaster! I hadn't been to a theme park or on a roller coaster in 4+ years, so I was (I think) understandably anxious waiting in line for the ride. Thankfully my friends and I discussed all of the safety measures roller coaster designers take into account to make sure the riders don't fall out of the ride :) I think that falling out of a ride scares me more than the actual "drop" or "height" aspect of the roller coaster.
The roller coaster was outdoors and it was so sunny when we got on it--not too hot, just perfect! My friend got a great view of The Strip and the land surrounding it but I could only focus on was how high we were going up (the first drop is the biggest right?). It's funny, the only thing I can remember about that ride going up was looking at the hotel and seeing the reflection of our cart moving upwards. (Un)fortunately, I was seated in the middle of the cart, so I couldn't actually see the loops or corkscrews that were coming up. The ride was long and pretty much amazing. I would definitely suggest it to any thrill seeker who is going to Las Vegas. The line to the ride was short and if you're in line with friends/family, it goes pretty quickly. Also, I remember the ride being less than $20, which is so cheap in comparison to all the other activities in Las Vegas.
After the ride, we continued walking north. We didn't really walk too far beyond where we walked on our first day, but we did get to make it into Caesar's Palace. This was definitely one of my favorite hotels. Also, it doesn't hurt that as we were walking into the hotel to look around, a promoter for Pure, the night club at Caesar's Palace, asked us if we wanted to get on the VIP list. I had heard great things about Pure, so I was very excited about getting on the VIP list :)
Our feet were becoming uncomfortable again, so after walking around and looking at Caesar's Palace, we returned back to the Luxor so we could spend some time by the pool. Fortunately, our second day by the pool was much warmer, so I was able to get most of my body in the pool. My feet felt so much better after being in the water and I'm so glad we made time for the pool.
Later that day, we got dressed up and took the tram to Mandalay Bay. We ate at Lupo, a Wolfgang Puck restaurant. It was probably the fanciest (read: pretentious) restaurant I've ever been to. In fact, when I ordered the merlot and our waiter served me a bit of it in my glass to taste...I had no clue that I was indeed supposed to sip the wine beforehand and "accept" it prior to him serving me the rest of my wine. Awkward. I'm glad though that our waiter got the hint that we were four pretty casual girls, so he really warmed up to us and he ended up being a pretty cool guy (not as pretentious as I thought he was). Oh! And since it was one of my friends' birthday, we got some dessert, on the house! It was delish!
Although our dinner was spectacular, we had to rush through it to make our Ka show at the MGM Grand. We quickly walked back over the tram (after having shoveled a large amount of food into our bellies) and walked at a break neck pace over to the MGM Grand to get our tickets at will call. Fortunately we made it in time, but I discovered during the show that I really don't like the dark or people in costumes. This fear preoccupied my mind for most of the show...
The show itself was pretty cool though and there were parts that I thought were funny and cute. I was glad to get out of the dark though at the end. When the show ended, our group parted ways. Half of us went gambling and the other half of us went to Pure.
...I went to Pure.
When we got in line to Pure, it was already pretty late...so we unfortunately didn't make it into the club until after midnight, so we weren't able to get any free drinks. But the music was amazing at Pure, the people were cool, and the place looked so much better than The Bank. My friend and I were able to dance without too many creepers and Darth Vader and a storm trooper even made an appearance while we were there!! It was probably the best part of the night for me....oh! And there was confetti everywhere :) It was a great night out!!
We returned back to the Luxor, and we continued the night by sneakily crawling up the side ramp of the hotel to get a picture of the sphinx. The main entrance was closed, so we found a detour! Then we went gambling for a bit and I continued to lose money, so we returned back to our hotel room and called it a night.
Now that I've typed all of that up, I've come to realize that WOW, that was such an eventful day!
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