We just came home from a 4 day trip to Las Vegas. I was attending the Vacation.com conference for Travel professionals. What a wonderful conference – So inspiring and great educational benefits. We really learned a lot and had a wonderful time.
We had a wonderful night tour of Vegas in a plush limo provided by Celebrity Coach line. Here we are at the first stop- the famous “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign.
Happy to be here!
The Bellagio was built in 1998. It was the most expensive hotel ever built at that time. It cost 1.7 billion dollars to build and Has the world’s largest chocolate fountain . Be sure you see this hotel when in Vegas. The lobby and atrium with all the fresh flowers are really something to behold.
Inside Bellagio, Dale Chihuly’s Fiori di Como, composed of over 2,000 hand-blown glass flowers, covers 2,000 sq ft (190 m2) of the lobby ceiling.
The Bellagio has the largest chocolate fountain in the world!
The fountain in front of the Bellagio- so impressive and beautiful! The Eiffel tower and Paris Paris are across the street.
“If you were to fly around the world today there is no other water feature you would see that has the same scope, same spectacle, same emotional impact,” said Fuller. “We were very choreographed and prescriptive about how the water moves and how we tie that with the music. Nonetheless, the moment those water molecules leave those jets and loft themselves into the sky, they’re completely subject to the forces of nature and the whims of the sunshine. Even if you see the same show, you never really see it twice.”
We visited the Old downtown of Vegas and had a great time watching the light show and visiting The Gold Nugget.
The Fremont Street Experience (FSE) is a pedestrian mall and attraction in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The FSE occupies the westernmost 5 blocks of Fremont Street, including the area known for years as “Glitter Gulch,” and portions of some other adjacent streets.
The attraction is a barrel vault canopy, 90 ft (27 m) high at the peak and four blocks, or approximately 1,500 ft (460 m), in length.
This is an attraction not to be missed!
While in Vegas we went to see “The Lion King” – a fantastic night of visual fantasy and incredible music. Loved the show very much.
This blog has just skimmed the surface of what there is to do and see in Vegas. I just want to give you a taste of what you can experience. I want to thank Vacation.com for a extraordinary conference and the opportunity to experience this great city. My only complaint was that it was a bit warm outside- 107 degrees!
The last night of the conferance we were entertained by “The Mosaic’s” – A wonderful Accapella group – they literally have no instruments and using their voices sound like a live band! Check them out at http://www.notaboyband.com/