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bedsitter23This weekend I stayed at the Stratosphere, during my first ever visit to Las Vegas
In Vegas, everybody has something.
The Bellagio has the Fountains - which are awesome. They are like fireworks, except with jets of water.
Mandalay Bay has the Shark Tank
New York New York has a rollercoaster and the NYC
Paris has the Eiffel Tower
The Venetian has Gondolas
Circus Circus for the kids
Caesar's Palace the Roman vibe, the shops, and the history
The Mirage has Siegfried and Roy and the Volcano- which we saw, and has to make a short list
Treasure Island has a Pirate Ship
The Flamingos has flamingos (allegedly. we didn't see any real flamingos, only guineafowl, though it was still beautiful).
That's just a start.
The Stratosphere puts itself in most everyone's Top 5 with a breathtaking 108-floor view from their tower. Wiki puts it in size between the (formerly named) Sears Tower and the Space Needle. It is the 9th tallest freestanding structure in the US, and the tallest freestanding observation tower in the US (Only Toronto's CN tower is taller).
If you are a daredevil (I am not. I barely could peer from the observation point), you have a few options. You can ride the rollercoaster (at that level) which does in part hang over the edge, and that may be the most Conservative choice. The Big Shot is the World's highest Amusement ride, and is a drop straight down at 45 mph (108 floors up). The granddaddy of all must be the Sky Jump, which is a controlled descent from the Tower. Think of it as bungee jumping from 108 stories.
Again, doing any of these activities would likely have stopped my heart, so have a picture I took from the same height, but on much more solid footing.
15 stories up seems rather pedestrian in comparison, but the view out of our hotel room wasn't half bad either.
The Observation Tower at night (The Tower and Hotel were two separate structures)- an interesting sight to behold.
I suspect the Stratsophere isn't the most high-end of hotels (in comparison), when it comes to that; but I really was satisfied with our stay.
More details to follow, of course.
In Vegas, everybody has something.
The Bellagio has the Fountains - which are awesome. They are like fireworks, except with jets of water.
Mandalay Bay has the Shark Tank
New York New York has a rollercoaster and the NYC
Paris has the Eiffel Tower
The Venetian has Gondolas
Circus Circus for the kids
Caesar's Palace the Roman vibe, the shops, and the history
The Mirage has Siegfried and Roy and the Volcano- which we saw, and has to make a short list
Treasure Island has a Pirate Ship
The Flamingos has flamingos (allegedly. we didn't see any real flamingos, only guineafowl, though it was still beautiful).
That's just a start.
The Stratosphere puts itself in most everyone's Top 5 with a breathtaking 108-floor view from their tower. Wiki puts it in size between the (formerly named) Sears Tower and the Space Needle. It is the 9th tallest freestanding structure in the US, and the tallest freestanding observation tower in the US (Only Toronto's CN tower is taller).
If you are a daredevil (I am not. I barely could peer from the observation point), you have a few options. You can ride the rollercoaster (at that level) which does in part hang over the edge, and that may be the most Conservative choice. The Big Shot is the World's highest Amusement ride, and is a drop straight down at 45 mph (108 floors up). The granddaddy of all must be the Sky Jump, which is a controlled descent from the Tower. Think of it as bungee jumping from 108 stories.
Again, doing any of these activities would likely have stopped my heart, so have a picture I took from the same height, but on much more solid footing.
15 stories up seems rather pedestrian in comparison, but the view out of our hotel room wasn't half bad either.
The Observation Tower at night (The Tower and Hotel were two separate structures)- an interesting sight to behold.
I suspect the Stratsophere isn't the most high-end of hotels (in comparison), when it comes to that; but I really was satisfied with our stay.
More details to follow, of course.
