Forget Bellagio - Stay at the Wynn - The new top hotel in town
Can't really comment on the Wynn though as we only passed through so we could get a taxi outside. I have tried to have a look on their website but it's one of those rather pretentious sites that takes forever to load and certainly isn't worth the wait, that promises much and delivers nothing. If I visit a hotel's website I want lots of pictures of the rooms and the common areas so I know what to expect when I get there. [:I] oops I appear to have got a little carried away with my bad website rant there .. I'd better stop here or I'll go on forever.Aaanyway .....
I loved the Bellagio and can assure DL & Lily that you've definitely made the right choice. We just had a standard room with no lake view. We were only there for 4 days so needed to pack so much in that we didn't intend to spend that much time in the room so an upgrade didn't seem necessary. The room was lovely, very spacious and comfortable. The beds were to die for, quite possibly the most comfortable bed I've ever slept in. The air con was very easy to control so the room was always at the right temperature - I always find that hotel rooms end up either being freezing or roasting and the dryness makes me feel like death warmed up the next morning, but I had no such problems here. I always like a nice bathroom in hotels and this one didn't disappoint - a lovely deep bath, perfect for soaking after a day trekking up and down the strip and a great separate shower unit.
Being in the centre of the strip makes it really easy to get to other hotels up and down. We got around most by foot or taxi, to be honest I found the monorail next to useless, there are so few stops and it's such a trek to get to that you might as well have walked!
One of our favourite places was the Lion Habitat at the MGM Grand, I love cats both big and small so it was great to be able to get up close and personal and with the glass tunnel I got some great pictures of sleeping lions above. We were lucky enough to be there when they had a couple of cubs that they were doing photo sessions with. They were absolutely the cutest things ever, 11 weeks old, Dude & Marina, we had our picture with Marina (I'll have to scan it in and upload you have to see how cute she is). Another favourite was the The Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at The Mirage. As we arrived there we passed a woman just leaving who was complaining that they should have come at a different time because all the cats seemed to be sleeping ..... she was clearly not a cat owner otherwise she would have known that this is all cats ever do, well except when then rouse themselves to eat. The dolphins were great too - proper little show offs who need very little encouragement from the trainers
There was something very peaceful about watching them swim around and I could have stayed there all day ... but there were shops to visit and we had to pick up our Barry Manilow tickets for that night!We just went to the one show - Barry Manilow at the Hilton on the Saturday night. He was great and we really enjoyed the show.
In the end we didn't get to sample the restaurants and bars I'd asked about in another thread because I was actually recovering from flu so by the evening I didn't really feel up to partying. So I guess I'm just going to have to go back and I guess the question is would I stay at the Bellagio again. To be honest that would depend on how long I was going to be staying, if it was for 4 or 5 days again then absolutely, if it was for longer then I'd probably go for somewhere cheaper, possibly New York New York. We really liked the interior of this hotel and just seemed to keep ending up there
So if you have any questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer them.
Jan
