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[QUOTE=Souvenir;6385487]Does this float your boat for a bit of cheese..courtesy of one of Quebec's biggest exports.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY210wiqmzA

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[QUOTE=mandymoochops;6385762]It appears to be a possibility. It'll be ten years this fall and 'er indoors has started to drop subtle hints. Like: "let's get married; sort it".

She's not that subtle, now I think about it.

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[quote=clynnog;6385807]I think the Celine Dion era in Vegas is over or will be very soon.

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Worked for me. Cheap as chips too.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...n/772fbad1.jpg
Thankyou, thankyouverymuch.

We loved Vegas and surrounding area, and that's without gambling. Its a great people watching place. Hot as hell in July though! Sealion is done now I think, so you at least dodged that bullet. We saw one of the cirque shows...excellent stuff, all be it as pretentious as it gets.

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All the more so if you take the time to stroll down, the beer at the Phantom Ranch might be the best on earth.

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[QUOTE=clynnog;6385807]I can't you tube from here; is it Sealion doing AC/DC?

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[QUOTE=dbd33;6386197]not only massacring "you shook me all night long," but doing so in a duet with Anastacia.

pace Steve_P, I also heard she'd finished her LV show now. A great loss to Nevada, I'm sure...

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[QUOTE=clynnog;6385807]Okay I couldn't even watch more that 5 seconds. I actually walked up the aisle to "You Shook Me All Night Long" (no I'm not kidding) if I watch that clip the memory of my romantic wedding day will be ruined forever:rofl:

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[QUOTE=Oakvillian;6386250]Ah yes, the only time I've seen or heard of Anastacia.

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[QUOTE=Elaine B.;6386294]How romantic. It could have been worse...it could have been that cliche masquerading as a song known as "old time rock and roll' by Bob Seger. That is one song guaranteed to get Canajun males on the dance floor that would otherwise hover near the bar at a weddin'.

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I've been to Vegas. :) It's definitely worth seeing, just because of the wow factor really... Though I wouldn't want to stay for any length of time. :P

Walking the strip is your basic entertainment, there were loads of things going on and all kinds of attractions outside the big casinos (volcanos erupting, pirate ships sinking, etc...) as well as the gambling opportunities for those who like that kind of thing. Also entertaining is watching the motor vehicles going by, as they appear to have stretched anything and everything...not just limos. :P

However it really kinda stank of sewerage (amongst other things) along the whole area, so be prepared for that. :X However a good point is that I felt pretty safe though walking along the strip with my friend, with us both being young adult females. :P There were plenty of police out and people were generally well behaved. I felt safer than I would walking around my street at night here in the UK. :ohmy:

Going up the Stratosphere gives you a good view of everything, but I'd recommend doing it at night. It's quieter then and because of all the lights you get a really impressive view. When I went the rides there were closed due to high winds, so I can't really comment on those. I also had a trip out to the Hoover Dam, which is worth seeing just for the amazing scale of it. There's various exhibits to look at in the area, but if I recall correctly it was quite expensive to actually go inside the Dam itself.

I saw a couple of shows while I was out there, both were extremely good. :D One was Weird Al performing live and the other was a circus. There seemed to be loads of shows of all different varieties going on though (comedies, magic acts, plays, etc...) so finding something to suit isn't difficult.

If I recall correctly, I was over there in July time. It did get very hot and I was careful with sun block and stuff... But it's a very dry heat, which is much easier to tolerate than high humidity. So it doesn't seem to be quite as bad as it really is. :) I did find it was really bright though, so sunglasses were a must.

Anyway, a bit of a random jumble of information as I remembered it... It was a few years ago that I went! Hopefully it's useful though. :)

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4 days after our wedding, OH's best man got married in Vegas (and OH was his best man), so Vegas wound up being our honeymoon.

Ehh....have no desire to go there again.

We don't gamble. We don't smoke, we don't drink...because we had to stay "local" (i.e. the Strip) for wedding stuff we couldn't take off to the Grand Canyon or anywhere.

There's only so much walking up the Strip you can do, ducking into hotels to look around and cooling off. We hated the pollution on the strip from traffic (much worse at night - my asthma flared up and I could barely breathe), and all of the people handing out cards for strippers/escorts every 2 feet.

Yes, the hotels are very interesting, but 8 days was FAR too long to spend there (the novelty wears off fast). The only shows we went to (due to budget - we'd just had our big wedding, and Vegas was a kind of unexpected surprise) were Penn and Teller and the Knights of the Round Table (both enjoyable).

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[QUOTE=Souvenir;6385843]Why not make it a themed wedding! You could go as Elvis and Souvette as Celine! Couple of wigs, some sequins and you will both look GREAT and post photos!

You could try to sell them to Hello Magazine I hear $1million is the going rate for royalty such as yourself. But Queen might put a stop to that.

Whatever have a great time :D

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[QUOTE=clynnog;6385807]Gotta love those high heels! Go Celine GO (never seen anyone do an air guitar in high heels)

Thank god I'm a man and don't have to walk around on those things, they look crippling.

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[QUOTE=Dave+Jules;6391585]That's not we heard :rofl: