Saturday, May 20, 2023

US Road Trip - May 2023 - Day 14

Day 14


Our last day in Vegas and despite the 36-degree heat, we walked down to Manderlay Bay first, playing a couple of $20 challenges again in there, Luxor and Excalibur, before heading over to Tropicana. From what we’ve read, they are in the process of selling Tropicana, so I’m guessing by the time we next visit, it will no longer be there. From Tropicana, we walked across to MGM Grand and then back up to Beer Park for a drink and a pretzel. 




By this time it was around 1.45 pm and we wanted to go and see Big Elvis at Harrah’s. Despite the number of times we have visited Vegas, we have never watched him sing. For anyone who wants to while away an hour, it’s a great free thing to do on the strip. He plays every Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the Piano Bar at 2 pm, 3.30 pm and 5 pm. If you get there early enough, you can sit in the bar and order some drinks. If there are no seats left, then don’t worry, you can stand behind him! We both really enjoyed the show, he’s a talented singer and does requests. I requested Suspicious Minds, and he sang that and everyone was singing along for the hours’ show and having a lot of fun.




We had dinner booked at Prime at Bellagio at 7.45 pm. We went here for Dave’s 50th, a few years ago and really enjoyed it. It has changed slightly in the fact that if you want a table on the patio overlooking the fountains, then there is a minimum $175 per person charge. This may seem a lot, but if it’s a special occasion and you don’t mind spending that amount, it’s easily spent. We had one drink each, a starter and a main course a coffee and it came to around $400 with tip. From what I remember from last time, this is definitely an increase of around $50 from last time and the last time we ordered a bottle of champagne! It’s a special experience to sit and watch the fountains from the other side, but for me, there are better steakhouses in Vegas.

We were both really full from dinner and after half an hour playing in Aria; we went to bed.

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