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 1. Watch the knights joust at
Excalibur's Tournament of Kings
while eating dinner with your hands.
Tournament
of Kings is an exciting dinner show set in a jousting arena of the Medieval Period.
Guests will witness the beauty and speed of real life horses as they engage in battle,
the magic and mystery of Merlin, dancing maidens, spectacular special effects and
much more.
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 2.
Experience G-Forces at the Stratosphere
Tower and ride the Big Shot at the
Stratosphere Hotel.
At 1,149 feet, the Stratosphere Tower Las
Vegas is the tallest freestanding observation tower in the United States and the
tallest building west of the Mississippi River. From the observation decks, lounge,
restaurant, meeting, banquet and private dining rooms, guests enjoy panoramic views
of the Las Vegas Strip and the surrounding valley. Visitors are whisked from
ground level to the observation decks in less than 30 seconds in double decker elevators
traveling at speeds of 1,800 feet per minute or three floors a second.
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 3. Visit the
AdventureDome Theme Park at Circus-Circus.
The Adventuredome at Circus Circus Las
Vegas is America's largest indoor theme park featuring the world's only indoor double-loop,
double-corkscrew roller coaster,
The Canyon Blaster. Set in a Grand Canyon-styled motif, The Adventuredome
packs a tremendous amount of entertainment into its glass-domed five acres.
The Adventuredome has many attractions suitable for younger children including the
traditional Carousel and numerous other rides where parents can accompany their
children, or watch from within camera range.
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4. Blast away at
GameWorks on the Strip.
GameWorks has 47,000-sq.
ft. entertainment with over 250 games, the world's tallest free-standing rock-climbing
structure, a full-service restaurant, and two snack bars.
Inside the GameWorks complex is a Coca-Cola
store, with a 10-story version of its
signature curved bottle, and
an m&m factory featuring three stories of m&m candies in colors only available
at this location.
GameWorks is located at next to
MGM Grand Hotel.
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 5. Scare yourself in the
CinemaRide at Caesars Palace.
Cinema Ride brings you the most technologically
advanced motion simulator rides available today. Using real, military-quality flight
simulators for the motion systems. All of your experiences feature a patented 3-D
ride film system which make you feel as though you're right in the middle of the
action.
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6. Watch the The Sirens of TI at Treasure Island.
They're here!
The Sirens of TI is Treasure Island's new show on The Strip. Created by award-winning
director and choreographer Kenny Ortega, the production features a clash between
a group of beautiful, tempting sirens and a band of renegade pirates. Visitors will
be awed by the music, dance, excitement and seduction in this modern musical-meets-action-movie
spectacular.
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 7. Tap the window at the
Lion Habitat at MGM Grand.
Situated inside the resort's Strip entrance
off Las Vegas Boulevard
adjacent to its entertainment dome, the Habitat
is a 5,000 square foot showcase of lofty simulated jungle complete with waterfalls,
enclosed in 240 degrees of floor-to-ceiling protective glass that enables the public
to view a variety of lions at play and leisure. Handlers utilize only voice and
hand signals to direct the lion's movement. Members of the family of lions appear
in sequence for periods of no more than six hours at a time before returning to
their spacious, permanent homes on an 8 1/2-acre ranch outside of Las Vegas.
Lion Trivia!
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See dolphins at the Mirage.
This 2.5-million-gallon
Dolphin Habitat is home to a family of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. Its purpose
is to provide a healthy and nurturing environment for dolphins, as well as to educate
the public about marine mammals and their environment - including their role in
the ecosystem.
Guided
tours for the public are conducted throughout the day. The habitat is also a site
for scientific research and educational programs for students from pre-school through
university age.
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9 Take a dip at Wet n' Wild.
America's most exhilarating water park, is
located on the glittering Las Vegas Strip. Nevada's favorite family attraction,
Wet n' Wild has more than a dozen ways to beat the heat, from thrilling water slides
to relaxing rides for all ages.
Las Vegas visitors and residents cool
off in Wet 'n Wild's nearly 2 million gallons of fresh water maintained at comfortable
temperatures and circulated through a state-of-the-art filtering system.
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10. Kick it in gear at
NASCAR Cafe at Sahara. Aptly
named "SPEED - The Ride," the NASCAR Cafe's new roller coaster reaches 70 mph. The
first roller coaster of its kind in the Western United States, SPEED uses LIMS (Linear
Induction Motors) to quickly reach high speeds through magnetic force. SPEED begins
inside the NASCAR Cafe, where a high-speed launch propels passengers along the Las
Vegas Strip.
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11. Take a ride on the
Manhattan Express at New York-New
York.
With heights of 203
feet, drops of 144 feet and speeds up to 67 MPH, this attraction adds new meaning
to the phrase "let it ride!" It features the world's first "heartline" twist and
dive maneuver, allowing riders to experience the thrilling force of negative g's!
Simulating a barrel-roll in a jet fighter, it rolls 180 degrees, hangs 86 feet in
the air, then dives back under itself- promising dizzying excitement and white-knuckle
thrills!
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12. Kink your neck as you watch the world's
tallest and biggest lightshow at Fremont
Street Experience.
Imagine a spectacular computer generated Light
and Sound show projected from a space frame 90 feet above you. The Fremont
Street Experience is a four-block long canopy that covers the downtown Las Vegas
area and serves as a display system for the shows. The canopy houses 2.1 million
lights, capable of producing millions of color combinations and 540,000 watts of
concert-quality sound. The shows are run by 36 computers and are accompanied by
218 speakers.
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