Las Vegas Strip and Fremont Street - virtual tour and tourist info

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• published: 16 Apr 2012
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A little tour of Vegas including the strip and Fremont Street, giving you an idea of what to expect if you are thinking about visiting Las Vegas. Some things to do if you would like to see Vegas but aren't so interested in gambling, like us, roughly from south to north. You can spend a full day (if not more) walking the strip and checking out the attractions, almost every hotel has something, some free, some not: - Mandalay Bay - aquarium ($). Also has large outdoor wave pool/lazy river which I believe is open to the public - Luxor: Titanic artifacts exhibit ($) - Excalibur - tram to Luxor and Mandalay bay (free), horse/dinner show - New York New York - roller coaster ($) - Treasure Island - pirate show out front (free) - Bellagio - water show in fountain out front (free) - MGM Grand - CSI interactive exhibit ($) - Paris - reproduction of Eiffel Tower (free to look at :-) - The Venetian - gondolas ($) - Circus Circus - large indoor amusement park ($) - most hotels also have some shopping. High-end shops are at Caesar's and Aria, Miracle Mile at Planet Hollywood has a good variety including Betty Page and Betsey Johnson shops. - Fremont Street - this is the "old" strip where classic casinos like Golden Nugget are located. The street is closed to traffic and there is a huge jumbotron-like roof over the whole street, putting on a light show at night. They also have live bands playing on a few stages at night, and there is a zip-line overhead that is 2 blocks long. Apparently slots have better odds on Fremont, according to their ads. - buses: you can buy a 24-hour bus pass for $7, or a 3-day pass for $20. This gives you access to the double-decker "Deuce" buses, the quicker strip express buses that look kind of like subway trains, and all other city buses. A great alternative to taxi fares, in a week we got ripped off a couple of times by taxi drivers taking us the long way around to inflate fares - monorail: $10 for 24 hours I believe, runs between Sahara Drive and the strip with stops at 5 or 6 hotels along the way, quicker than buses but more out of the way to get to Shows: there are a ton of shows going at all times, various long-running shows like Cirque Du Soleil has 3 or 4 different shows and different venues, plus touring bands, short-run engagements, etc. You'll see many billboards advertising shows, plus you can find out more in local guide magazines. There are a bunch of Tickets4Less booths all along the strip and on Fremont where you can buy discounted, same-day tickets. The only catch with these is that they actually sell you a voucher, which you have to then take to the box office to exchange for a real ticket, so the later in the day you go to the box office, the worse your seat is likely to be. Drinking: technically (we confirmed this with a sheriff) the drinking laws in Vegas are the same as most places, e.g. you can't drink in the street. BUT they don't enforce it as long as you're not being an idiot. And 99% of casinos, malls etc. on the strip and Fremont don't care if you bring in drinks from other bars etc. So you can buy beer in cans from the CVS/Walgreen's on the strip, your hotel gift shop, discount liquor stores, or many places offer cheap drinks e.g. 2 cans for $5 etc. and carry them with you. Also if you're sitting at a slot machine, card table or craps table and spending money, waitresses will offer you drinks, which are free except for a tip. So you can drink for relatively little money one way or the other. If you have any other questions feel free to ask. FYI the music is my band The Kingmakers, if you found any of this info useful please check out our music at http://kingmakers.bandcamp.com, there are a few free downloads and you can listen to our 3 albums.