Best way to get to the Flamingo from the airport

[pschwaeb]

My father once told me that if it's really hot and you get out of a pool the water dries off of your body so fast that you actually feel like it's freezing. Is that true?

In Vegas (or any dry climate), yes. We usually go this time of the year and stay at the Mirage. It could be 105 or 110 out, but when I get out of the pool, I'm freezing cold for about 2 minutes until the water evaporates off of me.

I'm buying at the Flamingo, but we'll probably use the points to go other places.

 

[spike]

Cab. But note what others are saying...the line can be VERY long. 15-30 min depending....

 

[Fern Modena]

Rick wrote this before the rain was over. And there was less rain where he was than I am. Word has it he tried to go to dinner near Sam's Town and almost got caught in a flood.

We had .82" of rain in about an hour and a half here. Humidity got to the high 40's. It is now (next day) still 28%, which is miserable.

Fern

Well, so much for the sunshine. It's really been very hazy and cloudy today. Right now there is thunder and lightening with a bit of rain.

 

[Purseval]

Tell her to try it out, and just have fun!

-Bob

She entered 3 tournaments, all at the Monte Carlo, won one (actually four of them negotiated a split pot, but that's close enough for me to call it a win) and finished 7th and 9th in the other 2 out of 18 players each time, well enough to make her very happy with her play. I think she has the bug now and she's already started looking for local tourneys to join. She'll probably never get to WSOP level but maybe she'll work her way up to get the nerve for a try at the Bellagio some day.

 

[Blues]

Give her my hearty congratulations! :whoopie:

Winning is a great feeling. I placed in the money in my WSOP entry -- 312th place out of almost 4600 entries.

 

[dvc_john]

At the Flamingo this week.

Took the shuttle from the airport. Very quick, easy, and cheap. $8 (incl tip), and from the time I got to the ticket counter to the time I was on the road was maybe 10 minutes max. Only 1 stop, and was at the Flamingo less than 20 minutes later.

Took a taxi back to the airport. Also quick, easy, and fairly cheap. ($17 incl tip. Might be more if heavy traffic and long waits at stoplights, but I had no problem.)

I prefer to do it this way as there is no long waiting in a taxi line at the airport, and no waiting at the Flamingo for a shuttle back to the airport, and wondering if it will show up.

 

[Purseval]

We rented a car for our time in Vegas. Even though something may look physically close (say, the Monte Carlo from the Flamingo) actually getting there involves crossong back and forth over multiple bridges and running a gauntlet of people handing out cards for escort services, gentleman's clubs, etc. Add in the heat and a car is well worth the money. Parking wasn't bad and I grew up in high traffic driving so the strip didn't bother me at all. We rented through Priceline and got a midsize car for about $13/day. This also enabled us to make side trips to Boulder City and the Arizona border.