- Figjam
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Titanic The Experience At The Luxor
Okay first of all, Titanic The Experience at the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas is pretty expensive. So we bought our tickets at Tix 4 Tonight. At first it's pretty cool, but basically it's just a bunch of old stuff that they found from the Titanic at the bottom of the ocean. So basically most of this stuff you could find at an antique store. It doesn't really give you the whole "Titanic Experience" as it says it does. Usually you would picture yourself going on a fake boat looking around like you were on the ship right? Well think again. First, you will recieve a card that says your name, date of birth, and other basic information about someone that was on the Titanic. Then you just go through a bunch of rooms that are connected together. They have a room for the upper class passenger's things, middle class passenger's things, and lower class passenger's things in display cases. You can even go onto the "deck". This is where it gets really cold. So i would suggest bringing a sweatshirt or small jacket. There is even a big chunk of ice that is there for visitors to touch. My kids got a big kick out of that, but me I prefer to keep my hands to myself. It seems pretty germy if you know what I mean. There is also a Grand Staircase room. It's just a replica obviously. You cannot take a picture there, but you can buy one. Just remember there is NO PICTURES. Which kinda bummed me out :(. At the end there is a big poster where you can see if your person you got on your card at the beginning survived or died. Everyone on my family's card died. For some people it is pretty emotional. One couple was even crying! After you are done you can enter the gift shop. everything there is pretty pricey so you might wanna stuff your pocket with a little extra cash if you want something. They even sell little pieces of coal from the ship for 20 bucks! All in all the Titanic The Experience At the Luxor is an okay activity. I rate it 2 out of 5 circles.
Editor Pick
Carrot Top - Surprisingly, Hilariously Funny
- December 29, 2008
- Rated 4 of 5 by
Carmen from Fairfax, Virginia
We agreed to see two shows when we went on our December trip to Las Vegas. One picked by me, one picked by my boyfriend. Who knew that it would be the "guy show" that would come out the winner of the week?
I was weary when Jim told me that he wanted to see Carrot Top. I’d seen Carrot Top on TV before, and never been that impressed. I’d had one sighting of him walking between the Luxor to Mandalay Bay, and his little head with that big hair on that way over-worked-out muscular body just turned me off.
This is why you don’t judge a book by its cover. Yeah, he’s a prop comic, but he’s so much more than that. His hour and a half show is well choreographed, well thought out, and funny as can be. It’s not all prop comedy. I’d say that the first third is prop, the second third is funny filler, and the third third is like a rock show. He pokes fun at current events, so it couldn’t possibly be stale, rote jokes. He interacts with the audience, and I’m betting that you can never know what these jokels will throw at you. He has sound effects, stage effects and effective jokes. He has a whole stint about Las Vegas and tourists and how you have to walk 500 miles to get anywhere, and it’s so relevant that it’s funny.
There was only a slight point of about 15 minutes where it got a little slow, and I worried that I wouldn’t make it through the whole show. But it picked up and ended with a bang – as he did impressions of several rock/music/pop culture stars.
I had to swallow my pride and admit that Jim picked a whopper of a show. It was far better than my pick – Phantom: The Las Vegas Craptacular – and I really enjoyed myself. I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. So Yay! for Carrot Top. I understand that lots of other comics look down on him for being a prop comic. Well, they can shove it, because he’s good at that, but "real" comedy, too.
From journal Christmastime in Sin City (Plus Some Best Ofs)
Fantasy at the Luxor in Vegas
- March 8, 2007
- Rated 1 of 5 by
scouv from Alexandria, Louisiana
Fantasy at Luxor: Yuk about sums it up for all four of us. We did think the comedian was great and almost worth the price of our fifth row center seats. These tickets were not purchased months in advance—only the day before. We always decide on one show there when we go...and it is the “sexy” show we plan to see once we arrive. The first year we got free tickets to Jubilee and enjoyed it. The second year we went to Zumanity and sat on the second or third row and did NOT like it at all—I thought it was crude and was disappointed. I thought it would have been more sensual—but have since read differently on the reviews here. Fantasy was not crude, just rather boring, so I rate it between Jubilee and Zumanity—but as the guys said, after the first scene all the others were the same ole, same ole. Oh well.
From journal Las Vegas—1 week Visit in September
Luxor Pyramid
- February 23, 2007
- Rated 2 of 5 by
toytwin78 from escondido, California
Luxor is an interesting hotel, all the rooms are slanted and is a beautiful site at nite. Can be accessed for the free tram at Excalibur or Mandaly Bay too.Has Imax theatre and a few interesting things on second level but not a major stop.
From journal Only in Vegas... Baby...
Editor Pick
Luxor Hotel Casino
The taxi dropped us off and the “look at that”s started. This place has to be the award-winner for theme detail. Egyptian art is everywhere you look, such as colossal statues of pharaohs, columns with hieroglyphics, and of course the sphinx in front of the building. The only thing missing was Steve Martin, “walking like an Egyptian.”
One annoying aspect we encountered at the Luxor was the constant assault by time-share representatives. They approached us almost everywhere we went. This is a good way to score show tickets if you do have time to throw away. Instead we searched out “All that Glitters” and “Gem Hunters”.
Pyramid Café is a good spot for lunch. The menu has pizza, sandwiches, and salads. The food was prepared properly and tasted good. The decor was in keeping with the Egyptian theme. Dining chairs had style, but little comfort. They angled back too far, like a lounge chair. Consequently I had to sit at the edge of the seat throughout the meal. By the time we left, the circulation had been cut off in my legs for so long I could hardly walk.
On the atrium level of the Luxor we bought tickets to the exhibit Tomb & Museum of King Tutankhamen. Cost was $9.99 per adult. There were several attractions to choose from including two IMAX theaters. There was no waiting to enter the museum. An introductory video gave us the background on the archaeological find. In 1922 British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen. It took 10 years for Carter and his crew to complete the excavation. King Tut, the boy king, had a short reign of about 10 years that start when he was just 9 years old. His reign was insignificant. In life his only claim to fame seemed to be that he married the daughter of the beautiful Queen Nefertiti. His rich burial treasure has assured his place in history. About 3245 years after the tomb was sealed, Carter shone a light into a small hole he had knocked in a wall and was flabbergasted by what he saw. Among the items discovered were luxurious chests, thrones, beds, clothing, jewelry, chariots, swords, and many clay figures of animals and shabti. There were 413 shabti placed in the tomb where normally there would be one or two. This was a sign of love and respect for the boy king. The museum had some exhibits with authentic items, but the recreation of tomb chambers contained only reproductions. Still it was an impressive display. We were allowed to use cameras in the museum. However I would have liked to buy postcards of the objects we saw. They did have a wide variety of souvenirs of Egyptian art.
We took advantage of the free monorail. We boarded at the foot of the sphinx and first rode to Mandalay Bay, then back to the Luxor, and on to Excalibur.
From journal Nothing Vague about Vegas