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Las Vegas

Theme Park Guy Rating: 333
Date Visited:
March 11, 2009

Review

Las Vegas once played host to a Wet'n Wild water park, an MGM theme park, a Star Trek ride at the Hilton and an IMAX flight simulator at the Luxor. 

They are all gone.

Remains of its theme-parky past are the Stratosphere Tower with its three very good thrill rides on top (all playing with your fear of falling over the edge), a wild launch coaster at the Sahara (fun!), the yellow roller coaster at New York, New York (looks better than it is), an indoor theme park called 'Adventuredome' at Circus Circus (disappointing) and an aquarium at Mandalay Bay (good, but overpriced).

If you come to Vegas for the rides, stay at the value-for-money Stratosphere Hotel, enjoy the three thrill rides at the top and the coaster at the Sahara across the road. Skip the rest, and instead of gambling your money away, use it to book a ticket to Orlando or to Japan for a visit to the incredible Tokyo DisneySea!


Las Vegas Stratosphere tower Las Vegas Stratosphere tower

'Insanity' ride on top of Stratosphere Tower 'Insanity' ride on top of Stratosphere Tower

Sitting precariously over the edge Sitting precariously over the edge

Spinning over the edge: the screams inside this ride are real! Spinning over the edge: the screams inside this ride are real!

'X Scream' ride on top of Stratosphere 'X Scream' ride on top of Stratosphere

Dropping riders over the edge Dropping riders over the edge

X Scream ride, Las Vegas X Scream ride, Las Vegas

New York-New York hotel with its prominent coaster New York-New York hotel with its prominent coaster

New York-New York hotel New York-New York hotel

New York roller coaster New York roller coaster

Coaster plunge Coaster plunge

New York-New York roller coaster in action New York-New York roller coaster in action

Sahara casino (you can see a coaster sticking out on both sides) Sahara casino (you can see a coaster sticking out on both sides)

Sahara's Speed-The Ride Sahara's Speed-The Ride

Speed-The Ride loading station Speed-The Ride loading station

Sahara's launch roller coaster Sahara's launch roller coaster

Speed-The Ride in action Speed-The Ride in action

Speed does a loop... Speed does a loop...

...before going completely vertical ...before going completely vertical

Circus Circus hotel, with attached Adventuredome theme park (crimson color) Circus Circus hotel, with attached Adventuredome theme park (crimson color)

Adventuredome indoor theme park Adventuredome indoor theme park

Adventuredome roller coaster Adventuredome roller coaster

Mandalay Bay hotel and casino Mandalay Bay hotel and casino

Aquariums inside Mandalay Bay Aquariums inside Mandalay Bay

Shark tank tunnel in Mandalay Bay Shark tank tunnel in Mandalay Bay

Mandalay Bay themed aquarium Mandalay Bay themed aquarium

Luxor hotel and casino Luxor hotel and casino

Las Vegas CityCenter under construction Las Vegas CityCenter under construction

The former site of Wet'n Wild Las Vegas The former site of Wet'n Wild Las Vegas

Las Vegas from above Las Vegas from above