Las Vegas is not just about casinos and lights. They're also about entertainment and one of the hotels located in New Las Vegas, Bellagio Hotel offers people entertainment outside the hotel's vicinity. Beside it is a large area of water that, every few minutes will play a song coupled with a display of an array of water fountain performances synchronizing with the song. If a song's beat suddenly becomes hard, the fountains spurt out water very high. Bellagio hotel is very easy to find. See one of the pictures below where you see the Eiffel Tower replica? Bellagio Hotel is just across it and you will easily know it's the place because of the wide area full of water. We were lucky we didn't wait very long for their water fountain performance. We happened to pass by the hotel a few minutes before it started. The song lasts pretty long too! You definitely must not miss this one.
One of the hotels we went to was Caesar's Palace. Even though it's a hotel, it looks like a huge mall inside. Once inside, you'd think that you're outside because the ceiling's covered with designs that mimic the blue sky. Within the palace, they have a small man made river where you can ride Gondolas, the traditional Venetian rowing boat. If you're not familiar how it looks like (sorry, wasn't able to take a picture of it), they're the very same boats that you see people ride on in Venice's waterways. They also have statues, like those you see in movies that depict Romans, you know, white colored statues. These very same statues will move once their scheduled show comes into play. You better check the time schedule for this. We were lucky (again) to have caught the show at the right time.
They also have a Fao Schwarz toy outlet inside . This famous and posh toy store is famous for its large stuff toys of about anything from unicorns to dinosaurs and many others. I described it as posh because I find it posh haha. And I noticed that it's known for its large stuff toys, as in very large, maybe twice as large as the world's tallest human. I came to this conclusion because I saw the same things when I first went inside a Fao Schwarz outlet in Manhattan, New York.
Our photos in Caesar's Palace happened during daytime though but it was all good. This is one posh hotel and when you talk about Las Vegas, it's always about casinos which they also have one (as with probably mostly all other hotels).
Does that phrase ring a bell? One of our Orlando stops was NASA. It was a great place to see all air vehicles on exhibit. From the very first model to the newly proposed model of a space shuttle, you can see everything there. During that time, there was no shuttle launching scheduled, so we just toured around the facility. It's a pretty big place, so you also need a map for this one. If I remember it right, it is within NASA where you can experience riding in a space shuttle. Can't really remember since it's been 10 months since we went there and I'm blogging about it now. But I'm betting that it only happens in NASA (I doubt the ride's in Disney). You sit on the chair, as it moves itself letting you face upward like you're facing the sky. As the final countdown reaches zero, the simulation vibrates as if you're within a real shuttle launch. Once the boosters are off and the shuttle has launched, you're off to experience mach-5 hypersonic speed racing through the air and into space. The whole flight from ground to space actually lasts only two minutes. Then you bask in awe as the sight of space display in front of your very eyes. That was one of the awesome rides that I was happy we didn't miss out.
You'd also get to see a demo on how a real shuttle launch would look like from the command center. Or pilot a Mars Rover on a replica of Martian soil. Get inside a look-alike shuttle model and see what is inside or feel a moon rock on display (don't worry, there are no radioactive germs, lolz). Get to see one area of its facility where parts of the International Space Station are hosted. These parts are a joint cooperation of the different countries involved. The NASA area doesn't just sit on any ordinary land. It is surrounded by some marshes, home to some animals and reptiles like alligators. You can see them while you take the bus ride touring you around the facility. When you think Orlando, naturally you think about Disney right away. Or Universal. NASA shouldn't be overlooked because it is one of the best places to go to in Orlando. Trust me. And experience that Mach-5 ride aboard a simulated space shuttle ride.