Vegas--Day 1

I decided to dedicate one post for each day of our trip instead of putting all of our pictures and info into one long post. We arrived in Vegas on Sunday afternoon and made our way to our hotel, the Luxor. One of Justin's co-workers stays here every year when she and her husband go to Vegas, so she had given Justin some tips on what to do. She told him to go to the west tower registration desk to check in and lucky for us that was right by the door where our taxi dropped us off. There was no line and Justin asked and was able to get a room upgrade to the west tower (which was newly renovated) instead of in the pyramid. We then headed to our room to leave our luggage and change before heading down the strip for dinner and our show. As we were headed to the tram to take us up the strip we had to pass the main registration area. There was a long line with at least an hour and a half wait. Boy were we glad for the tip we got and so thankful that we didn't have to wait in that long line. We really would have been cutting it close to eat dinner and get to our show had we had to wait in that line!

We made our way to Treasure Island to pick up our tickets for our show--Cirque du Soleil's Mystere and then we headed to dinner. We ate at a California Pizza Kitchen and arrived there right before they closed (once again good luck for us.) Our dinner was amazing and by the time we were done it was about time for us to get seated for Mystere, but we did have a few minutes to spare to pull a few slots before the theatre opened. We weren't really sure what to expect from Mystere, but Justin and I both enjoyed it a great deal. When the show was over around 11 o'clock we were both exhausted and decided to take the monorail back down to our hotel instead of walk. Not only were we tired, but we also had to get up early the next day for our planned excursion, which will be detailed in our next post. Here are a few pictures taken from our first day.