Here's a neat and possibly unique experiment we might all have some fun with. I think we all like Las Vegas casinos and how they look and feel inside, so I'm going to try to give you a slight walk-through tour of one or two of them based on my memories of a recent 10 day visit.

Kind of like a memory road map in the fog or a memory blue print of a finished structure.

We could have a lot of fun with this. Try to visualize it in your mind as I offer you a verbal tour. I won't name the place until the very end so that you can take a guess before we're done. (Just might hold off on the answer entirely.)

You neophytes who have not visited Las Vegas lately can use this as a guide to get added enjoyment during yout next visit and possibly learn how to get around without ever haveing been inside the particualr casino.

I think this may prove to be very easy, but what do I know!

OK, here goes - Guess the Casino, #1

A. You drive in and it's very easy to get lost! But's it's really planned very well keeping the arriving guests separate from the departing guests. (If you've guessed the right casino by this clue alone, you're really a Las Vegas expert.)

B. You arrive on the upper level to enter the lobby, but when you depart - you pick up your automobile one more level down. (Think ya got it?)

C. You go through a double set of clear glass doors to a well appointed marble lobby. The check-in counter is on your left. The casino is not too evident at this point. A large bird-cage is located in the center of this lobby but the birds are seldom in it. (This bird part may throw you off! You may just ignore it!)

D. The circular style elevator lobby is ajacent to the check-in lobby. You can continue beyond this elevator lobby and enter the casino or turn in another direction and proceed down a tropical staircase to the car valet service or hallway to the pool area. (If you've been here, you got to know this one by now).

E. But for now, let's enter the casino. It's large and well appointed but you walk clear to the other side because you want to see the restaurants.

F. The Restaurant Square is dominated by a large headless statue. Each restaurant is sort of unique and different from the others. (Got it! Don'cha!!?)

G. You go back through the casino to check out your room. You look out the window and you see a large outdoor recreation area dominated by a Wave Pool.

(You gotta know this one by now!! If you don't, just give up!!) You probably go to Palm Springs for your vacations, anyway!!!

What Hotel/Casino are we in?

LV Short Quiz -"In the lobby, Kimosave!" - What game are we playing?

(Next - Another mystery to solve!)


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will800


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Way Too easy Will,
It's got to be either the Westward Ho or the thunderbird! Right?....now what do I win....LOL

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Lee-PA
Moderator, What's New Forum
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Way too easy. I'll let someone else win.

Lee Pa,

You are so wrong, that I think you are kidding!! I bet ya really know the answer, Lee!

Good man, JMT!Don't give away the ending until it's ended!

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will800

Will, good description. I didn't know about the seperate checkin and checkout areas, but then a I have not stayed there. I'll let someone else win.

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John
Moderator Dining Forum
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Will: That was a very good description.

I could kid you and say "Caesars Palace" but then you'd probably point out that the statue of David is intact!

It's where I am staying in Oct.

Snookie: Have you stayed at Caesars before? It's one of my favorite places to stay.

Good luck with your trip in October.

Neato! This is starting to resemble the Parker Brother's game of Clue! Snookie is definitely not staying at Caesars Palace with a friend with a candle stick in October, so we now know that it is not Caesars. And we also know that it is not the Thunderbird (that place still open?) nor the Westward Ho! (Do people really stay at the Westward Ho?)

So we have eliminated some of the remote possibilities that in no way resemble my description of the mustery hotel/casino in question in the first place.

And I am not entirely convinced that those who claim they know, but refrain form telling, really know at all!

I have yet to see a correct guess to either puzzel - Name the Casino and/or name the game you are playing when you hear. "In the Lobby, Kimosave!". Some of you have got to know that one!!!

Here's another puzzle - What dining establishment on the Strip claims to serve the largest lobsters available? Has anyone ever eaten there and what do they cost per pound?

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will800

Will: We are a tough crowd!

Maybe you should have thrown in a sinking rumor or two.

Will:
You forgot the clue about the show named after a city (or maybe you are trying to forget that) and the HOB. Do I have it?
I don't have a clue about the Kimosave thing...maybe I'm too young <BG>

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pam in palmdale, ca

Yes, Pam, You sure do got it! ANd you have graciously left another clue!

But what is HOB? -
Maybe you should email me,
So all the rest can still feel free
to take a guess and slap their knee
for not recalling it much sooner!
Bing Crosby was quite a crooner!
But he never sang in Vegas.
I knew a guy named Henry Plagus.
I snuck that in so it would rhyme.
Hope that's not a rhymer's crime.

Must be getting tired...... Nite!

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Can you stand one more clue? A well-known senator has been known to stay there<g>.

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Daisy-Beyond Vegas Moderator
daisy@talkvegas.com

The sinking clue is excellent, but I saw no evidence of it while I was there.

A related topic will be brief.

About three months after the Luxor opened, I was sitting in the bar that serves two of their finer restaurants (Isis and ___?___)
having a conversation with an architect / structural engineer from Chicago and his wife.

He was amazed that the very building in which we sat enjoying martinis at Martini Hour was still standing, as it defied every law of structural engineering that he had learned in college.

I found that very interesting and had my second martini at Hamilton's in New York New York.



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will800

Veronica,
I didnt mean I was staying at Caesars.I am staying at the place Will800 is giving all the clues about. Sorry for the unclear post.

Will800,
Would like to have a martini at Hamiltons if I could see George while I am there.
What were you saying about Rosewood Grill? I dont care what they have I am not eating there.

In nursing HOB stands for Head Of Bed. But I think HOB here has something to do with a house color.

Snookie: Yes, I knew that <g>.

Veronica,
Good. Thanks for the wishes for my trip. I have never stayed at Caesers but I hope to some time.

I never did see George in Hamilton's. Come to think of it, I've never seen Colonel Sanders in KFC neither nor JC in Penny's..

These guys more than likely go around naming stores after themselves and then skip town on the next stage.

In fact the last time I ever saw anyone in a place named after him was many years ago in Binions, when good old Mr. Binion was passing rolls of nickles to his customers playing the slot machines.

I'm afraid that sacred and ancient custom of greeting your customers personally has gone the way of the Hula-Hoop.

Now Mr. Binion's teaching St. Peter how to play blackjack.