Once again I headed out to Las Vegas for a long weekend. Well, this will be a pretty quick blog entry because this was by far my most boring outing to Las Vegas to date. We stayed at the MGM Grand hotel again in a fully accessible room with a roll-in shower. I've been wanting to stay at Mandalay Bay for a while, but against my better judgment I chose the MGM, again, mistake!
We flew out on Thursday, April 23, nonstop from Miami on American Airlines and were upgraded to first class based on my status with American and arrived at about 6:30pm local time. American had things well coordinated both in Miami and Las Vegas--an aisle chair ready at both ends and no noticeable damage to my chair this time. It was a pretty bumpy ride all the way out there. That was just an introduction to the three windy days ahead. An easy taxi ride to the hotel, about $15 with tip. Las Vegas is wonderful when it comes to wheelchair accessible taxis, as you rarely wait more than 5-10 taxis before an accessible one comes along. I believe each cab company is required to have 1/4 of its fleet wheelchair vans--not too bad!
On Friday we went to see Zumanity by Cirque du Soliel at the New York New York hotel. It was quite impressive, although I didn't expect it to be quite so risque, certainly not for children! Saturday I got up and had a shower. I rented a shower wheelchair from Universal Mobility again, however, the cost had mysteriously doubled to $95 (per week) from the $45-50 in the past. Then we were off to the Mexican Mecca--Bonito Michoacan Mexican Restaurant--located on Decatur and Twain. El Jefe, Victor, recognized us from previous visits and really made it another enjoyable meal. I highly recommend it to anyone who visits Las Vegas even if the cab ride costs more than the food!
I planned this trip to come back during the day Sunday rather than an overnight 'redeye.' It seemed like a good idea at the time to leave Las Vegas at 12:30pm, and connect to a 2:20pm flight in Los Angeles to Miami. The only two nonstops leave Vegas at 6:00am or 11:30pm, and I didn't want to get up at 3am. So we got up at 8:30am, finished packing, got checked out after causing a stir about why the casino wasn't comping more off my bill, and finally made it to the airport.
(Still a work in progress but wanted to update the blog, will post more soon)
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