Las Vegas Centennial PartyWritten by Iulia Pascanu
Las Vegas turns 100 this year, on May 15th. Las Vegas Events (LVE) and Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) have a mega-party planned to last all next year round, debuting December 31st 2004. Las Vegas accustomed those who happen to drop by and pay a visit just last day of year, with fireworks extravaganza, live music, multicolored lights and people celebrating in street. It is true, only a hundred years ago (that actually comply on 15th May 2005), Salt Lake Railroad Company was auctioning off a bunch of land-parcels, located just in area that modern reveler today knows as Fremont Street Experience.
| | Why Take a Cruise Vacation?Written by Colin Hartness
Have you considered taking a cruise vacation but just aren’t sure if it would be right for you? With all cruise lines available, all cruise destinations, range of prices, there is a cruise for just about everyone. Do you commute to work every day, sitting in traffic for perhaps hours? Think about it, on a cruise you don’t drive anywhere for 7, 10, 14 days or more. Now, even if you were on a bus tour with no driving yourself, you haul your luggage or at least pack and unpack it at each stop. On a cruise, you check your luggage when you check in and it magically appears in your cabin, stateroom, or suite. You unpack once, feeling at home for duration of cruise. The cruise staff will tell you when to place your bags outside your accommodations at end of cruise and, just a magically, your luggage will be waiting for you on shore at a designated pick-up point. Taking a cruise vacation frees you from some of hassles of traveling. If you take a driving vacation, there’s always question of where to stop to eat. All meals are included in price of your cruise and great food is one of main attractions of taking a cruise. Most contemporary cruises take into account modern casual lifestyle and provide a variety of restaurants and snack bars on board. Typically, there is a varied and plentiful breakfast and lunch buffet similar to what you find in Las Vegas. Or you can eat breakfast or lunch in one of ship’s restaurants, ordering exactly what you want from ample menu, prepared fresh for you. Restaurants are usually open for meals for extended hours and buffets are generally open all day and into night. Have you heard of midnight buffet available on some cruises? Dinner is an important event on a cruise ship, a tradition dating back to late 1800’s when cruises were for royalty and wealthy who expected elegant formal dinners. Again, in today’s lifestyle elegant dinner is optional, and for those who prefer to dine casually, dinner buffet is available usually until 9 pm. Most cruise ships offer excellent cuisine, especially at dinner, in main dining room or rooms plus offer meals at upscale specialty restaurants at additional cost. Cruise lines base much of their reputation on their food service, and terms such as “world class cuisine” and “gourmet meals” are combined with “impeccable service” to insure that onboard dining experience is truly memorable. Many cruises still offer one or more optional formal dinners where ladies where long formal gowns or other evening dresses and gentlemen wear tuxedos or dark suits.
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