Why didn't I see this before DH & I went??? LOL...... We flew out on 10/02 and came back home on 10/08. We rented a minivan from Dollar Rental ($285 for the week). We took the dollar rental shuttle from the airport to the rental place. We stayed at the Excalibur. It was $119 the first night and 69.95 a night for the rest of the week. It was a nice hotel room, but we didn't stay in it much. Next time we will try a different hotel! I would like to stay at the New York New York if we can get a good deal . That was a really neat hotel especially with the roller coaster on top . DH & I didn't do too much gambling on the strip. We did have a little better luck off the strip at Sunset Station and Arizona Charlie's with gambling then we did on the strip. We did a lot more sight seeing then anything. We ended up taking 18 rolls of film and over 300 digital pictures. I LOVED the view at night from the walk way between the NY NY and the MGM Grand hotel looking down at the strip. That was just Awesome!!!

Now as far as food went. We did some buffets. The only problem was it was such heavy food it stuck with you ALL day! And we were eating so late into the night that it took almost the whole week after we were back to get used to eating at the normal time, LOL. The Excalibur breakfast buffet was not good at all *YUCK*. The Luxor breakfast was good. The rest of the time we ate McDonalds. As far as dinner we ate at Outback Steakhouse (really good!!!), Arizona Charlie's (not good at all ), Sunset Station (best buffet we ate at!), and other smaller food places in the hotels. And of course we had way too many Starbucks Mocha Frap., LOL.... Oh so good, but not at $4.75 for a Venti size

I asked DH as soon as we got back home when we were going again! LOL...So much to do and see and not enough time. We did get to see.....

Shark Reef- Mandalay Bay ***It was AWESOME****
Lion Exhibit- MGM Grand - FREE
Secret Garden & Dolphin Exhibit - The Mirage *AWESOME*
Volcano - The Mirage - FREE
Fountains - Bellagio - FREE

We also traveled to Red Rock Canyon (beautiful), Hoover Dam (soooo cool!!) and to the west rim of the Grand Canyon (GORGEOUS, but I don't think I will make that trip again! LOL)