Vegas Baby, Vegas!

I know that this post is about a month late but I lost track of time and didn't get around to writing this post until now. So, Vegas was awesome! I can't wait to go back. My younger sister and I are planning on going when she turns 21 which will be in 7 years. But enough about the future, you want to hear what happened this summer.
So, my aunt, Susan, and I left for Vegas Wednesday morning and stopped for breakfast at dunkin donuts, the breakfast of gamblers. After driving for 4 hours we finally got there. It amazing! I took pictures of everything. Also, with the new bridge that they built over the Hoover dam, you can't see the water at all so that was a little disappointing. Anyway, we got to the hotel room and my aunt made sure that we had a room with a view. We stayed at Treasure Island. Walking through the hotel just trying to get to our room was an adventure. There were people every where and we had no idea where the elevators were but we finally found them. It was so beautiful! We got settled in and then went walking around the strip. My second cousin, Paul, is living out there so we met up with him. We went to lunch at Planet Hollywood where I was able to order my first alcoholic drink. I got a legally blond and it was so good and I practically downed that thing. I was a little bummed though because the guy didn't card me. After that we walked the entire strip and saw all the hotels. They are so cool and have many interesting things in them. In Cesar's Palace, on the top floor, the ceiling is painted to look like the sky and all the shops look like buildings and there were huge fountains at the intersections of the hallways. Gorgeous! At the Bellagio there was a ceiling with glass flowers hanging from it and a garden area where there was a ferris wheel covered in flowers and this gnarled tree thing that looked like something out of a Tim Burton film. In another hotel (I think it was New York, New York) there was a candy shop right in the middle of the hall. They had a replica of the statue of liberty made entirely out of jelly beans. I love jelly beans, they are my weakness. And they were selling huge, 5 pound gummy bears and gummy worms. They wanted a lot for them though. We went into the coyote ugly bar cause we had a coupon. The guy at the entrance carded me and it was so much fun! It wasn't until we left that I thought about getting a picture of him carding me. Inside the bar there was no where to sit and our feet were hurting really bad so we just got our drinks and left.We walked to Excalibur and bought the tickets for the show we were planning on seeing, the tournament of kings. Then we continued on to the Luxor (Excalibur, Luxor, and Mandalay Bay are all connected so you can walk through them all without going outside), we had finished our drinks from the bar and we were getting thirsty again so we stopped at Fat Tuesdays and I got a strawberry daiquiri and I got a picture of myself being carded. We continued on to Mandalay Bay because we wanted to see the manta rays but the exhibit was closed by the time we got there. We headed back to our hotel and checked out all the hotels on the other side of the street. The MGM was cool and there was a lion exhibit but the lions weren't there by the time we got there. We continued on our way but I had to stop my aunt and cousin when I saw him! Captain Jack Sparrow standing right there on the sidewalk. Definitely had to get a picture with him! After many pictures later we made it back to our hotel and our feet were hating us for all the pain they had to endure. Well, we said good night to Paul and then Susan and I just hung out in the room for a little. The view from our window was gorgeous! The strip is amazing at night!
The next day, Susan and I had the buffet breakfast but my stomach was sort of hurting me so I didn't eat a lot. When I woke up that morning my feet were still hurting and I knew that they were gonna be killing me by the end of the day. Then we went out again. We went to the Mirage and were gonna see the flamingos but you had to pay to see them and we didn't feel like doing that. Instead we gambled for a little, I broke even and then won 20 cents. So much for my beginner's luck. Once we got bored of that we went to the M&M museum which is huge! It's four stories tall. And there were so many M&Ms! It was chocolate heaven. There was a short 3D M&M movie playing so we watched that and it was too cute! I love the M&M characters. Then we went next door to the coca cola store and that was awesome! At the little cafe that's there, you can try 10 different coca colas from around the world. We didn't have the courage to try that (some of them looked questionable). It was time for lunch and we went to the rainforest cafe. It was nice and we got to sit by one of the fish tanks. Afterwards we went to the lion exhibit and finally got to see them. Lions are so beautiful! They are actually related to the original MGM lion. We continued on our path to the hotel Paris. However before we got there, we had to stop at a candy store because Susan had to get something for her son, Frankie. She got him a cute shirt that says "Candy Robot". Then we continued on our way and finally met up with Paul at the hotel Paris. We had to go her because Susan said we needed to get Eiffel towers (for those who don't know, that's a huge container shaped like an Eiffel tower filled with whatever daiquiri you want). I got strawberry again. I also got a picture of Susan being carded. We sat and gambled for a little bit and I lost 5 dollars but Susan got 15 dollars when she only put in 3. Now I know where my beginner's luck went. Finally it was time to head to Excalibur for the show. It was funny cause we had to hide our drinks cause no outside drinks were allowed. However, they didn't really enforce that rule. During the tournament we weren't allowed to take pictures which kind of made me sad but whatever it was awesome! Men jousting and fighting each other and the bad guy with pyro-techs shooting out of his sword. All of it was awesome! And we got dinner with it also which was good. Food that they ate back in the medieval times, no silverware. After the tournament we were able to take pictures with any of the actors who are nice enough to come back out. We went shopping a little and Susan bought Frankie another shirt with Spongebob and Patrick on it (he likes them). Then we had to quickly walk back to the Bellagio cause we wanted to wanted to see the water show. It was nice but I wouldn't have been upset if we missed it. Then we had to hurry to Treasure Island to see the pirate show. We got there a little late so our standing spot wasn't the best. The show was awesome though! Even if it was mostly half naked women dancing around, it was still cool and there were men pirates, fire, and a sinking ship also. Then we went to the Mirage to watch the volcano show that they had. thankfully all these hotels were close together. After that though, our feet were killing us and our Eiffel towers were getting heavy. We ended up making Paul carry them for us. He was such a good sport about it and he was our unofficial designated walker. Then we just went back to the hotel and sat in the gambling area cause then they will being you any drink you want and we wanted water. Every time we moved to a new machine I would be walking like an old lady, shuffling with every step. It hurt so much to walk. Finally we decided to just go to bed. We told Paul that we would meet him for breakfast the next day and then I was out by the time we got to our room. One more thing, when Susan and I were in the elevator a guy came with his friend leaning on him. The friend did not look good at all, he was pale and completely out of it. The guy holding him up was being nice about it and told us that his friend didn't know when to quit with the drinks. I was afraid he was going to puke every where. Thankfully, they both got off without having any messes made. My aunt and I were both worried for the friend.
Anyway, the next day was our last day there and we decided to drive to where ever we went. We checked out and went for a breakfast buffet at Circus Circus. The food wasn't that great, it looked like it had been sitting out for a while. Before we left Treasure Island, we went souvenir shopping and I decided to start a collection of shot glasses. After that we gave Paul some of his stuff (when he moved he wasn't able to take everything with him so he left somethings at Susan's house) and said good bye. We were thinking about leaving early in the afternoon cause Susan had to work the next day, instead we ended up leaving at 4ish cause we wanted to see Harry Potter. It was totally worth it! Driving home, we got lost and then took a detour to see the Hoover Dam. It was pretty cool. After a hour of Susan driving, I got to drive the rest of the way. We finally got back into Phoenix and stopped for ice cream.
That is the sum of my first time to Vegas. I had so much fun and I can't wait to go back. I also can't wait to be there for my sister's first time in Vegas. She also wants to stay at Treasure Island (she loves pirates). Well, how do I end this? I guess by saying, it was an experience that I won't ever forget.