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disneydream06Day 2, September 9...
We decided to start the day with a little investigation of the Strip.
We stopped into Circus Circus. I was expecting the Circus Circus of James Bond, Diamonds Are Forever. Yeah, it's not quite the same any more. No elepants roaming around or anything like that. On a second floor about the casino there is an arcade area with typical circus games and a small stage where they have they jugglers and acrobatic acts, and a McDonalds. lol... We watched a couple of acts. They were really good. The juggler we saw was like a world champion of some kind. We wondered back to their Adventure Dome or something like that. It's like an indoor amusement park. We walked through it, but didn't participate. :p From there we wondered down the Strip. Popping in and out of different hotel/casinos.
The highlight of day two, for me at least, was that evening. I was going to go see the Cher concert at Caesars Palace and while I did that Joe was going to go see Phantom over at the Venetian. So we headed back to the hotel to change for the evening. We rode the bus back down the strip and split up.
I went into one of the many entrances to Caesars Palace and just inside was a moving walkway that takes you over the entrance to the parking area. Only one little hitch, the walkway wasn't working. So I had to physically walk that "whole" way. :p Then you entered the another area with some more moving sidewalk. Thank goodness this one was working. lol... This than took you to an esculator that goes down into the casino area. I wondered around the corner and there was a crowd gathering and sure enough it was the entrance to the Colosseum theater. To waste some time I went over to look through the Cher/Bette Midler store that they had. They even had a Cher doll dressed up in the outfit from her If I Could Turn Back Time video. You know the one that covered up the eccentials. :p I was tempted to get it, but between lack of suitcase space and the price of $55, I passed on it. Although they do ship, so I was tempted to have that done. lol... I went back out to wait for the doors to open and you could get your picture taken with a couple of showgirls and a topless hunk. I was kind of thinking, shouldn't he be dressed up in Roman gear? I was tempted, but I passed. lol... So I got in line and made my way through the metal detector. I bought a couple of t-shirts but passed on the booze. I can't imagine what they were asking for a drink in a place like that. :o Besides I have always thought it was odd to go to a show and drink. Call me strange. :p
I found my seat and it was a good one. 11 rows back from the stage. :):):) It was slowly filling up when this group of two guys and a girl sat in the row behind me. I am guessing they were in their 20s. The one guy was wearing a decorated sailor's hat which a lot of people like to throw up on stage when she is getting ready to sing If I Could Turn Back Time. Anyway, I think the usher must have told him he would probably have to take it off during the show, or maybe not to throw it up on stage, but he went off on her and that was the beginning of what I thought was going to be a bad night. He kept talking at the top of his lungs, telling everybody that this was the 36th time he has seen Cher and he knows what he can do, and on and on and on. And tomorrow night he was going to be in the front row, and this was the farthest back he has ever sat. Every once in awhile he would burst into song, and believe me, Cher has nothing to worry about from him. I so wanted to turn around and tell him, I paid $250 to see and hear Cher, not him. People all around him were grumbling to themselves and making comments to their neighbors. I leaned over and told the guy sitting next to me, I think we could circle him and beat him up. My neighbor laughed. :p A little while before the show started these two people that looked like head ushers or something came walking up the aisle beside us and I could here the one say, There he is. The next thing I know, she is asking Mr. Loudmouth to step over to the aisle so she could talk to him. They talked for a few seconds and the next thing I know she is taking him up the aisle, and WE NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN..... We were all crushed and missed him greatly. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shortly after that the show started. Think her "Final Tour" show only more. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She opens riding a little cage type thing down from the upper right wall of the theater, down over the audience and down to the stage. It passed just over and in front of me, so I could look up and see her face as she passed over.
There was some really cute dancers, and a couple of really hot guys that did acrobatic stuff like the Crique du Solei(sp?) people. She would sing a number or two and then leave stage to change costumes and the dancers would come out and do their thing, quite well by the way. Her band was on platforms that would slide in and out from the sides of the stage depending on what was going on. During a lot of the costume changes they would play clips from her old shows and movies and also some old home movie stuff with her and Sonny. That was really well received. She covered all the old stuff and newer songs. She even sang a song or two along with a video so it was like she was singing with Sonny. That was really nice.
The show lasted a good hour and a half I believe. When the lights came up at the end, I would guess that it had been a sold out show. It looked packed. Other than our little guy that was taken out.
I so wanted to go back the next night to see if he actually got to the front row, or if he had been tagged as a non welcomed guest. lol.............
Outside the theater there were a couple of cases displaying some of her old costumes and several more just inside. I was able to come back with my camera and get shots of the ones outside the theater.
After the show I met up with my friend, Joe. We headed back to the hotel to get our cameras so we could come back down the Strip and try to get some night time shots of the hotel lights. Now I have only had my camera since Chirstmas, so I don't know all the ins and outs of it yet. So needless to say I didn't realize my camera has a setting for night time shots. So needless to say, again, my pictures weren't turning out so well. :( We road clear down to the South end of the Strip and worked out way back up it. I got really good about shaking my head no and walking past all the people trying to hand out "hooker" cards. :p I am really surprised Las Vegas hasn't put and end to that yet. Although it was pretty funny watching them try to pawn them off on older couples walking down the Strip. lol..........
Then it was back to the hotel for a night's sleep. It's off to the Grand Canyon tomorrow. :)
We decided to start the day with a little investigation of the Strip.
We stopped into Circus Circus. I was expecting the Circus Circus of James Bond, Diamonds Are Forever. Yeah, it's not quite the same any more. No elepants roaming around or anything like that. On a second floor about the casino there is an arcade area with typical circus games and a small stage where they have they jugglers and acrobatic acts, and a McDonalds. lol... We watched a couple of acts. They were really good. The juggler we saw was like a world champion of some kind. We wondered back to their Adventure Dome or something like that. It's like an indoor amusement park. We walked through it, but didn't participate. :p From there we wondered down the Strip. Popping in and out of different hotel/casinos.
The highlight of day two, for me at least, was that evening. I was going to go see the Cher concert at Caesars Palace and while I did that Joe was going to go see Phantom over at the Venetian. So we headed back to the hotel to change for the evening. We rode the bus back down the strip and split up.
I went into one of the many entrances to Caesars Palace and just inside was a moving walkway that takes you over the entrance to the parking area. Only one little hitch, the walkway wasn't working. So I had to physically walk that "whole" way. :p Then you entered the another area with some more moving sidewalk. Thank goodness this one was working. lol... This than took you to an esculator that goes down into the casino area. I wondered around the corner and there was a crowd gathering and sure enough it was the entrance to the Colosseum theater. To waste some time I went over to look through the Cher/Bette Midler store that they had. They even had a Cher doll dressed up in the outfit from her If I Could Turn Back Time video. You know the one that covered up the eccentials. :p I was tempted to get it, but between lack of suitcase space and the price of $55, I passed on it. Although they do ship, so I was tempted to have that done. lol... I went back out to wait for the doors to open and you could get your picture taken with a couple of showgirls and a topless hunk. I was kind of thinking, shouldn't he be dressed up in Roman gear? I was tempted, but I passed. lol... So I got in line and made my way through the metal detector. I bought a couple of t-shirts but passed on the booze. I can't imagine what they were asking for a drink in a place like that. :o Besides I have always thought it was odd to go to a show and drink. Call me strange. :p
I found my seat and it was a good one. 11 rows back from the stage. :):):) It was slowly filling up when this group of two guys and a girl sat in the row behind me. I am guessing they were in their 20s. The one guy was wearing a decorated sailor's hat which a lot of people like to throw up on stage when she is getting ready to sing If I Could Turn Back Time. Anyway, I think the usher must have told him he would probably have to take it off during the show, or maybe not to throw it up on stage, but he went off on her and that was the beginning of what I thought was going to be a bad night. He kept talking at the top of his lungs, telling everybody that this was the 36th time he has seen Cher and he knows what he can do, and on and on and on. And tomorrow night he was going to be in the front row, and this was the farthest back he has ever sat. Every once in awhile he would burst into song, and believe me, Cher has nothing to worry about from him. I so wanted to turn around and tell him, I paid $250 to see and hear Cher, not him. People all around him were grumbling to themselves and making comments to their neighbors. I leaned over and told the guy sitting next to me, I think we could circle him and beat him up. My neighbor laughed. :p A little while before the show started these two people that looked like head ushers or something came walking up the aisle beside us and I could here the one say, There he is. The next thing I know, she is asking Mr. Loudmouth to step over to the aisle so she could talk to him. They talked for a few seconds and the next thing I know she is taking him up the aisle, and WE NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN..... We were all crushed and missed him greatly. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shortly after that the show started. Think her "Final Tour" show only more. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She opens riding a little cage type thing down from the upper right wall of the theater, down over the audience and down to the stage. It passed just over and in front of me, so I could look up and see her face as she passed over.
There was some really cute dancers, and a couple of really hot guys that did acrobatic stuff like the Crique du Solei(sp?) people. She would sing a number or two and then leave stage to change costumes and the dancers would come out and do their thing, quite well by the way. Her band was on platforms that would slide in and out from the sides of the stage depending on what was going on. During a lot of the costume changes they would play clips from her old shows and movies and also some old home movie stuff with her and Sonny. That was really well received. She covered all the old stuff and newer songs. She even sang a song or two along with a video so it was like she was singing with Sonny. That was really nice.
The show lasted a good hour and a half I believe. When the lights came up at the end, I would guess that it had been a sold out show. It looked packed. Other than our little guy that was taken out.
I so wanted to go back the next night to see if he actually got to the front row, or if he had been tagged as a non welcomed guest. lol.............
Outside the theater there were a couple of cases displaying some of her old costumes and several more just inside. I was able to come back with my camera and get shots of the ones outside the theater.
After the show I met up with my friend, Joe. We headed back to the hotel to get our cameras so we could come back down the Strip and try to get some night time shots of the hotel lights. Now I have only had my camera since Chirstmas, so I don't know all the ins and outs of it yet. So needless to say I didn't realize my camera has a setting for night time shots. So needless to say, again, my pictures weren't turning out so well. :( We road clear down to the South end of the Strip and worked out way back up it. I got really good about shaking my head no and walking past all the people trying to hand out "hooker" cards. :p I am really surprised Las Vegas hasn't put and end to that yet. Although it was pretty funny watching them try to pawn them off on older couples walking down the Strip. lol..........
Then it was back to the hotel for a night's sleep. It's off to the Grand Canyon tomorrow. :)
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