Thursday 1/10/2015.
Once again, when we woke in the night, we couldn’t get back to sleep. Billy Tolley from Ghost Adventures messaged us at 3 a.m. during their lockdown. He said we were awesome, it was really great to meet us and he hoped we were enjoying his city.
Titanic exhibition
At 10:30 a.m. we headed to the Titanic exhibition in the Luxor hotel. There are over 350 authentic artifacts in the exhibition that were recovered from the wreck site. Some of the famous rooms have been recreated. They gave us passenger boarding cards of real passengers then at the end, you got to see if you survived or not. We had the same passenger, and Neen was our daughter-in-law. The three of us survived. We should hope so! We were amazing swimmers in our youth.
Next, we posed for photos, including sitting on a replica staircase from first class. It’s the only time we’ll ever experience first class. One of the sets was the bow of the boat, so we recreated the famous Titanic pose. The lady at the gate applauded us. Do not many people do that? Such a waste! You can’t go to the Titanic exhibition and not do the pose. In fact, it should be an entry requirement.
The Titanic exhibition was brilliant. It’s amazing to think that delicate items such as glass and dining sets survived yet the ship didn’t. There were also passengers’ belongings, like razor blade wrappers. You drop a plate on the floor, it smashes, but you drop it on the ocean floor, and it survives. There was also a large section of the ship. The gift shop sold replicas of the dining plates, which was a nice touch, though the design wasn’t to our taste. We buy our plates at Halloween, like true style connoisseurs.
Something fishy
We boarded a tram to Manderlay Bay to the shark reef. Before you get to the aquarium, there’s a fascinating museum about sea life. We’d hoped to find a sharktopus, but only found a very angry octopus instead. Perhaps he’d seen the film and thought the octopus was misrepresented. As well as an aquarium, there were also some reptiles. The poor crocodile was in a small tank and looked so depressed. There were sharks, fish, rays, an octopus and even a sea turtle. It also had piranhas, where we learned a terribly sad fact – they don’t eat people. Yes, we asked. They may nibble someone’s fingers if they fall in the water, but they’re too small to eat an entire body. Life is just full of disappointments. They were beautiful, a shimmery gold/silvery colour.
Taking a gamble
We had some time to do some gambling, so had a go at computerized blackjack and roulette. Lynx won $2 on blackjack. Clearly she should become a professional gambler. We hadn’t had any time to gamble, so felt we had to have a go before we left. It would be criminal not to gamble in Vegas. That’s the reason people go to Vegas. We spent our time at museums and chasing ghosts. Pro tip – if you just sit at the tables, press buttons and look like you’re gambling, you get free drinks. Ours was a vodka and lemonade.
It was time to head for the airport. There was still so much we wanted to do in Vegas but San Francisco was calling us. McCarron airport was so confusing. It said to go upstairs for check-in then sent us back downstairs. We got through security no problem – screw you, Gatwick. We boarded a tram to take us to our gate. Our flight to San Francisco was leaving at 5 p.m. with a stop at LA airport.
We’d started our trip not overly keen at the thought of spending four days in Las Vegas, and ended it not wanting to leave. It was a gamble that paid off.
Read Day 4.
Read our San Francisco adventures.