i dont see vegas as a family destination. i think it's a huge waste and even a bit selfish to take your kids to vegas and call it a family vacation. there is nothing for kids there-nothing. and don't tell me that kids love circus circus. they do not. it's dirty. it's old. no one loves circus circus. not even this guy.
the point here is that my inlaws have a vegas timeshare-of course :). and aparently our entire family is going to vegas at the end of may. groan. so don't get me wrong, i like vegas. anywhere i can go and have free drinks brought to me simply for sitting next to a slot machine sounds like good times. my issue is that i have a one year old kid. i also have nephews that are 2, 6 and 12 who will be going along. how much fun are they going to have? atleast the 12 and 6 year old will have some rides i guess, but really how long can that last? 3, maybe 4 hours tops? what the hell are they going to do for the other 3.75 days that we're there?? i've been checking online and with friends who lived there and have seriously come up with zero ideas of things to do with connor. right now, we're figuring lots of time in the hotel pool and maybe finding a mall that has a kiddie playground. wow. awesome. so glad i'm taking time off work for this awesomeness.
anyone have any other ideas??
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Scott has raved about all the hiking around the vegas area. ie: a place called calico basin. You could strap on your baby bjorn and take connor up. If I were you I would get away from the strip. Find a cool small town, do some hiking and eat lunch.
Yeah, I don't know what the grandparents were thinking when they suggested a family vacay in Vegas, especially with the little ones. He might like looking at all of the flashing lights along the strip...I was going to suggest looking at all of the hoopla inside, but it's second-hand smoke city in there... so nevermind.
My mom took us on a family vacation to vegas when I was 16, and it was actually a lot of fun. we took our jetski to lake mead and spent half the time on the lake, which was a blast. and then we loved looking at caesar's palace and riding the rollercoaster. but we were older, so we just had fun hanging out. little kids need action-packed things goin' on. have you checked out vegas.com? they might have something. i thought vegas was supposed to be a "family-friendly" place, according to tourism people. good luck.
yeah, i'm so sick of the "family friendly" crap. i must disagree that a place where porn flyers are thrown at me as i simply walk down the street cannot be described as "family friendly". we checked out vegas.com a few weeks ago and found lots of ideas for older kids-even school aged, but not connor's age. ugh.
kate-any small towns you can think of? i am pretty sure that this is going to end up that we do things like the park, the mall, lunch...same stuff we do here just in another city. geez!! :)
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