The “Gettin’ It Out Of Our System” Tour 2009 – Day Four (and one-half) – Las Vegas

Ugh…down to the last night, before we fly back (briefly) to Calgary, to recharge before the next leg of our “Gettin’ It Out Of Our System” Tour 2009. We’re earning our flyer miles, let me tell you…

Hey, last night was the Vegas version of a Broadway sensation – we caught “The Lion King”. What a production! Seeing a show here where the theatre has been set up to accommodate a permanent run allows for more elaborate special effects, which this show abunds with. Is abunds a word? I want to say abounds, but that doesn’t seem to do the thing justice. This show explodes with visual delights – right from the stunning opening number, which pretty much rattles your larynx – for lack of a better analogy. Frankly, it rattles your eyeballs, but larynx sounded more scientific.

There’s no doubt that this is a family show, which may explain why it lagged in a number of spots for me. The hyenas got old really fast, but I imagine they were a big part of the story from the original Disney movie, so they had to have been a shoo-in for the musical theatre version. Hey Disney – here’s a tip for the next time around – vampires, or sorcerers…

All in all though, time well spent – the puppetry and masks are incredible in transforming the actors into their characters. The music has been ingrained in our minds beforehand – and the Vegas references made it a little more fun for Mom & Dad – or it was at least intended to, if Mom & Dad hadn’t slipped out after the curtain raised to go shoot craps.

So, this trip has been about seeing things we haven’t seen here before. As many times as we’ve been to this burg, we still haven’t seen a few of the popular casino hotels. So, we trudged in the 110° heat to see the Rio (where the World Series Of Poker was going on – not that we could find it anywhere), and the Palms – home of the only Playboy club (not that Mrs. That Dan Guy let me find it anywhere…)

We also discovered a new indoor connector form Mandalay Bay, all the way to The Excalibur. How James Bond is that?

Tonight, another show, and another new hotel to finally discover. We are a-tingle!

Chow for now!