Vegas vs. WDW

[Lets Respect]

that's just the club goers dressing like hookers now

Heh heh.

They are also being rude when they come up to your spouse WHILE YOU ARE STANDING THERE. At least learn some manners

 

[ABQ]

that's just the club goers dressing like hookers now

I was there over Halloween the past two years, you should have seen the morning after appearance. Yikes!!!!!

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Some other differences...

This is not a Singing group in the Magic Kingdom but a store in Las Vegas

The Old WDW Monorails were used when they introduced it out in Vegas and now are rotting in the wastes filled with graffiti..

There was a Character warehouse that sold WDW & DL Merchandise...But, it sadly closed a few years ago..

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Another interesting little tid bit was a Planned hotel that never happened for Euro DL...Called....Disney's Las Vegas....
https://www.designingdisney.com/content/disney-las-vegas-–-euro-disney-hotel-never-was

 

[Tinkwings]

Well just sayin' I don't care how one packages the Vegas experience....this fairy has no desire to EVER go there....still happily content and flapping at WDW.....only reason to head in that direction would be on my way to DL. Now the Grand Canyon would be a destination worthy of my time....but still would prefer to go to Disney if given the choice.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Disney offering more desert parties and opt-in experiences has no parallels to drawing in Vegas customers.

I didn't mean they were competing for the same market, just adopting similar strategies for maximizing guest spending with more variables and add ons for existing products. Dinner-and-a-show, preferred seating, behind-the-scnes-tours, VIP treatment etc.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Vegas is pretty underrated on things to do. People that think it is just gambling eating and drinking have never left the strip. The best of Vegas is off the strip. Downtown Vegas, The Hoover Dam, interesting museums, Vegas Springs preserve, Mt. Charleston, Red Rock Canyon, helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon, etc etc.

Vegas is a great hub for vsiiting other area attractions and natural parks. I very much enjoyed seeing Hoover Dam, and it didn't take too much of a comute from my hotel by tour van.

The Cirque shows in Vegas are pretty amazing, though Le Reve @ The Wynn is even better. I hit both Vegas and WDW each year. They are completely different animals. I probably would not hit Vegas annually if I didn't love so close, but it's hard to pass up. Neither is cheap, though Vegas does try harder to get me there on weeknights especially with far better deals than WDW offers for room and board.

Le Reve was great. Has most everything you'd expect from a Cirque show, just not the official branding.

The difference in weekend vs weeknight can be pretty staggering. I've never stayed over a Friday or Saturday for this reason.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I agree 100 percent. The difference for me with the 2 is I do not enjoy gambling. After I have lost $50 and spent more than $50 for one meal in vegas (not including entertainment), I am bored.

Over three trips, I've spent a total of 1.5 hours gambling. If that was the only thing to do there, I probably wouldn't go. Plus the casinos are the one place you can smoke indoors for many hotels, so if it's busy, they're the least disirable place to be for me.

 

[Much-Pixie-Dust]

Been to both recently and have a blast at both, although WDW is where my heart is always, partly because I get to enjoy it with my entire family and Vegas isn't somewhere I want to take my kiddo at her age. We were there for New Year's Eve and loved the fireworks and, but not as much as Wishes. It was fun walking on the strip when they closed it for New Year's Eve and their Walgreen's Pharmacies have everything!

Disney hotel rooms don't compare with Vegas rooms, IMO. Vegas' are amazing and cheaper than my room at AKL, and that's with the resort fees. I love being 36 floors up with a strip view. Concierge at Vegas is a real concierge service, where as Disney's are friendly and print off my boarding passes, but really can't get me show tickets or hard to get dinner ressies. I was there on Spring Break and they could not tell me when I could enter Star Wars Galactic Night Party, when I inquired if it was like other hard ticket parties with early admission to park. I also like the van service to/from airport to hotel better in Vegas. It's cheap (not free like Magical Express), but it's quicker and more hassle-free.

Food is expensive at both and I am exhausted when I come home from both places.

Would I give up Disney for a trip to Vegas, no way. Disney is a total escape from reality in way that Vegas or any other place isn't for me. But, I do enjoy going with my dh for a quick trip to gamble, see some shows, and people watch! I agree with the poster who mentioned LeReve. It is simply beautiful and the best show I have ever been to, including ones on Broadway.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

There was a Character warehouse that sold WDW & DL Merchandise...But, it sadly closed a few years ago..

There also used to be a fancier looking Disney Store in the Forum Shops at Ceasar's

 

[Much-Pixie-Dust]

Over three trips, I've spent a total of 1.5 hours gambling. If that was the only thing to do there, I probably wouldn't go. Plus the casinos are the one place you can smoke indoors for many hotels, so if it's busy, they're the least disirable place to be for me.

Have you gambled at Aria? I hate smoke, but never have found it to smell smoky. I don't know what they do differently with the air purification system, but it never smells smoky to me.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Have you gambled at Aria? I hate smoke, but never have found it to smell smoky. I don't know what they do differently with the air purification system, but it never smells smoky to me.

Haven't been inside Aria yet, but I found the Wynn casino to be nice looking and not too bad for smoke. It's also brighter thanks to the use of natural light.

Excalibur is probably the worst I've been inside (Luxor was not much better). If that was somone's first impression of Vegas, I wouldn't blame them for getting back in the car and driving away.

 

[Much-Pixie-Dust]

Haven't been inside Aria yet, but I found the Wynn casino to be nice looking and not too bad for smoke. It's also brighter thanks to the use of natural light.

Try Aria. We like Wynn too and it's brighter, but I couldn't smell any smoke in Aria. What do you think of the fountain show at theWynn where the lady's face come out of the waterfall? I thought it was so strange!

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Try Aria. We like Wynn too and it's brighter, but I couldn't smell any smoke in Aria. What do you think of the fountain show at theWynn where the lady's face come out of the waterfall? I thought it was so strange!

It was...different to be sure. I ate dinner at a table by the lake and saw a few of the smaller shows they do there. Not something I'd make a special trip to see, but it makes for a more interesting meal.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I love visiting Disney theme parks, but Vegas is a lot of fun. It's fun to do strictly adult things sometimes. I'm heading back to Vegas next month and I'm too excited.

 

[Much-Pixie-Dust]

Maybe it's just me, but I also have wardrobes to both places that I don't wear anywhere else. At WDW it's mouse ears and Mickey shirts and Vegas, well it's just not things I would wear to my kid's tennis matches or to the grocery. Don't judge.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Maybe it's just me, but I also have wardrobes to both places that I don't wear anywhere else. At WDW it's mouse ears and Mickey shirts and Vegas, well it's just not things I would wear to my kid's tennis matches or to the grocery. Don't judge.

Agreed. And it's not just fashion either. My last trip to Vegas, there were things I participated in that I wouldn't tell my mom about, but I'm not ashamed of that. I go to Disney to watch shows, get on rides, meet characters, etc. I go to Vegas to do...other things. So? Lol.

 

[Much-Pixie-Dust]

This is like Planet Fitness. It's a judgement-free zone.

 

[networkpro]

that's just the club goers dressing like hookers now

Not when they are teenagers at 4am trying to get past security with their Johns/Janes. Its amazing what you see playing the slots between 3 and 7am in the Palazzo.

 

[GVentola]

My parents and I went to Las Vegas five times around the turn of the millennium. I tried to go a couple of years ago. I had booked a $21 a night room in a hotel bordering the Fremont Street Experience, plus tickets for shows and transportation. Got on the plane in Orlando, promptly tripped and hurt my leg, and had to go home. Lost over $600, and I had trip insurance. But insurance wouldn't cover it, because none of the doctors I spoke to would write a report for them for some reason. Oh, well, at least I have an interesting story to tell. As I always say, I can handle losing big money, but if my change goes into a vending machine that doesn't work, then I'm mad like Micky Dolenz beating an empty Coke machine in the desert. (Kudos to anyone who understands my reference.)
When I was in Vegas, I found it was like living life on a different level. I didn't gamble much, didn't see erotic shows, or anything, yet I felt free and uninhibited. Like Epcot, it has different country themes, though in Vegas you have to drive to each one and park in a garage. I live in the Vacation Kingdom, Orlando, and Vegas is a good place for someone used to thrills to go on a vacation.
Here's a way I think Las Vegas and WDW are alike: no sense of history. Anything can be demolished to build the next big thing. It doesn't matter if it was one of Walt's first audio-animatronic shows or a place that the Rat Pack frequented. It's gone, baby! Oh, how I miss the brightly lit façade of the Riviera, which I was able to look upon from our room at Circus Circus one year!