No, not really but the MGM Grand Lion Habitat provides plenty of opportunity for visitors to see real live lions of all sizes and ages. The Habitat at this famous Las Vegas hotel and casino has been the home of one of the most seen lions in the world, Leo the lion who roars at the beginning of every MGM production.

Leo has retired but his family carries on in his place at the MGM Grand Lion Habitat. All of the lions featured now are descendants of Leo and entertain about 12,000 visitors a day in the habitat complete with four waterfalls, a pond, trees, and overhangs.

The 5,000 square foot habitat is enclosed with one and a half inch glass giving viewers the chance to watch the lions as they eat, sleep, and play. You may have a problem getting good photos though as there is usually a crowd with noses pressed against the glass.

While the attraction at the MGM Grand Lion Habitat in Las Vegas may seem confining for the lions don’t worry. The lions ‘work’ for 6 hours and then have several days off at the 8.5 acre ranch about 12 miles from the hotel.

Both the attraction at the Las Vegas hotel and the ranch are open to the public from 11:00am - 10:00pm daily and admission is free. Although at the ranch for a fee you can have your photo taken with lion cubs.

A great way to pass some time and gain a real appreciation for the ‘big cats’ or ‘kings of the jungle’ you won’t want to miss this Las Vegas attraction.

This is how the Amazing Johnathan who is also known as the Freddy Krueger of Comedy is not a show for children. So, leave the kids at home and head out to the Sahara to take in one of Vegas’ best comedy shows.

From acerbic comedy to innovative magic, sight gags to special effects be prepared. The Amazing Johnathan includes a far share of audience participation so expect the unexpected especially if you are lucky enough to be seated close to the stage.

Johnathan doesn’t actually do ‘magic’ on stage unless you count shocking the audience. What he actually does is start out like he’s going to do a magic trick, usually one we’ve all seen a million times, but either doesn’t finish the trick or somehow twists it around with a new ending.

The Amazing Johnathan has been featured in Rolling Stone magazine and The New York Times and he has received Las Vegas Review-Journal’s “Best of Las Vegas” awards with “Best Show” and “Best Comedian”.

Although The Amazing Johnathan has spent time at the The Flamingo and The Riviera his home is now at the Sahara Hotel & Casino which has been host to just about every major star since it opened in the early 1950s.

This show does contain adult language and themes and no one under 18 will be admitted without a parent or legal guardian.

Roy’s in Las Vegas is a great place to enjoy casual dinning or grab some take-out. Offering a wide range of Hawaiian cuisine Roy’s also offers seafood and steaks.

Located at 620 Flamingo Rd in Las Vegas this is one of several restaurants owned by Master Chief Roy Yamaguchi. Others are found across the continental US, several in Hawaii, Japan and Guam.

Allow his roots started in Japan Yamaguchi’s specialties are a combination of fresh local ingredients, European sauces and Asian spices. The restaurant offers nightly selections, ‘Roy’s Classics’ and daily specials created by local chefs trained by Roy himself, along with the regular menu items.

An example of some of the menu items include:
• Roy’s Canoe Appetizer
• Roy’s Original Hawaiian Blackened Island Ahi
• Wood Grilled Szechuan Spiced Baby Back Pork Ribs
• Yellow Fin Ahi Poketini
• Wasabi Aioli, Avocado and Tobiko Caviar
• Hawaiian Style Misoyaki Butterfish
• Roy’s Classic Roasted Macadamia Nut Mahi Mahi
• Hibachi Style Grilled Salmon
• Roy’s Melting Hot Chocolate Soufflé

Roy Yamaguchi has published three cookbooks, “Hawaii Cooks: Flavors from Roy’s Pacific Rim Kitchen”, “Roy’s Feasts from Hawaii” and “Roy’s Fish and Seafood”.

Just down the road from the University of Nevada – Las Vegas and not far from several Las Vegas hotels and casinos dinner at Roy’s is a dinner not soon forgotten.

If you’re planning a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada or looking for some ‘vacation ideas’ you will want to consider Circus Circus. This hotel, casino, and attraction was one of the first themed hotels built in Las Vegas.

Circus Circus Hotel & Casino offers free circus acts through out the day, clown shows, and the world’s largest permanent circus complete with a 90 foot roof shaped like a tent.

The hotel offers two styles of rooms plus and RV park. The Standard Tower rooms offer a long list of amenities while the smaller Manor rooms offer fewer amenities. With 3,774 rooms total there should be a place for you to stay.

Hotel amenities include valet parking, wake-up calls, a beauty salon, and laundry service among others. Circus Circus offers 3 swimming pools, a wedding chapel, 20 stores to shop, and Adventuredome Theme Park.

Adventuredome was originally known as Grand Slam Canyon and covers five acres on Las Vegas Boulevard and is connected to the hotel. If you are brave you may want to take a ride on Canyon Blaster the largest indoor double loop corkscrew roller coaster or why not jump on Rim Runner and get cooled off a bit on this water ride that includes a 60 foot waterfall.

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to live at the circus you really should check out the Circus Circus Hotel & Casino.

For a great change of scenery while playing your favorite casino games why not visit the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino on Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada? The elegant Venetian décor includes canals and gondolas just like you would find in Venice Italy.

The Venetian isn’t strictly about fancy trappings and posh decorations though. With over 140 casino game to choice from you shouldn’t have a problem finding something to suit your craving for gambling.

A few of the games offered include:
• Blackjack
• Craps
• Roulette
• Baccarat
• Spanish 21
• Casino War
• And Texas Hold ‘em Poker

If gaming tables aren’t your thing the Venetian also offers a Race & Sports lounge. Just watch your favorite sporting event or race on big screen monitors or go all out and have fun wagering on them.

There’s still more though. Mega Jackpots offered range from a dollar to over 30 million. With Wheel of Fortune, Haywire, Hot Peppers, and many more you are sure to have fun and come home with some extra cash playing the slots.

The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas also has special accommodations with in the Gold Club Lounge which is complete with all the comforts of your living room at home including telephones, televisions, food and beverages and the Venetian staff ready to help in any way they can.

If you’re headed to Las Vegas you will certainly want to either get a room at the Venetian or at least pay a visit and enjoy the state of the art technology in the lavish casino.

Whether you’re an Elvis fan or not you will enjoy a visit to the Elvis-A-Rama Museum in Las Vegas. Located at 3401 Industrial Rd in Las Vegas, Nevada this museum is one of the largest collections of Elvis Presley memorabilia.

At this great Las Vegas museum you’ll get to see Elvis’s costumes, jewelry, sheet music, pictures and even a collection of letters hand written by Elvis himself to his girlfriend when he was in the service.

Some of the larger items in the museum include one of Elvis’s limousines and his motor boat. But the smaller things are just as interesting such as the first paycheck Elvis received in Las Vegas.

The museum isn’t extremely large but is an experience you won’t want to miss and is well worth taking an hour or so out of your day to visit.

Also included is a short show performed by an Elvis impersonator and don’t pass up the great gift shop where you will find a wide variety of Elvis souvenirs to take home with you from Las Vegas.

Just a block or two from the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, Treasure Island and Caesar’s Palace among several others Elvis-A-Rama is open Monday through Saturday 10A.M. - 7P.M.

V the Ultimate Variety Show is changing the look of Las Vegas entertainment with an astounding, energetic and creative new concept. Like the hit TV show “30 Seconds to Fame,” V features high energy, out-of-this-world acts that work the crowd into a frenzy. It’s the one show that has it all! There is no other Las Vegas show like it.

With an all-star cast of the best variety acts in the world, this show is fun for families, international tourists and anyone in the mood for an outrageously good time!

With so many shows to choose from, V gives the most bang for the buck, rolling the cream of the crop into one great show guaranteeing two thumbs up from the audience. Every show includes magic, special effects, death-defying stunts, wild comedy, visual artists, physical insanity and much more!

Unique specialty performers from around the world come together in this fast-paced showcase of record breaking, jaw dropping, uproarious, turn-of-the-tables where the specialty acts rule the show! With unique talents and exciting new forms of entertainment frequently being added to the line up, V will captivate audiences again and again.

It’s variety, it’s Vegas, it’s V the Ultimate Variety Show, with something for everyone!

More information at http://vtheshow.com; the ultimate variety show is located in the V Theater
Desert Passage at the Aladdin Hotel & Casino

The show that inspired “Saturday Night Live” and turned improvisation into a true art form has been enthralling Las Vegas audiences since 2001!

The Second City, which started as a tiny theater in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood, has become the top name in live, comedic entertainment. An institution in its native city, the troupe’s alum roster reads like a who’s who of comedic greatness - Bill Murray, Mike Meyers, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Tina Fey and Joan Rivers, to name only a few.

Thanks to its intimate seating, The Second City Theater is the perfect venue for the troupe’s insightful, intelligent humor. It’s also perfect for enabling audience participation.

In a town where white tigers and helicopters appear out of thin air, The Second City cast members have a more difficult task at hand - creating comedy out of a series of words and phrases hurled at them by overzealous audiences.

Be part of the experience! The room is intimate, the show is hilarious and you won’t find a better value on the Strip!

The Second City performs at the conveniently located Flamingo Las Vegas on the world famous Las Vegas Strip!

Celine Dion is coming to Vegas for a great family show. July 4 - August 15, 2007 on Mondays at Tuesdays at Caesars Palace.

It’s the “A New Day” showcase tour and you don’t want to miss it. Celine Dion will sing her greatest hits and put on one spectacular show. Don’t get left out in the Vegas rain. This truly will be a show for the entire family. Good music, no adult entertainment, and just right for any age.

Caesars Palace is located at 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd. in Las Vegas. Celine Dion will perform in The Colosseum. Schedule your dinner and reserve seats today. You won’t be sorry you saw Celine Dion, but you might be sorry if you miss her.

The Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas features a great variety of live music
performances. With such festive surroundings, you can’t help but have a great
time.

Bands perform Sundays through Thursdays from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m., and
Fridays and Saturdays from 6 p.m. until midnight.

Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas is open daily from 11 a.m. for lunch and dinner and
offers two delicious specials: the weekday Bavarian Lunch special, which
includes a 10-oz. Hofbrau Original, for $9.99 (offer valid M-F), and the weekend
Four-Course Feast, which includes your choice of a roasted half-chicken,
Schweinshaxe, Sauerbraten or famous German pancakes PLUS a 10-oz.
Hofbrau Original or a glass of German wine or Champagne, for only $19.99
(offer valid Sat-Sun).

The Rio’s everyday casino gaming experience has been infused with a new
form of energy, excitement and entertainment. It’s called “BevErtainment”, a
new concept that combines Las Vegas’ most recognizable icons, the cocktail
server and the entertainer.

Glamorous entertainers traverse the casino floor not only taking drink orders,
but periodically pausing to grace strategically-placed stages for 90-second live
performances. Some sing, some dance — they have their own styles and
abilities; yet they all have one thing in common: they serve beverages swiftly,
and with a smile.

Free admission.

Better than some of the shows. And the best part is its free. What is it you might ask, well its a production of Animatronic figures fighting for control of Atlantis.

This production is like no other, its set on an amazing stage. The stage is also an attraction of Las Vegas. A stage an attraction? Well yes, it is when its an amazing salt water aquarium. You can watch as a diver feeds the tropical puffers, flounder, sharks and the rest of the aquarium’s inhabitants each day at 1:15 and 5:15 pm. A second staff person is present during feeding times to answer any questions you might have. In addition, tours of the aquarium’s facilities are offered Monday through Friday at 3:15 pm.

No its not a casino, but it has all the same excitement that the casinos hold. We are talking about the Exotic Cars at Caesars. Ceasars palace is not just a casino. The forum hold excitement of a different kind the Exotic Cars displays more than 40 vehicles with prices more than $1 million. Extremely rare and sought after, they draw thousands of people to the two-story, 34,000-square-foot showroom each day. If you want to discover more about any of the cars on display, vehicle specifics can be checked out on several interactive touch screens readily available around the showroom.

The turnover for these cars is exceptionally high as they are highly sought after. Whether you want to buy or just admire the Exotic Car show is something that is not to be missed. Right on the strip you will have no problems locating the car show.

Admission for the car show is $5.00 per person, cash and credit cards are accepted.

They’re bald, they’re blue, and they will make you laugh.

I’m talking about the Blue Man Group, Vegas’s premiere entertainment group.

These guys are about as blue as ugly blue can get - well, not exactly ugly. Let’s try incandescent, glow-in-the-dark, cobalt blue. Weird. You’d think they were from another planet and I think you’re supposed to. No ears. That about sums it up. Then there’s the penchant for food. Huge amounts of it, which they voraciously shove into their big bald faces like little boys about to hit a growth spurt. Yes, and they’re funny, in a sort of multi-media way.

It’s like a vaudeville act and a rock concert light show thrown into one. And they’re not just out of this world, they’re world travelers, taking their show to Chicago, the Big Apple, Sweden, anywhere they can gather an audience; and I’m thinking they can gather an audience anywhere. This theatrical rendition and powerhouse trio can be seen right here in Las Vegas any night of the week at The Venetian (where else?).

Show times: Mon, Wed, Thur, and Sun at 8 p.m.
Tues, Fri, and Sat at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Don’t miss The Blue Man Group.

The Bellagio Hotel Las Vegas is one of only two genuine 5 diamond rated hotels on the Las Vegas strip. The amazing ambiance from outside to inside of this captivating hotel is second to none in its unique architecture and captivating structure. Beautifully lit areas from ceiling skylights offer a rare change from the trend of being hidden from the hot sun in other Las Vegas hotels.

The Bellagio Hotel Las Vegas boasts fabulous glass structures and enormous yet eloquently choreographed fountains that are free to visitors of Las Vegas. The light and sound show over the lake is an exceptional accent to an otherwise beautiful hotel.

The Bellagio hotel has some 3,000 rooms with one that is sure to please everyone, all including mini bars and flat screen televisions. The Cirque du Soleil’s O Show is an aquatic wonder performed by extremely talented performers put on a wonderful show for kids of all ages and is sure to please everyone.

There are some 100,000 square feet of gambling space in the Bellagio Hotel Las Vegas’ casino with a conservatory garden manned by nearly 100 different gardeners. The ever changing garden grows and changes with the seasons, offering something peaceful and different every time you go.

Carrabba’s Italian Grill in Las Vegas come very highly recommended by many of the visitors who also dine regularly at Mimmo Ferraro’s and Mermaid at Silverton. Carrabba’s Italian Grill has a quite well deserved 4.5 or 5 star rating in several reviews, including this one.

Carrabba’s Italian Grill is located on Eastern Ave and offers up traditional southern Italian food in a friendly atmosphere that is sure to please even the most finicky Italian eaters, with gluten free items in chicken and beef, anti pasta and salads..

Some of the house specialties include favorites like open fire roasted chicken breast complemented with sun dried tomatoes, steak Marsala or famous Italian pasta dishes like fettuccine Alfredo or shrimp linguine sautéed in succulent garlic sauce. You can get wood fired pizza with fresh pasta from the open space kitchen

Carrabba’s Italian Grill is great for big groups or small, intimate settings for 2. You can make reservations to get your favorite table, or come in last minute and constantly get good service and great food and a very reasonable price.