LAS VEGAS DAZE: Bellagio Chinese Year of the Dragon Conservatory D...

I am adding a link to my friend Diana's video of the Bellagio Conservatory Chinese New Year display for 2012.  This was taken from her blog - I have really missed a great display this year!  Darn!


The video below was taken with the iPhone 4GS so it's best viewed full screen if you have the bandwith.


Bellagio Conservatory - Year of the Dragon

Link to article: Bellagio Conservatory's Christmas display is now open (video)

If you don't already know this, the Bellagio Conservatory is changed and decorated by the seasons, plus one: it is decorated for Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and the Chinese New Year.

Over the past couple of years they seem to have started re-using many of the same design elements in their decorations from season to season, but I'm a fan of recycling, so I don't mind at all. What I do mind is when they don't add enough elements in their designs, because Vegas is supposed to be over-the-top. More is better in this case, in my opinion.

The Las Vegas Sun just posted a video with an overview of Bellagio's Christmas display for 2009. Click the link to view some beautiful stuff, including a softly falling snowstorm:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/videos/2009/dec/14/3338/

I've seen the Spring, Summer, and Fall displays repeatedly, but never the Christmas or Chinese New Year displays. I'm going to have to make a point of making a wintry trip to Vegas to see them both someday!

Keep in mind when you visit the Bellagio Conservatory that they DO have a change-out period between seasons, so there's a chance that you may see a work in progress during your trip, or not be allowed in at all. Check out a Vegas website like Vegas.com, for an overview of when the current display will be up before your next trip to make sure you won't miss a thing:
http://www.vegas.com/attractions/on_the_strip/bellagioconservatory.html

Take your camera - lots of photographic opportunities!

Videos: LolaDoggie's Las Vegas Christmas trees and displays

If you've ever wondered how to carry on your love of Las Vegas into your home, my friend D (aka "LolaDoggie") has a history of great Vegas decorations for the Christmas holidays.

Here's a link to her 2009 decorating progress to date - I promise I'll add a link to the new videos when she puts them up on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoEGTHVamKc.

She has a lot of great ideas for Vegas-related holiday decorations. Here's a link to her 2007 Vegas Christmas tree video - she did an awesome job on this one, and it has 3,500 lights! (She mentions Las Vegas Talk, which is now OpenVegas, but neither of us are members of that board anymore - our great friends went to LasVegas4Ever (and she still has friends at WhatBrianThinksAboutVegas, too): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWIGoYvVnCc&feature=channel

I myself only have a very small Vegas Christmas tree - inspired by LolaDoggie - which I put up last year when she really couldn't do one because of her health issues. I previously shared photos of that one so she and my other LV4E friends could see it because I felt we were ALL missing the Vegas Christmas tree spirit, and everyone enjoyed it. I hope to someday do Vegas decorating as well as she does it, and I'll definitely be putting up another Vegas tree this year. Photos will be posted here for sure!

Paris room video

Here is my room video for my Paris hotel room - another view of the pool and the Eiffel Tower, with a little bit of Bellagio in the background. A very nice room at a Harrah's-owned property.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2CULhr27E0

This is a standard king room, but it is hardly anything to sneeze at. Between the Strip location, the ease of getting to and from the room, and the access to the rest of the property's amenities, it was a great room for a few nights' stay. It didn't hurt that it was free, either. :)

Bellagio room video

Here's my YouTube video of my Bellagio room - #11009. I had a pool view and LOVED it! I hope to get some great offers from Bellagio, because it was a fantastic room and very, very comfortable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwt8SQQuxH0

In my video, I forgot to mention a couple of things that some people may find very important to their stay:

• The makeup mirror in the bathroom is lighted on both sides
• There is a digital scale under the bathroom vanity
• A programmable safe is included in the armoire

There is also a turn down service every night - I came back to my room to find the lights turned down, the curtains closed, a jazz station tuned in on the TV, and chocolates on the nightstand. A girl could get used to this!