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| Statue of Liberty by New York, New York Hotel & Casino |
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| New York, New York - Las Vegas |
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| Meeting SpongeBob on the Las Vegas Strip |
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| M&M's World |
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Coca-Cola and M&M's; I'm getting a toothache
just seeing these two side-by-side |
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| Fun inside M&M's World |
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| Monte Carlo statues |
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| Monte Carlo river run |
On our second day in Vegas (with kids), we did some sightseeing along the strip. The kids immediately gravitated toward M&M's World, so off we went. On our walk over we met SpongeBob, and this was definitely a highlight of the day for the girls. Elise was very excited and Alina was well, let's just say, "cautiously eager". There were plenty of other popular cartoon characters hanging out along the strip and the girls enjoyed pointing them all out. M&M's World was a fun place for the kids to explore, and the girls enjoyed filling up their bags with plenty of multicolored sweets.
After the short walk along the strip, we headed back to our hotel as we had planned to take all the kids for an afternoon of swimming at the pool. The pool at our hotel, the New York, New York, was so-so at best, and fortunately we were given free entry passes to use the Monte Carlo pool, which has a standard pool, lazy river run, and a wave pool. The Monte Carlo pools were incredibly crowded, but given that it was a Saturday afternoon in August we weren't at all surprised. There were few kids at the pools, it was far more of an adult party (I mean this is Vegas after all), but the kids didn't seem to mind as they spent most their time wading in the wave pool. When the waves started they scurried to the shallow end for rescue, until they finally got used to them and then started to enjoy the experience. It was fun watching the little cousins swim and play.
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| Statues outside the Monte Carlo |
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| The crowded Monte Carlo pool area |
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| Papa swimming with the kiddos |
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| With the kids in the wave pool |
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| Little cousins having fun in the pool |
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| Little Alina after a fun swim day |
