We decided to have a relaxing day today since we had been driving such far distances for the past week or so. We spent our morning by the pool at the Rio, swimming in the pool and having to sit in the shade as it was so so hot!
The hotel has 3 free pools, all in different shapes. We particularly enjoyed the one with a waterfall!
After it got too hot outside, we returned to the indoors of the hotel for the afternoon. After sharing a burger king for lunch (there's not much cheap food available here in the hotel!), we returned to our room to update the blog and sort out finances and accommodation, after our stint in Arizona with no WiFi. We knew we'd be out late in the evening, so a quick afternoon rest/nap for me was in order!
Well rested and dressed for the evening, we headed out around 7pm to catch the shuttle to the strip. This time catching the shuttle to Harrah's, we got a bit lost inside there and the Quad: neither of which seemed as nice as our hotel! We checked out the Paris for a quick spot of gambling, but were disappointed by the apparent lack of free drinks this time! We headed back over to the Excalibur for dinner, this time snapping a few photos on the way such as the New York New York below.
For the first time in 13 years, we got Popeyes chicken and biscuits for dinner, delicious as ever, then headed to the floor in the Excalibur for a bit more video poker. And this time, the house didn't win! We spent 3 dollars to make 5, and got 2 drinks for free, aw yeah! Happy with our success, we claimed our money and headed back towards the Planet Hollywood hotel for our evening show.
We had booked 2 VIP tickets to see the Evil Dead Musical, involving sitting in the notorious 'splatter zone' which basically involves having fake blood being thrown over you for 2 and a half hours! We were given our souvenir t-shirts to 'protect us' (like that worked) and taken to our seats, where we were somehow given the center of the front row! I had a bad feeling about this...
The show began and was hilarious, it had a really low budget feel with cheesy costumes and regular breaking of the fourth wall to acknowledge the tongue in cheek script. Filled with terrible puns, dance routines and hilariously written songs, we were pretty much constantly laughing or screaming. And why the screaming? Because we were having that 20 gallons of blood thrown all over us.
Out of everyone in the splatter zone, we proudly took the awards for most covered with blood. Mum, because in the first act she was chosen as the one to have one characters intestines spout all over her for about 3 minutes, covering her head to toe! I laughed considerably at this, but then in the interval it became my turn...
One of the actors came to the stage to chat to the crowd, and upon finding out I was from England chose me to stand up and have my photo taken. I had even more of a bad feeling about this and stood nervously as the count down for the picture ticked down. Facing the audience and unable to see the stage behind me, someone snuck up and poured an entire cup of blood over my head! Now totally covered in the cherry-coke-smelling stuff, I did at least get a free poster and mug!
The second act continued in much the same way, only with more blood. By this time, we were pretty much immune to it! I won't ruin any story-line, but I will say that I can thoroughly recommend anyone seeing this show if they get the chance! And to definitely get splatter zone tickets, but not to wear your best clothes! Their website is http://www.evildeadlasvegas.com/ for anyone interested.
The show finished at 2am, and after an odd walk through the strip covered in fake blood, we returned to the hotel on foot and luckily were allowed back in! The blood proved a little difficult to wash off and as we speak all our clothes lay drying around the room, trying not to get any red anywhere....
Out of everyone in the splatter zone, we proudly took the awards for most covered with blood. Mum, because in the first act she was chosen as the one to have one characters intestines spout all over her for about 3 minutes, covering her head to toe! I laughed considerably at this, but then in the interval it became my turn...
One of the actors came to the stage to chat to the crowd, and upon finding out I was from England chose me to stand up and have my photo taken. I had even more of a bad feeling about this and stood nervously as the count down for the picture ticked down. Facing the audience and unable to see the stage behind me, someone snuck up and poured an entire cup of blood over my head! Now totally covered in the cherry-coke-smelling stuff, I did at least get a free poster and mug!
The second act continued in much the same way, only with more blood. By this time, we were pretty much immune to it! I won't ruin any story-line, but I will say that I can thoroughly recommend anyone seeing this show if they get the chance! And to definitely get splatter zone tickets, but not to wear your best clothes! Their website is http://www.evildeadlasvegas.com/ for anyone interested.
The show finished at 2am, and after an odd walk through the strip covered in fake blood, we returned to the hotel on foot and luckily were allowed back in! The blood proved a little difficult to wash off and as we speak all our clothes lay drying around the room, trying not to get any red anywhere....
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