THISWASFOREVER: Giveaway

This has nothing to do with traveling, but this post is an entry for THISWASFOREVER's dolly wink giveaway. I guess this can be kind of travel related b/c she is currently in China :p she's soo lucky! Here is what I'm entering to win!!

The picture is obviously not mine, but check out her blog too!!

http://www.thiswasforever.com/2011/06/dolly-wink-eyelash-by-tsubasa-masuwaka.html

Santa Cruz Boardwalk

Santa Cruz Boardwalk is a great place to visit. You can go on the beach and take in some sun or walk the boardwalk and ride rides! There are three main roller coasters on the boardwalk: Hurricane, Big Dipper, and Logger's Revenge. Personally I absolutely undoubtedly loved the Big Dipper! Hurricane was one of those rides where it was just meh and I didn't even waste my time going on Logger's Revenge. But there was one ride that my cousins and I went on just to waste time (expecting it to be a kiddy ride) but were we surprised. The ride is called Wipeout, by far one of the funnest rides I have ever been on! So when you walk in you go down this boring hallway nothing interesting and you wait in line. You see (i believe) four big rounds and on top of that four boats that rotate, the boats hold two people, from there you're probably thinking "WTF am I doing here, I'm leaving" b/c that is exactly what my cousins and I thought. As we were about to turn around and walk out, the lights turned off, rave like music was playing and the big rounds started spinning and so did the boats!! There were multi-colored lights going everywhere and I just can't explain it well enough to do it justice~

I loved going to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, there are a wide variety of rides and games that appeal to all ages... and in my opinion, pretty cute guys to check out ;D haha

Wynn: Lake of Dreams

The Wynn's Lake of Dreams is a free show that can be viewed at the Wynn hotel, but the down side is- that it really isn't meant to be viewed unless you're dinning at the Lakeside restaurant (on the patio). My family and I went down to Wynn to watch the show, and I expected there to be a big viewing area for people to watch. Well was I wrong. There was a balcony on the casino level that had a small viewing area in front of a giant glass window that displayed a waterfall and you can see the diners outside enjoying their candle lit meal. When you take the spiral, yes spiral, escalator down there is a bar area that is below the observation area. The show was short and not very interesting and you can't hear the music unless you are one of those diners eating directly in front of it. Overall not a place to check out if you want to see a free vegas show.

Bellagio:Dancing Waters

The Bellagio's water show is one of my favorite FREE shows that they offer in Vegas. The water is perfectly "choreographed" with the music, and the great thing is that there are different shows. I believe there are about four different ones, but I'm not too sure. I definitely recommend walking to the Bellagio and watching the show at night because the water looks even brighter reflecting off of the lights.