irish guys hitting vegas...clueless!

[Cisco419]

so did you find any coke?

lmao!!! That's awesome!!!

[donalF]

ok here goes.....

a little background: 8 of us went in total and i did all the research and organising and as i was to find out the rest didnt have a clue what they were doing or where they were going.started to get annoying for me, i was like a bloody tour guide half the time.

Day One: Dublin to philly to vegas to TAO to drais.

ok so we have a very early start thursday morning.taxi is booked for dublin airport for 7am. had been out the night before watching the ireland V cheating scumbags (france) game where we were robbed by the frogs!!! anyways we get to the airport with plenty of time, clear US immigration in dublin which is a big perk as ive seen the queues in US airports and we get waved through. then its the first leg of our marathon journey to vegas.flight is fine, on time and we have a few drinks to get the blood pumping.land in philly, satisfy my craving for mountain dew (why dont they sell it in ireland!) then have a few more drinks before our flight to vegas. this is when it starts to get good.turns out 58 passengers on the philly flight are ongoing to vegas too so you can imagine everyone is seriously excited at this stage. the drinks service on the flight is ridiculously slow so we're ordering 3 at a time.then they close the drinks service for an hour because theyre too fucking lazy! wouldnt happen on an irish airline! we eventually get more drinks. land in vegas, collect our bags and its off to our cheap but well located hotel, the excalibur.
i explain to the 2 taximen we need to go to a liquor store and dont want to take the tunnel.all fine in my cab but the other cabbie obviously realised the other guys dont know where theyre going and takes them the tunnel anyways.stop at the liquor store and pick up a few big bottles of grey goose, jameson, jack and mixers.
so its drop the bags, get showered and slicked up for our first night on the town.we've been up 20 hours since leaving dublin but the adrenaline is pumping and we're ready for a big one.we drink in one of the rooms and head to the venetian. its my birthday this night so all the lads give me 20dollars each and i have to bet it.so 140 all on red......lost! i head up the escalators to get a look at tao.no real queue, just a few guys in general admission and then a sea of doorman, hosts etc. me and 2 of the guys decide to head in early.no waiting, bouncer says happy birthday on seeing my passport and in we go.first impressions were ok this place is big and PACKED!! of course we bump into other irish there, we're like magnets to eachother. the dancefloor is packed, cant move and pickpockets are everywhere.not impressed after all the hype. but then the girls in the bathtubs and dancers come out.im in love! drinking at a serious rate at this stage.tried patron after hearing all the fuss/songs etc and me likey! have loads over the rest of the night.was a ripoff but didnt care, i was in vegas with money to burn! tao really got going coming in the last few hours, the girls went from snotty to a lot friendlier after a few drinks.i started scoring a girl on the dancefloor who i had been chatting to.out of the blue the rest of the guys except for two show up and its carnage.shots and drinks are flowing.we spent so much, should of got bottles. it all gets hazy and messy now so somewhere i suggested drais to two of the lads and we head off.into drais no problem, just waked up and the guy let us in.so far clubs have been no problem getting into, dont know what all the fuss is about.drais is fun, dont remember a lot, im dancing like an idiot.the two others leave and i stay, still drinking and dancing.get chatting to a group of guys and girls from california who have a table and they let me sit with them and give me drinks too.my new best friends around 8am i cant keep my eyes open, its been 40 hours since i left my house in ireland!!
i stupidly decide to walk from drais back to the hotel.everything in vegas looks so close to eachother! im staggering by planet hollywood and theres 4 guys walking towards me with a bottle of goose,they had just arrived for the weekend and thought i was funny or something so they take pictures with me and give me shots of the vodka on the street.into walgreens for bottles of water for the morning, hug the store assistant (cringe!) and off to bed i go.......great first night!!

[AK2Vegas]

That sounds so badass! Looks like you tore it up! I had a blast there the week before you got there. Can't wait to hear more.

[BritishV]

Sounds great - a hug with a stranger is always a nice way to end a night! looking forward to more :-)

[dogeaters]

very nice Donal im looking forward to the rest... especially the part where you meet the hot girls with all the e while dancing to the house beats

[donalF]

day 2: touristy things, more drinking, then plams clubs.

So despite being up for over 40 hours, the jetlag screws me over and i wake up at eleven.3 hours sleep, i wasnt happy but i was still pretty drunk so i went along with it.the rest of the guys filled me in on what happened to them....seemed everyone had an eventful night. the two that were with me in drais decided to go to spearmint rhino, when they got there and had payed in, they realised they had no money left.they were having problems with the atms in there and left after 10 minutes.....didnt even get a single dance. the guy i was rooming with never turned up in tao so naturally was wondering what happened to him.....he sat at the tables in the venetian and went on to lose 900 dollars.IDIOT!! another 2 of the guys had big X's on their hands, got cut off and then one later got kicked out of the casino by security.a few of them also got asked to watch their language while at the tables.cursing for us is kind of a normal thing, you hear it everyhwere in ireland from absolutely everyone.i had known going to vegas it was different in the US, tried to warn them but they never listened.....this would be a recurring theme during the week!
so anyways 4 of us are up and craving greasy food.i remembered looking on google earth that in and out burger was behind our hotel across the freeway, and we headed there. it was 11:30 and the place was packed! its definately a step up from mcdonalds and great value too.said we'd come back again during the week but never made it.walking back to the hotel i decide its coaster time so we head into NYNY. one of the lads has a serious phobia but he does it anyways.head back to the hotel and i nap for about 2 hours.wake up again and drag myself up, 3 of us decide to walk the strip and look around.i get one of the yard long drink things for the journey to keep me going and stop a hangover coming by staying drunk.i win a silly hat in the excalibur on the way out so i look like a drunk fool walking around-love it. watch the fountains at the bellagio and decide to go gambling inside.play blackjack for a while, dealer and waitresses were very friendly in the bellagio i found.i was new to blackjack and the dealer was very helpful.drinks service was great too, strong drinks and they came fast. i end up 80 dollars up. i play risky when it comes to blackjack i was told but it payed off this time.
all of the group end up meeting in the bellagio and we decide to go to caesars. i have fond memories of the cheesecake factory from spending a summer in boston so we head for there. so we're eating our food and this guy comes over with a big video camera and wants to video us for a cheesecake factory ad for facebook! we sign the waivers and were told to act natural.of course we dont, and act as cheesy as we can.if that ad ever surfaces im never letting anyone see it!
we head back to NYNY, quickly becoming our favourite casino-nice laidback atmosphere, friendly dealers and good drinks service.more drinks gambling and we have a few more in nine fine irishmen. the tiredness is kicking in and i can tell already some of the guys wont make it out tonight. we head back to the hotel to get ready, 6 of them pul out so its just me and the guy im rooming with.wasnt impressed but said f*ck it, it wont stop me. so we head off to the palms, get our wristbands early and have a few drinks at the casino bar and decide we'll check out playboy first.stroll passed the queues with our wristband and up we go. playboy is cool, more of a lounge than a club in my eyes but a nice place to start the night.the girls are hot.luckily the 2 of us are both single and hes a good wingman so we chat to loads of girls.our irish accent is going down very very well! even one of the bunny bartenders loves it. head up to moon then and WOW!!!! that terrace and view, incredible.i text everyone i can think of back home, they were all getting up for work while i was on top of a tower in vegas! moon has a good crowd in it, everyone is up for a good time and everyone is friendly.chat to loads of people from all over the world. 2 trampy girls from arizona take a liking to us.....good times! daft punk is playing and the roof opens, im blown away.never seen anything like this.
i hadnt been keeping track on how much we were drinking, i just knew it was a lot and my friend is a bit of a lightweight and hes starting to get messy.i figure he'll be ok for another while and we head to rain.rain is cool but not that full, the fire above the dancefloor is cool. im having second night syndrome where no matter how much i drink i cant get passed a certain level of drunkeness so i hit the jaeger shots. my friend is a complete mess at this stage and no matter how much i dont want to leave (i have a hot girl from kentucky all over me) i decide he has to go when a bouncer starts noticing him and watches him like a hawk. so i have hime buy the back of his shirt while he wobbles left to right.this is the same guy that lost the 900 dollars the night before and now i know why.....the minute we make it to the casino floor he tries to run to the tables! im having none of it and drag him out.get out and theres a huge taxi line, i go up to the taxiguy and say i cant queue with him, he'll get in a fight just by bumping into everyone.he understands and lets us skip.my friend passes out on my shoulder in the taxi.get back to the hotel, i drag him out of the cab, he cant/wont walk so i put his arm over my shoulder and drag him through the casino which gives everyone a good laugh.eventually get him back to the room, throw him on his bed (he rolls out of it) take his bank card because i dont trust him to stay in the room and im not letting him gamble and lose more money. amnt i a good friend!
so im still not tired, want more drinks, so i ring the rest of the group thinking they have to be doing something.bingo, theyre in NYNY so i head over. theyve been at the tables for a while and one of the dealers they had is barbara. they all love her and i quickly understand why. she gets our irish humour and has no problem with how loud we our and the random crap we talk when drunk. a group of canadian guys are just standing beside our table listening to us because they find it hilarious! have a great night in there but eventually the booze all hits and i call it a night, tell barbara, or babs as we know her i love her, and head back to sleep.day 2 over, great night again!

[NyceGuy]

Damn that sounds like you had a blast. I was having fun just reading it. Great TR!

[BritishV]

sounds like fun! Irish guys know how to party - I bet you were the most popular guys there! Looking forward to more (and photos!???)

[LovesVegas18888]

so we're eating our food and this guy comes over with a big video camera and wants to video us for a cheesecake factory ad for facebook! we sign the waivers and were told to act natural.of course we dont, and act as cheesy as we can.if that ad ever surfaces im never letting anyone see it!

I'm now going to become a fan of Cheesecake Factory on Facebook just in case this ad surfaces

[LovesVegas18888]

Great TR so far! It's non-stop action... I love it!

[blibblab]

donalF, were you or one of your Irish mates wagging an Irish passport in the Tao bathroom, upset about the Ireland/France football match earlier in the day? Just wondering cause the guy that was there was hilariously blitzed and really pissed about the match.

[IRockNvegas]

your buddy needs to be a better wingman, good report!

[donalF]

donalF, were you or one of your Irish mates wagging an Irish passport in the Tao bathroom, upset about the Ireland/France football match earlier in the day? Just wondering cause the guy that was there was hilariously blitzed and really pissed about the match.

I wouldnt be suprised if it was one of us, although it could be any irish person.the country went mental over it. when we got to vegas we couldnt believe that it had become international news,on every tv station and everytime we said we were irish to anyone it was brought up.the fallout is still going on over here.we completely boycotted the paris casino all week over it!!

ill have more of my TR up today hopefully, been very busy this week plus im trying to get spearmint rhino to send me 2 cameras back that i left behind......we'll get to that in the TR

[donalF]

DAY 3: hangover from hell, UFC, palms clubs again!

So saturday morning i wake up and im in absolute bits, my head is banging and im getting sick. all i want to do is sleep and be left alone but myself and 2 more are going to the UFC fight in mandalay bay that night and we have to collect our tickets. Im forced to get up and the entire group of 8 head to mandalay bay (again they have no idea where theyre going or what to do so they just follow me, when id rather be alone at this point) we get to mandalay bay and they cant find our tickets, we show them our confirmation email and they still cant find them.im about to lose it when the girl finds them in the wrong pile or whatever. meet the rest of the group and all im asked is "what do we do know?" in my head im screaming "do fuckin whatever you want to do" but i said im going to the shark aquarium and whoever wants to come can come....they all do, suprise suprise.
when i visit an attraction like this i like to do them properly, audio tour and all, but of course the lads have no patience and are in and out within 15 minutes.i let them wait outside, i have peace and quiet with the sharks! its a cool place but smaller than i expected.
head back to the hotel then to get ready for UFC and the night in general.i have a mcdonalds to try and help me, i puke it up. im ying on the bed and im on the verge of asking if someone else wanted my ticket, im feeling that bad. then in my head i just say man up, get in the bloody shower and go or you'll regret it. so i stick on my suit, and head to UFC lookin slick haha! we get to the event center and im faced with a horrible prospect....its time to start drinking again. the first beers take forver to go down and my insides are working overtime to keep it down but eventually i find my stride and me and the other 2 take it in turns to go down and buy rounds of beer. ive never been to UFC before, hardly watch it but i wanted to go because i said to myself when is the net time ill get to go to a PPV event in vegas? it was well worth it, the atmosphere for the last few fights was electric and for the main event was incredible.forrest griffin won on points, i decided at the start id shout for him.hangover gone, starting to get drunk we txt the rest and after our great review of the night before and the wristbands they decided to go there.i would have preferred to check out a different club but i didnt mind, i had a great night the night before so went along with it.
get a taxi to the plams, the guys are in ghostbar and we queue up to get our wristbands......
so theres a group of guys and girls ahead of us in the queue. every now and then more join the group meaning we'll be waiting longer.i notice it as do plenty of people and its annoying but if my friends showed up id probably do the same and tell them to join with us. so the guy im rooming with, who i brought home the night before, doesnt see it this way and loses it. gets in a big argument with 2 of the group, uses every insult he can think of and he squares up to one guy.i get in the middle saying to stop, calm down etc but it keeps going on. theyre 2 seconds from hitting eachother at this point when one of the other group pulls the guy away.we're still in the queue at this point and all im thinking is great, these guys are gonna be in the clubs we'll be in, we're bound to bump into eachother, and with more booze on board it could all kick off. its very tense at this point! we get our wristbands, as the other group comes out of the store the same guy shouts more at my friend but he doesnt respond. what i dont understand was that there was a bouncer outside the stuff store who let all this happen and never said a word.if one punch had been thrown i would of gone nuts and i assume the other group would have too. not the first time in vegas that we would see security doing nothing to stop fights....thankfully it didnt involve us. the two guys want to get a quick bite before we go in, so we go to the food court in the palms.i can tell my friend is being off with me, maybe because i didnt automatically take his side instead of telling him to stop and calm down etc. he says a few snappy things to me but i let it slide.i just avoid him for the most part.im annoyed though because he doesnt see where im coming from.....if he gets in a fight and gets arrested/hurt and is taken to a police station/hospital it ruins everybodys saturday night in vegas.we didnt fly for 12 hours to have our saturday night in vegas ruined over a few people skipping a queue.
as it turns out he leave fairly early and im with the other 6. we run into the group the argument was with but nothing happens and one of the other group apologizes to me saying it was stupid and i do the same. back to the night anyways, the guys are blown away by the view from the clubs, the roof in moon etc and we head down to rain for perfecto. this was the night i had wanted to go to originally but didnt suggest it as i thought the rest wouldnt enjoy it. markus schulz is playing, hes rocking the place, i get completely fucked and rave away a few hours. all the group really enjoy it suprisingly and everyone ends up fucked. apart from a little spped bump and a dodgy hangover it was another great day and night in vegas!

[NyceGuy]

Good TR.

Funny, my group ALSO almost got into a fight at the Palms.