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| - Hey S J N, (a.k.a. the "1-review wonder"):
re: "Pay the extra for the VIP package!"
I see... so you're saying that I should have paid MORE money and that would have made all the difference in the world in the show? You're saying it would have made the food taste a little less like cardboard, the drinks stiffer and kept them from being served in dixie cups, brought in a breeze into the ridiculously hot venue, provided comfortable non-fold out plastic chair seats, and transported the performance to a classier hotel that wasn't considered the eyesore of Las Vegas?
OH HELL NO.
Who are you kidding? With no wind & unrelenting heat, the venue is like walking into the Amazon. And outside of the performers, this is nothing like a decent luau. The booze is watered down. The mac salad is atrocious. The meats taste dry and unholy, like they were left out all day. Oh sure - if you want to compare it to those bullsh-t fresh-off-the-ATA plane luaus they package 'complimentary' with your stay at the Hilton Hawaiian along with the free t-shirt at Hilo Hatties, alright... I guess it was "on par". Uh... way to set those standards as low as frickin' possible, by the way.
BOTTOM LINE:
This remains, out of the 80 some odd reviews I've done of Las Vegas, possibly the absolute worst shows/meals in the city. I'd even go to [gulp] the dreaded "Tony & Tina's Wedding" for dinner & a show before I went back to this Sin City nightmare.
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THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH $50 OTHER THAN ATTEND THE IMPERIAL HAWAIIAN LUAU:
1) Bobby Slayton: Cheap tix at the Trop for a journeyman comic that's got a faster wit than most pros on the circuit at Caesar's..
2) Anthony Cools: The best hypnotist act in Vegas. Admittedly, filthy as all hell but if you're not a prude, neither is he. Party on at the Paris.
3) Defending the Caveman: A fantastic 'date' show featuring Kevin Burke. An off broadway hit that's gone on for over a decade.
4) Disney's The Lion King: Mandalay Bay actually has $50 tickets for this show. There's really no bad seats.
5) Excalibur's Tournament of Kings: The food's actually pretty good and for all the cheesy clashes at least the arena is very well air conditioned.
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