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| - Overall, the tour was pretty good, but I think some of the info was misrepresented in the description.
I did the Hoover Dam Deluxe Tour which lists highlights of self guided tour of chocolate factory, buffet lunch at Fiesta, photo stop at Las Vegas sign, and guided tour inside Hoover Dam.
The shuttle picked me up at my hotel at 9am and brought me and others to their terminal location where we were briefed, signed in, etc and then we would go out to our respective tour locations. We got to the Hoover Dam probably around 11am. We stopped at the air bridge along the way which was really cool to see, but the driver gave us only 15 minutes!! That was enough to get up there, take a few quick photos, and come back down. The Hoover Dam was great and we were there for just over 2 hours. The powerplant tour was really interesting and I'm glad that I came for this. I had plenty of time to walk around and take my own pics, explore the shop, etc. Great experience at the dam.
From the dam, we went to Fiesta Henderson for lunch. We were told nothing about being there for anything other than lunch. We get to Fiesta at 2pm and the driver tells us he'll be back to pick us up at 4:30pm! WHAT?? 2.5 hours for lunch?? Basically the driver had to take all the Express tour people back to their hotels. This seemed pretty mismanaged and I really think there should've been another vehicle to take them back. I was stuck in a casino for 2.5 hours with nothing to do. I didn't go on this tour to gamble. Not to mention, they told us we'd be back at hotels by 5pm so I had scheduled dinner plans.
We were all confused because we knew there was another stop at a chocolate factory - was it at the casino? Was that why we were given 2.5 hours? Nope. Driver comes back and we head to chocolate factory after that which would have been interesting if it was actually during business hours when people were working. But all we saw was "look, here's where they make chocolate" but not any of the process or anything. The cactus garden was pretty cool though.
I was back at my hotel at 6pm and missed my dinner plans. Also, we did not stop at the Last Vegas sign at all. I don't really care, but don't say you're stopping somewhere and then don't.
Overall, the Hoover Dam portion made it worth it. Had I known I was spending 2.5 hours stuck in a casino, I would've opted for the Express tour and saved the rest of my afternoon. The audio tour on the bus was interesting along the way as well.
My advice - don't waste your time on the Deluxe tour unless you want to spend a decent amount of time at another casino.
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