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| - Went to MGV on the day of my wedding. We had a group of 9 people and had made 11:30Am reservations. They picked us up promptly at the hotel, and got us to the range quickly. When I made the reservation, they said that they would have us on the range by 12PM. Well, that's not exactly how it turned out, as we didn't actually get on the range until an hour after we got there. So basically you just have to hang out in the waiting room. We had been waiting a while, and I asked them if there was anyway they could move things along since I was getting married later that day, and obviously I had some other things to worry about once we were finished there. They didn't seem to concerned about any of my potential time constraints.
I had made a reservation to do the 3 gun pkg and fire the automatic shotgun. That cost me somewhere around $230. Which obviously is pretty expensive for the equivalent of 160 rounds. So then while we're sitting there, I was informed that I needed to go ahead and pay my $35 tip. I wasn't aware that there was going to be a mandatory tip before we even stepped into the range. They should call it something other than a tip if it's mandatory.
Well, once our group finally got in the range we started shooting guns. We had 2 instructors and were working on 2 lanes. It took a long time to cycle through all our group and their guns. Typically it was approximately 10 minutes between shooters. The instructors were friendly enough. Shooting the guns was great, and it was a fun experience that I'll remember for a long time.
Obviously I was planning on giving my new bride the MGV thong that was part of the package. They were out of them. Also, we had to remind them that we were owed free t-shirts.
In the end it took 9 people 3.5 hours from pickup to dropoff. Which is a long time considering that you only spend about a total of 4 minutes shooting. Having said that, it was a good experience. Just as long as you know that it will take a while and it is expensive, and there's a mandatory tip.
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