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I am a frequent Vegas visitor and have heard of this place awhile ago and always turned my nose to it - "pay to be cold...uh dumb"
BUT now that I actually went this past trip I have changed my tune.
Went with a group of 6 people. Only 1 in the group has been there before and since she raved about it we all gave in. I could see how it would be fun to take newbies there for their first time.
3 of us did the cheapest package. $25 to rent a jacket (big bulky, not cute, canvas jacket), booties (pretty much fleece slippers), gloves (i recommend grabbing 2-4 pairs from the bin and layer up cause your hands will get cold first), and 1 drink (small tumbler sized vodka mixed drink, they are good though and the cups are ice!)
I was wearing jeans and was not "that" cold and we stayed in there about an hour. My 2 girlfriends, though were wearing skirts and the jacket only goes to the knees so obviously they were much more chilled.
The rest of our group opted for the $70 package which included a faux fur jacket, same booties & gloves, a photo, a fur hat they got to keep and 2 drinks. Besides the hat & photo momento and the extra drink they did not have any more fun than us cheapskates :)
The staff was super nice (especially the extremely hot bartender who knows he looks like James Franco) and there are photographers walking around taking whatever pics you want and then you can look at them later and opt to buy them.
One gripe would be, at the front where you pay needed another person running a register. Only girl was working when we went late on a Saturday night and it seemed to take forever to pay and get everything taken care of before going into the bar itself.
It was not that crowed but was not dead either, everyone was having fun from looking around. Something different and a memory for sure.
We took our jackets off for a photo opt which was fun but I recommend doing this towards the end of your visit because it is effin cold in there and you will never warm up correctly by just putting your jacket back on.
Will I go again, maybe. :)
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