Thursday

Thursday was a pretty relaxed day for us.  We got up and had breakfast at Grand Lux Cafe again then headed to our appointment to look at our wedding pics.  After trying to be upsold to a $2,000 package for about 30 minutes, we made our selection and headed out for some more exploring.

Since we didn't have anything planned until later that evening, we headed down to the MGM Grand so that I could see the Lions (one of my favorite exhibits).  If you aren't familiar with the strip, the MGM is on the opposite end of the strip from the Venetian.  We hoofed it for a few casinos, but it was so hot that we decided to take the tram the rest of the way.  We get to the MGM and after wandering around for a while, I find the exhibit.  It's gone!!!  It has be closed off.  I was so bummed!! :(  Not only was it one of my favorite things, but we'd gone all the way there just to see it.  We settled on some shopping at Planet Hollywood - not too shabby :)

After a late lunch at Planet Hollywood, we made the trek back to our hotel to freshen up for our evening at the Phantom of the Opera.

We grabbed a couple of appetizers at Tao before the show and were there when the doors opened.  The theater is incredible and so was the show!  Neither of us had seen it before so it was even more special.  The chandelier that you can see in the picture below actually falls onto the crowd in the middle of the show - super scary but cool.

The show has been at The Venetian for 6 years, but is leaving on September 2nd.  We were glad that we got to see it before it was gone.