Wowbagger
The Infinitely Prolonged
The following is a new and improved edition of the Pre-TAM8 activity list thingy I started in one thread. I feel it is worth starting a new one for a few reasons:
Its purpose is to measure the interest level of each of these activities and or shows. This is NOT an official list of pre-TAM activities, as there is no guarantee any of them are going to happen.
And, listing yourself here does not really obligate you to participate, either.
NOTES ABOUT SKYDIVING-RELATED THINGS:
The skydiving related activities may have health, weight, age, and other sorts of restrictions. So, you might want to look into those, if you are questionable in some way about them. Some of these activities may require that you not drink any alcohol at least eight hours prior to the jumping.
If we do end up doing the real sky diving, I do not know which company we are going to go with, yet. There seems to be at least three of them, or so, to choose from. Someone, possibly myself, will have to conduct research to figure out which would be the best one. No experience will be necessary. We will only go with a company that offers diving for first-timers. (I would be a first-timer, myself, in fact.)
URLs for three possible sky diving companies:
http://lasvegasskydivers.com/first-skydive.html
http://skydivelv.com/first_time_divers.html
http://sincityskydiving.com/index.html
There could be others.
If anyone has recommendations, I would like to hear them!
Indoor "Skydiving" takes place in a vertical wind tunnel, in a facility located on Convention Center Dr., between The Riviera and The Wynn. (Somewhat close to where the Stardust used to be.)
SkyJump is a controlled free-fall off the side of the Stratosphere tower. For some reason, this activity is deemed perfectly legal and safe.
NOTES ABOUT SHOWS:
There is nothing really to say, here, that I can think of. I am sure everyone can handle sitting in a seat for the length of whatever shows we see. It is unlikely that you will even need to wear a helmet... though sometimes one might come in handy for the Blue Man Group.
I am including Penn & Teller, because of the unfortunate cancellation of JREF's official discounted plans, due to scheduling conflicts and such.
NOTES ABOUT COSTS:
Approximate costs are shown, for general reference purposes only. Keep in mind that they could be higher, if extras are added or prices are raised. The skydiving-related ones will charge extra for photos and/or video of the activity. An advance deposit might also be required.
They could be lower, if we manage to get a group rate, or other discounts we can find.
I do not think these prices include taxes.
I did NOT include the cheapest seats for some of the shows. (Would you really want them?!)
I have included links to official web sites, for most of these things. But, not the first one, for reasons noted above.
More Important notes may follow in subsequent posts!
INSTRUCTIONS: Paste these along with the table, if you add to it.
For each activity indicate if you are interested in it. Write "yes", or "no", or some variation of "maybe". Use capital letters to indicate particular enthusiasm. For example, "YES" means you are very much more interested in doing this, than a "yes" would indicate. "No" means you might change your mind, if someone offered you a lot of money to do it. "NO!" means "Ugh! Not even if I get paid!"
You can add more columns, if you think of something worthy.
Read the opening post for legal disclaimers and other misc. information.
[table=head]Activity:| Real Skydiving | Indoor "Skydiving" | SkyJump |Blue Man Group|"O"|KA|Viva Elvis|David Copperfield|Penn & Teller
Location: |3 to 0 miles up | Convention Center Dr. |The Stratosphere |The Venetian |The Bellagio |MGM Grand |ARIA at City Center | MGM Grand |The Rio
Approx. Cost:|$200 to $250 | $75 | $100 |$100 to $150 | $100 to $150 | $100 to $150 | $100 to $175 | $80 to $100 |$85
Wowbagger (Mitch Lampert)|YES|YES|YES|Yes (seen 'em already) | Yes (seen it) | Yes (seen it) | Yes | Maybe | Maybe (seem 'em a lot)
Tamazon|YES|YES|YES|?|?|?|meh|?|?
exarch|???|YES|YES|?|?|?|Uh... NO|?|?
cStyle|YES|YES|YES|?|?|?|meh (the king is dead BTW.) |?|?[/TABLE]
- The last one did not attract enough attention, as it was buried deep into posts.
- This one is more complete, and more organized.
Its purpose is to measure the interest level of each of these activities and or shows. This is NOT an official list of pre-TAM activities, as there is no guarantee any of them are going to happen.
And, listing yourself here does not really obligate you to participate, either.
NOTES ABOUT SKYDIVING-RELATED THINGS:
The skydiving related activities may have health, weight, age, and other sorts of restrictions. So, you might want to look into those, if you are questionable in some way about them. Some of these activities may require that you not drink any alcohol at least eight hours prior to the jumping.
If we do end up doing the real sky diving, I do not know which company we are going to go with, yet. There seems to be at least three of them, or so, to choose from. Someone, possibly myself, will have to conduct research to figure out which would be the best one. No experience will be necessary. We will only go with a company that offers diving for first-timers. (I would be a first-timer, myself, in fact.)
URLs for three possible sky diving companies:
http://lasvegasskydivers.com/first-skydive.html
http://skydivelv.com/first_time_divers.html
http://sincityskydiving.com/index.html
There could be others.
If anyone has recommendations, I would like to hear them!
Indoor "Skydiving" takes place in a vertical wind tunnel, in a facility located on Convention Center Dr., between The Riviera and The Wynn. (Somewhat close to where the Stardust used to be.)
SkyJump is a controlled free-fall off the side of the Stratosphere tower. For some reason, this activity is deemed perfectly legal and safe.
NOTES ABOUT SHOWS:
There is nothing really to say, here, that I can think of. I am sure everyone can handle sitting in a seat for the length of whatever shows we see. It is unlikely that you will even need to wear a helmet... though sometimes one might come in handy for the Blue Man Group.
I am including Penn & Teller, because of the unfortunate cancellation of JREF's official discounted plans, due to scheduling conflicts and such.
NOTES ABOUT COSTS:
Approximate costs are shown, for general reference purposes only. Keep in mind that they could be higher, if extras are added or prices are raised. The skydiving-related ones will charge extra for photos and/or video of the activity. An advance deposit might also be required.
They could be lower, if we manage to get a group rate, or other discounts we can find.
I do not think these prices include taxes.
I did NOT include the cheapest seats for some of the shows. (Would you really want them?!)
I have included links to official web sites, for most of these things. But, not the first one, for reasons noted above.
More Important notes may follow in subsequent posts!
INSTRUCTIONS: Paste these along with the table, if you add to it.
For each activity indicate if you are interested in it. Write "yes", or "no", or some variation of "maybe". Use capital letters to indicate particular enthusiasm. For example, "YES" means you are very much more interested in doing this, than a "yes" would indicate. "No" means you might change your mind, if someone offered you a lot of money to do it. "NO!" means "Ugh! Not even if I get paid!"
You can add more columns, if you think of something worthy.
Read the opening post for legal disclaimers and other misc. information.
[table=head]Activity:| Real Skydiving | Indoor "Skydiving" | SkyJump |Blue Man Group|"O"|KA|Viva Elvis|David Copperfield|Penn & Teller
Location: |3 to 0 miles up | Convention Center Dr. |The Stratosphere |The Venetian |The Bellagio |MGM Grand |ARIA at City Center | MGM Grand |The Rio
Approx. Cost:|$200 to $250 | $75 | $100 |$100 to $150 | $100 to $150 | $100 to $150 | $100 to $175 | $80 to $100 |$85
Wowbagger (Mitch Lampert)|YES|YES|YES|Yes (seen 'em already) | Yes (seen it) | Yes (seen it) | Yes | Maybe | Maybe (seem 'em a lot)
Tamazon|YES|YES|YES|?|?|?|meh|?|?
exarch|???|YES|YES|?|?|?|Uh... NO|?|?
cStyle|YES|YES|YES|?|?|?|meh (the king is dead BTW.) |?|?[/TABLE]
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. The single leg takedown!