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The AdventureDome
The Adventurdome is a 5-acre indoor theme park. It features 19 rides and attractions for all ages, including a roller coaster, a boat ride, bumper cars, an IMAX RIDEFILM cineplex, virtual reality games, climbing wall, arcade, miniature golf and snack bars.
Location: Circus Circus
Hours: Mon-Thu 10AM - 6PM Fri-Sun 10AM - midnight
Cost: Rides are $3-$5 each. An all-day ride pass is $12.95 for those 33-48 inches tall; $18.95 for those 48 inches and above. Children under 33 inches tall are admitted free. Discount for Nevada residents on weekdays.

Big Shot
Experience the weightlessness you get at 4 G's as you're launched 160 feet straight up into the air at 45mph from the top of the Stratosphere Tower.
Location:The Stratosphere
Hours: Mon-Thurs 10AM-1AM; Fri-Sat 10AM- 2AM
Cost: $8

Cinema Ride
Boasts the nation's first 3-D motion simulator ride.
Location: Forum Shops at Caesars
Hours: Mon-Sun 10AM -midnight

Coney Island Emporium
Twenty-four hour arcade with interactive laser tag, virtual reality games, bumper cars, a shooting gallery and more.
Location: New York-New York
Hours: Open 24 hours, but children under the age of 18, unaccompanied by a parent, legal guardian or responsible adult over the age of 21, may not be in the arcade during the following hours: Sunday-Thursday after 10 p.m.; Friday, Saturday & school holidays, after midnight; and Memorial Day to Labor Day, after midnight
Cost: Varies by activity

Eiffel Tower Ride
Ride to the tower's observation deck.
Location:Paris
Hours: Mon-Sun 10AM - 1AM
Cost: $9 for adults and $7 for senior citizens. Children under 5 free.

Gameworks
A 47,000-square-foot entertainment center with more than 250 games of all types, including the Sega Power Sled, which has three 8-foot sleds that riders steer through a downhill snow course; the world's tallest free-standing rock-climbing structure; a full-service restaurant, bar and two snack bars.
Location: Showcase Mall
Hours: 10 a.m.-4 a.m.
Cost: Varies by activity

Grand Canal Gondola Rides
Ride in an authentic gondola through the Venice-themed shopping center while being serenaded by singing gondoliers.
Location: The Venetian Grand Canal
Hours: Sun-Thu 10AM - 11:30PM Fri-Sat 10AM - midnight
Cost: $12.50 per passenger; $5 for children 12 and under; and $50 for a private two-passenger ride (ride is 10-12 minutes).

Las Vegas Mini Gran Prix
The 7-acre park features the only banked oval Super Stock Car track in the West. Racing includes adult Gran Prix cars, go-karts and kiddie karts. Other attractions include the Dragon Roller Coaster, a Super Fun Slide, an arcade and a 7,000-square-foot restaurant and party room.
Location: 1401 N. Rainbow Blvd.
Hours: Mon-Thurs 10AM - 10PM Fri-Sat 10AM - 1AM
Cost: $4.50 per ticket or 5 tickets for $20

Luxor Attractions
Include the interactive attraction "In Search of the Obelisk", and "All Access", "Mysteries of Egypt" and "Cyberworld" in 3-D in the Luxor Imax Theatre.
Location: The Luxor
Hours: "In Search of the Obelisk," Sun-Thu 9AM - 11PM Fri-Sat 9AM - midnight; Call for IMAX showtimes.
Cost: "In Search of the Obelisk," $7; "Mysteries of Egypt" and "Cyberworld," $8.95 for one or $13.95 for both

Magic Motion Rides
Magic Motion Rides combine 70mm film, five-channel Dolby stereo sound and specially designed seats that move in sync with the on-screen action. Movies include "Desert Duel," "Devil's Mine Ride," "Runaway Train," "Space Race," "Stormrider" and "Street Luge."
Location: Excalibur
Hours: 10 a.m.-midnight Mon-Fri (until 1 a.m. Sat-Sun).
Cost: $4 per ride

Manhattan Express Roller Coaster
Twists, loops and dives around the hotel's perimeter.
Location:New York-New York
Hours: 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays (open until 11:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays).
Cost: $10

Primm Attractions
Adventure Canyon Log Flume, the Desperado Roller Coaster, the MaxFlight VR2002 Roller Coaster, motion-simulator theaters and the Turbo Drop at Buffalo Bill's.
Location:Primadonna Resorts - Interstate 15 South at Primm
Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon-Thu; 11 a.m.-midnight Fri; 10 a.m.-midnight Sat; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sun
Cost: $4 for the Adventure Canyon Log Flume, MaxFlight VR2002 Roller Coaster and motion-simulator theaters; $5 for the Turbo Drop; $6 for the Desperado
NOTE- Do not miss the Desperado Roller coaster- as a coaster enthusiast, I highly recommend it- FUN!

Planetarium
Community College of Southern Nevada
3200 E. Cheyenne Ave.
Hours: Shows at 6 and 7:30 p.m. Fridays and 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays
Cost: General admission is $4; $2.50 for seniors, community college students and children under 12.

Race for Atlantis
Billed as the first giant-screen Imax 3D motion-simulator ride.
Location: Forum Shops at Caesars
Hours: 10 a.m.-11 p.m. daily (until midnight Fri-Sat)
Cost: $10 general admission; $9 for local residents and seniors; $7 for children 12 and under. Must be at least 42 inches tall.

Speedworld
Virtual-reality, three-quarter-scale, simulated Indy-car racing in a 40,000-square-foot facility along with two dozen interactive rides and two 3-D theaters.
Location: Sahara
Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sun-Thu; 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Fri-Sat
Cost: $8 for the Indy-car experience, $3 for the theaters

Speed - The Ride
The newest roller coaster in town is a "shuttle loop" ride, traveling at speeds up to 70 mph. It goes through a tunnel, a misty cloud and a loop, and stops momentarily at the top of a 224-foot tower. It then travels, in reverse, back to the starting point.
Location: Sahara
Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m
Cost: $6

Star Trek: The Experience
Features a complete re-creation of the promenade from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine;" Quark's Bar & Restaurant; Zek's Grand Emporium and Moogie's Trading Post; The History of the Future, a self-guided museum tour; and The Voyage Through Space, an interactive ride where visitors are "beamed" through time and space to the Transporter Room and bridge aboard the USS Enterprise.
Location: Las Vegas Hilton
Hours: 11 a.m.-11 p.m. daily
Cost: $24.99 for an all-day pass to the "History of the Future" museum & "Voyage Through Space;" $19.99 with Nevada ID

Start-O-Fair
Amusement park at the base of the Stratosphere Tower features a tyke-sized version of the Big Shot, a Ferris wheel, bumper cars, virtual-reality bowling and a food court.
Location: The Stratosphere Hours: 10 a.m.-1 a.m. daily (until 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays)
Cost: $19.95 for an all-access pass; $17.95 for Nevada residents and senior citizens; or $1-$5 per game or ride.

Stratosphere Tower
America's tallest free-standing tower with indoor and outdoor observation decks. The tower houses two rides - the High Roller Coaster and the Big Shot.
Location: The Stratosphere
Hours: 10 a.m.-1 a.m. daily (until 2 a.m. Fri-Sat)
Cost: $6 admission to the tower; $3 for Nevada residents, senior citizens and children 4-12; free for children under 3. Rides are $8 for the Big Shot, $5 for High Roller. Value-added tower and ride passes available.

Theaters of Sensation
There are two theaters featuring five 3-d rides/films. The adventures include visits to old Venice, Mars or King Arthur's Lost World.
Location: The Grand Canal Shoppes, The Venetian
Hours: 10 a.m.-11 p.m. daily (until midnight Fri-Sat)
Cost: $18 for a four-ride combo and $12 for two-ride combo