1994 Las Vegas compared to 2008

Some of the things that have changed from 1994 to December 2008. And still more development is on the way! Features Luxor boat ride and the MGM Grand Adventures amusement park.

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Travel & Events

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• Las
• Vegas
• 1994
• 2008
• Luxor
• boat
• ride
• MGM
• Grand
• Adventures

[edsouth]

Wow! That was really good. Thanks for making/posting! I only first got to LV in 2001, the shots of the amusement park are great and I had no idea there was a water ride in the Luxor! Good stuff!

[gun15509]

Yeah, we stayed at the MGM for our vacation and went to the MGM Grand Adventure amusement park back in the summer of 1996. I remember the park had this inside rollercoster (simular to Space Mountain, but very short) which was pretty fun. The funny thing is that, we want to LV again in the summer of 1999, when they had expanded the rollercoster (wasn't an inside ride anymore) outside, made the ride much bigger and longer. Three years later, they closed the park down. That was a waste IMO.

[Stiletos]

"The Luxor was once really cool, now it sucks"

Biggest waste of a hotel in Vegas IMO, The Luxor could still be awesome if they put some money back into it and got a person in charge who cared about making it what it was supposed to be. The place is not even 20 years old and man has it fallen...

[BionicKris]

Great video. Too bad the Fontainebleau went bust after plopping down a 68 story hotel next to the Riviera. Must be a big black hole at night on the strip between there and the (closed for now) Sahara.

[shaithis80]

@vegasanthony interesting news about the new water park.

[vegasanthony]

@shaithis80 indeed i do remember that but i heard that there making a new water park

[shaithis80]

@vegasanthony oh do I remember Wet N'Wild.  However let's not forget RIP LAKE DELORES.

[koutesu]

@Skymoon99 Same here. These newer hotels that are sleek, modern glass and steel buildings may as well be bank buildings.

[Skymoon99]

I miss vegas of the 90's

damn cookie cutter hotels

[006969123]

For as much shit as people give the mafia Vegas was 10000 times better when they were running things. Even though they skimmed money they were still making more money than the pencil pushing harvard grads that run things today.

Vegas will never be like it used to be. Things changed for the worst.

[flipgood89]

the amusement parks was an effort to change Vegas' image from a seedy, mafia influenced debauched epicenter, to more of a family friendly environ. That strategy flopped, which prompted Vegas to reposition itself as the 'city of sin'. The slogan "what happens in vegas stays in vegas" is probably the most brilliant marketing angle of all time. It completely defines Vegas. I for one love Las Vegas, and cant imagine how anyone can long for the old days, when it was a watered down touristy spot.