{"id":3737,"date":"2011-12-02T08:49:19","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T16:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/?p=3737"},"modified":"2011-12-02T06:41:44","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T14:41:44","slug":"day-12-circus-circus-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/02\/day-12-circus-circus-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 12: Circus Circus in Las Vegas."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a kid in Las Vegas, there isn&#8217;t a whole lot to do. After all, it is Sin City. Pretty much the opposite of what you want to teach your kids. If there is one place on the strip to take your kids, it is Circus Circus.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN8881 by mali mish, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danlin\/6237641596\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6036\/6237641596_0c1151fc3a.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8881\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Circus Circus to adults is probably one of the most depressing places to be. There are no glamorous and classy shopping mall nor are there any 5 star restaurants. Instead, they rent spaces along the casino halls to outside vendors who sell cheap China-made goods and serve up McDonald&#8217;s fast food in the food court.<\/p>\n<p>None of those things seem to bother the little ones once they saw all of the carnival games.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN8886 by mali mish, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danlin\/6237648216\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6093\/6237648216_af9bba237c.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8886\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just like any of the &#8216;adult&#8217; casino games, pretty much all of these are rigged in their favor.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN8888 by mali mish, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danlin\/6237128161\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6099\/6237128161_1ce79d36a7.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8888\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lucky for us, we found a game that worked for us so we wouldn&#8217;t go home empty handed.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN8889 by mali mish, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danlin\/6237652390\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6169\/6237652390_358b92a7e8.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8889\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ava got really into this one. She&#8217;s lucky they didn&#8217;t call security.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN8892 by mali mish, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danlin\/6237133585\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6212\/6237133585_dbe7843a4b.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8892\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two bugs, a Melody from Hello Kitty and a Chococat was the final loot we took away from this place. Don&#8217;t even ask how much money we spent to get them.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN8897 by mali mish, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danlin\/6237661606\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6151\/6237661606_c97bbbd4be.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8897\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before we left, the girls got to do two of their favorite things, at the same time: Riding a merry-go-round and eating ice cream. I wonder at what point in your life do you start to realize that Circus Circus is a dump?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN8899 by mali mish, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danlin\/6237668476\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6040\/6237668476_1fe0a2156e.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8899\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The girls were pooped out from all the games.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN8904 by mali mish, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danlin\/6237674682\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6043\/6237674682_36133d66cf.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8904\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even Ava took a nap on the way back to the campground.<\/p>\n<p>over and out,<br \/>\ndan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a kid in Las Vegas, there isn&#8217;t a whole lot to do. After all, it is Sin City. 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