In the pub the other night Andy and I were recalling our experiences of theme parks. Although it isn't actually a theme park I had to share with him my experience of the Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton.
Now, I know it’s embarrassing but I’ll admit it, I was a bit of a Star Trek junkie. I watched the television programs and movies (though I lost interest later with "Enterprise"), read the books and comics and generally absorbed it all like a sponge. I can tell my Cardassian from my Ferengi, yes sir. The great thing about this attraction though is that you don’t even have to be a Trekkie. It’s all done with such panache and style that anyone who still has a ten year old lurking somewhere in his soul is sure to love it.
You get to drink in the Deep Space Nine bar, to mingle with all those alien races you've seen on TV and to examine a Star Fleet museum. Then the fun starts. You get beamed up onto the Enterprise, you get a guided tour of the bridge and sick bay. Then the ship is attacked. You are escorted onto a shuttlecraft, take part in a space battle, slingshot around the sun, travel back in time (still being chased), continue your battle in a flight above Las Vegas, crash through the side of the Las Vegas Hilton, get hastily evacuated from the shuttle into a lift and find yourself back in the bar. It's quite wonderful.
This article has previous appeared in a different form in my other blog.
Now, I know it’s embarrassing but I’ll admit it, I was a bit of a Star Trek junkie. I watched the television programs and movies (though I lost interest later with "Enterprise"), read the books and comics and generally absorbed it all like a sponge. I can tell my Cardassian from my Ferengi, yes sir. The great thing about this attraction though is that you don’t even have to be a Trekkie. It’s all done with such panache and style that anyone who still has a ten year old lurking somewhere in his soul is sure to love it.
You get to drink in the Deep Space Nine bar, to mingle with all those alien races you've seen on TV and to examine a Star Fleet museum. Then the fun starts. You get beamed up onto the Enterprise, you get a guided tour of the bridge and sick bay. Then the ship is attacked. You are escorted onto a shuttlecraft, take part in a space battle, slingshot around the sun, travel back in time (still being chased), continue your battle in a flight above Las Vegas, crash through the side of the Las Vegas Hilton, get hastily evacuated from the shuttle into a lift and find yourself back in the bar. It's quite wonderful.
This article has previous appeared in a different form in my other blog.
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