proposing to the girlfriend....

[MatteeG]

she would love that! she seen the hotel and the ride on a TV show and straight away said "we definetly have to go there!". so whats the go with it mateeg? we dont have to be staying at the hotel to go to the top and go on the ride?

We were there Sep/Oct 2006 and unless its changed (possible) its free to go up to the top and look around, you then purchase tickets for the rides at the top....

Those rides are pretty amazing...I was sweating watching others go on em!

[Dutchy]

Anywhere in Vegas would be pretty cool, its that type of place, a helicopter ride would be a great way to do it, something I regret not doing when there. Where are you staying over there?

[the big bang]

Anywhere in Vegas would be pretty cool, its that type of place, a helicopter ride would be a great way to do it, something I regret not doing when there. Where are you staying over there?

while we're in Vegas, we're at the MGM Grand..........

[Dutchy]

nice spot, we stayed across the road at New York New York

[Magpiespower]

Vegas, baby!

Vegas!

[Jimmy_041]

How about another night out with Mr & Mrs Jimmy at the pub - that's got to impress her....

[Big Phil]

... the other idea i had was to propose somewhere in Vegas.

Heck, why not actually get married in Vegas?

Thank you very much ...

He'd hate for me to say this, but the groom on the right looks a fair bit like SANFL Umpire Director Shane Harris

[the big bang]

How about another night out with Mr & Mrs Jimmy at the pub - that's got to impress her....

i'm not sure why i didnt think of that already!

when are ya headed down this way again?

[Jimmy_041]

How about another night out with Mr & Mrs Jimmy at the pub - that's got to impress her....

i'm not sure why i didnt think of that already!

when are ya headed down this way again?

October long weekend - better start saving for the rock

[magpie in the 80's]

TBB Don't try proposing near the canyon or somewhere alike

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/859512 ... new-fiance

[devilsadvocate]

she would love that! she seen the hotel and the ride on a TV show and straight away said "we definetly have to go there!". so whats the go with it mateeg? we dont have to be staying at the hotel to go to the top and go on the ride?

We were there Sep/Oct 2006 and unless its changed (possible) its free to go up to the top and look around, you then purchase tickets for the rides at the top....

Those rides are pretty amazing...I was sweating watching others go on em!

Nah, I was there last month and you gotta pay to go up. Bastards! About $13 I think plus rides are expensive.

Do it at the top of the Eiffel Tower in the Paris hotel. It's not as high as the statosphere, but it's far closer to the mgm and still has a sweet view. It's right over the road from the Ballagio fountains, so you could time your run up top with the fountain show and screw your life up...I mean pop the question while the music and fountains are doing their thing below.

[devilsadvocate]

TBB Don't try proposing near the canyon or somewhere alike

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/859512 ... new-fiance

"I believe she did [say yes] … if she didn't, I think we ought to investigate this one."

[Wedgie]

2 words.

Jerry Springer


End of thread.

[MatteeG]

Nah, I was there last month and you gotta pay to go up. Bastards! About $13 I think plus rides are expensive.

Do it at the top of the Eiffel Tower in the Paris hotel. It's not as high as the statosphere, but it's far closer to the mgm and still has a sweet view. It's right over the road from the Ballagio fountains, so you could time your run up top with the fountain show and screw your life up...I mean pop the question while the music and fountains are doing their thing below.

Nice call da! Bellagio fountains are sensational...

[Johnny Bowla]

Vegas is great.

You could also take her for a gondela ride at one of them. Viennen(sp?)

[Jimmy_041]

Venetian

I went to the one in Macau - a chinese italian

[Dog_ger]

i'm going to propose to my girlfriend soon, but want it to be a bit more special than ya average marriage proposal.

i'm heading over to the USA in march next year with her, and am thinking that it will probably be the best time to do something special. my first idea was to try get on the court at halftime of the LA Lakers game we're going to, so i emailed them and asked them if something could be arranged, but i figured they probably get 396820 requests for that a day, and dont expect the reply email to be too positive. the other idea i had was to propose somewhere in Vegas. we're having a night-time helicopter tour, and am thinking this would be an awesome time to get on one knee.

but has anyone else on here got an idea? i dont want it to be just ya average "go out for dinner" thing. i want this to be different, much like me!

Why would anyone want to do that in 2009+....

[the big bang]

i'm going to propose to my girlfriend soon, but want it to be a bit more special than ya average marriage proposal.

i'm heading over to the USA in march next year with her, and am thinking that it will probably be the best time to do something special. my first idea was to try get on the court at halftime of the LA Lakers game we're going to, so i emailed them and asked them if something could be arranged, but i figured they probably get 396820 requests for that a day, and dont expect the reply email to be too positive. the other idea i had was to propose somewhere in Vegas. we're having a night-time helicopter tour, and am thinking this would be an awesome time to get on one knee.

but has anyone else on here got an idea? i dont want it to be just ya average "go out for dinner" thing. i want this to be different, much like me!

Why would anyone want to do that in 2009+....

not sure what ya mean mate?

[the big bang]

OK. i got back a while ago, and out of pure laziness, havn't let you guys know how it all went! So here goes.....

I took the advice of a couple of the lads on here (cheers guys!) who had been over there recently, and went with a gondola ride at the Venitian, then a limo down to the end of the strip to the Stratosphere for dinner. She wasn't suspecting anything at this point, because the whole time leading up to the holiday, I was always saying that "there's only one way to do Vegas, and that's PROPERLY!" so the limo and whatnot she just assumed was me making the most of our time in Vegas.

So we get to the Stratosphere, and I'm presented with a slight problem. We had to go through metal detectors to get to the top! I HAD THE RING IN THE BOX DOWN MY JOCKS!!!!!!!!! and i wasn't sure if it would set the detector off, and i would have to pull the ring out and ruin the whole night! But alas, all was good when i was waved through without incident!

Upon entering the restaurant, we were greeted by the in-house photographer, who takes pictures of everyone, with the amazing view of The Strip in the background from the 106 story high vantage point we had (there was helicopters buzzing around at our height!). So she took the photos, then after ordering our meal, i said i needed to visit the little boys room. So off i went, pretending to go to the toilet, but i was actually looking for the photographer. I found her, and explained what i wanted to do, and asked her if, when we'd finished our meals, she could come back and tell us that the original photos she took upon our arrival didn't work out, and she wanted to take more. She was more than happy to do this for me, but then i realised that Mrs. Bang was looking straight at me talking to the photographer. When i got back to my seat, i just made up a story that i seen a couple of photos of us, and was looking at them, but i didn't think they looked very good (just planting the seed that the chick would later come and say that they didn't work out!)

So we ate our meals, and were waiting for dessert, when the photographer came over and put our plan into action. This presented me with the next little problem! THE RING WAS STILL DOWN MY JOCKS!!!! Because i wasnt expecting her to come till after our dessert! So, she walked us to where she had set up a spot for the proposal, which was about 20m away from our table. So, in that 5-10 seconds from our table to where we were set up, i had to get the ring out of my jocks! Now, let me tell you for anyone that hasn't been there, this is a posh restaurant, to give you an idea, it cost us $17 a head.......FOR A RESERVATION!! So, here i am, walking within a couple meters of other diners, with my hand well and truly in my pants, fishing around for the ring! Because i had my shirt all tucked in and stuff, the easiest way into my jocks was through my un-zipped fly! So here i am, walking with half of my forearm buried in my fly, trying to pull out the ring! But alas, once again, the gods were with me, and i managed to pull it off* successfully, without Mrs. Bang seeing or suspecting anything.

So then............that's when it all happened! We stood in front of the window, i kissed her on the cheek and said "i love you", the mangaed to creak down onto one knee, at which point she instantly broke down! And after about 30 seconds, she said YES!!! With the photographer doing an excellent job of taking a heap of pics in the process!

So, there it is. Thankyou all for your suggestions, as it was a truly memorable night!

[the big bang]

The pics from the gondola ride at the ventian, and from the Top Of The World Restaurant, where the question ws popped!