Aria Sky Suites - 5/5-5/9 - Anniversary Trip Itinerary

We leave this Saturday for a trip to celebrate our 22nd wedding anniversary. It doesn't seem possible that we are that old, but we have a great life together and are looking forward to another memorable trip to Vegas. I doubt this will be a live report, but I will at least type a report after the fact. We do not gamble much, so this will mainly be about having fun in various ways.

Here's a rundown of our itinerary:

Saturday:

We are flying American Airlines direct from Charlotte. We will arrive about 1:15 PM and will take the limo to Aria Sky Suites. Hopefully, our room will be ready, but we will leave our things with the bellman if not.

We have a Panoramic Penthouse reserved, which is my favorite room in the Sky Suites. Aria is showing as being sold out on the Mlife website the dates we are there, and I can't ever remember that being the case on past trips. I'm sure hosts still have some rooms set aside, but, clearly, it will be crowded on this trip, which only makes the Sky Suites experience more valuable.

Traditional first lunch at Five50 followed by a little shopping. My wife is getting her hair and makeup done at Aria Salon at 5:00 PM.

Dinner at Bardot Brasserie at 7:00 PM followed by the Pitbull concert at Zappos Theater in Planet Hollywood at 9:00 PM. The concert will be a surprise for my wife, who is a fan of his music and loves to dance, so I have no doubt she will love his show. We have great seats as well on the front row behind the VIP area near the center of the stage.

After the concert, we are meeting some friends who have a table reserved at Hakkasan for Tiesto.

Needless to say, this will be a tiring first night but should be a lot of fun.

Sunday:

We will likely have breakfast in the room and I have scheduled an IV rehydration for late morning to get over the inevitable hangover from the night before and give us some additional energy for the pool party to come.

We have a cabana reserved at Daylight at Mandalay Bay and Ludacris is performing that day. That will take up most of the day.

My wife is getting her hair and makeup done again around 5:00 at Aria Salon.

Following that, we plan to have drinks at Mandarin Bar followed by dinner at SW at Wynn. If we have the energy after dinner, we may hit a lounge after dinner, but my guess is we will end the night earlier after the previous 24 hours of activities.

Monday:

Either breakfast in the room or out somewhere if feeling up to it. We have a daybed reserved at Bare at The Mirage. Mondays are usually fairly laid back but fun. Lots of industry folks will be there.

Hair and makeup again for my wife at Aria Salon, followed by drinks at one of the lounges in Cosmo and dinner at STK for Magnum Mondays.

Tuesday:

Tuesday is a recovery day. We will have breakfast in the room and then hit Aria Spa around 9:30 AM. I am getting a massage and my wife a facial. We will hang around for a while afterward in the co-ed hot and cold pools.

After the spa, we plan to have lunch at Holsteins and then shop at Crystals and the Forum Shops. We will have an early dinner at Julian Serrano and cap things off at Baz in the Palazzo.

That's the plan going in. I'm sure there will be some deviation, but we should at least do most of the things listed above. Hopefully, my trip report will be interesting enough without much of any gambling info to include.

 

We are on the plane and due to arrive 1:15 Vegas time. Originally, our seats were not together but we played some musical chairs scored us two seats together on row one of first class.

Smooth flight so far and hopefully that will continue.

 

Landed 25 minutes early. Always a bonus.

 

We awere greeted with these balloons for our 22nd anniversary.

Didn't get the Panoramic Penthouse but we did get a One Bedroom Strip View Penthouse on the 56th floor as a no charge upgrade.