Southwestern Burnup Tour - Las Vegas Indoor Skydiving, Julian Serrano Tapas, Cirque du Soleil - September 2011

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The little plates of tapas came, went, and came again. Pretty much all of it I found excellent, and was nicely finished by our spanish wine. Before we knew it, it was getting close to the time of our showing of Cirque du Soleil. We quickly paid for our meal and hurried off towards the Bellagio, where Cirque du Soleil's show 'O' is always held.

Seared Scallop

Beef and Cheese

Our Spanish Wine

courtesy AHyndman

Conejo al ajillo

Pintxo de moruno

Wine and excellent tapas

Albondigas

courtesy AHyndman

Aria's fancy washrooms

We were cutting it close, and we did not want to invoke the rule where they keep you away from your seat until 'an appropriate seating time', thereby missing some of the show. We broke into a trot, then a full jog, as we made our way through the endless casinos, corridors and sidewalks that link the massive hotels of Aria, Cosmopolitan, and Bellagio. Huffing and puffing, we arrived at the doors to the theatre five minutes before showtime.

courtesy AHyndman

Ceiling, 'O' Theatre

We made our way to our seats on the upper tier of the large and lavishly styled circular theatre. The theatre is custom-built for the production of 'O'.

courtesy AHyndman

Start of 'O'

The show was excellent, and if you don't already know, is very water-themed. The entire stage is basically set atop a huge pool, and at will sections (or all) of it can be sunk so that the stage itself becomes the pool. In addition to a lot of convential ground-based circus-type performing, all sorts of fantastic tricks and feats are performed that involve dives, swimming and other water-based things.

Everything was executed with superb choreography and synchronicity. Quite amazing. The only problem was with us - a late-night showing combined with a busy day and lots of good food and wine had us feeling a bit drowsy at times.

Performance is over

Busy hallway

Bellagio Fountains

After the show, we exited out of the front of the Bellagio and caught the last bit of the always-impressive animated fountains out front, then spent the next half hour walking our way back down the strip back to our hotel. We were quite bushed!