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[Lord_Jamesy]

Hope you had a great time.

This time next week I'm heading for Vegas!

[todd1970]

Just wondering if the flight leaves from say Gatwick or Heathrow or similar..its not a non-stop flight surely.

I would imagine the plane has to land at New York for refuelling because Vegas is near enough on the West coast and East coast to West coast is about 8 hours ?

And London to New York is about the same..a 16 hour non stop flight ? i wouldnt have though this was possible.

[jim2311]

You can fly direct from London, but it's £££'s cheaper to have one or two stops.

[gambogaz1]

I went Vegas in 2005, it's roughly 12 hours and we flew direct from Manchester.

Surprisingly it's not that bad once you've watched a few movies and had a nap and some snapping.

[todd1970]

I went Vegas in 2005, it's roughly 12 hours and we flew direct from Manchester.

Surprisingly it's not that bad once you've watched a few movies and had a nap and some snapping.

Ahhh right..is it only 12 hours then , thats not too bad..i thought it was much longer 14 or 15 hours at least.

[ady]

Ahhh right..is it only 12 hours then , thats not too bad..i thought it was much longer 14 or 15 hours at least.

36 hours by coach to Benidorm, or 15 hours in a car...2h by plane (except my last One that was 4h)....

TWELVE+ Gulp!!!..i'd be skint if it was Peasyjet with a beer @ £2.70 for a 330ml tin << purely for medicinal reasons of course!

[todd1970]

Yeah Ady..12 is bad enough , my limit is probably about 3 or 4 any more than that and it does my head in.

Flew to Florida a few years ago now via Iceland , 2½ hours to Iceland , then 7½ to Florida i was going spare..soooo boring.

[jim2311]

Have flown to LA and San Francisco twice, both times taking about approx 11 hours out, with the return taking 10.5 - it must be the curvature of the earth which makes it closer than Las Vegas - weird though

Flights do not take the direct route, ie as the crow flies, so to and from destinations can differ in distance as well as time differences.

[gambogaz1]

Yeah If I remember correctly 1 way was just a tad over 12 hours but the other way was 10 & half.

It feels pretty mad though with the time difference too, 1 way you lose a whole day & the other you land not long after you've taken off it real time.

Easily my most interesting/enjoyable holiday I've had (Helped not taking the kids ) Although getting married there would make anyones trip enjoyable. Hoping to go back for our 10 year anniversary and do the west cost too.

[gambogaz1]

By the way is this Emulated ?

[todd1970]

By the way is this Emulated ?

LOL...dont think that would even fit on a 1600 res :/

I remember they had one of them in Blackpool..kinda similar ?? big massive machine witht the handle you pulled..Big Ben or summat it was called if i remember rightly..i must have only been about 5 at the most ?