Hey, kids,
I can't believe it. I haven't worked there in 5 years and I'm still pimping the place.
On Jan. 4th, Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas (www.startrekexp.com) is celebrating its 10th Anniversary by offering NV residents free rides all day (out of state guests recieve 10% off). I just talked to a couple of friends who still work there and the idea is that for a few of the shows, they will have all acting positions filled. Anyone who's been through recently has seen skeleton crews operating the Enterprise. This is a chance to see it like it was when it first opened.
Also, I fell into the trap of thinking that the 10 year contract with the Hilton would be up by this date (the beginning of the tenth year) as opposed to next Jan. (the end of the tenth year). Its the same problem all the fake end of the millenium parties had at the end of 1999
. Anyway, the conventional wisdom among the employees is that the Experience has another year to go and that there's a wait and see attitude among all the various PTB (Hilton, Cedar Fair, Paramount/CBS) if there will be any crossover attendance boost from having the new movie opening next year. Creation is already booked for next summer, so the place will most likely stay open till then.
So bottom line for us fans of the Experience, if you want it to stick around, go buy Warp Core Breaches at Quark's (or at least some Romulan Ale). Write to the management of Cedar Fair, the Las Vegas Hilton (not the Hilton corporation; the LV Hilton is licensing the name), and Paula Block of CBS licensed products). Push Paramount to have the premiere of the ST movie at the Experience. Tens of Klingons, Ferengi, Andorians, and deassimilated Borg are counting on you for future employment.
For those of you who know me, my old buddy, Kralk, son of T'Nek, may be making an appearance on the 4th. See you then.
I can't believe it. I haven't worked there in 5 years and I'm still pimping the place.
On Jan. 4th, Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas (www.startrekexp.com) is celebrating its 10th Anniversary by offering NV residents free rides all day (out of state guests recieve 10% off). I just talked to a couple of friends who still work there and the idea is that for a few of the shows, they will have all acting positions filled. Anyone who's been through recently has seen skeleton crews operating the Enterprise. This is a chance to see it like it was when it first opened.
Also, I fell into the trap of thinking that the 10 year contract with the Hilton would be up by this date (the beginning of the tenth year) as opposed to next Jan. (the end of the tenth year). Its the same problem all the fake end of the millenium parties had at the end of 1999
. Anyway, the conventional wisdom among the employees is that the Experience has another year to go and that there's a wait and see attitude among all the various PTB (Hilton, Cedar Fair, Paramount/CBS) if there will be any crossover attendance boost from having the new movie opening next year. Creation is already booked for next summer, so the place will most likely stay open till then. So bottom line for us fans of the Experience, if you want it to stick around, go buy Warp Core Breaches at Quark's (or at least some Romulan Ale). Write to the management of Cedar Fair, the Las Vegas Hilton (not the Hilton corporation; the LV Hilton is licensing the name), and Paula Block of CBS licensed products). Push Paramount to have the premiere of the ST movie at the Experience. Tens of Klingons, Ferengi, Andorians, and deassimilated Borg are counting on you for future employment.
For those of you who know me, my old buddy, Kralk, son of T'Nek, may be making an appearance on the 4th. See you then.
