The BODIES Exhibit, Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

One of the places we've been while in Las Vegas the other week was the exhibit of the "BODIES" at the Luxor Hotel. Hubby already had planned going to this exhibit before we arrived Las Vegas. So we went there together with our son and grand daughter.

Looking one by one at the scraped, sliced/chopped up parts of a human body made me almost puked. It was really disturbing. But since we were there to learn how the human body and all its systems work in a different approach, I had to see them objectively. Then I realized how amazing the exhibit was.

For me, the most interesting part of the exhibit was the real presentation of lungs of a smoker and non-smoker. The color of non-smoker's lungs was blackish. Gross. While I was staring at it, I imagined hubby's lungs. I was also wondering how he would react if he would see the gross, blackish lungs of a smoker like him.

For the record, I see no reaction from him at all.

Chinese looking, huh?

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 Tickets

TICKET PRICES	REGULAR
General Admission	$31.00
Senior (Over 65 & Military)	$29.00
Children (4-12)	$23.00
Child (0-3)	FREE
Locals (with valid ID)	$28.00

General Admission

$31.00

Senior (Over 65 & Military)

$29.00

Children (4-12)

$23.00

Child (0-3)

FREE

Locals (with valid ID)

$28.00

incase you want to donate your body

After the exhibit, we were encouraged to write our impressions about the whole experience. I was hesitant to do so but I scribbled few words anyway. I wrote: "Very educational!" ... March 18, 2012, Bechay was here with Rich, Clint and Devon.

I saw that Devon left some words too.

The experience was kind of disturbing but amazing and indeed educational all the same.

Thanks for visiting.

Titanic Artifact Exhibit, Luxor Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas

TITANIC -The Ship of dreams, the Unsinkable ship

 The Ship's Captain: Captain Edward J. Smith

705 passengers survived, but 1,523 were lost.

Even if all 20 lifeboats had been filled to capacity, there would have only have been room in them for 1,178 people.

The Titanic was the largest moving object of its time.

It cost $7.5 million to build Titanic and carried a $5 million insurance policy. It would have cost about $400 million to build the ship today.

More than 10,000 men worked on the Titanic for nearly three years to construct the hull and internal structure.

More than 100,000 people gathered to watch the Titanic sail off to New York.

For a third-class passenger, a ticket was $40 ($770 today). For a first-class passenger, tickets were $4,500 a piece ($90,000 today).

It took about 60 pounds of coal for the ship to move 60 feet. 

Admission ticket price is $28.00/person

The exhibit was very detailed. This  review  would take you to my experience.

The replica of Titanic's Boarding Pass

Before entering the exhibit, we were given a "boarding pass" with the name of the passenger and at the end of the exhibit we would find out if that passenger had survived or not. I kept my boarding pass and I asked hubby's and Clint's so that I could post them here since cameras and celphones are not allowed inside.

Anyway, below are the boarding passes that hubby's, Clint's and I got. Let's check the names if they survived or lost.

Name: Mrs Marian Longstreth Thayer (née Morris)
Born: Saturday 9th November 1872
Age: 39 years
Last Residence: in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States
1st Class passenger
First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 17421 , £110 17s 8d
Cabin No.: C68 Rescued (boat 4)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Friday 14th April 1944
Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Name: Mrs Lily Alexenia Potter (née Wilson)
Born: Wednesday 15th August 1855
Age: 56 years
Last Residence: in PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUnited States
1st Class passenger
First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 11767 , £83 3s 2d
Cabin No.: C50
Rescued (boat 7)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Friday 1st January 1954
Cause of Death: Heart Failure / Disease
Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Name: Don. Manuel Ramirez Uruchurtu

Born: Thursday 27th June 1872

Age: 39 years 9 months and 19 days.

Marital Status: Single.

Last Residence: in Mexico CityMexico

Occupation: Lawyer

1st Class passenger

First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912

Ticket No. 17601 , £27 14s 5d

Died in the sinking.

Body Not Recovered

When we left the exhibit, I had an urge to watch the Titanic the movie again. Maybe this weekend.

Thanks for visiting. I appreciate it a lot.