3 New Ideas for Entertaining in Las Vegas

Maverick Helicopters has partnered with off-road adventure company Pink Jeep Tours to offer a Grand Canyon sightseeing and aerial combo experience. The 10- to 11-hour excursion called the Above, Below & Beyond Tour first takes guests to the Grand Canyon’s West Rim in one of Pink Jeep Tour’s 4x4 Tour Trekker vehicles. After arriving at the canyon, passengers then board a Maverick Helicopters aircraft and fly to a private landing site on Hualapai Indian Territory, 300 feet above the Colorado River. The tour also includes hotel pick-up and drop-off and a barbecue lunch. Pricing begins at $444 per person.

Zuma Las Vegas at the Cosmopolitan launched its “Zuma Zacapa Live Solera” station in September, replicating Zacapa rum’s “Sistema Solera” slow-aging process in American Oak barrels. The Las Vegas restaurant joins nine other Zuma locations worldwide that feature the cocktail theater installation, which delivers a bespoke cocktail at each location that’s designed for local tastes. The Vegas iteration features a bubble gum-inspired flavor derived from a combination of Zacapa’s 23-year-old rum, bourbon, bitters, and dry and sweet vermouth.

Excalibur Hotel & Casino recently added its Ultimate 4-D Experience, a 72-seat special effects theater created by SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment that screens films in 3-D high-definition projection. Like other 4-D theaters, the attraction includes in-theater features such as smoke and snow and in-seat effects like vibration and tilting. The experience, which is located in the Excalibur’s Fun Dungeon, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; shows run every 20 minutes, with each experience playing once an hour. One show costs $9.99; two shows, $12.99; and three shows, $14.99.