1.Expectation: You're going to stay up ALL NIGHT and party hard!
Reality: You fall asleep in your hotel room at 7 p.m. and sleep through till the next morning.
2.Expectation: You're gonna get rich! Rich, I say!
Reality: After a $40 win on the penny slots, you decide to quit while you're ahead.
3.Expectation: You'll get a sweet tan at the hotel pool every afternoon.
Reality: The water is ice cold, the kids won’t stop screaming and you end up with third-degree burns.
4.Expectation: Elvis is alive and well in very convincing incarnations.
Reality: Midget "Elvis."
5.Expectation: You'll stroll down The Strip in a day.
Reality: The Strip is so long, everything is so far away and your feet really, really hurt.
6.Expectation: You’ll gorge on the numerous buffets the city is famous for.
Reality: You eat a light meal at the hotel bistro and snacks in your room pretty much every night.
7.Expectation: Maybe you'll do something crazy and get married!
Reality: Cuddling in that insanely comfortable king-size bed in your hotel room is all you really need.
8.Expectation: You’ll take a nice little day trip to the Grand Canyon and be back on the Strip in time for dinner.
Reality: It’s five hours to the South Rim. FIVE HOURS. EACH WAY. You leave at 6 a.m. and don't get back until nearly midnight.
9.Expectation: You’ll get drunk as hell on the free-flowing booze, which you can even drink on the street!
Reality: You get tired of lugging around your 30-ounce Eiffel Tower replica full of strawberry margarita and dump it out in the bathroom sink of Bally’s.
10.Expectation: You'll come back with some crazy stories to tell.
Reality: Of course you've got them, but what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right?
