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Free Things to Do in Las Vegas: Inside the Silverton Aquarium & Mermaid Show · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Sean McAllister: It is episode 333, 333 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:04
  Sean McAllister: We go behind the scenes of RuPaul's drag race live over at the Flamingo and chat with one of the stars.
• 0:11
  Dayna Roselli: Plus, did you know there's a free aquarium at a Las Vegas Hotel Casino where you can actually watch mermaids swim?
• 0:18
  Dayna Roselli: You can even take a mermaid class.
• 0:19
  Sean McAllister: Oh my.
• 0:20
  Sean McAllister: Finn slappin' good time.
• 0:22
  Sean McAllister: And in the same hotel, you can get a cowgirl dinner for 25 bucks.
• 0:28
  Sean McAllister: And you get a lot.
• 0:29
  Sean McAllister: You want to hear about this.
• 0:31
  Sean McAllister: Such a good deal.
• 0:32
  Dayna Roselli: And a multimedia rock tribute show is coming to the strat.
• 0:36
  Dayna Roselli: Also, you can now zip and dip.
• 0:38
  Dayna Roselli: We'll explain what that's about.
• 0:39
  Dayna Roselli: Let's get started on Vegas Revealed.
• 0:42
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed, episode 333.
• 0:46
  Sean McAllister: Sean McAllister and Dana Roselli with you here.
• 0:50
  Sean McAllister: That seems lucky, Dana.
• 0:52
  Dayna Roselli: It does.
• 0:52
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, three threes.
• 0:53
  Dayna Roselli: It's not three sevens, but it's close enough.
• 0:56
  Sean McAllister: It's close enough.
• 0:57
  Dayna Roselli: There's gotta be something in the 333.
• 0:59
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's been a hundred since we did two two two.
• 1:03
  Sean McAllister: That's that's the truth.
• 1:05
  Dayna Roselli: So triple threes, we were saying last week we talked about triple mania.
• 1:08
  Dayna Roselli: We should have done it the during the podcast where we did tri triple threes.
• 1:12
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, um, yeah, always always some good luck in when it comes to gambling in casinos in Las Vegas when there's three numbers in a row, right?
• 1:19
  Sean McAllister: Hey, and actually, speaking of uh three numbers in a row, uh coming up when we talk about the uh cowgirl dinner special, uh the same restaurant has another deal where if you land on three of a kind, you might get your dinner for free.
• 1:35
  Sean McAllister: Oh, I like that.
• 1:36
  Sean McAllister: So that'll be an an added tip.
• 1:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, an added tip coming up.
• 1:40
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, zip and dip rhymes with added tip.
• 1:43
  Dayna Roselli: And uh Fremont Street Experience is letting everyone know about this new package that they are offering.
• 1:50
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 1:50
  Dayna Roselli: It's the all-new Zip and Dip Experience.
• 1:53
  Dayna Roselli: It pairs slotzilla tickets, and in case you don't know what it what that is, it's a uh Zip line under the Fremont canopy.
• 2:02
  Dayna Roselli: Um so they're pairing slotzilla tickets with admission to Circa Resort's year-round pool amphitheater stadium swim.
• 2:12
  Dayna Roselli: It's available Monday through Thursday from noon to six all year round.
• 2:17
  Dayna Roselli: So if you purchase the zip to dip package, you receive two slotzilla ride tickets for either the upper or lower line and two general admission passes to Stadium Swim.
• 2:28
  Sean McAllister: So if you do the zip line for 65 bucks, that gets you the two slotzilla zip line tickets and general admission to Stadium Swim.
• 2:37
  Sean McAllister: Or you can do the Zoom line package that's 85 bucks.
• 2:42
  Sean McAllister: That gets you two slotzilla zoom line tickets and also two general admission passes to Stadium Swim.
• 2:49
  Sean McAllister: So zip and dip.
• 2:50
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it makes sense, right?
• 2:51
  Sean McAllister: It sure does.
• 2:52
  Dayna Roselli: That's a fun day.
• 2:53
  Dayna Roselli: And I think like that's the thing.
• 2:54
  Dayna Roselli: Like, we I like these package ideas that folks are coming up with and doing collaborations because you can kind of like do your day and you don't have to think.
• 3:03
  Dayna Roselli: Sometimes planning and having to do a lot of thinking when you're on vacation is a lot.
• 3:08
  Dayna Roselli: So if you get a package, you're like, hey, we're going here, we're gonna do the zipline.
• 3:12
  Dayna Roselli: After that, it's gonna be fun.
• 3:14
  Dayna Roselli: We'll walk down Fremont, but then we're all going over to Stadium Swim.
• 3:17
  Sean McAllister: Absolutely.
• 3:18
  Sean McAllister: And just keep in mind that a lot of the inclusive packages that we talked about at the beginning of the summer are still going on.
• 3:26
  Sean McAllister: So keep that in mind for your for your next trip.
• 3:29
  Dayna Roselli: That's true.
• 3:30
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, someplace that we went um recently to do a story for the television show, uh, we had to mention because we were there and we're like, you know what, this is really cool.
• 3:37
  Dayna Roselli: It's the Silverton uh casino, and that is off the I-15.
• 3:42
  Dayna Roselli: So as you're driving toward the Las Vegas Strip, it's gonna be off to your left, not too far away from the Las Vegas Strip.
• 3:48
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but they have a free aquarium in there, and we noticed so many families taking advantage of this.
• 3:53
  Dayna Roselli: The area as you walk through the front door, it was packed.
• 3:56
  Dayna Roselli: Um, not too, too crazy.
• 3:57
  Dayna Roselli: You could, it was still like there were a lot of was a lot of a lot of room and enough room for you to be able to see inside the aquarium.
• 4:03
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, yeah.
• 4:04
  Dayna Roselli: But you know, it is free, and there's a lot to look out.
• 4:08
  Dayna Roselli: They had some really interesting fish in there.
• 4:10
  Sean McAllister: So there are like a hundred and sixty different species of marine life that live in that aquarium.
• 4:18
  Sean McAllister: And the aquarium, by the way, is not small, it's 117,000 gallons.
• 4:23
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it's nice, which is nuts, but there are there's like up to 5,000 fish swimming around in there, including uh stingrays.
• 4:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 4:32
  Sean McAllister: One of them was from Australia, and one of the aquarium guys that I was talking to said you can tell because of his accent.
• 4:42
  Dayna Roselli: That's funny.
• 4:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and they do stingray feedings.
• 4:46
  Dayna Roselli: You can watch them 1:30 and 4:30 every single day, and they can ask questions.
• 4:52
  Dayna Roselli: Uh you can ask questions.
• 4:54
  Dayna Roselli: You can hand in a question to someone who will be on a microphone and they will repeat it to the scuba diver who's doing the stingray feeding, and they respond with answers.
• 5:01
  Dayna Roselli: So it's like an interactive.
• 5:03
  Sean McAllister: The scuba diver has a microphone in their like full face mask.
• 5:06
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 5:07
  Sean McAllister: So it's like the and then you hear them, you know, answer your question.
• 5:11
  Sean McAllister: And that was really interesting.
• 5:13
  Dayna Roselli: So cool.
• 5:14
  Dayna Roselli: So here's something else.
• 5:15
  Dayna Roselli: They have free mermaid swims that you can watch too.
• 5:19
  Dayna Roselli: This is Thursday uh to Sundays at the aquarium.
• 5:23
  Dayna Roselli: You will actually see a mermaid swimming through the aquarium.
• 5:28
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's almost on the half hours.
• 5:31
  Dayna Roselli: Um I think it is, yeah.
• 5:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and it is, I think it starts at noon for uh most of the days, but I think it was Sunday.
• 5:37
  Dayna Roselli: And don't quote me on this.
• 5:38
  Dayna Roselli: I think it starts at 10:30.
• 5:39
  Sean McAllister: It does, you're right.
• 5:40
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 5:41
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, so that is really fun.
• 5:43
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to bring the kids to see the mermaid swim, it's worth it.
• 5:48
  Dayna Roselli: And why not, right?
• 5:49
  Dayna Roselli: I mean what a great, you know, in hearing the word free is just refreshing.
• 5:54
  Dayna Roselli: People really want to know about free attractions.
• 5:57
  Sean McAllister: Well, and good on Silverton for uh keeping this a free attraction.
• 6:02
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 6:03
  Sean McAllister: I think there are probably, you know, there were there are probably ways that they could have transitioned this into something that you pay to see.
• 6:12
  Sean McAllister: But good on them for keeping it something that really attracts families and really anyone who's in the casino.
• 6:21
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 6:21
  Sean McAllister: There were a lot of people gathered around there.
• 6:23
  Dayna Roselli: I know, a lot.
• 6:24
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so we did a behind-the-scenes story on this.
• 6:26
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be on our YouTube eventually.
• 6:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and it's really cool.
• 6:29
  Dayna Roselli: We go up, you know, to where you can actually get into the tank and all that.
• 6:33
  Dayna Roselli: I forgot that we were gonna run a little interview, so why don't we do that real quick and then we'll tell you a little bit more about mermaid school.
• 6:39
  SPEAKER_00: True, yes.
• 6:40
  SPEAKER_00: Our quest casino um has been here for quite a while.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_00: It used to be Boomtown way back in the day.
• 6:44
  SPEAKER_00: And our aquarium has been here for over 20 years now.
• 6:47
  SPEAKER_00: So the aquarium itself has been here for a very long time.
• 6:49
  SPEAKER_00: When I started, I actually was an aquarist, which helps take care of the wildlife that we have here.
• 6:54
  SPEAKER_00: And I worked my way up all the way up to aquatic safety manager, so now I'm in charge of the mermaids and the safety divers.
• 7:00
  Dayna Roselli: So quite a crowd when we walked up.
• 7:02
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, is that usually an everyday occurrence?
• 7:04
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, summer mermaids are very popular.
• 7:06
  SPEAKER_00: It's a free show, so it's does something great if you want to take the kids out.
• 7:10
  SPEAKER_00: Um we run it Thursday to Sunday, and we start at noon, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and at 1030 a.m.
• 7:16
  SPEAKER_00: on Sundays.
• 7:16
  SPEAKER_00: It's kind of fun to hear all the wows.
• 7:18
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, the kids get so excited.
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_00: It's part of the girls' favorite thing when you go down and you see their faces light up because they're seeing a real-life mermaid, it's magical.
• 7:27
  Dayna Roselli: You said you do offer a mermaid school.
• 7:29
  Dayna Roselli: Tell me a little bit about that.
• 7:30
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so we have two guest immersion programs right now.
• 7:33
  SPEAKER_00: So our very popular one is mermaid school.
• 7:35
  SPEAKER_00: So you can come in, we do ages seven and up, and we put you in a mermaid's tale with one of our mermaid instructors.
• 7:40
  SPEAKER_00: They take you into our aquarium with all of our fish and show you a little bit about what it's like to be a mermaid.
• 7:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so I looked it up.
• 7:46
  Dayna Roselli: Mermaid school is$200 for kids and$250 for adults, but what an experience.
• 7:52
  Sean McAllister: Oh, that's so cool.
• 7:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, really cool that they do that.
• 7:55
  Dayna Roselli: And they've been doing it for a long time.
• 7:56
  Dayna Roselli: And you said you watched some documentary or something about mermaids.
• 7:59
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh, let me look this up.
• 8:01
  Sean McAllister: It's on Netflix.
• 8:02
  Dayna Roselli: And you was the Silverton in there?
• 8:04
  Sean McAllister: The Silverton was featured in this uh Netflix documentary, and it's all about like the lifestyle of um like being a mermaid.
• 8:16
  Dayna Roselli: Wow, interesting.
• 8:17
  Sean McAllister: So there are people who uh like are mermaids professionally, like the ones who you see at the Silverton, but then there's also people who think that they are mermaids.
• 8:30
  Sean McAllister: And I don't mean to laugh, but they do.
• 8:32
  Sean McAllister: But they are and and there's a whole culture associated with that.
• 8:37
  Sean McAllister: There's mermaid pageants, there's mermaid conventions, uh, cruises.
• 8:44
  Dayna Roselli: I'm sure people will be able to find it.
• 8:46
  Sean McAllister: Uh it's called Merrh People.
• 8:48
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 8:49
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and um it's a four-episode documentary, so it's not like a huge investment.
• 8:54
  Sean McAllister: Um, but there uh the Silverton was featured because uh a group of these myrrh people uh came and swam in the aquarium there.
• 9:05
  Sean McAllister: And got it.
• 9:06
  Sean McAllister: You'll have to watch and see what happens.
• 9:08
  Dayna Roselli: Just so you know, at the Silverton Aquarium, they do they do use real mermaids.
• 9:14
  Sean McAllister: They do.
• 9:14
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, they do.
• 9:16
  Dayna Roselli: Keep that in mind.
• 9:17
  Dayna Roselli: And the steakhouse in the Silverton also is a gem.
• 9:21
  Dayna Roselli: We went over there to learn about everything they're doing.
• 9:23
  Dayna Roselli: And I must say, whenever we do this, you and I, our eyes kind of widen when they tell us, like, we offered this for this price, and we're like, I mean, the you can't beat the prices.
• 9:34
  Sean McAllister: Well, no, and the great thing about Twin Creeks Steakhouse over there at Silverton is that they have a really great quality restaurant, but it's not strip prices.
• 9:46
  Sean McAllister: So it does, it feels like you're getting a great deal on dinner.
• 9:49
  Dayna Roselli: They have this thing called a cowgirl dinner.
• 9:52
  Dayna Roselli: Listen to this.
• 9:53
  Dayna Roselli: It's on Friday and Saturdays, and it's$25.
• 9:58
  Dayna Roselli: You start with a martini, you get to what they call it, pick your ride, a smooth classic martini, or a bright, zesty uh lemon drop.
• 10:07
  Dayna Roselli: Both look delicious.
• 10:08
  Dayna Roselli: Um, then you get a Caesar salad in a bread bowl.
• 10:12
  Dayna Roselli: Okay?
• 10:12
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, so filling, right?
• 10:15
  Dayna Roselli: Then you get truffle fries.
• 10:17
  Dayna Roselli: So it's the golden fries dusted with the parmesan, the herbs, a whisper of truffle, served with a rich cravable truffle sauce on the side, the whole thing.
• 10:26
  Dayna Roselli: Then you get uh pasta, an alavodka, also a bowl of that.
• 10:32
  Dayna Roselli: So you're getting a bowl of pasta, a Caesar salad and a bread bowl, truffle fries, and a martini for$25.
• 10:39
  Sean McAllister: I mean, that's insane.
• 10:41
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and we looked at it.
• 10:42
  Dayna Roselli: The portions are not tiny, tiny.
• 10:44
  Sean McAllister: No, they're not.
• 10:45
  Sean McAllister: It's oh, it comes on like this long plate.
• 10:47
  Sean McAllister: And when you have the salad, the pasta, the fries, and your martini sitting in front of you, you're like, I mean, I looked at it and I thought, man, I could do a cowgirl dinner and be full.
• 10:58
  Dayna Roselli: I know, be full, totally full.
• 11:00
  Dayna Roselli: And that's the thing.
• 11:01
  Dayna Roselli: It's amazing.
• 11:02
  Dayna Roselli: Go to our Instagram, we put it up there, like a shot of it.
• 11:04
  Dayna Roselli: You'll see a video of it.
• 11:05
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but anyway, if you want to check that out, here's the deal.
• 11:08
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I think they said it goes through the end of August, but they want to bring it back maybe during National Finals rodeo.
• 11:14
  Dayna Roselli: They also told us they might be extending it.
• 11:16
  Dayna Roselli: So we don't know when you're listening, if it's still um in play.
• 11:20
  Dayna Roselli: However, to find the actual details, I did go to the website and it's listed there.
• 11:26
  Dayna Roselli: So if you go to the Twin Creeks website, see if it's still there before you go.
• 11:30
  Dayna Roselli: That way you don't get there and they don't have it.
• 11:32
  Dayna Roselli: But they said it's definitely running through the end of August.
• 11:34
  Sean McAllister: And by the way, they did also say that um some customers order that cowgirl dinner as an appetizer for the table.
• 11:42
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that's a good idea too.
• 11:43
  Sean McAllister: So everybody gets a little scoop of something and snack on some fries, a little bit of salad, and then you order your entree.
• 11:50
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 11:51
  Sean McAllister: Which is a great, I mean, a great way to do it.
• 11:53
  Dayna Roselli: And obviously, if you don't want alcohol, you don't have to have it, you can pick a different, you know, drink, non-alcoholic drink or whatever.
• 11:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 11:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 11:58
  Dayna Roselli: And you don't have to want if you don't want the martini.
• 12:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and the pasta is like a twisted pasta coated in a spicy vodka sauce.
• 12:04
  Dayna Roselli: Uh looks very filling.
• 12:06
  Dayna Roselli: Little savory uh prosciutto bites.
• 12:09
  Sean McAllister: And so this was just one of the things that uh it caught our attention over there at Twin Creeks.
• 12:15
  Sean McAllister: Another one that I thought was phenomenal.
• 12:18
  Sean McAllister: They do this tomahawk for two.
• 12:20
  Sean McAllister: You know, the tomahawk steak is meant for two people.
• 12:23
  Sean McAllister: Um, but what they do is they have you roll dice to see if you could potentially get this tomahawk steak for free or discounted.
• 12:36
  Sean McAllister: So you get the steak, they bring you over.
• 12:39
  Sean McAllister: It's almost like playing Yahtzee.
• 12:41
  Sean McAllister: So you roll the dice in the cup and see what you roll.
• 12:44
  Sean McAllister: If you roll three of a kind, depending on the three numbers that you end up landing on, that tells you what kind of discount you get.
• 12:53
  Dayna Roselli: It's fun.
• 12:54
  Dayna Roselli: So it's always I love that.
• 12:55
  Dayna Roselli: A good game.
• 12:56
  Sean McAllister: With one set of numbers being completely free.
• 12:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 12:59
  Sean McAllister: So I think they said two people uh have gotten that.
• 13:02
  Dayna Roselli: And then when they brought out that tomahawk, that was delicious as well.
• 13:06
  Sean McAllister: So good.
• 13:06
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 13:07
  Dayna Roselli: It's a really nice interior too.
• 13:09
  Dayna Roselli: They have booths and tables, uh, cute bars, not overly large, but nice.
• 13:14
  Dayna Roselli: They have a social hour too with deals.
• 13:16
  Dayna Roselli: So Twin Creeks at Silverton, definitely worth checking out if you're looking for a good deal in Las Vegas.
• 13:21
  Dayna Roselli: And I think we mentioned Silverton not too far from the Las Vegas Strip, so worth a trip.
• 13:27
  Dayna Roselli: All right, let's switch to Icons of Rock now over at the Strat.
• 13:31
  Dayna Roselli: I think we told you about this in the past that they were performing at the Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip.
• 13:35
  Dayna Roselli: And now they're getting like a permanent spot at the Strat.
• 13:37
  Dayna Roselli: This show's gonna kick off on August 25th.
• 13:40
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, tickets are available now.
• 13:42
  Dayna Roselli: Now, this is a as it they're describing it as a high-energy concert style tribute to classic rock's most legendary artists.
• 13:51
  Dayna Roselli: So you're gonna get your Ozzy Osborne Crazy Train.
• 13:55
  Dayna Roselli: You know, you're gonna get your Kiss Classics.
• 13:58
  Dayna Roselli: Um what else?
• 14:00
  Sean McAllister: Rock uh heart, some Barracuda mixed in there.
• 14:04
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, all the classics.
• 14:06
  Dayna Roselli: And uh that we were looking at the video that they sent over to show, you know, how the show and some of the people that portray and tribute, and it looks excellent.
• 14:15
  Sean McAllister: It really does.
• 14:16
  Sean McAllister: Some Def Leopard mixed in there too.
• 14:19
  Sean McAllister: Um, and this is just great music, too.
• 14:22
  Sean McAllister: Like this is great classic rock.
• 14:24
  Dayna Roselli: Because you know it all.
• 14:24
  Dayna Roselli: We you and I say it out every time.
• 14:26
  Dayna Roselli: We like a good tribute show.
• 14:28
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, give me more.
• 14:29
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 14:30
  Dayna Roselli: I want to know the songs.
• 14:32
  Sean McAllister: Yes, pour some sugar on me.
• 14:34
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 14:34
  Dayna Roselli: It's a good one.
• 14:36
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and and apparently it has some great costuming, um, great uh vocals.
• 14:42
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you know, they're playing the instruments, and it's gonna be uh having immersive visual effects too.
• 14:49
  Dayna Roselli: So it sounds like the whole thing is gonna be quite a production.
• 14:52
  Dayna Roselli: So it should be really fun.
• 14:53
  Dayna Roselli: Um it's at the Strat Theater if you're interested in tickets.
• 14:57
  Dayna Roselli: Um you can go to the box office or the strat website.
• 15:00
  Sean McAllister: And they've done some upgrades over at that strat theater as well to make it possible to do these uh multimedia kinds of productions as well.
• 15:08
  Sean McAllister: So that'll be a great spot.
• 15:10
  Sean McAllister: I like that theater.
• 15:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 15:12
  Dayna Roselli: All right, let's get to some celebrity news with a Vegas twist.
• 15:17
  Dayna Roselli: Well, listen, the performers and queens in RuPaul's drag race are definitely celebrities.
• 15:23
  Sean McAllister: Oh, without a doubt.
• 15:25
  Dayna Roselli: How many drag race versions are there now of the TV show?
• 15:29
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh.
• 15:30
  Dayna Roselli: So many.
• 15:31
  Sean McAllister: I think there's like 14 different franchises around the world of RuPaul's drag race.
• 15:38
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 15:38
  Sean McAllister: There's obviously the original here, there's Canada, there's Mexico, there's I mean, countries around the world have uh picked up on the popularity of the show here in the US.
• 15:51
  Sean McAllister: And it has become a global phenomenon.
• 15:54
  Sean McAllister: That's not a stretch to even say.
• 15:56
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 15:57
  Sean McAllister: So the cast members who appear on the show really do become massive celebrities who really draw a big crowd.
• 16:05
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and we're lucky enough here in Las Vegas to have a show on a regular basis at the Flamingo.
• 16:11
  Dayna Roselli: It kicked off, I think, 2020.
• 16:12
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 16:13
  Dayna Roselli: And the numbers and the show is it have just it's been great.
• 16:18
  Dayna Roselli: Like it's never slowed down.
• 16:20
  Dayna Roselli: It's just been wonderful.
• 16:21
  Dayna Roselli: People coming in from all over the world to see the show.
• 16:24
  Sean McAllister: They do.
• 16:24
  Sean McAllister: Uh for over a thousand performances.
• 16:27
  Sean McAllister: Uh RuPaul's Drag Race has been going strong over at the uh Flamingo Showroom.
• 16:33
  Sean McAllister: And we went over there and got a backstage tour.
• 16:36
  Sean McAllister: We got to look at the costumes.
• 16:38
  Sean McAllister: I went up into the dressing room with Kylie Sonique Love, who you very well may know as the winner of season six of uh RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars.
• 16:50
  Sean McAllister: She is absolutely phenomenal.
• 16:52
  Sean McAllister: Couldn't have asked for a better tour guide backstage over there at the showroom.
• 16:56
  Dayna Roselli: I know, because you were doing the interview and I was filming it, and everything she was saying I agreed with.
• 17:01
  Dayna Roselli: Like, she walks better in heels and flats.
• 17:03
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, I feel you, so do I.
• 17:05
  Dayna Roselli: People think it's weird.
• 17:06
  Dayna Roselli: I, you know, and like I really liked Kylie and all her perspectives on things.
• 17:11
  Dayna Roselli: So why don't we listen to what Kylie had to say?
• 17:14
  Dayna Roselli: We went back to her dressing room, sat down, then she gave us a tour of some clothing.
• 17:18
  Dayna Roselli: Again, as we always say, you know, the visuals really complement stories like this.
• 17:23
  Dayna Roselli: So if you want to go to our YouTube channel and watch this story, it we'll put it there.
• 17:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I don't think it's airing on TV until August 23rd.
• 17:32
  Dayna Roselli: So maybe we'll try and get it up before then.
• 17:34
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so you can at least get over there and watch.
• 17:37
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, listen to this interview and backstage tour of RuPaul's Drag Race live at the Flamingo.
• 17:44
  SPEAKER_02: What's up?
• 17:45
  SPEAKER_02: It's Kylie Sonique Love.
• 17:47
  SPEAKER_02: I'm here with Vegas Revealed.
• 17:49
  Sean McAllister: The season six Drag Race All-Star is giving us all access backstage and behind the scenes.
• 17:55
  Sean McAllister: When you step into this dressing room, what's the first thing that happens?
• 17:59
  SPEAKER_02: Usually I'm trying to find all my makeup because it's normally not this clean.
• 18:05
  SPEAKER_02: But I heard we were having company, so.
• 18:07
  SPEAKER_02: And I just get in my own world and I transform into a show girl.
• 18:11
  Sean McAllister: What do you think makes the show such a uniquely Vegas experience?
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_02: Because of RuPaul's drag race, the queer culture is being celebrated by everybody.
• 18:24
  SPEAKER_02: And the fact that, you know, you have a trans person like myself headlining a show on the Vegas Strip, I think is super iconic.
• 18:33
  SPEAKER_02: And then all these people who have been doing drag forever before it was like like world famous are now getting kind of the flowers that they deserve.
• 18:45
  Sean McAllister: I'm always pleasantly surprised at the mix of people who are out in the audience.
• 18:51
  SPEAKER_02: Oh yeah, we have we have people from Bump.
• 18:55
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, I can't say that.
• 18:56
  SPEAKER_02: We have fans of the show, we have people that's never even heard of RuPaul's drag race come in and then we create new fans.
• 19:09
  Sean McAllister: Is there a single costume that makes that that like changes the way that you feel when you put it on?
• 19:14
  SPEAKER_02: I think anything that we put on uh does that.
• 19:18
  SPEAKER_02: Like me putting on this versus my sweat.
• 19:21
  SPEAKER_02: I feel like I I can run the place or I can, you know, marry rich.
• 19:26
  SPEAKER_02: I also am a Gwen Stefani impersonator.
• 19:28
  SPEAKER_02: I have like a replica made of like one of the outfits she wore.
• 19:32
  Sean McAllister: I was just gonna say this is very Gwen.
• 19:34
  SPEAKER_02: It is very Gwen, yes.
• 19:35
  SPEAKER_02: Um I've only worn this a couple of times on the show because I like to wear a heel and these shoes are like flats.
• 19:42
  SPEAKER_02: We don't want to do flats.
• 19:44
  SPEAKER_02: Not on the not on the drag show, honey.
• 19:47
  SPEAKER_02: Maybe I can show you guys what I wear on the the stage.
• 19:51
  Sean McAllister: This is your wardrobe station kind of on stage.
• 19:56
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 19:57
  SPEAKER_02: So we we do all of our quick changes here.
• 19:59
  SPEAKER_02: I usually don't go up unless I'm getting ready to drop down from the ceiling on a stripper pole.
• 20:06
  Sean McAllister: So you get your show girl on with this, huh?
• 20:09
  SPEAKER_02: And this is the headdress that I um designed and made.
• 20:14
  Sean McAllister: That looks like a legit vintage piece.
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_02: Not vintage.
• 20:19
  SPEAKER_02: I'll take it.
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_02: I'll take it.
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_02: Vintage piece is good.
• 20:22
  SPEAKER_02: This is a neck piece that I wear that's fully rhymed stone.
• 20:27
  SPEAKER_02: I wear it.
• 20:29
  SPEAKER_02: I don't know.
• 20:30
  SPEAKER_02: I usually have somebody helping me do that.
• 20:32
  SPEAKER_02: Um, help me.
• 20:34
  SPEAKER_02: So it's so great.
• 20:35
  SPEAKER_02: I look like one of the girls from Jubilee.
• 20:38
  SPEAKER_02: My bob knacky fantasy, you know.
• 20:42
  Sean McAllister: Well, I know that we're getting close to showtime here.
• 20:45
  Sean McAllister: Thank you so much for letting us into your space in your dressing room and backstage here.
• 20:51
  Sean McAllister: And we love having you here.
• 20:52
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, thank you.
• 20:53
  SPEAKER_02: This is where you're gonna have to be if you want to see me and the rest of my girls from RuPaul's Drag Race, because this is the only place you can see this show.
• 21:03
  Dayna Roselli: Sean, I've seen the show twice.
• 21:04
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I couldn't stay to watch it this particular night right after this interview, but you did.
• 21:09
  Dayna Roselli: And is the show still changing all the time?
• 21:12
  Sean McAllister: The show is always changing.
• 21:14
  Sean McAllister: So the great thing about RuPaul's Drag Race Live is that they have a rotating cast of uh cast members who have been seen on the TV show.
• 21:25
  Sean McAllister: And that keeps it fresh so that when uh people's favorite queens uh end up joining the the cast, it's like, ooh, we gotta go back to Vegas and see that show again.
• 21:34
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 21:35
  Sean McAllister: You know, and it really does draw people in.
• 21:37
  Sean McAllister: And like what uh Kylie was telling us, she was like, This is the only place in Las Vegas where you can see me on stage.
• 21:47
  Sean McAllister: I'm not doing other drag shows.
• 21:49
  Sean McAllister: This is it.
• 21:50
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 21:50
  Sean McAllister: This is where you can see me.
• 21:52
  Sean McAllister: And you know, that's a a really cool thing.
• 21:55
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 21:55
  Dayna Roselli: I it's great.
• 21:56
  Dayna Roselli: And I think that's what makes Las Vegas shows special.
• 22:00
  Dayna Roselli: And always adds a little bit of exclusivity to it.
• 22:02
  Dayna Roselli: You gotta come here to see so-and-so.
• 22:04
  Dayna Roselli: Now, who was the host that I was watching put makeup on?
• 22:07
  Sean McAllister: Chanel.
• 22:08
  Sean McAllister: Chanel.
• 22:08
  Sean McAllister: Chanel is from Las Vegas.
• 22:11
  Sean McAllister: She's been a Vegas queen for a long time and was actually the first queen to enter the workroom on RuPaul's Drag Race season one.
• 22:20
  Dayna Roselli: Wow.
• 22:21
  Dayna Roselli: Wow.
• 22:22
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 22:22
  Dayna Roselli: That's a big deal.
• 22:23
  Sean McAllister: It's a huge deal.
• 22:25
  Dayna Roselli: Now I feel like I was with royalty.
• 22:27
  Sean McAllister: She is royalty.
• 22:28
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I was watching her put.
• 22:30
  Dayna Roselli: I said, can you mind if I film a little bit?
• 22:31
  Dayna Roselli: Because I when I'm in the world of filming, I'm kind of concentrating on all that.
• 22:35
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, watching the process, it's amazing.
• 22:38
  Dayna Roselli: And they look so good after.
• 22:40
  Dayna Roselli: They are experts at that.
• 22:42
  Sean McAllister: And the the clothes, the outfits that they wear are like couture level creations.
• 22:48
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 22:48
  Sean McAllister: And uh like Kylie, you heard Kylie talk about the fact that she's also a Gwen Stefani uh impersonator as well.
• 22:57
  Sean McAllister: And the outfit she had matched exactly the outfit that Gwen just wore uh on stage with No Doubt at the sphere.
• 23:06
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, she had some great stuff, and I could see that.
• 23:09
  Dayna Roselli: She I would love to see her do that.
• 23:11
  Dayna Roselli: When where can we see her do that?
• 23:13
  Dayna Roselli: Do we know?
• 23:14
  Sean McAllister: Well, let's see, probably on YouTube.
• 23:16
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, well, we can yeah, all right.
• 23:17
  Dayna Roselli: Well, we'll we'll look it up.
• 23:19
  Sean McAllister: We'll we'll hit Kylie back up and find out when she's gonna do her next Gwen show.
• 23:24
  Dayna Roselli: I really enjoyed Kylie.
• 23:25
  Dayna Roselli: That was a lot of fun.
• 23:26
  Dayna Roselli: You know, when when we were told that we could go backstage and do this interview and look at all the costumes, I was like, wow, this is like a big honor.
• 23:33
  Dayna Roselli: Like this show is, you know, worldwide and so popular.
• 23:39
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm so glad that it it moved over to the flamingo and it's still there today, doing well.
• 23:45
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to see a fun show, have some laughs, you know, sing some songs, do all the things.
• 23:51
  Dayna Roselli: Um, this is definitely one to see.
• 23:52
  Sean McAllister: And the and like I said in the in that piece, uh, there is a wide cross-section of people in that audience.
• 24:00
  Sean McAllister: There are like uh grandparent-aged people who are in there like uh couples.
• 24:06
  Sean McAllister: It's so cute.
• 24:07
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 24:07
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, listen, it's showbiz.
• 24:09
  Sean McAllister: It's showbiz, it's so entertaining, it's so well done, it's a great uh it's a great night out.
• 24:17
  Dayna Roselli: It is, yeah, a lot of fun.
• 24:19
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 24:19
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I think that's all we've got for celebrity news with a Vegas twist this week, but that was a big dose.
• 24:24
  Sean McAllister: That was a big dose, right?
• 24:26
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but we'll be back next week with another audio podcast.
• 24:29
  Dayna Roselli: You can always check out our YouTube channel.
• 24:31
  Dayna Roselli: You can also download the Vegas Near Me app if it's fun to do or see.
• 24:35
  Dayna Roselli: You'll find it in the Vegas Near Me app.
• 24:37
  Dayna Roselli: You can also go to Vegasnearme.com and look at all the information that they have there.
• 24:43
  Dayna Roselli: It's wonderful, wonderful app.
• 24:44
  Dayna Roselli: If you're coming to Las Vegas, you got friends that are, spread the word.
• 24:47
  Dayna Roselli: We also have a link in our show notes to that.
• 24:49
  Dayna Roselli: We have a lot of links in our show notes if you want to check them out to things.
• 24:52
  Dayna Roselli: Um travel discounts and all sorts of stuff.
• 24:56
  Sean McAllister: And also a reminder if you are in Las Vegas uh over the weekend, you can tune into Fox Five to watch Vegas Revealed on TV.
• 25:05
  Sean McAllister: And uh if you're in Hawaii, either uh if you live there or you're vacationing there, if you happen to be there on a Sunday evening, flip on uh Kiku TV, K-I-K-U at 6 30 p.m.
• 25:17
  Sean McAllister: You're gonna see Vegas Revealed there as well.
• 25:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we just got some information on how the viewership's going on that show, and it's really, really good.
• 25:24
  Dayna Roselli: So we're so pleased and you know brings us joy knowing that people in Hawaii are watching the Vegas Revealed show.
• 25:31
  Sean McAllister: It does.
• 25:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's great.
• 25:32
  Dayna Roselli: Good stuff.
• 25:33
  Sean McAllister: Aloha and Mahalo.
• 25:35
  Dayna Roselli: There you go.
• 25:36
  Dayna Roselli: We'll see you next week.