Comments on: Farewell Review of Star Trek The Experience

By: Jim Nightshade

Jim Nightshade — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:49:58 +0000

THE EXPERIENCE LIVES MAYBE!!! DEAL IN WORKS TO MOVE TO DOWNTOWN VEGAS! THANKS ANTHONY!!!

JERRY AND FRANCINE WHERE ARE YOU??????

By: Tyrone Wicks

Tyrone Wicks — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:16:08 +0000

I will miss STTE. I’ve been a few times and enjoyed every one!!!!

By: Jim Nightshade

Jim Nightshade — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:40:30 +0000

Yah Bman oh well….those menus are the trifold. They were selling them for 50 bucks. Too much for me. So I just got the black and white 10 year commerative one for ten bucks….a dollar a year sounds better….Well if anyone reading these has extras of the souvenir glasses or the behind the scenes t shirt in xl lemme know. thanks…

By: bman

bman — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:57:30 +0000

Unfortunately, no. I only bought one. I’m really glad it didn’t break on the flight home now. When I bought the one, I assumed more would be available online. I read in another forum that someone looked at the glasses on Saturday morning, came back in the afternoon and they were sold out!

I didn’t buy a menu this time. I’ve got one of the original menus, when they were bigger and that DS9 bronzey color. I got Armin Shimerman to sign the cover. B)

By: Jim Nightshade

Jim Nightshade — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:48 +0000

Hey Bman I just found out those glasses were in the back and they just brought them out over the weekend and they were gone very fast…you didnt buy two or 3 extra to sell did ya? Danged thats just what I was looking for when we were there too. They for shure were not out when we were there….I did get a quarks ten year black and white menu for ten bucks…and one box of the matches..i am giving them away to smoking friends haha…..When I mentioned the Blooper to Beverly Washburn its also one of my faves she kinda sounded surprised I knew about it. HAHA Guess Im not the only one that mentioned that to her ! I also got some tos playing cards which are cool….and the last 3 romulan ale magnets…bottle openers…sigh sniff pout…danged that glass would have been an awesome addition to my collection …its pretty bad when I have tons more souvenirs than the stores do hahah

By: bman

bman — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:38:07 +0000

Oh yeah, they were selling old Quark’s menus at the hostess stand for $10, too.

By: bman

bman — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:34:26 +0000

The glasses were for sale in the last open shop. There were tons of them, I’m surprised you missed them. (Unless they didn’t put them out until the end of the week?) Maybe startrekexp.com sells them. They’re full-size drinking glasses, clear with a blue tint. On the front is the ST:TE logo and on the back are the opening and closing dates.

They were also selling boxes of the Quark’s matches for $5. I almost got some, but I didn’t know what I’d ever do with them, lol.

LOL, funny you should mention the blooper. I told Beverly Washburn that her scene on the blooper reel is my favorite… “I feel like hell!” She remembered that day, and seemed flattered that I would remember her five seconds on the reel.

By: Jim Nightshade

Jim Nightshade — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:56:08 +0000

Its great to hear you had a good time BMAN! Sheri and i were there tuesday and wednesday just before you guys…Where did you find the commemoritive glass with the first and last day on it? I was bugging the bartender at Quarks and he said they had no souvenir glasses left. I didnt see any at the store either. I also got the three shot glasses it was almost the only thing left…I liked the Laser on the Enterprise Dish in tribute…and the rides were great. And we tried and failed to drink a mini borg sphere but it was fun! We saw Beverly Washburn there too, two years ago during new years. We even got our pix taken with her and i talked to her about her classic Star Trek Blooper too! We loved her she was very nice! She also knew Walt Disney and was in old yeller and many other movies too including the first 50s superman tv show….Also the backstage tour was great and you got to go on the last one! Did you check out the wall of memories! I wish someone would put my tribute to the staff on the wall. There are so many just sitting there they will probably never see them.
I also say thanks to the cast and crew…They make THE EXPERIENCE what it is. THEY ALL ROCK. Wish I could be there for the last day and the decommisioning ceremony…Memories indeed. Damn I wish i had a commerative glass! Lucky you!
JEFF AND SHERI

By: bman

bman — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:39:46 +0000

My friend and I made our last visit to the Experience over the weekend. It brought back memories of our first visit, at the grand opening “Warp-n-ride” fan appreciation event. What a bittersweet symmetry.

We did the rides on Friday, and took buttloads of pictures in the museum. That was my first time seeing Borg Invasion 4D, my most recent previous visit to the Experience having been in 2003. I enjoyed it, but it pales in comparison to the original Klingon Encounter. I still love that one to pieces.

Beverly Washburn was there outside Quark’s, signing autographs. She played Lt. Galway in TOS:”The Deadly Years”. What a sweet lady. And a nice unexpected surprise.

The shops were all curtained, except for the Admiral’s Collection. And they didn’t have much to offer. I picked up three pins (TNG, Voyager, and TNG-future communicators), a trio of shot glasses with the command, medical and science logos from TOS on them, a 2009 Ships of the Line calendar, and a phaser water pistol. I also got a commemorative drinking glass with the opening and closing dates of the Experience on it.

Then we had dinner at Quark’s and shared a Borg Sphere and a 5-ouncer James Tea Kirk.

We tried to get the Back Stage Tour on Friday, but they were booked. So we returned on Saturday for it. Our tour guide Jerad was absolutely fantastic. It was his last BST ever, and you could tell it was tough on him. Hell, it was tough on me and I’m an “outsider”. Jerad plays the Ferengi Quon (sp?) in the Experience. I’m sad that we didn’t get to see him in character.

After the BST, we went back to Quark’s and shared a final Warp Core Breach. The place was so busy, when I ordered food, the bartender said the kitchen is running about 40 minutes behind, which was about how long it would take to down the Breach, so it didn’t matter. We chatted with two groups of fellow fans who sat next to us, and drank a toast to the Experience. After about an hour, I finally asked about the food and the bartender said, “Food?” The guy never placed the order! I left the place furious and especially pissed off that that would be my last memory of the place. grrr!

Since then, a cooler head has prevailed and I know my lasting memory of the Experience will be Jerad’s back stage tour, and the obvious passion he had for the place and how much he seemed to love being a part of it.

I’ll truly miss it, and my hat is off to all the castmembers!

By: poplopez

poplopez — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:10:23 +0000

I was just at the experience with my wife and kids and I got misty eyed. The experience was the first place we went when we came to Las Vegas on vacation and now that we live here I have gone there for the last time. The main store is closed and there are a lot of people there enjoying the last few days. If the Hilton is really closing this location down for good it is a big mistake with the new movie coming around the corner. We had a good time and I had my last warp core breach. My oldest son, 7 years old, experienced the rides for the first and last time. I hope its not gone forever.