Located on central Strip next to its sister
resort, the Mirage, Treasure Island is best known for the show that
takes place here a few times every night. They used to have an
entertaining pirate show which we saw in 2001 but since this is
Vegas they had to make it cheesier and so they changed it into
a sirens show. The sirens show is very similar in fact to the
pirates show, just that now they have some scantily clad women who
dance to music. The show is running three or four times daily and
you have to come early if you wish to get a good spot. Traffic
pretty much stops in this area when the show is on. Treasure Island
hotel and casion is themed on Robery Louis Stevenson's novel of the
same name, although lately the management seems eager to downplay it.
They had a logo with a skull and bones which they replaced it with a
very sleek looking new logo (with no skull and no bones). The entrance
features a Carribbean lagoon (this is where the sirens show takes
place). Inside there are isolated pirate touches like ship
figureheads on the walls. The hotel is also home to the popular
contemporary circus Cirque du Soleil with their show "Mystere"
performed in a specially customized showroom.
