The Fountains of Bellagio
The Fountains of Bellagio are a popular attraction for tourists on the Strip. Located out front of the Bellagio hotel, the choreographed fountain show draws hundreds of thousands of spectators each year as it’s one of the few free forms of entertainment available to everyone!
The fountain show takes place every 30 minutes in the afternoons and early evenings, and every 15 minutes from 8 PM to midnight, every day. The fountains are housed in an 8.5 acre man-made lake supplied with fresh water from a well that was drilled decades ago for a golf course, which was located where the fountains are now. The Bellagio actually has an agreement with the Clark County Fire Department that the fountain water can be used to fight any nearby fires or for other emergent events!
A staff of 37 work behind the scenes day and night to keep the attraction working flawlessly. The crew not only keep the fountain clean but they are constantly repairing and maintaining the compressors, water shooters, purification equipment and fog system.
The fountain display is choreographed to various pieces of music, currently including:
- And All That Jazz (from Chicago)
- Con Te Partirò (Time to Say Goodbye) - Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli
- Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra
- God Bless The USA - Lee Greenwood
- Hey, Big Spender (from Sweet Charity)
- Hoe-Down - Aaron Copland
- Luck Be A Lady (from Guys & Dolls) - Frank Sinatra
- My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
- One, Singular Sensation (from A Chorus Line)
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Rachmaninov
- Singin’ in the Rain - Gene Kelly
- The Star Spangled Banner - Whitney Houston
- Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley
- Your Song - Elton John
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3 opinions for The Fountains of Bellagio
S.Spain
Apr 2, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Stay away from the Bellagio buffet …or at least don’t have the turkey and if you’re on your wedding night …like my daughter …and you get sick at the Bellagio, do not expect any customer service.
Not only did 1/4 of the dinner guests get ill at the Bellagio Vegas Buffet but the kids – newly weds - being sick, left their wedding papers as well as a card with $200 cash in their room upon check out. Their documents were destroyed by the Bellagio and their wedding gift of $200 turned up missing. The Bellagio response was to question weather or not our daughter and her new husband were trying to “scam” the hotel. For $200? Her husband is US military with TS clearance higher than anyone who works in or manages the Bellagio.
True story …there’s much more.
If your sick there and need a doctor, be ready to shell out $300 cash before their (The Bellagio Hotel) doctor will see you.
Nice fountains though, save your money and go to a Vegas hotel where they still respect the guest. They are plentiful. We thought the Bellagio was one of them. They have proved us wrong.
The kid’s last name is Bradley …they were there the day after Easter 08. Reports made, time passed and all the kids got was called dishonest by the Bellagio Hotel.
Nice garden too. Stay somewhere else is our advice.
Chris & Jen
May 12, 2008 at 9:46 am
We we married at the belligo 1-1-07 the first in 07 we had the BEST service you could ask for a once in a lifetime experence , it was fantastic
Jen & Chris Z
Scott
May 13, 2008 at 7:50 am
Do the research, look at who onws who on the Vegas strip. We grew up in Vegas, we know about service.
We are happy for Jen & Chris but sad for our children who did not share in their happy experience. As Jen and Chris know, you only get one wedding (first) night. Spend yours somewhere else as a guest but do see this hotel, it’s a marvel to be sure.
Want the truth, ask a professional travel agent. I’ve found they have access to information not easly available from a basic web serarch.
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