Panorama. It has been reported that these fountains consume 12 million gallons of water a year. The

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People go to Las Vegas for all sorts of reasons, but everyone wants to see the beloved and world-famous Fountains of Bellagio, the most popular free attraction on the Vegas Strip. There s a reason that crowds are dazzled by watching the water dance. south beach hotels Bellagio s iconic fountains are an engineering marvel, 8 acres of water, nearly 5,000 lights, and a fog system to help set the mood, as 1,200 water-shooting nozzles create a magnificent ballet of dancing fountains choreographed to music. Whether it is your first visit or your thousandth time to watch the show, there s something magical about the Fountains of Bellagio.
The Fountains of Bellagio are on every tourist s list of attractions to see. The show is set in an 8½-acre man-made lake that is about 1,000 feet (300 m) long and illuminated at night by nearly 5,000 lights. The center circle of nozzles, extreme shooters, are capable of shooting south beach hotels water almost 500 feet (460 feet) into the air. Photo #1 by Justin Brown
You can view the Bellagio s Fountains from numerous south beach hotels places along the Strip, both during the day and night. This view is from the Paris Las Vegas hotel. Showtimes : Monday through Friday, there is a show every half hour from 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. and then the fountains dance every 15 minutes from 7:00 p.m. 12:00 a.m. On weekends and holidays, from 12:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. there is a show every 1/2 hour; that changes to a show every 15 minutes from 7:00 p.m. 12:00 a.m. On Sundays, according to Fountains of Bellagio schedule , Fountain show times begin at 11 a.m. and run every 15 minutes for the Fountains Brunch at Jasmine. This is showtime schedule with songs for 2013. Extremely high winds could result in a canceled show, Photo #3 by PD Photo.org
The water dances differently, choreographed specifically for each of the 29 different songs . There are 798 minishooters, 208 swaying oarsmen, 192 super shooters and 16 extreme shooters capable of blasting water 460 feet straight up. Photo #5 by Jeff (Space Ritual)
In December 2011 , the California-based WET firm added new songs to the show. Wet has been creating Bellagio fountain extravaganzas since the resort s 1998 opening. The music was chosen by Bellagio south beach hotels executives from a list submitted by WET. The designers capture the spirit of the song and choreograph water and lights into jaw-dropping Vegas-worthy productions. Photo #6 by Thomas south beach hotels Hawk
Bellagio World. The re-engineered HyperShooters fire jets nearly 240 feet (73 m) into the air, and the more recently added ExtremeShooters are capable of reaching heights of 500 feet (150 m). Needing a better way to define smoother passages of music, WET engineers south beach hotels developed the Oarsman nozzle, a robotic water jet that can be moved 120 degrees from side to side, to front and back, grouped with a pod of lights that follow the water stream. With the direction, water height, and light of every Oarsman controllable independently from every other Oarsman, a nearly infinite variety of patterns can be created on the lake. A fog generating device rises from beneath the water to blanket the entire lake with fog, and about 4,000 individually controllable underwater lights follow the water patterns precise movements, sparkling on the water or glowing through the fog. Photo #7 by Justin Brown
The Bellagio Fountains site states , Take in a complimentary Las Vegas show of water, music and light thoughtfully south beach hotels interwoven to mesmerize its admirers. All for your amusement, the most ambitious, choreographically complex water feature south beach hotels ever conceived amazes against the beautiful backdrop of Las Vegas lavender sky. Each dynamic performance from the Fountains collection is unique in its expression south beach hotels and interpretation. Fall in love with the stunning nature of this unprecedented aquatic accomplishment while relishing a clever concert of opera, classical and Broadway tunes. Photo #9 by Jason Mrachina
The water truly does seem to dance as oarsmen jets allow for a full range of spherical motion. You might want to arrive about 10 minutes early to secure a good ground level spot as the show can be elbow-to-elbow crowded. Many people claim that the best way to watch the fountain show is from the top of the Eiffel Tower at Paris, but watching from center court allows you to see, hear and feel the gentle spray of the water. Photo #10 by Bryan Siders
The executive designer for WET, Claire Kahn, begins new choreograph routines by hand-writing the lyrics and then she sketches of how the water should dance. She told USA Today that the next step is working on her Mac computer, where she can see the exact position of each fountain. Photo #11 by chensiyuan
It takes a team of about 30 people, from lake maintenance staffers to divers, to maintain the Bellagio Fountains mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems. There is a team of dive-certified engineers on the site at all times. south beach hotels There are also boats, ready and waiting, to fish out the occasional drunk who decides to take a swim. Photo #12 by Thomas Hawk
Most famous free show in Las Vegas. You can easily see the layout of musical Fountains of Bellagio during the daytime. The fountain is formed as a pair of large concentric rings and a long, curved arc, and two smaller circles are attached to the arc near each end. Shooters outline all aspects of the layout, allowing south beach hotels for the arc and circles to rise as columns and curtains of water, as well as providing high-speed chase sequences. Photo #13 by Kyle McCluer
Vegas in December. For all those good luck wishes accompanied with a tossed coin, it takes two vacuums on a barge to suck up the coins tossed south beach hotels in the lake. USA Today reported that the coins are dried in a cement mixer and donated to Habitat for Humanity. (The Bellagio doesn t disclose the amount, south beach hotels but sandbag-sized plastic sacks of quarters, dimes and nickels fished out nearly fill a locked cabinet in the resort s basement.) Photo #15 by Cygnusloop99
The photographer wrote, For several years visiting Las Vegas I had never ventured up the Eiffel tower at the Paris hotel and casino. The view was worth the wait to see the Bellagio Fountains south beach hotels from above. Photo #16 by Gordon Ednie
Bellagio and its fountains south beach hotels have been featured in numerous south beach hotels films. Perhaps having south beach hotels seen Ocean s Eleven and Ocean s Thirteen one too many times, a helmet-wearing gunman robbed the casino of $1.5 million in chips on December 15, 2010. He was convicted in August 2011 and sentenced to prison for a term of 9–27 years. Photo #17 by O Palsson
south beach hotels The Mother of All Fountains. Besides the Oceans Trilogy, Bellagio and its fountains south beach hotels have also been featured in the movies Rush Hour 2 , Lucky You , 21 , What Happens in Vegas , 2012 , and The Hangover , to name but a few . Photo #18 by Jason Mrachina
The Bellagio was the most expensive hotel ever built at the time of its opening on October 15, 1998, wrote the photographer who captured this shot way back in 2001. That 1998 opening ceremony occurred just before 11 pm and reportedly cost US $88 million. Wikipedia added , Construction on the Bellagio began in May 1996. Bellagio had an original construction cost of US $1.6 billion Bellagio employs approximately 8,000 people. In the fall of 2006, the casino floor was remodeled and new uniforms were issued, changing the original color scheme to a more elegant type Bellagio completed a $70 million upgrade south beach hotels in December 2011, remodeling all of the main tower s 2,500 rooms. Photo #19 by Wally Gobetz
Bellagio hotel has a renowned Conservatory and Botanical Gardens that feature five seasonal south beach hotels themes: Chinese New Year, Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. The Bellagio has won the AAA Five Diamond Award twelve years in a row, from 2000 to 2012; it was the first Strip hotel to receive the award ten or more times in a row. Photo #20 by Tim Parkinson
The photographer said he was celebrating an anniversary at the Bellagio Dancing Fountains. It s unknown how many thousands of times perhaps millions the magnificent fountains were a magically romantic back-drop for marriage south beach hotels proposals and even weddings. Photo #22 by Warren Antiola
Behind the Scenes Fountains at Bellagio. Geeky tidbits about the devices used in the fountains. The oarsmen jets have an X/Y axis to provide dancing south beach hotels water. effects. The shooters have different sized pipes shooting air pressure, that in turn shoots up water; the pipes get larger for bigger blasts of water. Shooters: The Mini-Shooters runs on 120 psi (per square inch) of air pressure; Super Shooters run 220 psi of air; and Extreme Shooters blast 500 psi of air. Video #5 by VEGAS.com
Panorama. It has been reported that these fountains consume 12 million gallons of water a year. The Bellagio's 8.5-acre lake holds 22 million gallons and is replenished annually with another 12 million, representing the amount lost to evaporation, leaky pipes or really thirsty ducks. Assuming evaporation is responsible for that entire amount, that would break down to 1,200 gallons lost in each of the roughly 10,000-plus fountain shows performed throughout the year. Photo #27 by hjjanisch
The photographer wrote, My first time lapse video, 119 photos at 3 second south beach hotels intervals, compressed to 0.3 second intervals. First batched processed in Photomatix Details Enhancer, and then batch processed in Photoshop to remove noise, straighten the verticals and add contrast using a multiply layer at low opacity. About 4 hours of processing on my MacBook south beach hotels Pro. Photo #29 by Pedro Szekely from Los Angeles, USA
The Bellagio list of Fountain music includes a wide variety of genres; it lists these 29 songs: One, Singular Sensation , Hoe-Down , Simple Gifts , Singin in the Rain , Rondine south beach hotels al Nido , Luck Be A Lady , Winter Games , Hey, Big Spender , Time to Say Goodbye , Hallelujah Chorus , Carol of the Bells , O Holy Night , It s Begi