THE CHILL-OUT ISSUE / LAS VEGAS; Suit up: Last one in's a boiled egg; There's no good reason to roast in Sin City. Pool pandemonium means river rides, waterfalls, 12-foot waves and sharks HOME EDITION

• Published in: The Los Angeles times
• Main Author: Gould, Lark Ellen
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, Calif Los Angeles Times Communications LLC 05.08.2007
• Subjects: Casinos; Hotels & motels; Las Vegas Nevada; Swimming pools; Tourism; Las Vegas Nevada
• ISSN: 0458-3035

This resort gets kudos for putting 6-foot-high swells in the middle of the desert. This was the buzz-making centerpiece of the resort when it opened in 1999, and it's still causing reverberations among the pool pundits of the Las Vegas Valley. They tout the "back 11" at this resort as the place to be if you have energetic children or a desire to party like one in the heat of the day. That's because the Mirage is home to six Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (including a baby) that can be observed in their habitat near the pool area. There's a cost for this: $15 buys you a ticket to enter Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and the Mirage Dolphin Habitat ($10 for kids 4 to 12, 3 and younger free). As for children's pool amenities, this hotel has them all: a 520- square-foot separate kiddie pool, a classic lagoon swimming pool with cascading waterfalls, a small but efficient wave pool and a 400- foot easy river ride running around it all.