Things to Do in Summerlin South

Founded in 1950, Variety has worked for more than half a century to improve the lives of children in Nevada and around the world, with a focus on kids with special needs. Programs such as Kids on the Go! and Kids at Play! aim to improve children's access to community resources, providing adaptive medical equipment and funding playgrounds with padded fencing and wheelchair swings. Events throughout the year allow the organization to fund new programs and makes guests' hearts swell like a crowd around a talking beagle.

A long silver limousine pulls up and releases a flurry of energetic moppets, who make their way down a red carpet to the front doors. Though this may seem like a scene from Nickelodeon's Teen Choice Awards, it's an everyday occurrence at Make Me a Star Studios, where aspiring superstars' dreams of the famous life can be realized.

At the studio, beauty experts sculpt coifs and gloss guises to get them ready for the camera. Then, against a green-screen backdrop, celebrities-in-progress strike poses as flashbulbs pop or perform choreography for music videos. Though activities are geared toward kids aged 7–14, grown folk often find themselves headbanging or electric sliding during sessions and can join in if they wish.

Party packages guarantee exclusive access to Make Me a Star Studios' enclave. The Reality Party gives kids glimpses into the true lives of superstars by bouncing them between scheduled interviews, performances, and photo shoots. Unexpected bumps in the road—which may include a limousine breakdown or publication of recent spelling tests in the Enquirer—challenge youngsters to make it to appearances on time and without losing their cool.

Las Vegas's bountiful nightlife scene serves as the backdrop for VIP UNLTD's lively club crawls and meticulously organized party packages. The company’s philosophy is predicated on valuing people’s needs over meeting bottom lines. This belief is held by all VIP UNLTD's knowledgeable event-planning aces, who arrange club tours that meander across the vibrant cityscape. Before the tours, they make sure each tour-goer will be greeted with free entry and drink specials at some of the city's swankiest venues, many located inside famed hotels, casinos, and corn mazes. They can also tailor custom party packages, working with a wide web of resources throughout Las Vegas to help merrymakers gallivant with ease.

The DJ's hypnotic beats thrum through the air as friendly servers check in with their guests and top off drinks. Revelers sip their cocktails and laugh under the glow of 42-inch HDTVs. And every last one of them is wearing a bathing suit. Inside the 15 cabanas that border The Pleasure Pools at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, ceiling fans disperse the cooling spray from misters decadently filled with Evian to keep patrons cool between dips in the pool. Guests can take a dip or swim up to the two in-pool bars to whet their whistles. When they emerge, visitors can sunbathe on the royal-blue cushions of day beds or lounge chairs found around the pool's edge. A full menu of snacks and drinks refuels patrons who've lost all their energy from swimming, sunning, or a breakdown of the space-time continuum.

Although most people traditionally try to steer clear of the world of organized crime, Mob Attraction Las Vegas pulls them back in with an interactive journey into the gritty underworld. Inside the museum’s recently upgraded space, guests face off with actors and 3-D holograms of famous film crime bosses, such as James Caan and Frank Vincent. A collection of authentic, never-before-seen memorabilia, photos, and videos marries museum-like intrigue with performance art, granting an unprecedented access into the private lives of real gangsters such as Ben “Bugsy” Siegel, Tony Spilotro, and Meyer Lansky.

With designated drivers at the helm of luxury tour buses and knowledgeable party hosts schmoozing with bouncers, Maxim Travel’s groups of guests travel up and down the Strip to partake of Vegas’ top nightclubs. Partygoers select one of Maxim Travel’s party packages, some of which include transportation on an elegant party bus, and commence the revelries at A-list clubs such as LAX, SHe and Chateau Nightclub and Lounge at Paris Las Vegas. Thanks to the company’s many connections, their clients glean VIP status and admission to the clubs without waiting in long lines, paying costly covers, or performing mandatory Macarenas.