In the briefing, it is explained that one of the members of your group is an ancestor of Captain Picard and that the Klingons attempted to kidnap you from the 20^th century in order to disrupt the timeline. (I thought we were friends with the Klingons. Would it have been too much trouble to come up with a new alien?) The crew of the Enterprise was able to intercept you and will attempt to send you back and set the timeline right. In the middle of the briefing, Riker is interrupted on the viewscreen by an angry Klingon (Korath) who is vowing to kill everyone in order to get to Picard's ancestor. During this encounter, I looked around the bridge and was impressed to find that the displays on the screens at the different stations were all tied into the simulation. For example, one of the science stations pulled up a bio of Korath when he was talking while the tactical station showed the location of all of the ships. The entire ship even had the resonant hum of the warp engines. The attention to detail here was commendable. The lighting on the bridge was dark like it was in Generations rather than bright like in the series. The entire bridge crew was female and they were all humans. (Would it be too much trouble to do a Trill or Bajoran for variety.)

After the interruption from Korath, Riker tells you the plan to get you back to 20^th century earth while Korath commences an attack on the ship. The plan is to load you all into a shuttlecraft and that Geordi will lead you in another shuttlecraft to the portal that will get you home. The group is whisked off of the bridge and down another corridor to a shuttlebay. Here you are given a warning that people with back problems, heart condition, or who are pregnant should not ride. (Great way to break the mood.) You are also given instructions for putting on your seat belt. (This destroys all realism because we all know that no one in Star Trek EVER wears a seat belt.) We then boarded the shuttlecraft and fastened our seatbelt.

Due to the attack, they are unable to open the shuttlebay doors, so Geordi blows them open with the phasers from the shuttlecraft. Both shuttlecrafts are sucked out into space where they head for the portal while outmaneuvering the Klingon Birds of Prey that are in pursuit. (***WARNING - Danger Will Robinson *** From this point we begin a downward slide into complete and utter cheesiness.) On the way to the portal, you come across a Klingon outpost with a large cloaking generator and Geordi decides to take time out to destroy it with the two shuttles even though it is heavily guarded. (I'm sorry, but what take priority, blowing up a Klingon outpost or restoring the timeline. As a Starfleet officer, you do not risk the lives of 30 civilians from the past who's lives have had immeasurable effects on the present (future) and take them on a Kamikaze mission into a Klingon outpost.) Luckily, the outpost is successfully destroyed and Geordi leads you into the portal that amazingly deposits you in the present day just above the Excalibur Hotel and Casino. (Actually, the scene is a night scene even though we were there at 11 am.) Unfortunately, you did not come through alone. It seems a few Birds of Prey followed you through hoping for one last shot. Battle ensues heading up the Las Vegas strip, narrowly avoiding crashing into the casinos. They are beating up on the shuttlecrafts pretty hard and all seems lost when suddenly the Enterprise flies in firing phasers and destroys the Klingons and saves the day. (OK, this killed it for me. First of all, if the Enterprise could have come through the portal in the first place, why did we have to go out in shuttlecrafts and leave the relative safety of the Enterprise. Second, and this is just completely unforgivable, THE ENTERPRISE CANNOT FLY THROUGH THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE. Voyager can, the Defiant can (trust me on this one, if you looks at technical drawings of it you will find landing gear), a Bird of Prey can, but a Galaxy Class Starship cannot (well actually, the saucer section can but then it is called crashing and not flying.) Now that you are safe, Geordi decides to set your shuttlecraft down inside of the simulator that you would have been riding if you had not been abducted. You then hear Picard's voice thanking you and stating that we are all important to the future. (The ride was fun but unrealistic as I have stated above, plus, the colors on the viewscreen were washed out.)

The doors to the shuttlecraft open and we unbuckle our seatbelts. Outside of the shuttlecraft is a custodial worker (who overacted so much as to be comical). She says that she heard about the UFO's on the radio and that the presence of our shuttlecraft proves that it was true. She then shows us to the elevator up to the Promenade. There is a television conveniently near the elevator that is tuned into the local news channel that is running a news story about the UFO's. (Granted, I did find this all funny, but if I wanted funny, I would have seen the Pen and Teller show at the Hilton.)

With the meal came some conversation from our waiter. He had some gossip from the coming season, but it was not anything I had not heard. He did confirm that he had heard that Voyager would be getting home this season, but I take that with a grain of salt since he was just a waiter. We asked him if it was always this slow and he said no but that we were there on a Monday morning and that we had picked their slowest day. He also shared that Hilton was not too happy with The Experience even though it was drawing a lot of visitors. Hilton had hoped that The Experience would help draw a new demographic to Vegas that would gamble in their casino. What they are finding is that people are coming to The Experience and spending lots of money in the gift shops, but are not spending much in the casino. However, there is not much the Hilton can do about it since The Experience has a 15-year lease.