My wife and I have always wanted to do the tower but have never gotten around to it. It always seems like just a little too much to pay to go up to the tower, but we got a 2 for 1 coupon this time and had the time to spare so figured why not.
We got there about 6pm and were able to pay the day rate ($10.50, I think) even tho it was getting dark already. It took about 30 minutes to get to the top and by the time we did it was beautiful up there. All the lights were on and the view was fantastic! Not to mention that we got there about 5 minutes before the Bellagio turned on the fountains so we got a birds-eye view of the show. Awesome!