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| - Ok- the tram/monorail thing is a little confusing. This is the best site I found to help explain how it works:
http://www.vegas.com/transportation/las-vegas-monorails/
I was staying at the Tropicana and had to get back and forth from Mandalay Bay, and the forecast was for 105+ all week. It was a little hard to figure out which stairway exactly to go up to get the tram.
The good:
It is airconditioned and faster than walking... and free!
The bad; It's a little hard to find out where exactly to get on and off
The ugly: (1) The station you leave from (if you are coming from the Trop) is DIFFERENT than the station you get off at when returning. On my way back, I stayed on because I didn't recognize the stop. It wasn't until the doors closed and we were going backwards that I realized I should have gotten off. I heard some British tourists in my car also had the same exact problem. There should be better signage at the stations, or an announcement in the car, or a map, or something. Of course, you only make this mistake once.
(2) Going from the Excalibur to Mandalay is a straight shot, but coming back from Mandalay to the Excalibur stop, they also stop at the Luxor for some reason. Which means, if you want to go from the Luxor to Mandalay, you have to go out of the way first (though I guess you could just walk since they are pretty close).
Pro tip: If you are at a station, look in-between the tracks. There is a thick metal cable there that the tram is attached to. It gets pulled from the far end. If the cable is still, the train is stopped. So, you can look at the metal cables under the track to see if the train is coming towards you or moving away from you. Since there are only 3 stops, you can figure out when when to be ready to get on board.
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