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  • Let me say first that the monorail system itself is a great idea, and there is nothing seriously wrong within the system itself. Somewhat high but yet reasonable cost, trains a bit far apart, but clean and neat. The thing that dooms the Monorail is that it is inconvenient. Everyone knows that getting places on the strip in a timely fashion is a miserable task. Driving stinks. Walking can be difficult and crowded. A monorail sounds perfect. It would be, except that the line itself is too short, missing connections to MGM properties such as the Luxor that are beyond the Grand. Further, the monorail doesn't actually run down the Strip, but rather the east side of casinos on the strip. So if you want to get to something like the Bellagio, you have to walk from the station through Paris, cross the street, and then into the Bellagio. Doesn't sound bad, right? Except that it's over half a mile, assuming you find the optimal path, which the casinos would prefer you didn't. They'll route you through their shopping areas, then the casino floor, and it is pretty common for the trip from the trip from Bally's/Paris Station to the Bellagio casino floor to be three quarters of a mile of walking. So, if you want to go from the Luxor to the Bellagio, you walk out of the Luxor, onto their elevated tram, and then take that to Excalibur. We'll be generous and say that this is no walking. From the tram stop at Excalibur, over to MGM Grand Station, which if you're lucky, you figure out how to get to without walking through Grand, which makes it only a half mile walk. Monorail to Paris. Six tenths of a mile walk to Bellagio. 1.1 miles. Distance to walk all the way from Luxor, 1.3 miles. Only 1.1 miles if you take the Luxor-Excalibur tram and then walk. Yes, you could have saved yourself the Monorail fare and time... You might as well have walked to begin with. What rocket scientist figured this thing out? In all fairness, that's only a one-stop trip, but it shows the manner in which this idea is broken. A monorail right down the middle of the Strip, that'd be more useful. Connecting segments to off-Strip areas? That'd be absolutely worth every penny. This? Something of a waste. The poor folks at Circus Circus get to walk a full mile to reach the closest stop.
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