DONT TAKE THE MONORAIL!!!! On the map it looks like an excellent form of transportation, running parallel to the main strip. It turns out its like a 20 minute walk off the main strip, so you're better off waking straight along the road instead of spending hours cutting back and forth through casinos to get to the shitty monorail.
My lesson from this trip was to just PAY UP for the taxis they're worth it!