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If you're going to go to the top of the Stratosphere, you might as well do it at night when everything is lit up. You start the process by taking a few escalators and walking past several tourist trap stores before getting to the line for tickets. If you're a tourist, it costs 10 bucks or so to get to the top. For a local, its a couple of bucks less. As previously mentioned, it's like an airport getting through security. Place all your belongings in a plastic bin. Pass through metal detector, get the wand treatment and your off. Oh but wait, you also have to be accosted by the souvenir photo takers.
The elevator ride to the top is quick. The first level you you step onto is still enclosed. And yes, there's even a Starbucks at the top of the Stratosphere. To see the great view, just head up the stairs, where you're finally outside. For me, he reason to go to the top is the view itself. For others it's the insane rides. There's a ride that slides you down a teeter-totter type deal over the edge. Another take you over the edge and spins you around. These rides cost money on top of what you paid to get there. If you're a thrillseeker, you'll love it.
My guess is the Stratosphere is like the western Empire State Building. Cross it off life's to-do list and move on.
P.S. On the way down, the elevator op started giving her bullet point fun facts speech, only she gave us the version intended for the ride up. It was high hilarity.
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