Fun night on the newest Vegas attraction! I expected the lines to be long considering 1) it was a Friday night and 2) we had a Groupon that we were using, but we only had to wait around 10 minutes. We purchased the Groupon that included the unlimited happy half-hour.
Boarding the car is a little difficult - you board while the wheel is still moving. There were only about 15 people in our group so we got on easily, but I can only imagine how difficult it would be with more people or if you had already had a few drinks.
The wheel had great views of the strip at night including the Bellagio fountains and the Mirage volcano. Our bartender was friendly and super fast and we all had plenty of drinks in 30 minutes.
It's definitely a must-do at least once in Vegas, although i would try to find a Groupon or Living Social to avoid the steep ticket price.