We were so tired from all the walking and thought it would be easy enough to hop on the monorail to return back to the Venetian. We walked into one of the monorail hotels thinking the monorail station was going to be close to the entrance we had entered. WRONG!!! I swear the walk was about a mile long before we got to the ticket booths. We might have been better walking back to the hotel since we were about a mile away anyway!
Then, after we had walked through a mile in the hotel's casino, we were SHOCKED to find that the monorail is now $5!!!!! That's more expensive than Chicago's public transit system! We were not happy. This thing used to be free!!!! I guess the economy is really hitting Vegas hard.
The overall monorail ride is great. There is no conductor so say a little prayer that the automatic transit will never get stuck. Also, remember to pay attention to signs on where to board. We missed a train because we didnt pay attention to the signs.