Is the Las Vegas Monorail Worth Your Time???
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- Ride with us on the Las Vegas monorail from the MGM Grand all the way north to Sahara Las Vegas. We’ll discuss if the monorail is worth the effort, or if you should just avoid it altogether.
Vegas is all about a lot of walking. The monorail helps to avoid the crowds on the strip. It’s a nice getaway from it. I found it super convenient while staying at Westgate which was LVH at the time. Not really the best choice for going to a show or club with high heels on, but a regular sneakers kind of day I find it very useful.
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super helpful information ! love the no nonsense summary of the monorail THANK YOU. You made my trip planning so much easier.
Just calling it like we see it! Thanks for watching!
I found it useful. Got me where I needed to go and helped avoid the crowds on the strip. I didn’t find the locations too far off the destinations.
There are a few more reasons to ride it not mentioned in the video, we just didn't find it useful for ourselves. Thanks for watching!
@@ShowMeVegas what did y’all do if it didn’t work for you?
@@cowsgohuh7328 walking the strip is more efficient, especially if you’re wanting to visit anything at all on the west side of LVB.
Last time I was in Vegas was August 2021. The night I got there at 9 pm it was still about 100 degrees. I stayed for 3 days and I don't think it cooled any. I found the monorail to be extremely easy to access and got me out of the heat. I will definitely use it whenever I am in Vegas.
So glad I watched this as we are going soon and thought it would be convenient. Thanks
We may have been a little harsh, it has its uses for sure but overall we don't find it convenient enough to justify the cost and the walk back and forth to the stations. Thanks for watching!
I am a big monorail fan, the problem is with the Vegas monorail is 1. It should have been built to service the airport to the strip, and 2 it really should have been built down the middle of the strip instead of being behind one side of the strip. It was as if they built it to fail. The original monorail track was shorter utilizing retired Disney Mark III trains from Florida.
Yeah, the cab drivers' union blocked the airport access, I believe. Thanks for watching!
The monorail would have been absolutely dope if it ran directly above the strip from Strat to Mandalay Bay. The current system is useless.
@@atomicgiraffe250 I do not disagree EXCEPT that it would have killed the views from the hotels. Underground (subway style) has got to be the wave of the future.
@@ShowMeVegasi can see why. People line up at the airport for ubers. They have it in a very structured format. I mean it creates a lot more revenue for regular folks trying to make a living not just the city so i can see both sides
@@ShowMeVegas I did hear that happened that woulda been a game changer I wouldn't bother taking a uber
Excellent video. I haven’t been on the Monorail but have been curious about it. You provided good instructions - location, ticketing, walking distance - silly me, I had always thought the ride was free!
And I liked your 3 reasons for using the Monorail.
We’ve since used it once more, so perhaps we were a little bit harsh in this video but we still don’t find it terribly useful for us. Thanks for watching!
I absolutely LOVE the Las Vegas Monorail! I use ut each and every time that I am in town.
Lived in vegas for 11 years, never took the monorail, thank you for the video
I enjoyed the Monorail during my August trip to Vegas simply because it gave us a break from the beating sun.
Thank you for this informative video
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Very helpful, thank you.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Even though it may be a little bit of a walk we find it useful especially on those hot summer days
Sahara is great hotel and like staying there because it is at north end of strip and kind of out of the way from the other strip properties so kinda more isolated and chill. The monorail station is convenient when you want to go to strip from sahara and get that more vegas strip vibe.
Thanks for the info. Was thinking about riding it. Now, that's ok. I'll get on the Duce.
Another reason to ride the Monorail is if your seeing a show at MGM and you need to go to one of the casinos on the monorail. Many of the shows are located at the back of MGM and getting a cab after a show is a major pain. We did it and rode back to Harrahs and it was a breeze, plus much less expensive.
Absolutely. Thanks for watching!
Yeah, and with the new Sphere coming online, it’s just a great way to see the city. I like the monorail. I think it’s gonna live past all the boring tunnels Great way to see the city. Thanks for the video.
It’s always worth it. The Monorail is a wonderful method of transportation…during the NFL draft in the next few days, the LV Monorail will be a major source of travel since some streets will be blocked off. Any day is a perfect day to take the LV Monorail.
We'll have to agree to disagree. It can be useful, but it's far from "always" worth it. If you're staying on or wanting to visit anything on the west side of the strip it's almost useless because you'll walk literally 30 minutes to get to any of the stations. Thanks for watching!
I love the monorail. I ride it every time I'm in Vegas. Sure beats the miles of walking you do to go from one property to another. I just wish there was a station at the Venetian or the Wynn.
Assuming you use the Linq station to get to the Venetian, how is the walk?
IMO this was also an excellent link for when we stayed at The Strat, just a short 10 or so mins walk around the corner.
Used it a couple times when staying at Harrah's and going to events at MGM arena. As mgm arena is on the backside of the property no long walks . $20 for 2 round trip worked for us. No lines, back in 5 minutes.
That’s a pretty good way to use it, for sure. Thanks for watching!
The monorail tickets are good for 24 hours so if you buy it in the afternoon you can still use it the next day in the morning it's nice to see the strip at night from the monorail and the mornings are not very busy
You can buy a 24 hour ticket, which is what we did but not all are that way. They actually sell “single ride” tickets as well.
Thanks for the helpful tip!
I found that by the time you walk to the station, you could have almost walked to wherever you are going. Only useful if you are going the whole length.
I kind of love the Monorail. Works for me when I stay at Sahara.
That's one of the pros mentioned in the video. Thanks for watching!
Well said! I remember thinking exactly the same thing when I used the monorail on a Vegas visit a few years ago: unless you're heading for the convention centre, you spend so much time walking to and from the monorail stations, you might as well just have walked directly to the place you were going!
ps: how about you do a few reviews showing which buffets are up and running again in Vegas, now that the whole Covid thing is easing off? A lot of people from out of town (and out of country, like me!) would like to know!
That’s always been our feeling about it, which is why it took us so long to finally give it a try. We’ll only use it in the future if we somehow wind up staying at Sahara or the Strat, which is unlikely. Thanks for watching!
Depends though if your at the MGM and want to get to the Sahara it’s kind of worth it. I had it free through the famous gaming app. ( Wasn’t sure I could drop the name.)
I like using the Deuce Double decker bus. $20 3 day pass. I stayed at the MGM and it is huge.
We haven’t ridden the bus in quite awhile but that is a good value. Thanks for watching!
I think the monorail is an interesting novelty...like one of those things you do just to say you did it. We much prefer renting a car on our stay which gives us access to places outside of the city as well. I'm not sure about the Musk Tunnel...be kinda strange driving thru Vegas and not seeing the sights
Agree with everything you said. Tried initially...never again
I liked the monorail out there I took it from MGM grand to the convention center when I attended the SEMA show most of the other days I would take the shuttle bus to and from the show as long as you stay at a participating property on the strip but the last day of the show when all the cars go in the parade, I take it back to MGM
we play twice a year in a pool tournament in westgate..We stay at flamingo and use the mono to go back and forth..works good for that..same thing if you are going to convention center..lots of people use it
As we mentioned, Sahara, Westgate, and the Convention Center are the best uses of the monorail. Anything else is questionable at best. Thanks for watching!
Didn't even know they had a monorail that ran the length of the strip, even though it's not that useful. Still good to know about it.
It would be useful for some, just not for us. Thanks for watching!
Using the monorail can also be useful during the summer to avoid the heat. It may take as much time to get from Ceasars Palace to MGM Grand by monorail as walking to MGM Grand from Ceasars Palace, but at least you can avoid the scorching heat.
If you're staying at the Renaissance Hotel, the Convention Center station is right across the parking lot!
We use it to get to Cowboy Christmas during the National Finals Rodeo super convenient.
I've probably used the monorail at some point with every trip, although some more than others. We are usually on the go all day. I usually stay at the Venetian, and the Monorail really cuts off some walking distance to get to the other end of the strip. I like that it's not crowded, and that it's air-conditioned. I take the Duece downtown, but not on the strip usually. I'm not big on the hot sweaty bodies packed around me. If I'm staying on the opposite side of the strip from the monorail, the free trams on that side are enough to cut off some walking distance.
I normally stay at the MGM Grand so the Monorail is perfect transportation for me……one note, there are two avenues to the monorail station at the MGM…. The quickest is through the underground carriageway which is only about a 4 minute walk from front desk
Thank you
Thanks for watching!
We rode the monorail to get from Linq to Resorts World. We still needed to walk a long ways outside. It cost us 5.00 each. We bought a round trip for 2: $20.00. Travel/walking time 45 minutes 1 way. On the way back we took a lyft; it cost us 10. 00 for the 10 minute ride (at 11pm on a Thursday) and we saved a lot of walking time. RSW wasn't that great either
We love Resorts World, but completely agree about the monorail. Thanks for watching!
Im staying at the Luxor would this be good to use to travel on the strip?
It wouldn’t help you much at all. The nearest stop to you would be at the back of the MGM Grand, which is a LONG way from Luxor by foot.
Are you allowed to stay on the train at the end of Sahara to make a full circle?
It just goes back the other direction, and yes you can stay on.
I go to Vegas often and can tell you distance is very deceiving. Walking down the strip takes a lot longer then you would think. The monorail is the way to go especially in the summer.
We also go often, and our experience is quite the opposite. You can walk mostly indoors if you choose, not to mention the monorail is completely worthless if you’re wanting to visit anything on the good side of the strip, which is the west side.
A shame it never got its extension to downtown or the airport. What’s the progress on the extension to the raiders stadium?
It will never be extended. The LVCA owns it now and will probably demolish the system altogether once the Las Vegas Loop is up and running.
With the airport being right off the strip, why haven’t they extended the monorail out there? That would be super convenient.
From what we understand the cab drivers' union has always vehemently opposed that plan. Won't ever happen, and now with the underground loop well underway the monorail will likely be dismantled in a few years. Thanks for watching!
The train stop is far from MGM Grand casino but then again MGM Grand is one of the largest hotels in Vegas so everything is far both within and getting around outside MGM Grand. If one of the reasons to not ride it is because you have to walk far to get to it then Vegas prolly isn’t a good vacation for those people because you walk so much in Vegas. I personally like the monorail as a fairly quick, cheap, and air conditioned way to get up and down the east side of the strip.
We’ve got no problem walking, we don’t see the worth in using it to get between MGM and, say, Harrah’s. Time and distance wise you’re barely better off than if you walked the whole way. Westgate and Sahara are a much different story, but honestly very few people want to get to either of them. Thanks for watching!
@@ShowMeVegas I find it worth it even just from Harrahs to MGM if it’s 115 degrees outside. To basically stay inside the entire time is nice! We agree to disagree!
Is the monorail wheelchair accessible? I didn't see any elevators.
Yes, it is fully ADA compliant. There are wheelchair accessible gates and elevators at all stations.
I've never been on the monorail either. I've been on the MGM Tram on the other side, but only the Bellagio to Park MGM portion. I think those trams are about as efficient as the monorail for getting you up and down the strip!
Thanks for watching!
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We are going to stay at Luxor should we get the monorail??
We wouldn’t recommend it unless you’re planning on going to the convention center, Westgate, or Sahara. MGM properties runs two free trains on the west side of the strip that move you north/south pretty easily and are easier to access than the monorail.
If you are willing to walk back and forth to the strip from the monorail, it's worth it. However it's not always reliable. I recently was on it and was stranded for an hour. Garbled announcements about technical issues. I tried to call and checked their website, they have no one to talk to and they don't post online about problems, so we were in the dark as to what was going on. We had to get off the train and take a Lyft to our destination. So while it's great when its working, it's not 100% reliable. It runs on computers and computers crash. I would recommend buying a pass online in advance to save time from having to buy tickets at the station. You can put the monorail pass in your phone wallet.
Sounds like a nightmare! Thanks for watching!
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Is the Ballys/Paris stop near the Paris hotel?
If memory serves its kind of next to the Bally’s pool, so it’s technically closer to Bally’s. Not sure where the access is to the inside of the resort. Thanks for watching!
Duece CX bus on the strip is $8 all day , RTC app.
Much like the monorails throughout Downtown Miami.
I just need something to go from Bellagio to Resorts World, or even Wynn. Lol
I will be staying at Treasure Island, where would be the best place for me to catch the monorail?
It will not be convenient at all from TI. Cross the strip and head south to Linq. The station is all the way at the back of that property.
@@ShowMeVegas ok, thanks for the info
I'd much rather walk to the back of the hotel and take the monorail for the summer months than walking outside on the strip.
Largely depends on where you're staying. If you're at any of the hotels on the west side of the strip it's pretty much useless. So that alone eliminates about half the hotel rooms on the strip. Thanks for watching!
So weird but why isn't there something like this from the airport?
Because the cab drivers union has an enormous amount of influence. They fought against it and won.
They are suppose to extend this to new football stadium soon. Let’s see . The taxi unions pushed it off the strip to hotel back side when it was built . So convenient for them !!!,
Thought they scrapped the idea of taking it to Allegiant Stadium. At least, we haven’t heard anything about it since the stadium was first under construction. If they ever do, they’ll need to add some train cars for sure. Thanks for watching!
At least the long walks are enclosed.
Most of them are, but the platforms are outdoors and hot. Thanks for watching!
I was there
Loved the blog be terrible walk if had walk 5kms in more in heat
Don't understand the con about walking to the stations. You have to walk everywhere anyway and you get out of the heat. Unless you want to walk the entirety of the strip the monorail really helps cut out alot of that walking and you get to where you wanna be without worrying if your uber driver knows where to pick you up at. We use the monorail every time we stay in Vegas. Also you can get a discount on tickets using myVegas.
The point was that it doesn’t save many steps. In extreme heat it has a little benefit, but walking the strip can be done largely indoors anyway. Not to mention, some of the monorail stations are outside in the heat too. We’d rather walk from the MGM Grand to the middle of the strip and do it faster with very few extra steps than it would take to walk back to the monorail, ride it to Bally’s, and then walk back to the street. Thanks for watching!
isnt this service free?
No, the Las Vegas Monorail requires paid admission. There are other, shorter, free trams/monorails around Vegas, but this is the only one that covers most of the strip.
You don't know every situation where the monorail would be more convenient
Okie dokie.
And I rode it
Thanks for watching!
Pay $5 one way, short or long ride? Interesting. I'll pay the $5 to go to The Golden Corral. I know I'll be working up an appetite.
Yes, a one-way ride to anywhere on the route is the same price. Golden Corral is not on the route, sorry. Thanks for watching!
@@ShowMeVegas I'll probably walk to Golden Corral. But I'll will walk from Bellagio to Palms/Gold Coast and Rio. (I walk, because I can) Walk if you can!!
Hay bud let me know u could always ride free with my Vegas the game
Yeah, we play MyVEGAS as well. We just don’t find the monorail that useful at any price. Thanks for watching!
I stayed at the Strat and this was the best way to get down to the strip. Dont waste your money on UBERS
If staying at Sahara we would recommend it. We wouldn't want to walk from the Sahara station all the way to the Strat, but that's certainly an option. Thanks for watching!
@@ShowMeVegas the walk from the Strat to the Monorail was literally only 5 minutes. Lots better than walking all the way down to the strip and saved tons on hotel room price.
The Deuce bus is better, more convenient, and cheaper
It doesn’t even seem like a scenic touristy thing to do, only 15 minutes long.
The convention center bought the mono rail, what a waste of money.
They likely did it so that it wouldn’t interfere with Elon Musk’s development of the Vegas Loop. The visitor’s bureau really wants that project to go through, apparently badly enough to buy the monorail and eventually dismantle it. Thanks for watching!
Just shows you what a throw away society we are
Monorails are so under used means of transportation!
I think you should do a little research. The monorail how ever misplaced it is it is a great way to get around. The loop has a lot to be desired.. very low capacity. The monorail carries 5 million period a year. The loop can never come close to that. It's all about capacity. Can you imagine 5 million in your Tesla.
I’ve done plenty. The loop is designed to have 51 stations and an hourly capacity of 57,000 passengers when it’s complete. Even at its current capacity and only 3 stations it has carried as many as 1,355 passengers per hour. Long before it is complete it will have made the monorail obsolete, and it frankly won’t even be close…
@@ShowMeVegas no doubt it could be a show case system at some point. But that's a long way off with way bigger couches. 3 to a car needs to be more like 100+ to a car for peak hours. When Brightline dump 1000 passengers at the intermodel station they should be able to transfer right into a last mile mile world class system, when the stadium dumps 60,000 fans out their door, mass transit needs to handle it. I'm not saying the monorail is forever, and I'm not saying the loop is the answer. I'm saying Vegas is a world class city and in less than 10 years mass transit demand is going to only get higher. The current plan for the loop doesn't extend beyond the tourist needs into the suburbs for worker needs.
A better plan is needed, a heavier system is needed also.
But one thing is for sure. It could be a showcase for a world class system. Cool in it's own right. I'm not yet convinced on the numbers, but it doesn't matter what any of us think. It's gonna have to be a system that does not compromise on the numbers. It's going to have to handle 60 000 stadium goers at the end of every game or fail. It's a simple task though, happens every day in every world class city that invested in itself.
I kinda see your point for a fully developed system wide usage. My point is any single station should be able to handle those 57,000 an hour. I'm sure it might be able to do it with much larger stations and passenger units.
It's still a cool system and Vagas is a great place to showcase it. WVU PRT is pretty much the exact same think, but above ground. Bigger cars probably was the Loop will develop, but it's not rapid transit. Brightline will likely connect to the Loop, Monorail and maybe even light rail at some point for that last mile service. Maybe all 3 can handle the traffic.
Now there's talk of s baseball stadium 🏟. It would be a wise to build it on the underdeveloped side of the monorail. So the masses can connect to both systems there. What s Novel idea.
There's more than 3 reasons.
Okie dokie. Thanks for watching!
With all do respect, if you want more subscribers .Show more of your lovely wife.
I don't think it's worth it. The day pass on the bus on the strip is better.
Seems like a little subway going straight down the strip would make more sense (like a real one, not one of Elon's silly grifts).
That would cost tens of billions of dollars. Elon's Vegas Loop is going to be a great solution. Thanks for watching!
Incredibly stupid to not serve airport
The cab drivers union is the reason. They used their political clout to ensure the monorail couldn’t serve the airport and take rides away from their members.
Even better, no masks required on board?
This was filmed back in the summer when there was not a mask mandate at the time. Masks are required on the monorail right now. Thanks for watching!
@@ShowMeVegas Gotcha.
nice concept but the layout is totally inconvenient
That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Thanks for watching!
To me stupid if the dam tram jot get close everything waiste time
so negative 👎🏼 can't wait to ride the monorail
It’s called an opinion. I suppose we could lie and pretend like we love the monorail and find it useful but I’m not sure how that would be helpful. Thanks for watching!
That's a shame that something so cool (and expensive) is virtually useless.
And will likely be dismantled in a few years…. Thanks for watching, Scott!
@@ShowMeVegas Oh yeah the Boring Company project. I didn't realize how long it was and how many stops it will likely have!
10:35 that is ignorant.
Cool. Super descriptive and helpful! Surely makes you seem credible. Thanks for the view and the comment!
@@ShowMeVegas 70 teslas carrying 3-4 people each with 1-2 minute loading times with luggage and each vehicle having a driver to run it all while not ADA complaint is a transit solution in your mind
That is ignorant.
While the monorail carries hundreds per trip and is completely automated.
@@checkoutmyyoutubepage not my idea, nor is it “in my mind”. It’s in Elon Musk’s mind, though, and I’m afraid without knowing you I’m very certain he’s far smarter than you.
The LVCVA bought the monorail knowing that they would eventually shut it down. That’s pretty widely known. The monorail was a good idea that never reached it’s potential and never will. It’s a failure, which is precisely why the VAST majority of visitors to Las Vegas don’t even know it exists.
In ten years, there will absolutely be a Vegas loop operating, and there almost certainly will not be an operating monorail.
And yet you want to talk about ignorance…
@@ShowMeVegas a single lane tunnel from LVCC to Resorts World is an idea supported by Musk and you consider that smarter than me cause ya think Musk is smart. A single lane tunnel. That means you have to wait in TRAFFIC for the lane to clear before moving forward, chocking the passenger loads between two points.
But you’re gonna defend that cause Musk is smarter than me, apparently.
Meanwhile, a train loads hundreds in a single 30 second stop, loading baggage and ADA people and immediately departs, all automated. An idea I support. But again, you think I’m dumber than Musk as you say.
Yes the monorail is a long walk, but ya know what, I bet your ass drives everywhere anyways and you’re very used to it. So the idea of being stuck in traffic inside a tube while I’m sitting in the monorail enjoying the sunset is alluring to you. But hey, I’m dumber than Musk as you said.
@@checkoutmyyoutubepageyou’re the one calling people ignorant. Give me one single shred of evidence that the monorail has been successful. Profits? Nope. Passenger counts? Nope. Accessibility? Nope. Hell, 90 percent of visitors to Las Vegas don’t even know it exists!
The LVCVA bought it essentially so they can shut it down. That pretty well says it all…