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Originally Posted by Chicago103
Is it really that expensive, $30 per person to go on the Grand Canyon Skywalk?
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Yeah, it's a ripoff all right. You pay $30 to
get in line to walk around the Skywalk (I waited about half an hour), and you're not allowed to take cameras or phones with you on it - they even make you go through a metal detector to ensure you don't take any metallic objects with you. But, of course, they'll
sell you photos they take of you. The entry fee is worth paying once in a lifetime though.
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Originally Posted by Chicago103
I mean imagine you are a family of four and the two kids are teenagers too old for a kid's discount, that is $120 just to stand on a glass skywalk, are there really that many people just willing to shell out that much cash in this bad economy to justify the price?
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They probably have group rates - I wasn't in a group, so I don't know.
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Maybe its because they have to use a lot of that special glass for the canyon skywalk, way more than what they have at the CN Tower or Sears Tower glass floors.
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It's advertised as being designed to withstand a 9.0 earthquake. Says so on a big sign. Kind of creepy omen that the 9.2 Japan earthquake happened the very night I was there.
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Do they at least have benches and vending machines at this Skywalk?
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They have benches outside, and a badly overpriced cafe in the building.
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Originally Posted by Chicago103
For that price I would like stay at least two hours and examine every rock from every angle just to get my money's worth.
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The view from outside the Skywalk is better than actually being on it. Here's one of the photos I took from outside:
P3100152 by
troubadour1, on Flickr
Once you get over the vertigo of being on that thing, the view straight down really doesn't mean anything - there are no people or structures at the bottom to give you a sense of perspective. It's just a rock face that goes on and on beneath your feet. That's why I think the CN Tower thing would probably be a better value, but again, it's worth it at least once.