{"id":547,"date":"2012-10-06T14:35:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T14:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=547"},"modified":"2023-05-20T20:46:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T20:46:05","slug":"las-vegas-stratosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=547","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas &#8211; Stratosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOL No, we didn&#8217;t do that carnival ride at the very top of the Stratosphere casino where you&#8217;re hanging off the edge of a 107 story building while spinning around in a little bucket!\u00a0 We did see some\u00a0people heading to the top dressed like skydivers in a one-piece jumpsuit\u00a0with straps and\u00a0hooks &#8211; they make you wear that apparently so they can safely strap you in!<\/p>\n<p>But we did go to the Stratosphere to eat at the buffet on the ground floor\u00a0(one of the more reasonable priced buffets in town at $19.95\/person).\u00a0 Then, we went up to the top to see the view.<\/p>\n<p>Their website indicates that it&#8217;s $16\/person just to go to the top of the tower.\u00a0 Good grief!\u00a0 But, the waitress at the buffet told us to say we were going to the lounge up at the top and there&#8217;s no charge and a special elevator.\u00a0 We got to ride in a express elevator that took only 60 seconds to go up 107 floors (our ears popped!)<\/p>\n<p>Great views from the top!\u00a0 We had forgotten to take the camera so these pictures are from my phone so they&#8217;re not as clear as they should have been.\u00a0 One from the ground looking up shows the view from our trailer &#8211; 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