![]() ![]() Off to the left you'll see a large "Bus Departures" sign. You have to go through Harrah's to the back of the casino and exit near the hotel's registration desk. The stop at Harrah's is a little hard to find. For example, the stop at Harrah's is also the stop for the Venetian. And given the number of stops the trolley makes you'll still have to do a little walking. They stop in the "tour bus" areas of most resorts which means they have to weave their way in and out of the resort complexes and that takes time. ![]() A number of the stops are made when the trolley is going both north and south bound (Fashion Show Mall for example). The main drawback of the trolley is that it's slow. It's probably the best way to get over to the Strip if you're staying at the Hilton. The route starts at the Stratosphere at the north end of the Strip, loops over to the off-Strip LV Hilton, and stops at several of the major Strip hotels. The trolleys run from 9:30 am to midnight daily, come around about every 20 minutes, and cost $2.50 (exact change required). They're buses with a body that looks like a trolley car. The term "trolley bus" may seem like a contradiction in terms but there's no other way to describe these vehicles. Note: There is no longer a trolley running between the Stratosphere and Fremont Street. While I haven't encountered this, be sure to hold onto enough cash to take a CAT bus or taxi back to your hotel just in case they start asking for room keys when you try to catch a return shuttle. The shuttle information on their Website says that a "Room key may be required" but does not give specifics as to if this is a room key to any Boyd property, if it's only required at certain times, etc. Note: The California, Fremont, Main Street Station, and Sam's Town are all owned by Boyd Gaming. Return trips back to Sam's Town run every 1:15 from 8:30 am to 11:30 pm. This shuttle runs every 1:15 from 9 am to 10:45 pm. Once at Sam's Town, you can catch a shuttle to the California ( Fremont Street area. You can catch it in Harrah's "Bus Departures" area. There's a free shuttle to Sam's Town (Boulder Highway area) till 10 pm. They stop near the Forum Shops at 10 minutes past the hour, and the Fashion Show Mall at quarter past the hour. They have the most comfortable seats of any shuttle bus I've ever been on, covered with a fake leopard fur and, what else, rock and roll playing over the speaker. They don't make a lot of stops but you can flag them down between stops if you see one of these distinctive purple mini-buses. ![]() As an alternative, walking to the Strip is a bit of a hike taking about 20 to 30 minutes.Īn hourly shuttle bus leaves the Hard Rock at the top of each hour from 10 am to 7 pm covering the Strip from the Fashion Show Mall to the Polo Towers (just north of the MGM Grand). Note that when you are ready to leave the Rio to head back to the Strip, you will often have to wait for the second or third bus to come along as they can only fit about 20 people on a bus and they don't allow standing. Hours of operation are 10 am to 1 am with a frequency of every 20 to 30 minutes (depending on traffic). Go to the back of the casino and exit near the hotel's registration desk and look for the "Bus Departures" area off to your left. If you want to get over to the off-Strip Rio, they have a free shuttle bus that stops in the back of Harrah's. It only stops at Luxor on the north-bound run, and as mentioned in the Buffets section of the To Do page, you may want to walk "Mandalay Place" back to the Luxor rather than taking the tram. In order to get visitors down to Mandalay Bay, which is at the end of the Strip as far as most tourists are concerned, the tram does not stop at Luxor when going from Excalibur to Mandalay Bay (the south-bound run). The same company owns these two resorts plus the Luxor that's in-between them. ![]() There is a free tram that runs between Excalibur and Mandalay Bay, but with a twist. The ground transportation diagram on the maps page shows the locations of shuttle buses, taxis, etc. Taxi rides generally average $15 to Strip hotels and $23 downtown (not including the tip. If you're more interested in saving time than saving money, take a taxi. These buses will typically wait for the bus to fill before leaving which means it can take an up to an hour to get to your hotel. What you get in savings you give up in time. Check out the Limousine Shuttle section on the Tips page to see how your group can ride in a limousine instead of a shuttle bus for only a few dollars more a person. ![]()
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