Hi Guys! The following is unedited from an email a friend sent me
regarding their recent trip to see the new Skywalk at the Grand Canyon.
For anyone thinking about going, here is a reality check for you...Best
regards.

Chris wanted to see the new "thing" at the Grand Canyon , so we went
this weekend. It is advertised as $25.00 to go out on the skywalk and
the pictures show a beautiful building next to the walkway. Well; they
are not quite "HONEST." It is $25.00 to go on the skywalk, but it is
$50.00 to be on the reservation. You find this out after what they say
is a 1 hour trip down a 57 mile dirt road. Wrong! this dirt road is 57
mile alright; the fastest you can go is 25 mph; you do the math!!! So,
after this long drive you get the good news that it actually is $75.00 a
person!!

Chris said maybe we should forget it; I said after that road we are not
coming back so get out the damn credit card. Then you get on their bus
for a 10 min ride to the "walkway"; built in one of the ugliest place on
the whole Grand Canyon; not a tree to be seen and the water is gray
below! Their building is not started, so you have a trailer to go into
to go through a metal detector and leave your camera and purse in the
trailer. The walkway glass was cracked which lead me to believe they may
have a few engineering glitches and I got my ass off the thing right
away after seeing that! Believe me it is not as big or long as it looks
on TV. They do give you a buffet lunch, with your ticket, at "Guano"
(means creature poop) Point. The Indians used to go over the cliff here
to pick up bird crap to use for Makeup (war paint). You get to sit in
one of the windiest places on earth to eat your chicken or ribs covered
with blowing dirt and whatever. We passed on the lunch. There are buses
leaving every 10-15 min with 52 people on board at $75.00 per person $3,
900.00 per bus from 8:00 am until 6:30 pm. That's $156,000.00 per day! I
guess they are making a lot of money. They are flying people in from
Vegas and Laughlin to go see this thing! I guess the Indians are smart;
but not so honest about all the details of the activity. We had to stop
and change a tire for a young girl who took her grandparents out there.
They had the right kind of car and good tires; but the road is terrible,
they blew out the side wall of the tire. They must have hit the side of
the road and a big rock. They did not know where the spare tire was and
were completely helpless. The tow truck would have come out there but it
would have been 2.5 hours and $400.00! The girl was very scared and
grateful we stopped to help. Some guys stopped to ask if this was the
right way to the Skywalk. Grandpa yelled out go back it is not worth
it!! One last detail, the hotel the Indians run to accommodate this
adventure looks great online, but the sign at check in says "SINCE THE
TRAINS COME BY EVERY 10 -15 MINS PLEASE ASK FOR THE FREE EAR PLUGS". We
immediately canceled our reservations and made it to Kingman , AZ for
the night. We got up at 6am and got the hell out of Arizona!

Thanks for the warning!

"Sonoran Dude" wrote in message
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Hi Guys! The following is unedited from an email a friend sent me
regarding their recent trip to see the new Skywalk at the Grand Canyon.
For anyone thinking about going, here is a reality check for you...Best
regards.

Chris wanted to see the new "thing" at the Grand Canyon , so we went this
weekend. It is advertised as $25.00 to go out on the skywalk and the
pictures show a beautiful building next to the walkway. Well; they are not
quite "HONEST." It is $25.00 to go on the skywalk, but it is $50.00 to be
on the reservation. You find this out after what they say is a 1 hour trip
down a 57 mile dirt road. Wrong! this dirt road is 57 mile alright; the
fastest you can go is 25 mph; you do the math!!! So, after this long drive
you get the good news that it actually is $75.00 a person!!

Chris said maybe we should forget it; I said after that road we are not
coming back so get out the damn credit card. Then you get on their bus for
a 10 min ride to the "walkway"; built in one of the ugliest place on the
whole Grand Canyon; not a tree to be seen and the water is gray below!
Their building is not started, so you have a trailer to go into to go
through a metal detector and leave your camera and purse in the trailer.
The walkway glass was cracked which lead me to believe they may have a few
engineering glitches and I got my ass off the thing right away after
seeing that! Believe me it is not as big or long as it looks on TV. They
do give you a buffet lunch, with your ticket, at "Guano" (means creature
poop) Point. The Indians used to go over the cliff here to pick up bird
crap to use for Makeup (war paint). You get to sit in one of the windiest
places on earth to eat your chicken or ribs covered with blowing dirt and
whatever. We passed on the lunch. There are buses leaving every 10-15 min
with 52 people on board at $75.00 per person $3, 900.00 per bus from 8:00
am until 6:30 pm. That's $156,000.00 per day! I guess they are making a
lot of money. They are flying people in from Vegas and Laughlin to go see
this thing! I guess the Indians are smart; but not so honest about all the
details of the activity. We had to stop and change a tire for a young girl
who took her grandparents out there. They had the right kind of car and
good tires; but the road is terrible, they blew out the side wall of the
tire. They must have hit the side of the road and a big rock. They did not
know where the spare tire was and were completely helpless. The tow truck
would have come out there but it would have been 2.5 hours and $400.00!
The girl was very scared and grateful we stopped to help. Some guys
stopped to ask if this was the right way to the Skywalk. Grandpa yelled
out go back it is not worth it!! One last detail, the hotel the Indians
run to accommodate this adventure looks great online, but the sign at
check in says "SINCE THE TRAINS COME BY EVERY 10 -15 MINS PLEASE ASK FOR
THE FREE EAR PLUGS". We immediately canceled our reservations and made it
to Kingman , AZ for the night. We got up at 6am and got the hell out of
Arizona!