Of course the first escalator we hit on the strip was out but shocking enough the ride up to the tram at Bellagio was actually working. Vegas is a harsh mistress.
I thought the two races were the one you saw when you were drunk and the one you see the next morning
I figure broken escalators in Vegas are the universe trying to tell me to get some more exercise to offset the drinking
Happens, and has been happening for years without much of (or any) a fix. Not really something to lament about in particular as nothing will likely ever change. Thankfully, there’s typically elevators in most areas to help folks whom have mobility issues, which would be a more serious issue.
Casinos aren’t the only places in LAS facing the broken escalator issue. On my trip to LAS about 3 weeks ago, a couple of the moving walkways at the airport were out of service as well.
Escalators are magical staircases that carry us smoothly and silently from floor to floor, that are also complicated machines that fail. And failure carries risk of injury. You don’t hear about accidents very often, perhaps because escalator operators manage those risks and they shut them down when they are in need of maintenance and repair. This doesn’t mean that some operators aren’t cheap or lazy about doing this in a timely fashion, but when I see that an escalator or elevator is out of service I try to focus on what might happen if they weren’t shut down, other than me having to climb some stairs or find an alternative.
It's annoying when they are broken, but honestly I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. Especially the ones outdoors. All the dust, dirt, and grime, not to mention the random rainstorm or dropped beverage has got to be hell on the mechanicals. And when running, they're on 24/7. That being said, when they're broken, I take the elevator.
I know I’m always disappointed when they’re broken but then I think I need the exercise… choosing health over laziness lol. But that’s only when they’re not working
I like to sit at a center or sports bar and play video poker somewhere between 5/6 am. So much fun. Shift change. Working girls making a last stand. Interesting characters at the bar, always. There's usually a regular spilling the tea with a bartender. Best time of day in Vegas.
As an East North American visitor, it took me a while to manage the time difference, and not wake up at 4 AM every day when visiting Vegas. Which wasn’t the worst thing in the world, except for the desperate need for coffee at a time of day when people were either still drinking or passed out. And this was when I realized what was going on in those wee hours in terms of a certain line of business. Back then my group stayed on the Strip, so I would find myself regularly up at dawn and looking for a decent cup of coffee, which was surprisingly difficult. And a short walk on the Strip to get a coffee would involve three or four propositions from sex workers trying to make quota. I remember once — I think we were staying at Barbary Coast/Bill’s, and heading north because I knew there was somewhere open that would have decent coffee, and a woman approached me. She looked me in the eye and said “I like your socks.” Now, I was (still am on most counts) a pasty, skinny middle-aged dork, wearing a t-shirt and cargo shorts with sneakers, and, um, some kind of over the calf socks I guess, that were hastily assembled in the dark when I woke up, trying not to wake up the others in the room, with no shave or shower. I don’t remember what I said back to her but it wasn’t nice. A few minutes later I realized that she said that because she wasn’t THAT desperate.
In the 90s, the Mirage 'center' bar was notorious! To get from your room to one of the blackjack pits, you had to walk past what we affectionately referred to as "the whore bar". It was truly amusing to pass through that gauntlet, as there would be a barrage of cat-calls & propositions - & all you could do was smile, nod & keep walking. I always thought that it was a nice 'dark-side' to the otherwise high-end fancy nature of the Mirage in those days.
