Excalibur-Luxor-Mandalay Bay Tram - April 11, 2006 - Las Vegas, south strip скачать в хорошем качестве

Excalibur-Luxor-Mandalay Bay Tram - April 11, 2006 - Las Vegas, south strip

During our Spring Break trip to Las Vegas, one of the main things I wanted to do was ride and film all the “monorails”. My mom joined me on the Excalibur tram while a pregnant Mrs. Share a Dream stayed back at the hotel (Sahara) with our one year old son. We rode about mid-afternoon, which is nap time. Starting at the Excalibur North Station we rode the express tram to Mandalay Bay. On the way back we rode the tram on the other track that stops at Luxor and then the Excalibur Hotel, which is a separate station than Excalibur North. HISTORY. While the MGM Grand Inc. corporation (MGM Mirage) was building hotel casinos on the south end of The Strip, a clever plan was made to move patrons from the Excalibur property to its other properties using a cable driven peoplemover. Excalibur opened in 1990, Luxor in 1993, and Mandalay Bay in 1999. The tram connecting the three hotels opened on April 9, 1999. A $16 million contract was signed in 1998 with transport company Doppelmayr Cable Car. This project was the first APM system Doppelmayr ever created. Along with the construction of the four stations, the total cost was around $26 million. Even though the service is free, I feel this is a pretty good investment in exchange for the millions of tourists it delivers to these properties yearly. TRACK. The trams operate on a dual-track system. The western side is express service between Excalibur and Mandalay Bay. The eastern side stops at all three hotels - Excalibur, Luxor, and Mandalay Bay. The unique track uses a modular steel truss guideway, which can be built off site, and not the standard concrete beamways. Each 2,749-foot-long track runs independent of the other. A 33 mm diameter wire rope, manufactured by Austria Draht Wire Rope, runs the length of both tracks pulling the trams back and forth. The elevated tracks reach heights between 16 and 26 feet. TRAMS. This system operates two trams, one per track. Each tram is five cars long and can hold 32 passengers per car (160 total). The east side can accommodate 1,300 passengers per hour with its three stops. The express west side can move 1,900 people an hour between the two stops. Station dwell time is around 50 seconds and trams arrive every 3-7 minutes. The tram cars are attached to a tow rope underneath and it rolls quietly with pneumatic tires along the steel track. Speeds can reach up to 22 mph. The Mandalay Bay Group patented the tram design. Inside the tram, videos advertise the shows and attractions found at the hotels. Each of the trams are air conditioned. STATIONS: Excalibur North Station is an indoor station and provides easy access to the Las Vegas Strip. It’s on the corner of Tropicana Ave. and Las Vegas Blvd., so people have easy access to the Tropicana, New York New York, and MGM Grand. The Excalibur Main Station is the end stop of the 3 hotel track. It is a covered, outside station with quicker access into the Excalibur casino than the north station. The Luxor Station is an outside station and the only one that plays music while guests wait. It can only be accessed by the east track. Mandalay Bay Station is an inside station and provides easy access to The Shoppes at Mandalay Place. Instruction signs direct riders to the Excalibur Express tram or the Luxor/Excalibur tram. REFERENCE: Doppelmayr Cable Car facts: https://web.archive.org/web/201202100... “Mandalay Bay Cable Car, Part 1” by: Steven Dale: https://www.gondolaproject.com/2010/0... Vegas.com transportation info: https://www.vegas.com/transportation/...