The Skywalk Experience at the Grand Canyon? Forget it!!

[dweeb 0]

Save Your Money On Skywalk Experience

A friend wanted to see the new "thing" at the Grand Canyon, so they
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 it 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 out. 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 poop) Point. The Indians used to go over the cliff here to
pick up bird shit 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. 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!

PS no cameras allowed out on the Walkway glass!




The only reason I would have considered going is to BASE jump from it. Since they have metal detectors, that shoots that idea down.

[PikzeeVikzen 0]

That explains why you never saw in pictures in the media from the walkway. What's their reasoning in not allowing cameras though?

I'm the twist that turns your key....

[Squeak 17]

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I guess the Indians are smart; but not so honest about all the
details of the activity.

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Shame on those nasty indians for taking advantage of the poor white tourists














Goodon them

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[dweeb 0]

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I guess the Indians are smart; but not so honest about all the
details of the activity.

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Shame on those nasty indians for taking advantage of the poor white tourists



I don't know about you, but I for one would love to see truth in advertising make a spectacular comeback.










Goodon them

[azdiver 0]

sound like you would need to pull the fat man in a wheelchair gig to do it. lol

light travels faster than sound, that's why some people appear to be bright until you hear them speak

[airtwardo 7]

That's $156,000.00 per day!

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I gotta bridge I can sell 'em!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[SansSuit 1]

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The only reason I would have considered going is to BASE jump from it. Since they have metal detectors, that shoots that idea down.

Excuse me but didn't you see the movie, Drop Zone? They had rigs that not only made it through airport metal detectors, you couldn't see the bulk when they all got on the plane.

It was in a movie, it has to be true.

Peace,
-Dawson.
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The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving

[hookitt 1]

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It was in a movie, it has to be true.

Hiding a rig would not be hard. There are some very low profile low bulk rigs already out that would be pretty simple to hide if the metal and additional leg padding was removed. Also, hidden rigs (good ones) are even more form fitting.

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[KevinMcGuire 0]

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The only reason I would have considered going is to BASE jump from it. Since they have metal detectors, that shoots that idea down.

Excuse me but didn't you see the movie, Drop Zone? They had rigs that not only made it through airport metal detectors, you couldn't see the bulk when they all got on the plane.

It was in a movie, it has to be true.

Hows this fully hidden rig look to you? Yes, he is in fact wearing a fully functioning rig and yes, he has in fact jumped it lots of times. Making a rig that would get past a metal detector is certainly not impossible. Its really just a matter of money. How bad do you want it?
K

[KevinMcGuire 0]

Heres another shot.

[hookitt 1]

Nice picture Kevin. Did you make it?

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[KevinMcGuire 0]

Yup

[hookitt 1]

Awesome work.

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[JohnRich 4]

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What's their reasoning in not allowing cameras though?

So no one will find out how crappy the experience is?

Thanks to the original poster for this warning.

[airtwardo 7]

http://www.city-data.com/forum/arizona/80184-worth-skywalk-grand-canyon-west.html

Bottom of the page, exact same post...must be another friend of your friends.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[narcimund 0]

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http://www.city-data.com/forum/arizona/80184-worth-skywalk-grand-canyon-west.html

Bottom of the page, exact same post...must be another friend of your friends.

I got the same thing in a forward of a forward of an email. And someone else told me the same story over dinner. They said it happened to a really good friend of theirs but they couldn't remember their friend's name right at that moment.

Someone with viral P.R. skills is trying real hard to destroy the reputation of that walkway. I wonder why.

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[airtwardo 7]

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http://www.city-data.com/forum/arizona/80184-worth-skywalk-grand-canyon-west.html

Bottom of the page, exact same post...must be another friend of your friends.

I got the same thing in a forward of a forward of an email. And someone else told me the same story over dinner. They said it happened to a really good friend of theirs but they couldn't remember their friend's name right at that moment.

Someone with viral P.R. skills is trying real hard to destroy the reputation of that walkway. I wonder why.

Who knows...it sure is making the rounds though...here's more~



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[FreeflyGoat 0]

He's the same guy who sends you all those annoying FW emails warning you to not do things like drink from can tops because of rat urine and not to flash your brights at other cars because of gang members.
Why do people have to forward these messages??

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[rygon 0]

well i heard everytime you get pissed up in a hotel you wake up in a bath with all your organs removed

[airtwardo 7]

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well i heard everytime you get pissed up in a hotel you wake up in a bath with all your organs removed

Gawd...don't ya just HATE when that happens!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Zing 2]

That email isn't total nonsense. It will cost you more than the advertised $25 to go out to the skywalk.
The site was "graciously" described by a Phoenix television report as "rustic," meaning crude.
Take your own food.
The road to the place will take a toll on your vehicle, so use a rental car.
The Tribal officials overseeing the construction project another five years before the road and facilities will be finished.
There is at least one crack in the glass already.

Zing Lurks

[airtwardo 7]

So yer saying I should just buy a 1/4 oz. bag and visualize it?!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Zing 2]

Well ... okay ... can ya get me one too?

Zing Lurks

[airtwardo 7]

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Well ... okay ... can ya get me one too?

We'll split it, you can have the bigger half!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Zing 2]

I'm visualizing it already.

Zing Lurks