[Bon mots]

We have the Grand Canyon Skywalk Bridge over the Grand Canyon.

I took my kids there in 2009.

It's in the middle of the desert, but they require you to park in a fenced parking lot where they charged $20.00.

Then, you cannot walk to the reception center - practically across the street, but they make you pay $30.00 per person - kids too - for the 'shuttle bus' that drives you about 100 yards.

So then you can walk on the bridge, right?
Ummm... no, not exactly. If you want to walk on the bridge, that's another $30.00 per person.

It is in the middle of nowhere, so there is noplace to eat... well... except for the on premises slop dispensary where you can pay a fortune for inedible canned slop heated in a microwave...

If ever there was an overpriced, ripoff tourist trap, this is it.

Cheaper to take the helicopter from Las Vegas.

[Rebelbase]

A family of four would be $260 to park, shuttle and walk the skyway?

[Freee-dame]

Or take the sightseeing plane ride. It is amazing in its flight over many areas of the Grand Canyon that are not visible from the National Park south or north rim locations.

[ANKE69]

Wow.... I did the Skywalk in 2014 and I’m surprised by your story. We had a completely different experience. We took a small plane from Vegas.
Btw, I’m afraid of heights and made a fool of myself on the Skywalk. Lol!

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Thanks for the warning.

[SMGFan]

https://www.grandcanyonwest.com/skywalk—eagle-point.htm Nervous about walking on glass almost a mile above the Grand Canyon? Have no fear; the Skywalk is strong enough to bear the weight of seventy 747 passenger jets.

[calenel]

Yep, it’s on the reservation. That’s one of the ways they make their money - filleting tourists. I own a couple of acres just off the reservation and just outside of the bounds of the park. It’s a lovely spot, IMO, but I come from a line of AZ desert rats.

[wyowolf]

wow... thats crazy!

[dragnet2]

It's in the middle of the desert

What a ridicules inconvenient place to put it! ☺

[octex]

... Grand Canyon Skywalk Bridge over the Grand Canyon.
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I was at the GC a few years before that was built.

From the prices you mentioned, it appears that crafty Amerind tribe who owns it has figured another way to fleece tourists.

[BadgerHawk]

Luckily we went on its third day back in 2007. The parking and shuttle fees didn’t exist. Either did the parking lot, shuttle bus, visitor center, or pavement on Diamond Bar Road. What we saved in fees was countered by the extreme abuse our Jetat took through washboard that road was.

[Mean Daddy]

We were in Vegas and thought of doing that and when we determined the price, didn’t do it. Instead, we drove our rental vehicle to the bottom of the Grand Canyon near Peach Springs, AZ. Same tribe, different location.