Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
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Went on x-mas day and what a mistake, did not think it would be that crowded, but it was, they said the wait was 3 hours so we waited, Of course we spent the high prices on their food and drink. The bathrooms were a total pig pen and there was no where to sit and wait. The employees were rude when you wanted to ask them a question, after 3 hours they said it would be another hour or so, so we just ended up leaving, never again.
Reviewed by: richardc from on Sep 15 2009
This was an incredible experience and so beautiful A must do in Palm Springs!!
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jun 20 2009
We went up March, 2009 and the ride was nice. The view at the top was very hazy not so great and nothing to do there. Don't eat at the top. There was a cafeteria dinner included in the dinner ride and it was awful. We left with pains in our stomachs. The food had sat too long.
Reviewed by: Yvonne from on Mar 22 2009
OMG! What didn't I like! This is a once in a lifetime experience, that I would recommend to anyone. Beautiful scenery, and what a cool way to go up a mountain. If you're ever in the area you've just GOT TO GO!!!
Reviewed by: Cindi G from on Nov 17 2008
We went to the tram in July, to see the views that everyone raves about. What we saw was the smog haze over the valley. It's much cooler up here however, so that was relaxing. We read the reviews before, and it seemed the cafeteria style restaurant was not so great, so we didn't go for the ride-and-dine option. We choose to eat at the "fancier" restaurant instead. It was a big costly mistake. It was 10 minutes to dinner menu, but they wouldn't give us the option of choosing from it even though there were more items on it for us to eat. We don't eat beef, pork or poultry, and we wanted to try the salmon dish. It took the waiter a long time to come out to us on the deck to give us water and the menu too. We ordered the trio antipasti, calafia chrimp calamari, and margherite penne with shrimp. Sounds pretty good, but: The red pepper hummus on the trio antipasti was dried a weird orange with a rather thick crust (meaning it's been sitting on the dish for a long time), the baguette tasted stale, the olives were black olives from a can, the best thing was the fresh tomato salsa. The penne had very thick old woody asparagus even though the grocers in palm springs were selling young asparagus. I had never seen such huge asparagus before. The grocers wouldn't even sell it. It was watery and tasteless except for the canned artichokes and the shrimp was boiled shrimp. The basil, vine-ripened dried tomato and garlic promised were non-existent in the dish. It looked like penne with some watery white liquid with yellow-green huge asparagus chunks with boiled shrimp on top. The Shrimp Calamari was cooked in OLD oil. Some of it came out looking like it had been cooked twice, like leftovers stuck to the fryer, or reheated leftovers. It was very brown, and extremely greasy without flavour. We never saw the waiter after serving our meal, even though our drinks needed refreshing. The cost of the meal was roughly $50. To make it worse, the Pines cafe ride-and-dine meal looked nicer, with corn on the cob and fresh green brocolli. The trails were badly marked, and it was hard to figure out where to go and which trail you were on. It was a nice stroll through the meadow section however. They didn't advertise well for some features of the building, such as the movie theatre, which we discovered as we explored the entire building. there is also wilderness hiking and an overnight camping area. It was playing a movie at the time. We spent a few hours up in the shade reading, and the cool breeze was very nice. However, the food left us with extremely bloated stomachs and uncomfortable, so going hiking went out of the day plan. It turned out to be food poisoning.
Reviewed by: a from on Jul 28 2008
Just a great time.The bar was nice prices were fair my children had a great time in the snow.Maybe fee change for more then one visit price could lower as your visits increase.
Reviewed by: KristopherH from on Feb 13 2008
We had a summer pass this past year. It was a good value for us. After the third time you go up to Mountain Station the pass paid for it's self.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jan 27 2008
The rotating tram cars are a definite improvement over the old stationary cars. The view is extraordinary, extending to the Salton Sea on clear days. The tram operator was young and not very knowlegable about the area.
Reviewed by: lynns from on Jan 12 2008
I LOVED goinig on the Arial Tramway! The view is overwhelmimg and the air is so clean it made my nose run (a good thing). If you love nature and a good view, this place is for you.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 29 2007
The restaurant, lounge and lookout needs young blood, that of the new Palm Springs to bring this place up to date. I mean the lookout and restaurant are so dirty and gritty, needs new paint, carpeting, new bathrooms, the works. The food in the restaurant, and I mean the better restaurant, is the worst, although the drinks are generous. It's just sooooo beat... Somebody come to the rescue. This place needs to be great again.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jun 18 2007
Top of Mt. San Jacinto
Back to Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
Went on x-mas day and what a mistake, did not think it would be that crowded, but it was, they said the wait was 3 hours so we waited, Of course we spent the high prices on their food and drink. The bathrooms were a total pig pen and there was no where to sit and wait. The employees were rude when you wanted to ask them a question, after 3 hours they said it would be another hour or so, so we just ended up leaving, never again.
Reviewed by: richardc from on Sep 15 2009
This was an incredible experience and so beautiful A must do in Palm Springs!!
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jun 20 2009
We went up March, 2009 and the ride was nice. The view at the top was very hazy not so great and nothing to do there. Don't eat at the top. There was a cafeteria dinner included in the dinner ride and it was awful. We left with pains in our stomachs. The food had sat too long.
Reviewed by: Yvonne from on Mar 22 2009
OMG! What didn't I like! This is a once in a lifetime experience, that I would recommend to anyone. Beautiful scenery, and what a cool way to go up a mountain. If you're ever in the area you've just GOT TO GO!!!
Reviewed by: Cindi G from on Nov 17 2008
We went to the tram in July, to see the views that everyone raves about. What we saw was the smog haze over the valley. It's much cooler up here however, so that was relaxing. We read the reviews before, and it seemed the cafeteria style restaurant was not so great, so we didn't go for the ride-and-dine option. We choose to eat at the "fancier" restaurant instead. It was a big costly mistake. It was 10 minutes to dinner menu, but they wouldn't give us the option of choosing from it even though there were more items on it for us to eat. We don't eat beef, pork or poultry, and we wanted to try the salmon dish. It took the waiter a long time to come out to us on the deck to give us water and the menu too. We ordered the trio antipasti, calafia chrimp calamari, and margherite penne with shrimp. Sounds pretty good, but: The red pepper hummus on the trio antipasti was dried a weird orange with a rather thick crust (meaning it's been sitting on the dish for a long time), the baguette tasted stale, the olives were black olives from a can, the best thing was the fresh tomato salsa. The penne had very thick old woody asparagus even though the grocers in palm springs were selling young asparagus. I had never seen such huge asparagus before. The grocers wouldn't even sell it. It was watery and tasteless except for the canned artichokes and the shrimp was boiled shrimp. The basil, vine-ripened dried tomato and garlic promised were non-existent in the dish. It looked like penne with some watery white liquid with yellow-green huge asparagus chunks with boiled shrimp on top. The Shrimp Calamari was cooked in OLD oil. Some of it came out looking like it had been cooked twice, like leftovers stuck to the fryer, or reheated leftovers. It was very brown, and extremely greasy without flavour. We never saw the waiter after serving our meal, even though our drinks needed refreshing. The cost of the meal was roughly $50. To make it worse, the Pines cafe ride-and-dine meal looked nicer, with corn on the cob and fresh green brocolli. The trails were badly marked, and it was hard to figure out where to go and which trail you were on. It was a nice stroll through the meadow section however. They didn't advertise well for some features of the building, such as the movie theatre, which we discovered as we explored the entire building. there is also wilderness hiking and an overnight camping area. It was playing a movie at the time. We spent a few hours up in the shade reading, and the cool breeze was very nice. However, the food left us with extremely bloated stomachs and uncomfortable, so going hiking went out of the day plan. It turned out to be food poisoning.
Reviewed by: a from on Jul 28 2008
Just a great time.The bar was nice prices were fair my children had a great time in the snow.Maybe fee change for more then one visit price could lower as your visits increase.
Reviewed by: KristopherH from on Feb 13 2008
We had a summer pass this past year. It was a good value for us. After the third time you go up to Mountain Station the pass paid for it's self.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jan 27 2008
The rotating tram cars are a definite improvement over the old stationary cars. The view is extraordinary, extending to the Salton Sea on clear days. The tram operator was young and not very knowlegable about the area.
Reviewed by: lynns from on Jan 12 2008
I LOVED goinig on the Arial Tramway! The view is overwhelmimg and the air is so clean it made my nose run (a good thing). If you love nature and a good view, this place is for you.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 29 2007
The restaurant, lounge and lookout needs young blood, that of the new Palm Springs to bring this place up to date. I mean the lookout and restaurant are so dirty and gritty, needs new paint, carpeting, new bathrooms, the works. The food in the restaurant, and I mean the better restaurant, is the worst, although the drinks are generous. It's just sooooo beat... Somebody come to the rescue. This place needs to be great again.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jun 18 2007
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