Attractions

X Scream at the Stratosphere

2000 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89104
(702) 380-7777
(800) 99-TOWER
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X Scream at the Stratosphere

X Scream at the Stratosphere Details

  • Hours of operation: Sunday - Thursday, 10 a.m. - 1 a.m. Fridays, Saturdays and holidays, 10 a.m. - 2 a.m. The ticketing box office is open daily, 10 a.m. - 1 a.m. In cases of extreme weather conditions, schedule is subject to change.
  • Cost: $13 ($19.95 with admission to Stratosphere Tower). Tickets to ride the Big Shot, Insanity and X Scream are $27.95. Tickets for two rides is $23.95. An all-day ride pass is also available for $33.95. All of these packages include admission to the Stratosphere Tower. Front-of-the-line passes are also available for an additional $10.
  • Payment options: Cash, Visa, MasterCard.
  • Reservations: Not applicable.
  • Location: Located at the Stratosphere Hotel-Casino, just north of the intersection of the Vegas Strip and Sahara Avenue.
  • Age/Height/Weight restrictions: You must be 54 inches tall.

X Scream at the Stratosphere Review

Ride facts
  • Height: 866 feet (from the ground); the ride height of the track above the tower base is a maximum of 45 feet.
  • Drop: The ride travels about 31 feet over the edge of the tower.
  • Max Speed: 30 mph
  • Capacity: 8 passengers
  • Designer: Interactive Rides of Logan, Utah
X Scream takes the scream right out of you.

X Scream is one scary experience, dangling thrill seekers hundreds of feet from earth.

Simply being perched atop the observation deck on the Stratosphere Tower, the eighth-tallest building in the world, is intimidating enough. But the one minute ride takes it a little bit further. The arm of X Scream stretches out 27 feet over the edge of the tower.

Passengers are loaded into an eight-seat car on the high-tech teeter-totter and hoisted high into the air before the track dives at a 30-degree angle, taking the car and your nerves with it.

After reaching speeds of 30 mph, the car jerks to a sudden halt at the end of the track, with nothing but 900 feet of air between you and the ground.

X Scream is a new generation of extreme thrill rides, playing on the passenger's primal fear of falling. However, passengers can find comfort in the ride's four independent locking mechanisms on each chair and titanium restraining bars. X Scream also has a manual return mechanism in case of power failure.

In any case, X Scream may just be the ultimate thrill ride in the world.