We had a similar bus experience. We took a cab up to Fremont Street to see the lightshow (and all the slackjawed yokels) and then took the $2 shuttle bus back down to the strip. It was a double decker, garishly lit up from the inside at all times, and packed full of rednecks and retirees. We were up on the rarified second level, but the bus driver kept moaning into the PA about people needing to “move back or go upstairs” so the bottom must have been a zoo. Thing is, he left the mic on at all times so we got to hear all his other muttering too. Very memorable.

Didn’t get to the pinball museum, it’s on the list though .. I think next year I’ll rent a car (for the first time) and check it out along with other off-strip destinations like that hookah bar and the dam and perhaps a sampling of the delights beyond Clark County — kidding!