# And it turns out that the best thing about the Luxor hotel is.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2011, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269 "2011-12-24T09:33:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269/1 "2011-12-24T09:33:39Z")
…the slanted elevators. They always make the drunk people fall over when the car decelerates. (In case you have no idea WTF I’m talking about, [this](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/The_Luxor_From_Airport.jpg) is the hotel in question. The elevators go up diagonally.) ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269/2 "2011-12-24T13:48:20Z")
Diagonal elevators would make me fall over even if I wasn’t drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269/3 "2011-12-24T17:45:58Z")
The Eiffel Tower lower elevators are diagonal too, in fact they move in a curve up and along the lower legs of the tower. It’s a very amusing ride. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269/4 "2011-12-24T18:02:13Z")
I’ve only been to Vegas once, earlier this year, and we didn’t get to see nearly all we wanted. We stayed at the Mirage…very nice!..but my favorite place to just sit at the slots and enjoy myself was the Luxor. The drinks waitress comes around OFTEN, and the drinks are AMAZING! I’m not that much of a sweets person, preferring bloody marys usually, but their pina coladas…WOW!!! I swear there’s as much rum in the whipped cream on top as there is in the whole drink! I liked them so much I do believe I got relatively plowed off them. Definitely my favorite place to just hang out so far. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269/5 "2011-12-24T20:36:50Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > The Eiffel Tower lower elevators are diagonal too, in fact they move in a curve up and along the lower legs of the tower. It’s a very amusing ride. I love those elevators. To think, they were designed back in the 1800s! ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269/6 "2011-12-24T20:39:14Z")
Hmm, must go next time I’m in Vegas to pretend I’m in an Enterprise turbolift. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269/7 "2011-12-24T21:13:27Z")
They are called “inclinators.” Interesting ride, but the loss of room space kinda counters it. Although it does make it very easy for you to sit naked in a chair, feet splayed on the ceiling/wall, sipping a drink and wondering if the people over at Excalisuck can see your nuditity. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269/8 "2011-12-24T21:53:54Z")
Oh, _that_ Luxor. I stayed in a place in the _actual_ Luxor, but they were lucky to have electricity, let alone elevators. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269/9 "2011-12-24T22:29:42Z")
And the sign in the stairwell says “no roof access”. Well, duh. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269/10 "2011-12-24T22:46:47Z")
Maybe if I play enough blackjack they’ll let me skateboard down the outside. ---
**Author:** ![Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ec9cab/32.png) [@Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-it-turns-out-that-the-best-thing-about-the-luxor-hotel-is/607269/11 "2011-12-25T00:25:25Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > They are called “inclinators.” Interesting ride, but the loss of room space kinda counters it. Although it does make it very easy for you to sit naked in a chair, feet splayed on the ceiling/wall, sipping a drink and wondering if the people over at Excalisuck can see your nuditity. If your a boy then that’s just gross, pervy boy. If you are a girl, that’s real cool baby, whats your room number? Merry Xmas to my type of person.