My wife and I were at the Las Vegas Hilton this past Tuesday 10/19/2004. We each paid the $34.99 for both "rides" in the "Star Trek: The Experience". The "rides"; Klingon Encounter & Borg Invasion; are both covered by this ticket price and allows you to take each journey all day long and as many times as you care to do (or at least until it closes for the day). I won't go into spoilers here. But just to say I couldn't stop laughing. The Borg Invasion was soooo cool and the effects you are immersed in are a riot!!! One of the other passengers really got into it and was screaming his head off every time a Borg appeared.
My wife and I are Star Trek fans, so being in this environment where everything feels like a 23rd Century world was great. There were non-Star Trek fans who also came to enjoy the "rides" and they got a kick out of all the fun too. If you have never been, go and enjoy it. I found it helps to just play along with the idea (don't take the goings on too seriously) and you'll have a blast. The food in "Quark's Bar" was really good and I wanted to stay there a week. I'll be back again before the end of the year. Go with a group if you can, it's more fun that way. The story line in both "rides" are solid enough to move the action along and the visuals (the 3-D effect is fantastic) are great! I think if Paramount were smart, they should do some kind of IMAX film for Star Trek. Because what I experienced there at the Las Vegas Hilton has such a good quality, it would translate well for a more developed story on a huge screen. All-n-all, what great fun!!! Both "rides" has a hands on quality to them, very interactive. Also try out the rides more than once. I found things I missed the first time around with the Borg hiding around and all the special effects.
My wife and I are Star Trek fans, so being in this environment where everything feels like a 23rd Century world was great. There were non-Star Trek fans who also came to enjoy the "rides" and they got a kick out of all the fun too. If you have never been, go and enjoy it. I found it helps to just play along with the idea (don't take the goings on too seriously) and you'll have a blast. The food in "Quark's Bar" was really good and I wanted to stay there a week. I'll be back again before the end of the year. Go with a group if you can, it's more fun that way. The story line in both "rides" are solid enough to move the action along and the visuals (the 3-D effect is fantastic) are great! I think if Paramount were smart, they should do some kind of IMAX film for Star Trek. Because what I experienced there at the Las Vegas Hilton has such a good quality, it would translate well for a more developed story on a huge screen. All-n-all, what great fun!!! Both "rides" has a hands on quality to them, very interactive. Also try out the rides more than once. I found things I missed the first time around with the Borg hiding around and all the special effects.