Today the Grand Canyon Skywalk opened up with a bunch of fanfare. This is a site on the Indian Reservation that had a see-through U-shaped skywalk built as a tourist attraction. While something like this is definitely neat for being able to walk above the Grand Canyon on top of a clear floor, I definitely would not be visiting the site. The two main issues are cost and restrictions. Besides the $25 cost listed in most of the articles, most people may not realize that you have to purchase a 'tour package' of $50 to $200 on top of that as well as a $10 fee to even enter the reservation area. I think this is a huge scam and designed so that most people will just pony up the money after already spending the 
time and money to get there. The other outrageous thing is that they will not allow cameras to be taken out with the invalid excuse of not wanting to be liable if cameras are dropped off the unit (as if that was really and issue) or not wanting to 'crack the glass' if a camera is dropped, however no such restrictions are made regarding cell phones or other hard, dropable objects as far as I know. Fortunately, they will of course sell you photos taken from their cameras at a nominal fee I am sure. What a rip off.I've seen reports and blog posts that pretty much state the whole thing is very overrated and not worth the massive expense.
I'm looking forward to seeing the Grand Canyon on my mid-west trip this summer, however I'll definitely not even consider this tourist trap. Here is the Google Earth link in case you want to see where the site is situated. http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kolossos/world-link.php?long=-113.811111&lat=36.012222&lang=en
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