The ride

The High Roller stands 550 feet at the LINQ Promenade (opened March 31, 2014), turning one rotation in about 30 minutes with up to 40 guests per cabin. The anchor film rides it at sunset, filming the full rotation as the Strip lights come on — the calm, complete ride-along. Its prices are from 2022 filming and have changed; the views have not. A second film rides twice — day and night compared in one edit — and a third is the closest thing to taking the ride yourself: a complete real-time cabin recording, boarding to descent, no narration, the rotation as content.

High Roller Las Vegas | Sunset Views

Explore Vegas

Explore Vegas rides the High Roller at sunset, the 550-foot observation wheel at the LINQ Promenade, and films the full rotation as the Strip lights come on. The narration includes the prices of the day (about $25 daytime and $36 at night in 2022), which have changed since; the views have not. A calm, complete ride-along.

Key takeaways
  • A full sunset rotation filmed from inside a cabin
  • The wheel stands 550 feet at the LINQ Promenade
  • Opened March 31, 2014

High Roller - Las Vegas (day and night views)

mrcoaster1

mrcoaster1 rides the High Roller twice, once by day and once by night, and compares the two rotations. The 2017 film calls it the tallest observation wheel in the world, a title it held then but has since passed to Ain Dubai; the ride facts still hold: about 30 minutes per rotation and up to 40 guests per cabin, including the Happy Half Hour bar cabins.

Key takeaways
  • Day and night rotations compared in one film
  • About 30 minutes per rotation, up to 40 guests per cabin
  • Happy Half Hour bar cabins covered

Experience the High Roller Happy Hour at The LINQ in Las Vegas, Nevada

Viator

Viator's short feature on the High Roller's Happy Half Hour cabin, where an open bar runs for the length of the rotation. Mostly guest reactions over the ride: visitors describe the bartender, the drinks and the view in their own words. A quick, honest taste of the bar-cabin format rather than a full tour.

Key takeaways
  • Focused on the Happy Half Hour open-bar cabin
  • The bar runs for one full rotation
  • Built from guest reactions and ride footage

The bar cabin

The Happy Half Hour cabin runs an open bar for the length of the rotation. Viator's short feature samples the format through guest reactions — the bartender, the drinks and the view in riders' own words. It's a format sampler rather than a tour, and it's honestly labeled as such in our catalog.

Honest labels

Two framing notes the films themselves support: the 2017 film calls the High Roller the world's tallest observation wheel — true then, but the title has since passed to Ain Dubai. And two atmosphere films (a LINQ Promenade walk at blue hour; a dusk drift past the wheel) are here for the feel of the place the wheel anchors, not for commentary.

Sources: the six videos on this page — a sunset ride, a day/night comparison, a full real-time rotation, a bar-cabin sampler, and two LINQ Promenade atmosphere walks — summarized from their entries in our catalog.

Watch: High Roller Observation Wheel, guided

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Linq Las Vegas Opening Walk-Through & High Roller Ferris Wheel

AccessVegas.com

A walking tour of the LINQ Promenade at the blue hour, from the Strip entrance up to the High Roller and back as the wheel's lights come on. Light on narration, long on atmosphere. Best used as a feel for the promenade the wheel anchors.

The High Roller - Las Vegas - October 2015

Laura Houser

Wind Walk's sunset walk along this stretch of the Strip, filmed in October 2025, drifting past the LINQ Promenade toward the High Roller as the light goes. A near-wordless atmosphere film: the wheel at dusk is the subject. Included for the view, not the commentary.

The LINQ Las Vegas Walking Tour | Extreme Heat & High Roller | August 2026 [4K HDR]

4K WALK NATION

A complete High Roller ride filmed in real time: boarding, the slow climb to 550 feet, the apex over the Strip and the descent, in one unbroken cabin recording. No narration to speak of; the rotation is the content. The closest thing on this page to taking the ride yourself.

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