My wife and I had the opportunity to spend a special weekend in Las Vegas while celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary! I booked the Comedy on Deck tour of the West Rim of the Grand Canyon, and included the helicopter option, since this was our first time seeing the canyon, and I had heard such great reviews! Things didn't pan out quite as planned, but it was no fault of the tour operators. It was just bad circumstances that ruled the day. The CoD tour buses picked up 52 of us from four different Vegas locations. The buses were prompt, and it was immediately apparent that both our driver (Bernie) and tour host (Robbie) were very courteous, informative and entertaining. It was also apparent that our day was not going to start our promptly as hoped. One of the couples never showed up, and it was later revealed, they thought the tour was the following day. After losing 1/2 hour (the first domino to fall), the remaining day would present itself as a series of "on the fly" adjustments to either catch up to the schedule, or completely alter it, in order to salvage the tour. Our delayed breakfast was handled very professionally by our tour guide and the restaurant staff, which was dealing with two simultaneous bus loads of breakfast eaters instead of just one due to our initial delay. Breakfast was delicious and the staff were courteous and attentive. Our next stop to the Hoover Dam was well executed, and while Robbie had to shorten the duration a bit, there was still plentiful time to catch the beautiful views of the dam, and even run out to the Nevada / Arizona dividing marker on the overpass bridge. Shortly after our dam excursion however, the bottom fell out. Again, no fault of the CoD tour, we found ourselves stuck on US 93 South with ominous smoke pouring out over the horizon. As three fire trucks, two ambulances, two state police and a park range sped past the stalled traffic, it became very apparent that our pathway to the Grand Canyon was going to be closed indefinitely. Long story short - we lost two hours stuck in traffic and another 90-minutes due to the long round about detour it took to get us down to the Grand Canyon. For my wife and I - our hope of catching that helicopter ride was now gone. We would eventually arrive 3 hours past the originally scheduled time. Robbie was absolutely fantastic in his continued efforts to salvage the helicopter ride for us. He made numerous phone calls on our behalf, and tried everything he could to get us onto a later flight. There were just no openings left by the time we made it down to the canyon. The CoD company immediately refunded us for the lost helicopter ride. Meanwhile, we still enjoyed the beautiful canyon, including the beautiful panoramas provided at Eagle Point and Guano Point. Pictures cannot adequately capture the magnificent beauty of the Grand Canyon. The views alone were well worth the trip, but the trip was even greater due to Robbie, Bernie and the entire CoD family, which worked through numerous challenges to save the day, and keep us well entertained. I highly recommend this tour, and would encourage anyone to also consider the helicopter add on. While it didn't work out this trip, my wife and I plan to pursue it again, whenever we can make it back. Great job to the Comedy on Deck team! Thanks for a wonderful experience.