One thing that my husband did not want to miss in Las Vegas was the Big Apple Coaster ride at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino. At first, he just wanted to see it. And then, he decided he wanted to go on it…at the last minute. So desperate was he that we took a taxi from one end of the Strip to the other just to make it on time, for it was almost the ride’s closing time. He mad-dashed to the ticket booth as soon as we arrived at the hotel. He was fortunate that the lin