What could be more fun then shooting out of a pod on a 1,300-foot track and reaching 40 mph in two seconds before hitting top speed of 72 mph? This is how it starts on Speed - the ride, that is - at the Sahara. The whole gut-wrenching affair takes about 41 seconds. You’ll loop around (gotta have that loop there), run up a 200-foot pole above the Strip at a 90-degree angle, only to stop dead and do it all again – backwards. Speed packs 4.5 Gs into its short track life – so short that the Sahara has decided to give you double the run for your money and let you ride that bullet twice for the same $8. While you’re waiting for your stomach to come back to earth, why not wander around this Morocco-meets-Indianapolis-theme hotel? It’s a great way to kill an afternoon. Or your appetite.