Jake C.
Yelp
Reunion Tower is one of those places that you think could be a neat experience, but ends up being more fun in your head than in practice.
The first major challenge is figuring out where to park. I expected to pay $10 to park and that is fine, but where do you go? Your Google GPS isn't going to be any help and the signage is atrocious. We ended up driving all the way around it twice trying to figure out where to go. There definitely needs to be better signage that is clear and frequent.
What you do is go around it about halfway and there are a couple turnoffs to the right. You want the 2nd one. No sign will tell you that; you'll just figure it out yourself while pissing off other motorists as you realize the first one isn't where you need to be and you need to quickly change lanes again.
You have to pay for a time to show up for this, too. I assume it is to keep the lines from getting super long at different times. Lines were still long. You wait to get into the elevator. You wait at the top to get back on the elevator to go back down. In all, I believe my wife and I waited about 30-35 minutes total prior to going up and while waiting to come back down.
Once you finally get to the top, the view is fairly impressive. The Omni hotel next to the tower, which looks huge from the ground, is small compared in height to the tower. To get the best look, you go out a set of doors open to the air. You don't have to do this -- you can stay behind the glass and still see things pretty well -- but to look more to the ground, you need to get to the outside ring.
It can be windy. And I mean WINDY. As in, you can lose a hat or a phone easily with how it blows. It only does it where the wind is blowing, though. Walk around a bit and it dies down on the other side. The view is a little better for these vantages.
Inside, there are some tables where you can sit for your 30 minutes. While we were there, someone was getting pictures at a planned space for such things (you pay extra for them to take pictures and deck it all out for you). That group was loud, but if you wanted the experience and you were getting engaged (or getting Prom photos, I suppose), it might be an avenue for you. I wouldn't do it, but I could see people opting for that as a simple way to do something somewhat memorable.
Overall, this is something to experience -- just once. There isn't really a reason to go back. Lines are long and you are locked into a timed ticket. Prices are reasonable, but there isn't a lot to see or do and while you get 30 minutes, you'll need maybe 10 to walk around the interior up top and the exterior and look around. You'll wait for as long as you are given to look around for the elevators to go up and to come back down. Staff is was largely oblivious, except for the elevator operator that was very cheerful and nice.
I wouldn't see me ever going back again, but it is probably worth seeing once just to say you have done it.