Yeah, the cars that run up the south side were shut down for quite a few weeks because of that. We went up the cars on the north side. My son was one of the Park Service rangers working there.
i finally went to see the arch and there was a concert there and thousands of people ,if i woulda stayed in line to go up it i would have been there for ever.next time i go i will make sure nothing is going on.
I just went up to the arch on Sunday, April 20, 2008 I was told though that in January, the tram got stuck and people were trapped in the arch for over 3 hours.