Getting to the top was not easy for us. We didn't want to wait in the long line to take an elevator the whole way because it was getting late and we were worried they'd shut down the lift to the top for the night. So we went to a different entrance where there was no line. There was no line because you have to climb stairs to the second level, AKA to where you're out of the legs and to the platform where it starts going straight up. We ran the first three flights then slowed from exhaustion. The woman who sold us the tickets said the lift to the top would close soon, so we didn't waste any time. We walked most of it but still quicker than every stinky European that we passed.