Originally Posted by
The_Diamond_Z
I will, but I called them 1 month in advance to ask about the shuttle times explaining my arrival time and I got what sounded like a very firm we stop at 1am. So I'm looking at other hotels...and options. It's a long set of flights I'm on so I don't like my chances of being lucid enough to deal with a taxi in a (for me) new city late at night.
Are taxis around at that time of night at MSP? Is there taxi queue/rank/line?
Yes, the taxi line for official taxis is just before (to the right of) the hotel shuttle area. You still have to drag your luggage on the path under the roadway and up again from baggage claim rather than just stepping outside to the curb. There will be a dispatcher directing you to the vehicle. [Once I arrived after 2:30 am in January, IIRC on a Sunday night, and there was still lots of activity at MSP in the taxi area. It's a major airport. although air traffic normally seems to stop shortly after midnight--the terminal concourses will be empty except for passengers from your flight and of course almost all shops will be closed--before resuming around 5 am.]