Grand Canyon without a toad?

We visited the south rim in December and looked into the train from Williams, as we thought it would be kind of gun. Not only is it expensive, but As Tripalot stated, you only get about 3 hours at the canyon itself. Once at the canyon, the shuttles are great. But, if you have a car, you can take a trip to the tower at the east rim. There are lots of look out points you can stop at along the way there.

Just outside the park on the south rim is a visitors center with an excellent imax that is worth seeing.