Wow, i actually used them once problaby 15 years ago, when I was between jobs and hadnt yet figured out the non-O game for folks with a thai child.
It was the only land border bounce I have ever done.
It was unbearable. The ride was interminable, and to decribe the casino and the coffee shop as a <deleted>hole would be a kindness.
As for a ghost run, there was no such magic service, we were physically trotted past the agents