February 13, 2011. It’s the day before Valentines’ Day and it’s a Sunday! After attending Love Revolution, a Valentine-themed service of our home church here in Singapore (which I blogged last time), and having a quick lunch with friends, we went straight home. But before changing into leisure clothes, we did a small family picture-taking session. My brother who is staying with us took these shots:
After that we took the long bus ride to Marina for our Singapore Flyer “flight”. Yes, they call it a flight, it’s a flyer remember?
Reaching there, we walked straight to the boarding gate. We need not join the long queue for tickets because I did an online reservation several days before the event so we had three e-tickets printed already, one ticket each - for me, my wife Jane and my brother AR. Our daughter Ashrie is still under the age of three so she flew with us free-of-charge.
The experience is pretty much like boarding a plane. We handed over the tickets for the attendant to scan, and then we proceeded to have our bags scanned at the security check area, (mobile phones and cameras are likewise placed on a separate tray). We also passed through the detector door frame (if that’s the way to call it).
Departure is short walk along a dim passageway with feature walls on both sides. The paseo is just enough distance to prepare you for the 30-minute journey or should I say revolution. I cannot remember whether the wheel did a full stop for us to board. Passengers where led to the capsules each with a 28-person capacity. Actually these air-conditioned capsules are like 28 planets rotating on its axis while revolving around a central point. As expected, the higher we went, the better the views became. When our capsule reached the highest point, we beheld the spectacular 360-degree panorama of the city.
Going down was still as smooth as the way it went up. But there was this sudden drop of adrenalin, which probably is true and same with other passengers.
A souvenir shop welcomes all passengers not long after they alight from the capsule. There’s no other way but to pass through this shop but of course it’s not compulsory to buy anything before you can exit.
My verdict: Good thing my daughter was admitted free-of-charge because I think she didn’t enjoy the flight as much as we do, probably because there’s nothing much for her to do in the capsule aside from looking at the views. For grownups like us, it’s a pleasant experience, an unforgettable one, even though where quite used to seeing the sceneries since we are residents here.
It will be highly recommended for foreigners to try the wheel and enjoy the sights. A night time ride would probably be more scenic.
Would we ride again?
Well, not in the near future, and maybe we might try a night ride! But if it is for free, count me in!
Reaching there, we walked straight to the boarding gate. We need not join the long queue for tickets because I did an online reservation several days before the event so we had three e-tickets printed already, one ticket each - for me, my wife Jane and my brother AR. Our daughter Ashrie is still under the age of three so she flew with us free-of-charge.
The experience is pretty much like boarding a plane. We handed over the tickets for the attendant to scan, and then we proceeded to have our bags scanned at the security check area, (mobile phones and cameras are likewise placed on a separate tray). We also passed through the detector door frame (if that’s the way to call it).
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| At the Departure Area |
Going down was still as smooth as the way it went up. But there was this sudden drop of adrenalin, which probably is true and same with other passengers.
A souvenir shop welcomes all passengers not long after they alight from the capsule. There’s no other way but to pass through this shop but of course it’s not compulsory to buy anything before you can exit.
My verdict: Good thing my daughter was admitted free-of-charge because I think she didn’t enjoy the flight as much as we do, probably because there’s nothing much for her to do in the capsule aside from looking at the views. For grownups like us, it’s a pleasant experience, an unforgettable one, even though where quite used to seeing the sceneries since we are residents here.
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| Ashrie observing the passengers on the boarding platform |
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| The Capsules |
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| Me&MyGirls aboard the SG Flyer |
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| Fear of heights? What's that? |
Would we ride again?
Well, not in the near future, and maybe we might try a night ride! But if it is for free, count me in!
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