it's a ferris wheel correct? All your different dialect throws me off!

Ryanraven

i don't get it... ???

bookmark

@Ridgerunner: Just as well that it isn't in Shanghai then eh...

scoobydoo

Most likely, Dubai won't be far behind in their quest to have the highest and biggest EVERYTHING. *cough* overcompensating *cough*

lpranal

geez... given Shanghai's horrendous air quality most days of the year lately, it'll be damn near impossible to get a view like that much of the time.

Hmm.. variable pricing model tied to kilometers of visibility?

Ridgerunner

@lastpulse: we call them ferris wheels.

seriously though, it looks like they've reused oil barrels as the people containers.

digitalhen

so is that what they call them in England? flyer?

lastpulse

@GeekyNerdGuy: Not a handbill either...

Windhawk

Inspired by the London Eye???

Looks like a frikkin replica to me...

scoobydoo

No No I looked it up and it is a Ferris Wheel, phew!

LindsayJoy's has an 8" 2nd degree burn from MacBookPro

Obviously, not a leaflet.

GeekyNerdGuy

@digitalhen:

@P3nnst8r:

I think its like a gondola....

Anyways, that looks beautiful but sometimes things that beautiful make me dizzy!

LindsayJoy's has an 8" 2nd degree burn from MacBookPro

@TheDude06: Indeed.

chrisaroz

What the hell is a flyer?

TheDude06

@P3nnst8r: i was wondering that too! i've never heard them called 'flyers'

digitalhen

Wow. I am so high!
Do you think we should go up?

ANoel

@ Jesus Diaz: How are you finding London? Have you been on the Eye yet?

Collins1

Wasn't that on "The Amazing Race"??

lburgguy

Cause i never get a chance to look at buildings. Fun!

Darrone

I'd take a ride...if I was in Singapore. The BA Eye takes 30 minutes too. It felt like it went pretty quick though. I could've gone for an extra 30, but I was taking pictures, so time flies.

vagrant

I think a little pee-pee just quirted into my pants. Free tickets to anyone with acrophobia.

Monty

flyer ~ ferris wheel?

P3nnst8r

That's a Ferris wheel alright.

HotShotNN

It's a ferries wheel not flyer. The freaking thing don't fly!

This came from a Singaporean. :)

thexile

Yeah, I have actually seen this in real life, but not ridden it. It is SLOW as hell. At first, I though it wasn't even moving, but the taxi driver told me that is it just SO slow that it doesn't even look like its moving.

CHO

@ps61318: That's a lot for a thirty-minute slow rolling...ride....

That's what she said.

stonerboy

Yes it's a ferris wheel or observation wheel (for larger ones). Never heard anyone call it a flyer until today. Even the Singapore Flyer's website calls itself an observation wheel. "Flyer's" is just what they named the wheel.

pcdsim

It's not cheap - the standard fare is around $21 (S$29.50). That's a lot for a thirty-minute slow rolling...ride....

"Alright, quit sniggering back there," as Addy might say.

ps61318

Am I the only one who was expecting a gigantic advertisement for that Thai place a couple of blocks over?

mhlaxp

I thought this was a story about the A380...

bpapa9013

28 miles... might be the optical distance to the horizon... but how oftne does anyone believ there will be 1+ miles of clear sky

da5id4vz

I wonder how many people will try to join the .093182 mile high club.

BigDogues

What gets me is that people are able to create these wonderful designs and actually gather enough support to make them, yet if they stretch this ferris wheel flat and call it a monorail.. then it never happens in real life.

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to commute in a monorail that looked like that?...
Wouldn't a city look modern, clean and stylish with it?...
Wouldn't they be able to install them in just a few months instead of years?...

You would provably answer YES to all of these... but unfortunatelly we live in a wold with unions, city contract payoffs, political influence, etc.. that shapes the city the way it is, not the way it SHOULD be.

I live in LA.
The metrorail sucks, it has cost billions, it has taken years to build, it cuts through surface traffic, clogging it and goes underground like a subway in earthquake prone country...
It all makes sense right?...

Why would anyone install a modern monorail system that just needs a few pilons every few feet, grows at an exponential pace, does not distrupt traffic on the ground or during construction and costs a fraction of the cost?

Even Disneyland has been operating one for decades...
Beats me...

:(

aec007

By God Jesús! You are rich! If you can see the London Eye from your home window, I don't want to know how much it costs to live where you live.

berbar

What? No snack bar?

ripfire4

Ha! I was expecting some huge plane or glider.

I'll admit, I was a little disappointed.

CatPope

1) Does anyone in the States know what a "flyer" is?
2) Who cares?

packetsniffer

To be honest, having been a resident in both cities (London and Singapore) Singapore has far less landmarks. I'd prefer the Eye anyday. But who knows I haven't been to Singapore since the beginning of this millenium.

Yeebles

@packetsniffer: 1. A flyer is an advertisement. 2. Linguists care.

Dialects are fun.

TC2COOL

I was on it couple of months back. Yeah, it's slow. You don't feel any movement at all. Main difference with a ferris wheel is that 1) it is a lot more expensive and 2) you're locked in a capsule that doesn't rock to and fro. It also doesn't stop to let people get on or off - you match speed with it and walk onboard.

From the outside, it just looks like a giant bicycle wheel. Not very inspiring. The whole area is still under development, still a fair bit of construction going on.

To add to the list of touristy stuff to do in Singapore, there's also the tethered helium DHL balloon. [en.wikipedia.org]

theimmc

plus this new one looks like they just ripped off the London Eye and made it a little bigger. way lame.

MFlick

Ill stick with the London Eye, thank you very much.

MFlick

Heights... rrr.. I think a threw up a little in my mouth.....

SCAR08

@lpranal: If you read up on Dubai, what they're "compensating for" is the time if/when the oil starts drying up, and they have to start relying on other industries to power their economy. Tourism seems to be the one they're shooting for, and I'd have to say they seem to be doing a bang-up job of it. There's certainly a bunch of stuff there I'd like to see...

FredicvsMaximvs

@chonnes:...maybe ferris wheels produce "flyers" out of non-hangers-on?

ANoel

Can anyone clarify what a 'flyer' is and if/how it's different from a ferris wheel?

chonnes

This flyer will go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene.

humperdinck

flyer = leaflet, no? this looks more like a ferris wheel.

citizen024

I live here. I saw it being gradually built piece-by-piece. Never been on it. Probably because it's kinda expensive. S$29.95 for a 30-minute view, S$69 with Alcohol with your flight (i.e. a special cocktail). You can also book one entire capsule for S$1500 (seats 28). I guess it's a once in a lifetime thing. Nothing much to see yet, it's good ol' Singapore Skyline.

The place around it has a Popeye's and couple other restaurants. It's also a good spot to catch the Formula One Night Race in September.

judacris

@MFlick:
Look, no one has a monopoly on these giant ferris wheels. It's simply just one city trying to outdo the next. "Biggest or Largest in the World" is only as good as until the next one gets built.
London Eye = 135m
Singapore Flyer = 165m
Beijing Great Wheel = 208m (opening 2009)

@judacris:
Mmmmm... Popeye's.

bungee

@berbar: Ah, you can see the London Eye from plenty of places in South London. Surely you don't think Peckham is the height of luxury? :-)

cbdsteve

yeah, the current area around the wheel are mostly construction sites at the moment. the sea view isnt that good too, mostly cargo tankers and smog. give it another 3-4 years before the area is built up. as you can see, its mostly just trees

kitsuneconundrum

@da5id4vz: I live about 25 miles from the edge of London and I can see the Canary Wharf development on a clear day. That development is the other side of London.

So yes, I do expect visibility to be greater than a mile. Where do you live? Mexico City?

Collins1