Welcome to Singapore Flyer
Location:
Singapore
Address:
30 Raffles Avenue, Singapore 039803
Date of construction:
2005-2008
Area/Surface:
33.700 m²
Opening hours:
08.30 – 22.30 (last entrance 22.15)
Prices:
Adults: 33 Singapore dollars
Children (3-12 years): 21 Singapore dollars
Pensioners (over 60 years): 24 Singapore dollars
For other prices and promotions please check on the official website
Telephone:
+65 6333 3311
Website:
How to get here:
By car:
Situated in the south part of Singapore City, to Singapore Flyer you can get quite easy by car if you have a GPS. It’s situated 20 minute drive away from Changi International Airport. Here you can find a bunk parking of 284 places.
By fast train:
You can get here from any point of the city and the train station where you have to get off is Promenade.
By bus:
The buses which come here are 106, 111 and 133 which stop at Temasek Avenue opposite Singapore Flyer.
By taxi or water taxi:
The easiest (but also the most expensive) way to get here is to come by taxi. There is also the possibility of water taxi at a price starting from 4 Singapore dollars (one way) to 12 depending the station where you come from.
Singapore Flyer
Importance, construction and costs of Singapore Flyer:
The Flyer from Singapore, known all over the world as Singapore Flyer, is a must see destination if you come in the metropolis from South-East Asia. It’s a very popular tourist objective for tourists from all over the world who come here. It was built recently between 2005 and 2008 and was inaugurated on 11th February 2008 and since then it has an increasingly importance. The construction of the second biggest observation wheel in the world (after the High Roller from Las Vegas) cost 240 millions of Singapore dollars (over 115 millions of pounds).
Measures, capsules and what you can see from Singapore Flyer:
At its high of 165 m, like a building with 42 floors, the beautiful view that you will have over Singapore City and over the gulf will take your breath away. For more than half an hour during a complete rotation, you will feel safe in one of the 28 completely closed capsules from Singapore Flyer. Each capsule can also carry 28 persons. (Find more journeys on blog.worldlifetimejourneys.com) Among the main objectives you can see from here we mention Singapore River, Marina Gulf, Raffles Area, Empress Area and Merlion Park. But this is not all, because you can see far away even till Malaysia or Indonesia.
Wheel rotation history and what you can do inside Singapore Flyer:
Initially Singapore Flyer wheel was rotating counter clockwise, but today is moving clockwise due to the fact that feng-shui masters said that rotating counter clockwise will bring bad luck to Singapore City. Beginning with 4th August 2008 the technicians made the wheel to rotate clockwise. Each capsule has air condition and you have the possibility to drink a glass of champagne or to have a dinner, because you have your own waiter. This popular tourist objective attracts annually millions of tourists. Visit Singapore Flyer!
Singapore Flyer is the second largest wheel in the world
