Singapore Flyer Experience

Okay, I never planned to go, but since the company generously allowed free entry to teachers and discounts for family members, we made it an outing together with my brother's family, he being a teacher too.  A last minute decision, I left work earlier to collect laundry and family to get there before the "crowd" ... special offer to teachers end today.

Anticipated foul-ups that traffic flow not fully restored to normal around Suntec/Marina, and I was right, despite LTA's website announcing all would be back to normal today.

Some of the road closures simply does not make sense.  Never mind, I know enough of ivory tower planners in Singapore who brought us what we have today.

During ticket purchase, we learned we had to book a time slot, and had some time before the next available slot.  Good chance to get some food into the kids first, which was how I tasted Popeye Chicken & Biscuit for the very first time today.  I must say from the chunks we had, they used bigger chickens than the Colonel.  The downside of it is though we missed the sunset and seeing the view while there was daylight.

As for the Flyer experience itself, well, it's ... nice ... but nothing that gets me excited.  Singapore had never seemed so ... flat.  Due to darkness, the Maybank building actually seemed transparent with its bluish outline and the taller buildings behind it.

I could see where the F1 racetracks and the thousand dollars seats were located, and I still think the whole venture is, on the balance, a flop.  The one in Singapore that profits the most from it would probably be the social escort agencies & the contractors.  Others like hotels and shops fared badly on the whole.

My children and niece enjoyed themselves of course.  At their age, wonders had only begun.  Thank goodness Snowylad is still cute enough that the other passengers did not mind his singing, not openly anyway.

As we left the venue, I'd say in its present state, the Flyer will bleed financially.  The retail outlets are simply nothing exciting or worth visiting on their own.  Though the Flyer carried an impressive number of passengers so far, many are not commercial customers.  For example, if you're a teacher or an orang-utan, you get a free ride.

Now, if only they would build a gigantic rollercoaster spanning the waterfront from Shenton Way to Kallang River ...