Saturday, September 06, 2008

The flyer didn't take off

All teachers were given unlimited complimentary passes to take trip on the Flyer this week, but it was really a really poor experience. Advice first, in case you don't want to read the rest - Try it if you are really dying to do so, but it is really not worth the money.

Pickup
  • Bus stop at Coleman street was crowded with people waiting for the shuttle bus there. When it came, we managed to go up on it, and after all the seats are taken, this stupid girl who was the attendant on board asked all standing passengers to disembark because no one is supposed to stand when the bus is moving! That means that each trip the bus only carried 30 people. The reason was that it is supposed to be an open roof bus (which has this huge piece of plastic over it), and have no railings (which is not true). I don't think anyone appreciate the open-roof concept at all too.
At the Flyer
  • We went a small round to find the ticket booth, and turned out that it was just a small discreet office with a glass door at the place where we got off the bus. It was so small inside, the spontaneous queue had to snake out of it and the glass door have to be held open. There was only 2 counters, and it wasn't efficient.
  • They made all of us take photos before boarding, so that they can try persuading you to buy souvenir photos after the trip. What the hell. (luckily they didn't resort to pushy sales tactics after that).
  • It seriously wasn't impressive la. It was really boring. We sat down and stone after it went pass the highest point.
  • It isn't nice to be trapped in a capsule for half an hour with loud kids running around
  • The shops there are a wierd mix.
Back to the bus
  • The bus just happened to arrive, but we didn't managed to get a seat, so again, the girl drove people like us down. She's really stupid. Couldn't she just do a headcount instead of driving people off the bus every single time?
  • Apparently they only have one bus which goes round and round. It was the same bus, driver and attendant the next time round, 30 minutes later. I could have reached City Hall in that time by walking.
How can this be a good attraction when it becomes the world's second tallest observation wheel?

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