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There were much discussion about the Singapore Flyer at the end of last year, in December due to the stoppage incident. Because of an electrical trip, the wheel was stopped for a total of 7 hours while customers were stucked in it without any food. Last year, when I was reading this article on the newspaper, I’ve really regard it as unsafe because it has been functioning well for quite some time and such an incident caused might have affected it’s business by a little. And at that time, I was pondering if people are now afraid to get on it anymore.

After many security checks and also add-ons such as food onto each and every capsule, the observatory wheel resumed business. Yesterday, I was really anxious because I was finally going to be on it. I was half-expecting it to be really crowded but it proved me wrong. It wasn’t really empty either but it wasn’t as busy as what I thought it would be. Around 6.30pm, my family and I arrived at the Singapore Flyer. It was huge. I’ve never seen it so close before. Most of the time, it was a faraway sight and now seeing it close up really made me want to quickly get on it.

This is the wheel from below. Taken from my camera (: 

No point talking and describing what I saw, let the pictures do the work instead ! Pictures overloaded !

I wonder how it feels to go on it at night because it was a splendid view around evening time. And watching the sunset from the capsule was so awesome. There were a korean couple on the capsule with us. They were so sweet, taking pictures together, enjoying the view together. It wasn’t that bad for me too. Enjoying the great view from the top and for a moment, I was at the top of the world.

Two things that fascinated me were how the wheel works and also the miniature of the integrated resort. The picture of the IR can be seen in one of the pictures. It was so real from how I took it. And how this thing works, how they manage to spin the ENTIRE wheel. When I was on it, I was busy thinking what would happen if this whole thing crashes and if we would die. I guess if it ever crashes, it would be the whole wheel. 

Overall, it was an awesome experience not to be missed. Really happy that I managed to experience it (: If I have a chance, I would go on it at night and enjoy the lights. Or maybe even go on it where there are fireworks like one of the postcards I saw in the souvenir shop !