30 Raffles Avenue Marina Bay, Singapore, 039803     Phone: 6734 8829            Website The Singapore Flyer is a giant Ferris wheel in Singapore. Described by its operators as an observation wheel, it opened in 2008, construction having taken about 2½ years. It carried its first paying passengers on 11 February, opened to the public on 1 March, and was officially opened on 15 April. It has 28 air-conditioned capsules, each able to accommodate 28 passengers, and incorporates a three-storey terminal building The Flyer has an overall height of 165 metres (541 ft)and was the world's tallest Ferris wheel until the 167.6 m (550 ft) High Roller, which is 2.6 m (9 ft)taller than the Flyer, opened on the Las Vegas Stripin Nevada, US, on 31 March 2014. The previous record holder, the Star of Nanchang, in Jiangxi, China, is 160 m (525 ft) tall, although its 153 m (502 ft)diameter wheel is larger than the Flyer's 150 m (492 ft) wheel. (from Wikipedia)   
Open hours: 8.30am - 10.30pm.   
All machines are now at the gift shop on level 3 and can be accessed without a ticket, there is one elevator that goes up. Ask the entrance / ticket clerk if you can't find it. 
Machine 1 is inside the gift shop at 3rd level, can be accessed without riding the flyer.  
1)  (V) Farris Wheel,  
2)  'I (Heart) Singapore Flyer',   
3)  Racecar,  
4)  (H) Farris Wheel.  
Machine 2 is at in front of the gift shop of Level 2,  
1)  'Singapore Flyer', Racecar Logo,  
2)  'Singapore Flyer', Farris Wheel,  
3)  'Singapore', towers,  
4)  'Singapore', Dome, buildings, birds.  
Token machine 1:  Now inside the gift shop at 3rd level. Has 2 designs, one is $10 SGD and the color version $12 SGD. Cash only. Can also buy at the register. 
Need Scan/ Pictures, front and back, on a plain white background. 
1)  Singapore Flyer (gold coin) 
2)  Singapore Flyer (gold coin with color) 
Need Scan/ Pictures and description of tokens.  
Token Machine 2:  Was in the gift shop at level 2, that gift shop is gone now. The gift shop in level 3 sells a different set of tokens, I assume these are the tokens that were sold from this machine. Gift shop also sells the tokens from machine 1, if you want to pay electronically. 
Need Scan/ Pictures, front and back, on a plain white background. 
1)  Year of the Rat,
2)  Year of the Snake
3)  Year of the Ox
  
3/29/23: Machine 1 is still there, but it has a white sign taped to it with black typed letters "Out of Order"   
2025 update???  |