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Thats all Folks! See you at the Jan 9th official grand opening!
In the wee early morning at about 4.50am
Long snaking baggage queues
The mid morning baggage collection area
Baggage collection take aobut 5mins average, fast!
The admin, drinks and rest areas
The marathoner massage area
The kids art booth
Performances by the padang
Overview of the padang
The kids play area
There are lotsof open spaces this year!
The idea of meetings points is a nice touch
Performances by the motivational groups (this one won)
The finish line (at 1.30pm)
There are still a handful of runners finishing past 1pm
View of the courts and distant finish line
The old supreme court
And our SP track won 3rd for the mixed team relay!
Our prize winners!
The 10km 3rd plalce medal.
The marathon finisher package
Here we are at the Singapore Flyer!
Some nice shots of the wheel at the shopping area
Some bridging shots
A view just as fine as art
To get on the giant lollipop, you need tickets!
The Yakult garden, from the 2nd floor entrance
Standard security checks before entering
Then you get to scan your card to enter the holding area
Some of the long stretches to the queue area
View of the capsules from the 2nd floor
I never got so interested in Ferris wheels before, but oh well just being the kids I was!![You get to enter the wheel only by "aero bridge" which give it a cool "isolated feel"](../../../../../upload/2008/09/14/20080914063409-88be3d82.jpg "You get to enter the wheel only by "aero bridge" which give it a cool "isolated feel" (5326 visits)")
You get to enter the wheel only by "aero bridge" which give it a cool "isolated feel"
The 2nd of the waiting areas for umm. pre-ride photos
In you go for your Gr8 Moment!
Act like you are on the flyer!
The last of the waiting areas where groups are dispatched in capsule groups
Then it's off to the Lollipop!![Crossing the "Aero" bridge over the Yakult moat](../../../../../upload/2008/09/14/20080914063421-45eb73b1.jpg "Crossing the "Aero" bridge over the Yakult moat (6500 visits)")
Crossing the "Aero" bridge over the Yakult moat![Here we are at the central boarding "hording" area](../../../../../upload/2008/09/14/20080914063422-5f88adf4.jpg "Here we are at the central boarding "hording" area (6156 visits)")
Here we are at the central boarding "hording" area
Courtesy of these Mitsubishi heavy duty torque motors (12 of them to be exact)
Here comes our capsule of death!
I peek with my little eye
The capsule is filled up with about 15 people before...
they shut you in for the whole ride! (theres only door handles on the outside)
So here we set off on our 50cm/second journey
They even have nice compass maps with can double for Kacump Puteh snacks as well!
There are even nets to catch disgruntled falling hordes!