SkyPark at Marina Bay Sands

Today we went to the SkyPark at Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Casino. This hotel has just recently opened and boasts of a park on the top of it's three towers (the boomerang thing on top of the towers in the below picture). This is how their website describes it:

The Sands SkyPark is an awe-inspiring engineering wonder. This unique structural masterpiece, designed by visionary architect Moshe Safdie, floats atop the three soaring Marina Bay Sands hotel towers 200m in the sky.

Stretching longer than the Eiffel tower laid down or four and a half A380 Jumbo Jets, with an impressive 12,400 square meters of space, the Sands SkyPark can host up to 3900 people. The gravity-defying cantilever is one of the largest of its kind in the world. From this privileged observation deck, hundreds of visitors at a time can feast their eyes on the unforgettable panorama view.

The Discovery Channel recently aired a show called "Build It Bigger" that featured the hotel and SkyPark which peaked my interest in going to see it. It truly is a "engineering wonder." Here are a couple video clips: One Two

To get there we parked at the Singapore Flyer and then walked over the new Double Helix Bridge.

On the way we ran into the mascots of the Youth Olympic Games: Lyo and Merly.

Elyse took this picture of us. To the right of Toby you can see where the Olympic flame was. It looks like a lighthouse.

Once we got to the hotel we had to travel to the 56th floor.

From 200 Meters, you can see great views of Singapore. In the background of this picture you can see the "old downtown." The Marina Bay sands is part of the "new downtown."

Next to the observation deck there is the hotel infinity pool and garden. The pool is for hotel guest only. It would have been nice to take a dip- we were HOT!

While I fed Anastasia, Elyse and Toby walked around the garden. We then went back to The Flyer, had some lunch and headed home. Another great morning in Singapore.