View from the Shard

BraziliaNZ · 01-02-2013 9:50am #1

Not sure if y'all have seen this yet, it's amazing, make sure you switch to dusk view too, in the top right corner

http://static.guim.co.uk/interactivestore/2013/2/1/1359683910917/471154/index.html

It's hard to see Brixton but I can see Brockwell Park

Fysh · 01-02-2013 10:16am

Looks pretty cool alright

That said, I saw on the news this morning that admission costs are something like £90 for a family of four, which I'm guessing equates to £25/30 for a standard adult. Lovely though the view is, I'm not paying that much to see it!

BraziliaNZ · 01-02-2013 10:25am

Yeah I just saved you all 20 quid XD

Playboy · 01-02-2013 1:51pm

That was great... Cheers

Lump · 01-02-2013 2:55pm

It's weird, I'd happily pay a similar amount of money to go up the empire state building - No way on earth I'll pay to go up the shard.

Maura74 · 01-02-2013 10:12pm

Make sure and ask for your money back if it's not a sunny day as you would not see much if it is a dull overcast day like it was today.

Scarinae · 01-02-2013 11:16pm

There's already been a couple of proposals at the top of it

Could there actually be anything less romantic than being proposed to in front of a load of reporters and photographers who are there to cover the Shard opening, and being congratulated by Boris fecking Johnson?!

Jack B. Badd · 01-02-2013 11:18pm

Scarinae wrote: »

There's already been a couple of proposals at the top of it Could there actually be anything less romantic than being proposed to in front of a load of reporters and photographers who are there to cover the Shard opening, and being congratulated by Boris fecking Johnson?!

Being proposed to by Boris fecking Johnson?

Scarinae · 02-02-2013 6:59pm

Jack B. Badd wrote: »

Being proposed to by Boris fecking Johnson?

You're right actually, there are a lot of things involving Boris Johnson that would be a lot worse :eek:

Lapin · 03-02-2013 6:30pm

Some price comparisons.

Based on one online adult to the highest observation decks and exchange rates as of 3rd February 2013.

Eiffel Tower, Paris......................... 276 metres. €14 (£12.17)
Empire State Building, New York.... 369 metres. $42 USD (£26.72)
CN Tower, Toronto....................... 447 meters. $27.50 CAD (17.55)
Fernsehturm, Berlin...................... 207 metres. €12 (£10.43)
Ostankino Tower, Moscow.............. 340 metres. 1200 RUB (£26.56)
Burj Khalifa, Dubai....................... 452 metres. 125 AED (£21.65)
Canton Tower, Guangdong............ 488 metres (World's highest). 150 Yuan (£15.32)

The Shard, London....................... 245 metres. £24.95

LordSutch · 03-02-2013 10:45pm

Lapin wrote: »

The Shard, London....................... 245 metres. £24.95

But the Shard is over 300 metres heigh, right?

Lapin · 04-02-2013 3:29am

LordSutch wrote: »

But the Shard is over 300 metres heigh, right?

Right. 309.6 metres to be exact.

But the measurements I provide above are for the highest point in each structure open to the public. Not the overall height of the buildings.

So while the overall height of the Shard is only 10 metres less than the Eiffel Tower, visitors to the Parisian landmark can admire the view from over 30 metres higher up than they can in London.

Maura74 · 04-02-2013 8:39am

Lapin wrote: »

Some price comparisons.

Based on one online adult to the highest observation decks and exchange rates as of 3rd February 2013.

Eiffel Tower, Paris......................... 276 metres. €14 (£12.17)
Empire State Building, New York.... 369 metres. $42 USD (£26.72)
CN Tower, Toronto....................... 447 meters. $27.50 CAD (17.55)
Fernsehturm, Berlin...................... 207 metres. €12 (£10.43)
Ostankino Tower, Moscow.............. 340 metres. 1200 RUB (£26.56)
Burj Khalifa, Dubai....................... 452 metres. 125 AED (£21.65)
Canton Tower, Guangdong............ 488 metres (World's highest). 150 Yuan (£15.32)

The Shard, London....................... 245 metres. £24.95

Prices for the Shard prices when booked in advance is £29.95 and children £23.95, I understand from the radio that it is far more expensive than that if you book on the day fast track it could be up to £90.00. You wont get me going up there that's for sure.

http://www.londonnet.co.uk/the-view-from-the-shard-tickets

Lapin · 04-02-2013 3:56pm

Maura74 wrote: »

Prices for the Shard prices when booked in advance is £29.95 and children £23.95, I understand from the radio that it is far more expensive than that if you book on the day fast track it could be up to £90.00. You wont get me going up there that's for sure.

http://www.londonnet.co.uk/the-view-from-the-shard-tickets

My source for price info was the Shard's own website which I'd trust before any other.

The sample booking in my link is for Friday 22 February at 17.30. But the price is the same for any time up to the end of May. (The furthest one can book ahead at this time.)

The website you provide above is a secondary one and they charge an extra fiver for the privilege of booking with them.

One of the many ways visitors to London are being ripped off before leaving their own homes.

Fysh · 04-02-2013 5:14pm

When they call their tickets "Advance", I think it can be taken as a given that failure to book in advance gets you the privilege of paying extra for your ticket at the door. Which, given the already hefty price per person, is a bit cheeky.

There again, I still don't see it as anything other than a tourist trap. Something strikes me as inherently wrong about the idea of paying £25 for a view of the city where I live, especially when I've already done the London Eye with visiting family and seen what is, in many respects, the same view.