The Shard - Expensive and Dangerous

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Took my son to see the view from the Shard in London last night as a surprise for his 10th birthday. He's wanted to go up there ever since he saw it being built a year ago.

Anyway, tickets for 2 adults and a child will set you back the best part of £70. Incredible price for what is essentially just looking out someone's window. Good view though.

Afterwards we went for a meal and during the meal, my son started to complain that his ears hurt. So much so that he cried during the journey home. Went to the doctor's this morning who diagnosed a perforated ear drum. I cant think what else could have caused it. The lifts up to the top are so quick I think the pressure change must have caused it.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Bit of a bland addition to the London skyline IMHO. OK it's quite high, but utterly lacking in what TV property spivs would call 'The Wow Factor'. Must have taken an architect about ten minutes on his fag break to design no?

 

[Beach Hut]

Better alert the health and safety people and have it closed down

 

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You really need to see the pictures that [MENTION=189]Wozza[/MENTION] took of the view from the Shard. They are stunning.

 

[ferring seagull]

You really need to see the pictures that [MENTION=189]Wozza[/MENTION] took of the view from the Shard. They are stunning.

Visit the site of www/willpearson.co.uk

click on 360, scroll to the bottom to 'blogs' , the Shard at twylight is particularly fantastic

 

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Granted, it's a great view.
But £25 each? And a bust ear drum!

Thank god for Saturday afternoons! Proper old fashioned entertainment!

 

[SeagullSongs]

Somehow this building has completely passed me by since it was built. I heard it in conversation once and just assumed it was another structure like the 'Orbit', but it's the tallest building in the EU!

 

[Buzzer]

Visit the site of www/willpearson.co.uk

click on 360, scroll to the bottom to 'blogs' , the Shard at twylight is particularly fantastic

Cheers for that. A combination of the price and my fear of heights means I'll probably never get to see it for myself so this is a great substitute.

As an aside - is it just me who thinks that it doesn't 'look' all that high when you see it from the near distance. It also looks unfinished. Maybe that's just me too.

 

[Diego Napier]

Granted, it's a great view.
But £25 each? And a bust ear drum!

Thank god for Saturday afternoons! Proper old fashioned entertainment!

Sounds like the last time I saw Brighton play at Rotherham!

 

[8ace]

A pony seems a bit steep.

 

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Afterwards we went for a meal and during the meal, my son started to complain that his ears hurt. So much so that he cried during the journey home. Went to the doctor's this morning who diagnosed a perforated ear drum. I cant think what else could have caused it. The lifts up to the top are so quick I think the pressure change must have caused it.

My son had something similar, at a restaurant/open area in Luton. I think they were using something high-pitched as a deterrent to stop people loitering in the area. For some reason kids/boys are more likely to be able to hear them.

Some places also use a sonar seagull-deterrent.

 

[Phat Baz 68]

They actually charge you for going up in it WTF !!
I thought it was just an office building, apartments and a hotel complex.

 

[Blackadder]

Should charge no more than a tenner a head but I guess people are prepared to pay it because it's in THAT London.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Total rip off, though i imagine the views would be good on a clear day.

Havent you got to book in advance too ? So you could book and then on the day, its low cloud of incredibly foggy, so you see nothing - that would be a MASSIVE waste.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Could just as easily happen on an aircraft though, and quite commonly does. The Shard is not "dangerous" in itself, it's just one of those things that happens sometimes

The price is expensive, but then again it is London. They have unsuspecting foreign tourists to mug.

 

[Stat Brother]

£7.25 to go up Spinnaker Tower, and you can't complain about that view, either, esp if you only look east

 

[bhafc99]

Comparable with here, which is normally more expensive on everything.

The observation deck at Burj Khalifa (world's tallest building) is just under £60 for two adults and a 10-year old if you book ahead.

But it's £200 if you just turn up and want to go there and then!!!

 

[Frutos]

£7.25 to go up Spinnaker Tower, and you can't complain about that view, either, esp if you only look east

Yes, but you do have to factor in the cost of the vaccinations required to visit Portsmouth.

 

[Wozza]

Bit of a bland addition to the London skyline IMHO. OK it's quite high

'Quite' high?!

 

[Lower West Stander]

I always think it looks like its not quite finished at the top.