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CN Tower Glass Elevators Coming Soon
The chaps at the CN Tower have announced that a week from today, April 9, they'll begin running new glass floor elevators to propel visitors to the top of the tower. (No word on whether the elevators will continue to rise from there)
They also claim these are the world's highest and North America's first use of such elevators and will give riders a 5+ square foot view of the ground they'd be plummeting to if it weren't for the mere 2.5 inches of glass holding them up.
I've always been a tad nervous taking that elevator, so my ride up during the launch of their new LED system will likely be my last experience heading up the tower.
But for those looking for a bit of thrill, this is no doubt part of the effort to attract more visitors, despite the fairly outrageous prices that they continue to charge for tickets.
Is this enough to get you to visit the Tower again? For those of you that haven't checked out the CN Tower before, is this a good enough reason to cough up the cash?
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Maaaaan the CN tower is a ripoff.. I love it so much though.
Sears Tower: $13.50
Rialto (Melbourne): $13.60
Space Needle: $16.50
Empire State Building: $20
Rockefeller Ctr: $21.50
Eiffel Tower: $19.50
London Eye: $28.50
CN Tower: $30
(all of the above are in Cdn dollars, including taxes)
Now there's a deal!
There's something psychological about a solid and opaque floor that one finds reassuring. I was once on the lighting gantry at CFTO in their new studio in 1972 or 73.
Being able to see the studio floor through the flooring is very overwhelming.
It helps to remember that the floor and wall of the indoor observation deck serve as a psycholgical cocoon and shield us from the fear of heights.
What I meant was "see the studio floor through the gantry platform". . .
really strong enough ?
..I'd say they should make it at least 4 or 5..
i mean.. i'm no engineer or anything,
but why risk it.
$5 to the first person that gets 14 hippos in there.
The vertigo of the glass floor is pretty intense, the idea of it rocketing away from you while you're trapped in a little box sounds like a very well-engineered panic/projectile-vomit-inducing device.
What? I want a link to back that one up :) Maybe it's just a psychological thing, but I'll take a slab of concrete under my feet over 2.5" of glass any day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensile_strength#Typical_tensile_strengths
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I would pay extra for the spinning vertigo inducing black and white spiral!