We went to London and went up the London Eye. Just like Phineas and Ferb. The kids mentioned this to me repeatedly, all the while looking around expectantly for a giant waterslide to appear. I suspect most of their expectations for London, and England as a whole, have been established by Phineas and Ferb.
It’s pretty close, really.
The Eye is very very big.
We visited on Valentine’s Day, and were reassured to see that the Eye is anchored by love. If you visit on some other day, I guess it’s anchored by physics and stuff. But Feb 14th? Love.
Entry to the pods is a bit hairy if you have any kind of motion sickness … you get to dash on while the pod is moving.
It’s cool.
It’s awesome.
It’s very very high.
There’s a “4D Experience” you can see before you get on the Eye. Although husband was not impressed by what is essentially a long commercial for the ride you have already bought a ticket to enter, the kids and I thought it was great. There were bubbles, snowflakes, fog, rain, fireworks, dragons, dancing ladies, and lots of kablammo kapow. I left thinking that from now on, all business power point presentations should be done in the style of the London Eye 4D Experience.
If I had a stupidly huge amount of money to waste, I would totally go back and take one of the speciality trips. Champagne Afternoon Tea at over 400 feet for 20, anyone? Only 1300 pounds.
