SKYFLYER is fabulous.
There's nothing wrong with a tootle round the city sat in a bucket seat seventy metres (230ft) from the ground on a blustery day. Refreshing I tell you.
The city centre has always been a focus for fun and thrills as much as commerce and governance.
Let's have more rides.
It's even better when the Pennines look about an inch away and are romantically covered with snow. But this will be a good experience in any conditions.
Aside from City Tower just to the south west you have a view over the buildings in the immediate vicinity in all directions.
Of course a head for heights is necessary.
Manchester's Councillor for Fun, Pat Karney, might have organised the arrival of Skyfler but he's too 'yella' to ascend himself. He blames this on a trauma he suffered at Belle Vue, the long gone Manchester amusement park, in 1879. Or maybe 1880. Something like that.
Pat Karney hides so he doesn't have to ascend the heights
Personally I'd love more of this stuff in the city centre. And if the predicted extra 10,000 people turn up per week to be entertained by Starflyer then it'd be worth it.
The city centre has always been a focus for fun and thrills as much as commerce and governance.
Let's have more rides.
What about a big dipper on Manchester Arndale?
A huge slide down the back of Urbis?
The Starflyer will be open throughout the day from 10am to 10pm. Cost will be £6 or £20 for a family concession ticket (2 adults and 2 children). Passengers must be over 6 years of age to ride the Starflyer.
Here's the video of Starflyer.
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