In the process, the project amassed an awe-inspiring number of facts, figures, and statistics. At over metres 2, Burj Khalifa wins by far in all three categories. Height to architectural top Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the architectural top of the building. This includes spires but does not include antennae, signage, flagpoles or other functional-technical equipment.
Thankfully, luggage storage is free. It was a bit awkward, but I had to store my leftover Pizza Hut in the luggage room. You can't really expect me to let that gooey deep dish go to waste. After dropping off the Hut, I got on the real queue.
There's a fair amount of security to go through. I'm sure it's much longer on a weekend or before sunset. There's a wall populated with photos tagged with Burj Khalifa on Instagram. I thought I was almost through at this point.
But no. After guards scan your ticket, it's time to go through a metal detector and an X-ray machine. Everyone was pushing to get to the front of the line. I don't understand this — we're all going to the same place, friends. After you go through security, a photographer takes a photo of you in front of a green screen, on which I can only assume the Burj Khalifa is later superimposed.
I can understand wanting a photo of yourself at the top of the tower, but who wants a green-screen portrait? The walk to get to the top of the tower is almost comically long. It starts here with a model of the Burj Khalifa. The model is surrounded by a touchscreen base. Placing your hand on the screen Then there's a hallway lined with moving images of Dubai at various points over the past or so years.
You ascend an escalator Then there is a I guess you would call it a poem? It's written from the perspective of the Burj Khalifa itself. I've honestly never been in a place that took itself so seriously. Then you are led to another hallway — seriously, it's never-ending — where screens show the Burj Khalifa at various stages of its construction.
I failed to get a picture of it, but once you pass through this hallway you are put into another queue where you watch a series of short documentaries from the Burj Khalifa's in-house "news channel" about the building of the tower, the virtual-reality experience created for it, and the filming of "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" at the tower.
The last one was the only one that was entertaining. Then, and only then, are you mentally prepared for the stupendous experience of riding the elevator to the top of the Burj. You are stuffed like sardines into the elevator, which shoots to the top. As you rise, an animation on the walls shows you soaring past other world monuments.
The elevator is wicked fast, rising to the th floor in a minute. That makes it the third-fastest elevator in the world. When you get out of the elevator, you enter a small circular hallway leading to the observatory outside. While the observatory is open-air, it doesn't wrap around the entire tower, reaching only about halfway. The glass and bars make it difficult to take a decent photo. See also:. World's Tallest Buildings. Trending Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
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