Eye Spy London! (London Eye)

Member Name: ns1209

Product:	London Eye
Date:	07/08/09 (58 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great views, unique, fun,

Disadvantages: Long queues, not for you if you scared of heights!

Having had a wonderful day yesterday around London and going to the London Dungeons and the London Eye I thought I will tell you my experiences.

I have been on the London Eye twice, once a few years ago and again yesterday and both times I really enjoyed it. If you can choose it is better to go on a nice, clear day as you can see so much more of London! The London Eye is becoming one of the most popular attractions of London and is well worth a visit if you have not already been. The Eye is basically a giant ferris wheel with a brilliant view around it and has 32 pods which each can hold about 20 people. Inside the pod there are seats but most people take photos for most of the journey which lasts about 30 minutes and admiring the views (including me!) I got some brilliant pictures of the whole of London and would recommend it if you want some pictures of the city.

The pods keep moving around very slowly and to get on you have to walk on quite quickly but it only goes very slow so you should have no problems getting on and the website says it moves at 0.6 miles an hour! If you are disabled you can also go on the Eye and I think you can request help and they can slow down the Eye!

From the top you have amazing views of London including all the famous tourist attractions like Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament. Apparently on a very clear day you can see as far as Windsor Castle from the top!

You can book tickets online and we booked the tickets for the Eye and London Dungeons together and therefore saved quite a bit. The queues are very long so it is probably worth getting a fast track ticket so you don`t have to queue for about two hours!

Safety is also good with there being checks for each pod for anything that might harm you and me and staff checked the pods with metal detectors and other equipment.

Overall I think the London Eye is a brilliant tourist attraction and is well worth visiting and allows you to see the whole of London including all the other tourist attractions like Big Ben and take some excellent photos! Therefore I am rating the Eye 5/5 and would recommend it to everybody except if you are very scared of heights!

The website is londoneye.com if you want to find out more details about the Eye and find out some interesting facts about it and see some wonderful photographs.

This review may appear on other sites such as Ciao.co.uk under the names ns1209 and mariofan123.

Summary: Well worth visiting!