Got Vertigo?

[Darren Dirt]

You thought that communication-tower-climbing video was bad... the following "skipping rope POV" video reminds* me of last weekend when I was on the triple-loop Mindbender rollercoaster @ West Edmonton Mall!

http://laughingsquid.com/full-circle-a-short-film-shot-from-a-jump-ropes-dizzying-perspective/
http://vimeo.com/37077712




*actually reproduced similar physical sensations in my head, around my eyes and forehead! What witchcraft is this!?

[Mr. Analog]

That reminds me: no more Drop of Doom!

And they're finally removing the submarines soon

[Lazybones]

That reminds me: no more Drop of Doom!

And they're finally removing the submarines soon

So are they adding anything interesting? I actually liked the drop of doom...

[Mr. Analog]

That reminds me: no more Drop of Doom!

And they're finally removing the submarines soon

So are they adding anything interesting? I actually liked the drop of doom...

Yeah, apparently the whole mall is getting a facelift. Apparently WEM has money to burn. I don't know what they're going to replace it with tho

[Thorin]

OP: that "Full Circle" video is kinda boring, especially since it's actually an advertisement for a certain clothing line.

WEM: I did not know the subs were finally coming out!  Drop of Doom was replaced years ago with the Slingshot and a couple of years ago something got built where the Drop of Doom carts used to come to a halt.  Also, wow, WEM is now only the 12th-largest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_shopping_malls_in_the_world), although the largest, in China, is nearly completely empty.

[Mr. Analog]

I'm a little curious how the Persian Gulf Complex can house 2500+ stores in 450,000 m? of retail space (consider WEM has 800 stores in 350,000 m?)

I guess a lot of smaller shops?

[Melbosa]

Also, wow, WEM is now only the 12th-largest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_shopping_malls_in_the_world)

But still the largest in NA... take that Americans!!!!!  Ohho EH!

[Lazybones]

I'm a little curious how the Persian Gulf Complex can house 2500+ stores in 450,000 m? of retail space (consider WEM has 800 stores in 350,000 m?)

I guess a lot of smaller shops?

probably very few large stores, and movie theaters which I am guessing count in the lease space. Just think of the space some of the multi-floor big storse take up at the ends of the mall.

[Mr. Analog]

I'm a little curious how the Persian Gulf Complex can house 2500+ stores in 450,000 m? of retail space (consider WEM has 800 stores in 350,000 m?)

I guess a lot of smaller shops?

probably very few large stores, and movie theaters which I am guessing count in the lease space. Just think of the space some of the multi-floor big storse take up at the ends of the mall.

But 2000 more retail spots? 2000!

[Thorin]

I ended up at this article about the Dubai Ice Rink, in Dubai Mall: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/ice-skating-in-sun-sand-83569.html

Ice Marshals will be at hand at all times during public skating hours to ensure customer safety and a zamboni (ice cleaning machine) will be deployed across the rink every couple of hours to ensure top quality ice at all times. It takes approximately 15 minutes for the highly technical machine to clean the Olympic-sized rink.

Really?  It's "highly technical"?  I guess we're just more used to seeing them at work...

Using refrigeration plant technology, preparation of the ice rink involves a complex layering process, involving thin layers of water frozen directly into the concrete platform, or the eventual ice rink.
Dubai Ice Rink employs the latest technology to create, and maintain the ?frozen ice' consistency in an indoor venue. Similar to a giant refrigerator, glycol (refrigerant liquid) is pushed through a network of pipes or coils embedded into the concrete platform.

Err...  Don't we just call that a "flood"?

...

It's funny seeing how other cultures and people react to what we consider run-of-the-mill.

[Darren Dirt]

OP: that "Full Circle" video is kinda boring, especially since it's actually an advertisement for a certain clothing line.

Agreed. Not at all effective in a marketing way. But boring and repetitious as it is, the way it's short sure is effective at making me feel sick in the head in the same way as an amusement park ride where I am close to, or surpass, going upside down.

And dammit I don't know WHY it works so well in that respect. 

Also, wow, WEM is now only the 12th-largest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_shopping_malls_in_the_world)

But still the largest in NA... take that Americans!!!!!  Ohho EH!

Previously was surpassed by Mall of America (also a 555/Gharmezian Joint) but apparently now WEM is back to #1, musta added more floor space on the roof?

[Thorin]

Phase Four made WEM bigger than Mall of America.

Maybe you got vertigo from constantly trying to look up her skirt.

[Mr. Analog]

Maybe you got vertigo from constantly trying to look up her skirt.

Not very um.. complimentary if you're getting vertigo methinks...

[Darren Dirt]

Phase Four made WEM bigger than Mall of America.

Maybe you got vertigo from constantly trying to look up her skirt.

1. thot so; what exactly is phase four, what does it include? (nm, Wikipedia told me ... yeesh 1999? The Famous Players movie theatres and HMV? *THAT* is phase "four"? #disappointing. Oh well at least "we" are like twice as big as anyone else in Kanata.

2. he who smelt it, dealt it! (seriously though, imagine you are seatbelted into a tiny Matchbox car attached to the rope as it moves, visually it's pretty much what you would see) (perv)

[Mr. Analog]

Phase Four made WEM bigger than Mall of America.

Maybe you got vertigo from constantly trying to look up her skirt.

1. thot so; what exactly is phase four, what does it include?

You know where Silver City, HMV and everything past Europa is all Phase IV

2. he who smelt it, dealt it! (seriously though, imagine you are seatbelted into a tiny Matchbox car attached to the rope as it moves, visually it's pretty much what you would see) (perv)

CAN'T BREATHE