Ferris wheel at Dinosaur Planet in Sukhumvit catches fire

[WaffleIron]

In the past hour, several people on Twitter have posted pictures of a fire at the new ferris wheel that got installed at Dinosaur Planet in Sukhumvit (next to the Emporium).

According to the pictures and videos, the fire is located in one of the cabins. None of the people who have tweeted so far have mentioned whether there was someone in that cabin (let's hope not).

https://twitter.com/Martinphu/status/726318325727252480/video/1

[theoldgit]

[WaffleIron]

God, this is scary.

And it happened on a Saturday afternoon too. Like the guy says in the video, I really hope no one was in that cabin.

[theoldgit]

It's being reported locally that the attraction wasn't working because of the rain storm, so seemingly nobody in the pod.

It's also being reported that it was a short circuit.

[dave2]

i walked past it a few weeks ago

i was interested in going in but when the woman said 800 baht

for an old codger like me i suddenly lost interest !

dave2

[dddave]

I wonder if somebody could re-open "Silver Dollar" & "Texas Lone Star" in a couple of those pods.

[ExpatOilWorker]

i walked past it a few weeks ago

i was interested in going in but when the woman said 800 baht

for an old codger like me i suddenly lost interest !

dave2

You should frame those 800 baht, they may have saved your life.

[theoldgit]

i walked past it a few weeks ago

i was interested in going in but when the woman said 800 baht

for an old codger like me i suddenly lost interest !

I went there a few weeks back, didn't pay 800, they probably thought I was one of the attractions.

[dave2]

re

You should frame those 800 baht, they may have saved your life.

if she had said 500 baht i would have gone in to kill an

hour or so

off topic i know but a week before that i went to see the

big bangkok ferris wheel just down the river from sathorn

and the guard at the entrance told me it didnt open untill

three in the afternoon to ten ish

so i didnt get to have a ride on that one either

how on earth does it makes money on those hours beats me

the london eye opens about 10 am till 10 pm and its packed !

bangkok eye ... sorry closed half of the day

dave2

[WaffleIron]

re

You should frame those 800 baht, they may have saved your life.

if she had said 500 baht i would have gone in to kill an

hour or so

off topic i know but a week before that i went to see the

big bangkok ferris wheel just down the river from sathorn

and the guard at the entrance told me it didnt open untill

three in the afternoon to ten ish

so i didnt get to have a ride on that one either

how on earth does it makes money on those hours beats me

the london eye opens about 10 am till 10 pm and its packed !

bangkok eye ... sorry closed half of the day

dave2

That's because Asiatique, the large open-air market next to it, only opens in the late afternoon/evening.

The Asiatique ferris wheel has a dual-pricing scheme in place, by the way *sigh*.

[Thian]

re

You should frame those 800 baht, they may have saved your life.

if she had said 500 baht i would have gone in to kill an

hour or so

off topic i know but a week before that i went to see the

big bangkok ferris wheel just down the river from sathorn

and the guard at the entrance told me it didnt open untill

three in the afternoon to ten ish

so i didnt get to have a ride on that one either

how on earth does it makes money on those hours beats me

the london eye opens about 10 am till 10 pm and its packed !

bangkok eye ... sorry closed half of the day

dave2

Well if those cabins don't have aircon i can totally understand why they are not running before 3 pm.

Even with aircon it would be too hot to go there, who wants to walk around in daytime? Even the soidogs don't.

But i don't trust attractions at all in Thailand and this only proves why.

[tomwct]

Dual Pricing? Thai 500 THB and Foreigner 800 THB? If so, No Thanks Thailand!

[ExpatOilWorker]

re

You should frame those 800 baht, they may have saved your life.

if she had said 500 baht i would have gone in to kill an

hour or so

off topic i know but a week before that i went to see the

big bangkok ferris wheel just down the river from sathorn

and the guard at the entrance told me it didnt open untill

three in the afternoon to ten ish

so i didnt get to have a ride on that one either

how on earth does it makes money on those hours beats me

the london eye opens about 10 am till 10 pm and its packed !

bangkok eye ... sorry closed half of the day

dave2

That's because Asiatique, the large open-air market next to it, only opens in the late afternoon/evening.

The Asiatique ferris wheel has a dual-pricing scheme in place, by the way *sigh*.

How is the weather back in 2012...where you obviously are now.

http://tastythailand.com/asiatique-solves-big-wheel-dual-pricing-disaster-thais-will-now-pay-more