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The scariest pool in the world, 55 stories above ground
DVICE ^ | 25 June, 2010 | Kevin Hall

Posted on 06/27/2010 9:19:10 AM PDT by DogByte6RER

The scariest pool in the world, 55 stories above ground

Marina Bay Sands  Singapore - swimming pool

The "Sands Skypark" in Singapore is a pool, greenway and casino with an usual location. The whole thing sits atop not one, but three skyscrapers that make up the Marina Bay Sands hotel. The infinity pool itself is nearly 500 feet in length and features no discernible edge. So what would happen if you swam over?

Don't worry, you wouldn't just plummet to the streets below. Instead, you'd fall where the rest of the water does: a basin that also acts as a filter for the water and sends it back up to the pool. Sounds pleasant, right? We haven't see a picture of it, but we imagine you just get right out of that basin yourself, rather than get forced around in tubes Willy Wonka-style.

The skypark, designed by architect Moshe Sadie, is itself is nearly 1,250 feet long, and is a new addition to the $6 billion dollar hotel. An interesting note: the hotel-topping casino is free for visitors, but residents of Singapore have to pay a $70 entrance fee as the government there is trying to discourage gambling.

Down below is a picture of the Marina Bay Sands in all its glory

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: architecture; buildings; highrise; hotels; leadership; pools; resort; singapore; skyscraper; swimmingpool; vacation
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Marina Bay Sands Singapore
1 posted on 06/27/2010 9:19:15 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
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To: DogByte6RER

Looks like the monorail at disneyland


2 posted on 06/27/2010 9:20:47 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: DogByte6RER

How gaudy looking is that?

Ugly.....


3 posted on 06/27/2010 9:20:57 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: DogByte6RER

Niiiice . . . is this for real?


4 posted on 06/27/2010 9:21:05 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: DogByte6RER
Other than the buildings in the background, I imagine this is how early wailors expected to see the edge of the earth.
5 posted on 06/27/2010 9:23:02 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (I am so immune to satire that I ate three Irish children after reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal")
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To: DogByte6RER

My freinds boss designed this thing.


6 posted on 06/27/2010 9:23:02 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: DogByte6RER

Fear fear fear fear...


7 posted on 06/27/2010 9:24:21 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (I can see November from my house.)
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To: DogByte6RER
The scariest pool in the world:

Devil's Pool, Victoria Falls.

8 posted on 06/27/2010 9:25:42 AM PDT by James C. Bennett
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To: 1rudeboy

eyep...real..discover channel has a show called “Build It Bigger”...the had the whole story...????...of course “Danny” the host reminds me of a 12 yr old whinny brat with social problems.


9 posted on 06/27/2010 9:25:50 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: DogByte6RER

That whole thing gives me the heebeegeebees.


10 posted on 06/27/2010 9:26:35 AM PDT by Shady (No more LAWS based on LIES!!!!)
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To: DogByte6RER

I would find those pools with the glass wall between you and the shark tank a little more unnerving.


11 posted on 06/27/2010 9:29:04 AM PDT by ThomasThomas (Isn't enough always enough?)
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To: James C. Bennett

that’s just crazy


12 posted on 06/27/2010 9:29:28 AM PDT by wiggen (Government owned slave.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Are they actually paying for all this construction, unlike Dubai?


13 posted on 06/27/2010 9:34:29 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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To: DogByte6RER

Here is another video on the pool:

http://blog.malaysia-asia.my/2010/06/sky-park-marina-bay-sands-singapore.html

You won’t catch me swimming in there.

There is no discernable edge to the pool!


14 posted on 06/27/2010 9:35:17 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: DogByte6RER

bttt


15 posted on 06/27/2010 9:36:18 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: DogByte6RER

You know, if American exceptionalism wasn’t quashed at every turn, we could have really cool developments like this.


16 posted on 06/27/2010 9:36:43 AM PDT by swatbuznik
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“Danny” the host reminds me of a 12 yr old whinny brat with social problems.

ADHD being only the start

17 posted on 06/27/2010 9:37:32 AM PDT by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Here are MORE pictures of it!

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10653/moshe-safdie-marina-bay-sands-skypark-opens.html


18 posted on 06/27/2010 9:37:42 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: James C. Bennett

I’d bet the bath houses in Frisco are lots scarier places than This quaint little pool.


19 posted on 06/27/2010 9:39:10 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Just say NO to RINOs. (FUBO))
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To: DogByte6RER

I noticed in the pictures that there weren’t any swimmers except for one photo op and there were NO people on the deck lounges of the pool. I wouldn’t be there either.


20 posted on 06/27/2010 9:39:18 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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