A Dinner in the Sky
Now here’s a dining experience I never thought I’d have in my entire life: dinner … while strapped in a leather seat … suspended in the air … by a wire rope … at more than 160 feet!
Really? Yes, and that is winning (to borrow from the great Charlie Sheen).
It was completely unplanned and that’s what’s so cool about it. A couple of days ago I went to the Dinner in the Sky’s location to meet the franchisee and check out the venue and the feasibility of hosting events, or recommending some sort of a loyalty scheme program to clients, and the Dinner in the Sky guys, Dreamdays, invited us for a test drive. I happily obliged.
You get strapped to your chair on a safe platform with a roundtable on it, while a crane slowly pulls it up, reaching heights more than 160 feet . Obviously, the Dinner in the Sky is for those hungry for the adrenaline rush more than the food itself. I must say the platform is completely safe and is very stable. While you’re up in the sky, the platform rotates so everyone on board gets a cool view.
The Dinner in the Sky concept is not new, but this time around they chose the Dubai Marina area as a location, where the view of JBR Towers and the Dubai Marina Yacht Club is (perhaps this is not the best use of words here, but it is) drop-dead gorgeous!
Oh and fyi, there are no toilets up in the sky, so you know, do whatever you have to do before you get up there.
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March 10th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
That’s pretty awesome! Although I can imagine I’d be confined to socializing with just the people I’m seated next to, no?
March 11th, 2011 at 2:51 pm
Hey Diana!
You can interact with about anyone on the table (although you’ll probably have to raise your voice a bit to talk to people at the end of the table) but you can socialize just fine with everyone around.
April 8th, 2011 at 3:02 pm
They should have had holes in the seats so you can “go” whenever you wanted.
April 12th, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Only you would think of that KJ!