Yesterday we stopped at the ticket booth for the Petronas Twin Towers tour and bought tickets for today’s 12:15 tour. Reading reviews online it sounded like we had little to no chance of getting same day tickets and modest chance of getting tickets for the next day. We were surprised that there were plenty of tickets available yesterday as well as today. But then we remembered: the major tourist-providing country for this region (China) has stopped all tours.
Petronas Twin Towers were the tallest towers in the world from 1998 until 2004. Petronas is short for Petrolium Nasional Bernard, is an oil and gas company fully owned by the Government of Malaysia. I guess that explains where the money came from for such a magnificent building.
Petronas Twin Towers were the tallest towers in the world from 1998 until 2004. Petronas is short for Petrolium Nasional Bernard, is an oil and gas company fully owned by the Government of Malaysia. I guess that explains where the money came from for such a magnificent building.
We stand in line beginning at noon and promptly at 12:15 they begin processing our group. First we have a temperatures taken then go through the security check. First stop is the 41st floor Skybridge, which links the two buildings. It’s actually a double-decker bridge, but the 42nd floor is only used by the occupants of the building. We learn that Tower 1 is fully used for employees of Petronas and it’s subsidiaries - I think they said 12,000 people. According to a video William watched while on the tour the Skybridge is not actually attached, rather it slides in and out of the towers as they sway. I am very glad he didn’t tell me that until after the tour.
After 10 minutes on the Skydeck taking photos our group is called to the elevator for our ascent to the 86th floor Observation Deck. The elevator ride is smooth and quiet other than when a woman coughs. She started laughing and everyone joined in - of course thinking about the Corona Virus.
We have 15-20 minutes on the Observation Deck, looking out the windows at almost a 360 degree view, watching videos and looking at the displays. It’s a straight ride down the 86 floors in the elevator which lets us out in front of the gift shop (of course). I look at my watch, and yes, the tour is exactly 45 minutes as they had advertised.
We have 15-20 minutes on the Observation Deck, looking out the windows at almost a 360 degree view, watching videos and looking at the displays. It’s a straight ride down the 86 floors in the elevator which lets us out in front of the gift shop (of course). I look at my watch, and yes, the tour is exactly 45 minutes as they had advertised.
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