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Old 03-21-2008, 12:30 PM   #1
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March 22, 2008: Diner in the sky

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Dinner is served - 165 feet up


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Dinner in the Sky: A chef prepares meals while diners enjoy panoramic views harnessed in seats that swivel 180 degrees, suspended via a crane.

Here's a dining concept that'll make your head — if not your stomach — spin: It's dinner at a table suspended 165 feet in the air with chairs that swivel 180 degrees.

Dubbed Dinner in the Sky, the attraction is making its U.S. debut Monday in Orlando at the annual International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions convention. About 25,000 attendees are expected at the one-stop-shopping event, where the amusement industry rolls out new thrill rides and related products.
The high-flying dining venue was introduced in Europe last year and consists of a platform suspended from a crane. Guests are harnessed into 22 seats, with space in the center for a chef and two helpers. With local officials' blessings, the platform can be transported to just about anywhere the crane can maneuver. One recent spot: in front of the Amiens Cathedral in France, with dinner prepared by a three-star Michelin chef.

Ghysels sees all sorts of US possibilities for the dangling restaurant, including air space over the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and golf courses.

'I think human beings always like to see what's happening from the air,' he says. 'And there are so many wonderful natural spots in the U.S. Dinner in the Sky could go anywhere.'
The restaurant ( dinnerinthesky.com) belongs firmly in the special-occasion category, however. The cost for eight hours is about $11,444 — not including catering.





















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Old 03-21-2008, 12:32 PM   #2
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I like the dangling pianist.
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Old 03-21-2008, 12:38 PM   #3
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I can't say anything other than NO
I saw this in the WTF thread, but without the full set of pics and the explanation, so I thank you for that Coign.

I love my food, and I can't imagine spoiling it with the sheer terror of being suspended that high. NO THANK YOU.

I'll go to the Fat Duck at Bray for my Michelin starred experience when I have the money. How jaded does your palate need to be to want this?

(please note I have a fear of heights and am a physical coward, and I post from this perspective, rather than trying to preach to other people about how to spend their money)
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Old 03-21-2008, 12:40 PM   #4
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Good lord! No, not me, not anytime, forget it.
The guy in the white shirt and tie looks like he is about to toss his cookies.
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Old 03-21-2008, 12:42 PM   #5
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Oh, I'd do it. I wouldn't pay a bunch of money to make it happen but if the opportunity arose I would jump at the chance. Um, jumps is perhaps not the right word.
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Old 03-21-2008, 12:43 PM   #6
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Good lord! No, not me, not anytime, forget it.
The guy in the white shirt and tie looks like he is about to toss his cookies.
Yeah, he's the only one with no champagne in front of him.
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Old 03-21-2008, 01:18 PM   #7
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Sh*t guys.. I dropped my wallet..
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Old 03-21-2008, 01:41 PM   #8
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Old 03-21-2008, 01:59 PM   #9
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Yeah, he's the only one with no champagne in front of him.
It's there, he's holding it in his right hand. It's just hard to see because it's next to the silver platter cover.
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Old 03-21-2008, 01:59 PM   #10
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Umm...look out below?
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Old 03-21-2008, 02:07 PM   #11
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It's there, he's holding it in his right hand. It's just hard to see because it's next to the silver platter cover.
No, I think that's the handle for the platter cover; compare it to the other platter handles.
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Old 03-21-2008, 02:08 PM   #12
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Ghysels sees all sorts of US possibilities for the dangling restaurant, including air space over the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and golf courses.
I am just thinking, can you imagine being suspended over the Grand Canyon? That is hanging a MILE above the bottom while you eat dinner. That would be awesome.
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Old 03-21-2008, 03:42 PM   #13
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HOLY F....

I'd be ready to toss my cookies... but there's no way I'd be hanging my head over the edge of that thing to do so. (Someone should mention to my husband that if he ever thinks this would be a romantic idea, it will end in disaster for literally everyone involved.)
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Old 03-21-2008, 03:47 PM   #14
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And a giant ass-ugly crane ruining the view for miles around...
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