Mike Post about the Luge

Riding the Luge

During my first trip to the Sentosa Resort, I found a ride I seriously doubt we would ever see in the U.S. 

They call it “The Luge” – but it is more than that!  It’s like a combination skateboard and go-kart.  

After a quick course on how to speed up and slow down, it’s down a hill top on a road

The course is 500 meters high and just over 1.1 kilometers long, and is full of twists, turns, and even hair pin curves.

If you hold off on pulling back on the brakes, the speed can get up to 40, 45 kilometers per hour.  Sitting just inches off the ground, it feels like we are ripping along at 80 miles an hour!

I was reading the information board, and it turns out the inventor of the ride liked the down hill thrill of the traditional luge, but thought it would be more fun if people could pass each other on the way down.    And passing people up, with the wind rushing past, that’s what makes this ride so much fun!

When the ride is over, we get to jump onto a ski-lift and back up to the top we go.  Not only does the chair lift carry the passengers, it also carries the luge cars as well!

The chair lift takes a person about 80 feet above the ground and every time it crosses over the road, there are nets to protect the cars from “dropped” objects.  The view going up is great, especially when I look behind me and see the rest of the ocean bay!