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World's Tallest Tower Reopen - Crowds Throng for View of the World
The observatory of the glistening 160-storey Burj Khalifa building reopened on Saturday afternoon, after nearly a two-month closure that reportedly followed a February 6 incident when passengers were trapped in a malfunctioning elevator for 30 minutes.
But dozens lined up Monday for an "At the Top" experience, some queueing for 100 dirhams (27 dollars) future bookings and others ready to pay the 400 dirhams (109 dollars) fee for immediate access to the 124th-floor deck.
Eighteen-year-old Edward Shoeman, a South African tourist, said he had been waiting for this moment for a while.
"I tried to come before, but they told me it was closed, so I kept waiting. I'm so excited about getting up there," he told AFP.
"We only arrived yesterday and had no idea it was shut down before. I guess we're very lucky then," said Mina Bhugwansing, a 49-year-old tourist from The Netherlands who arrived in Dubai the day after the reopening.
But amid the excitement, some visitors could not avoid worrying about a repeat of the elevator incident that forced the closure.
"Is it safe up there?" asked 50-year-old American tourist Omar Jamil, voicing fears of "another technical problem" which kept him visibly anxious.
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