This is a new activity in Dubai that combines views with thrills! It’s the perfect combination for both the sightseer as well the thrill seeker. I often find “viewing experiences” get a bit boring quickly after taking a few pictures, so adding this element of thrill takes this experience to the next level and makes it the number one viewing experience for me.
What can you do?
1. Views. You get 360° views of downtown Dubai, from the sky scrapers to the busy roads and of course the tallest building in the world – the Burj Khalifa!
2. Glass Bridge. You can walk on the glass bridge overlooking the busy roads of the city from 53 floors up!! Warning: it may make you dizzy. It is scarier and more “open” feeling than the walking bridge on the Dubai Frame.
3. Glass Slide. You can have a go on the glass slide!! It goes from one floor down to another and is 219.5 metres up in the air. And the best part is the slide is all glass, so yeah pretty daunting.
4. On the edge experience. This one’s for the ultimate thrill seekers! You can go/walk/hang/swing on the edge where there is nothing between you and… well the world.
Where is it?
Located on the 53rd floor of the Address hotel in downtown Dubai, it oversees the iconic Burj Khalifa. This makes for the perfect location for such an activity. If you take the metro, it’s right outside the Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall metro. If you take a taxi, tell them to go to the Address Hotel.
How much does it cost?
Experiences 1-3 cost only 65 AED!! A bargain if you ask me compared to other “viewing experiences” you pay for in the city. Experience 4 is 699 AED. Book your tickets here.
Update as of June 2022: Experiences 1-3 are 85 AED and Experience 4 is 714 AED.
Top tip:
They give you a pouch to place your mobile in on the glass slide to record the experience. What they don’t tell you is how to place it best – I placed it the right way round and all it recorded was the sky/ceiling – so a fail of a recording to be honest. So, I think maybe placing it upside down where the camera is at the bottom may produce a better result. Also, go during sunset for the best views, but there may be more of a crowd there. We went in the morning (10am) and there was literally no one there (only one or two couples).
Overall
Personally, I find “viewing experiences” a bit underwhelming and short-lived. So, I like how the Sky Views experience includes a thrill factor. Bravo 
It may give you a sleepless night prior to the day (like it did with my wife – she even managed to do some deep research and find out some random facts like the glass being from Germany (lol yeah she didn’t sleep)), but the walk and slide themselves aren’t too bad. Also, I think this gives the best views of Dubai. When we went it was literally empty too, so we were comfortable enough to take our time and without the large crowds encountered at the other spots mentioned on this post. A definite addition to your Dubai to do list me thinks.
Would you be brave enough to do all four?
