Pattaya Park Tower, Chonburi Province, Thailand

4mumof2Sydney 5:00 PM Jun 29, 2017

Cheap zipline experience- what to know
Spotted the tower from our hotel balcony. Had planned to take family to "flight of the gibbon" but ran out of time (its a full day trip) So when we saw people zip lining down from tower decided to give it a try. Took a tuk tuk up to the base where you buy your tickets. At the base you do NOT need to decide how you will get down- you can just buy a 200THB ticket to get to observation deck on level 55. On level 55 they will sell you the extra 200 THB to come down not in the lift but in one of 3 other ways if you choose. So to clarify- you can go up and down in the lift and just spend time in observation deck for 200 THB per person ( kids under 80 cm free). No child price- same as adult. The observation deck is air conditioned and has great views. This ticket includes a (terrible) free glass of iced tea, orange cordial or coffee. Our whole group skipped them entirely. Not well maintained but you are there to look around, not to eat or hang so not such a big issue. Beware the ants crawling all over the window sills- they bite. There are 3 other ways down. Any will cost an extra 200 THB per person ( so total 400THB). All leave from level 56 ( steep stairs take you up from level 55) 1. By zipline. 99.9 % of people do this. Its a production line where the wait can be long. To know how long the wait can be - about 1 person per minute comes down this way. They have a digital display showing who is being harnessed. You collect a ticket from the desk on this level to join the queue. They will write your number on it. About 15 people with harness waiting to go down. It was quite scary- but as most people have said- only for the first 2 seconds. Near the bottom they do snap a photo and take a video. These you buy for an additional 150 THB each at the little desk after you collect your harness. Your photo will be displayed on a tv screen above the desk. To zipline you must weigh a minimum of 45 kg and a max of 125 kg. Minimum height was 1.2 m. This eliminated all of our kids under 8 by the weight criteria. No refunds are given and at the base they do a hard sell to get that extra 200THB- so if in doubt- don't be pressured- as I said there is another desk selling the extra ticket on the deck. 2. Two person cage (I think they call it speed line or something similar). This is a stand up cage where two people go down together- they must be of SIMILAR weights - they will weigh you at the top. If you do not have a friend etc with you that fits this description this pretty much rules out this option as maybe 0.1% of people elect to do this so finding a random buddy isn't likely. 3. Cabin down - this is an option everyone can do. However- on our day anyway- despite buying the ticket for this for the kids- they told us at top that it was closed. Nobody uses it. When we insisted on refunds they decided to open it. Be warned that this option ends a good 10 minute walk away at the back of the water park. So make sure you have a meeting point if group splits up. And make sure that you have got a ticket for the zipline queue if it is busy before you send the kids down- otherwise they end up waiting for an hour in the heat with no where to go that has air con whilst they wait for you ( this is what happened to us)... Overall- it was fun and seemed safe enough. Hundreds if not thousands of people zipline down daily so chances are no issues! Good fun for 1-2 hrs. Tuk tuks at bottom wait around for you to negotiate with to get you back to wherever.

3arunengg 5:00 PM Nov 17, 2012

Tower Jump
The tower is located on a small hill near Central Pattaya. Where you'll get a good view of pattaya. The entry is 400 THB (increased from 300 THB w.e.f 1st Nov) which is worthless except the Tower Jump activity. If there is any gap in your itinerary, this can be used as a filler.