Skyline Luge Sentosa

While a fun trip down the hill, the fare doesn’t seem to bring much value.
Nice if you like carting as it is somewhat similar.

Styled after the mountain sled rides of Germany and New Zealand, the Sentosa luge is a fun ride. You drive a sled down a decent length route with two course choices at speeds you control. Go for the three rides as it takes a ride down to get used to the cart. Beware idiots who drive down recklessly out of control, or very slowly. The chairlift ride up is nice as well. Tons of fun.

The luge is an interesting activity available for not so cheap a price in -. You pay your ticket and ride a wooden chair lift to the top of a hill upon where you receive a helmet. After a short line you are given a luge — essentially a steerable skateboard you sit on with a break. A short lesson on turning, accelerating and breaking is provided and you are off. The paved road /​track is fun, with «dragon» being the more advanced. The whole experience down takes about three minutes — maybe less. Photos of your ride are available for a price. Probably wouldn’t do it again although my nephews love it.

This is definitely something to try. We went on Wednesday afternoon and the line was not very long. Only a few minutes wait to get on the lift up the mountain. If you are buying tickets and not sure how may trips to get, the ticket for three rides is probably the way to go. This is great for kids and adults. Kids need to be 110 cm to ride alone, but younger kids can go with a parent and it is very safe.
There are two routes down the mountain, the dragon and the jungle. The dragon is more curvy and will test your ability to take corners at high speed. The jungle has longer stretches that are straight and better for speed junkies. With a three trip ticket you can try both routes.
The trips down the mountain are pretty quick so if there is a considerable line for the lift there could be a lot of waiting for a quick thrill. I recommend go during the week to avoid the congestion.
One other consideration are the obligatory helmets you must wear for safety. They stink! I mean literally, from all the sweaty heads. I suggest you wear a hat so you can at least put the helmet on over the hat and mitigate transferring the stink to your head. Otherwise this is a great way to spend the time if you are on Sentosa.

LUGING?! What’s a Luge? I didn’t know either, but go to Sentosa and try it out, then you’ll know what a luge is. Trust me! It’s worth it! LOOOOOOOGE
This is one of the cheaper activities in Sentosa if you want a little thrill. We get cute little helmets and you go down a track (there’s two different paths) in a luge. Luges are pretty easy to learn how to use, and I am a pretty bad driver (I probably shouldn’t say this in public, but I will practice once I get home to NYC, I swear) but I was able to maneuver the luge pretty well.
I just wish the track was a bit bigger, but it brought us to the Skyline afterwards and we got a few good views of the Island. However, the cable car is a better choice if you want to see even more of Sentosa island. Well, why not just do both like I did?
I got a Sentosa package deal from Cebu Travels on Orchard, which is completely worth it because I ended up paying half of what I would have for all my activities (Jewel Cable Car Ride, Skylift, Luge, Segways, etc.)

The Skyline and Luge combi at Sentosa is so much fun! Sentosa is a pretty great place for activities or if you’re simply in the mood to chill out. The Luge is a simple yet effective go-​cart cum toboggan vehicle that you control by pushing and pulling the handlebars. Riding in this once isn’t enough! You’ll definitely want to have a go at it a few times more. Once you’re on the Luge, you’ll be riding through a thrilling route of twists and down hills. It’s all good and safe fun with a helmet on. I’m quite a thrill seeker so I’ll let the handlebars go for the go-​kart to drift even faster. It’s safe, I promise. After the Luge, you’ll get to hop onto the Skyride to witness Sentosa’s amazing scenery and atmosphere. Soak in nature and enjoy some chitchat with loved ones while your legs dangle about three storeys or more above.

Ride it once or twice, and you’ve basically derived all the fun you can out of it. The first trip is spectacularly fun. The little cart was easy to control, and mostly safe if you don’t do stupid things. Your speed is limited by gravity, and your brakes, so go as fast as you can!
The route is relatively easy to navigate, with no sharp turns. And because the number of people is controlled, it’s not so crowded that you’ll crash into someone else. However, this means that the queue will get very long.
You’ll then want to go again, but the second trip seems somehow bland in comparison. If you do go again, take the flying chairs!

So fun, you’d want to go again and again!
Like the flying trapeze, we first had to briefed on how to operate the go-​kart. Once we got the hang of things,(which didn’t take long), manuvering the go-​kart was as easy as ABC! The ride was invigorating!
The annoying part however, is when others ride side by side and block others who want to race down.
The skyride was just as fun. Enjoy the scenic ride back to starting point!

Great fun! We did the luge before the skyride. I’m not much of an adventure ride person, and I do badly at bumper cars, but the luge itself is easy to operate, so long as you don’t stop completely on the route you’ll be fine. There’s safety equipment and a video and a briefing before you’re let loose, and before you know it, it’s over.
The skyride I found quite scary though! It was much longer going up the hill than coming down, and there’s only a safety bar holding you down, so those of you going with children might want to pay attention. And don’t look down? Eeeeee!

The Luge is basically a downhill go-​kart ride that is fully controlled by participants in Sentosa. To get to the top of the hill, you will need to get on a chair-​lift that brings you over the tree tops — I feel like this ride alone would have justified the cost somewhat! Really great view of the island, and being suspended high above the crowds and noise gave us a surreal piece of privacy above the hustle and bustle. The ride down was just the cherry atop the pie!
We were deposited on the top along with a bunch of screaming kids, and being the few ‘older people’ up there, we gamely decided to try the Dragon route down — the faster the better!
Before the actual trip down came a briefing session where we had to shuffle forward, learn the controls and prove that we were basically capable of controlling the little cart. The cart has 2 wheels to the rear and 1 to the front of the sleigh-​like seat. The operation was simple — pulling on the handles lifted the front ‘bumper’ off the floor, allowing the cart to move forward, letting it go slighting would scrape the bumper on the surface of the floor– slowing the cart down.
The ride itself was exhilarating! Wind in your face, occasional laughter and whooping from other patrons down the mostly quiet trail among the forested area, and all under your control! Recommend this at least once in your life!

‘Part go-​kart, part toboggan’ is what Luge is! This is one of the most popular attractions in Sentosa, visited by both locals and tourists. It is an outdoor activity suitable for all ages. The ride itself is not difficult at all, and is in fact easy to take control. On the way down, you can either pick the Jungle Trail or the Dragon Trail, one of which is faster while the other provides a more scenic trail. After the Luge ride, you can get on board the Skyride to observe the scenery of the city skyline as well as the Sentosa coast line. Overall the experience is really great, completed with very friendly staff!