点评:We visited the Falkirk wheel while staying in Edinburgh due to family members recommending it.
Firstly, it’s huge! Second, it’s amazing that it uses so little energy to move.
We found the trip very informative and interesting. I feel however that the skipper and guide could’ve been a little more talkative. For example, on boarding the boat we felt a bit forgotten about as we just set straight off into the wheel with no welcome aboard talk. It was only once we were in the gondola that the skipper introduced himself and told us of the plan. After the trip I had a few questions regarding the canal and the wheel itself however the guide and skipper didn’t feel very approachable upon exiting the boat.
The wheel itself is incredibly smooth especially when each gondola has 250 tons of water in it. I did get a little nervous once we reached the top as it’s quite high! However the views made up for this. The award winning light show in the tunnel in my opinion was poor. It was stuck on blue and green for most of the way through. Only changing about half way through the tunnel to multi coloured. However this is just my opinion and this didn’t affect our experience.
Once we’d turned around and got back to the gondola the views from the front of the boat were amazing! Here we learned about some of the surrounding buildings which was interesting.
We explored the activities around the lock and found the water one very interesting. A few pieces were broken which was a shame. After this we visited the gift shop and had a cream tea in the cafe. This was lovely and reasonably priced.
I recommend visiting the Falkirk wheel however I feel it’s one of those things that only needs visiting once. So we probably won’t return again.
翻译:由于家人的推荐,我们在爱丁堡逗留期间参观了法尔柯克轮。
首先,它非常大!其次,它移动时消耗的能量如此之少,真是令人惊叹。
我们发现这次旅行非常有益且有趣。但我觉得船长和导游可以更健谈一些。例如,在登船时,我们感觉有点被遗忘了,因为我们直接进入了轮子,没有欢迎登船的讲话。直到我们上了缆车,船长才自我介绍并告诉我们计划。旅行结束后,我对运河和轮子本身有一些疑问,但下船时,导游和船长感觉不太平易近人。
轮子本身非常平稳,尤其是当每个缆车里有 250 吨水时。当我们到达顶部时,我确实有点紧张,因为它很高!然而,景色弥补了这一点。在我看来,隧道中屡获殊荣的灯光秀很差。大部分路程都停留在蓝色和绿色上。只有在穿过隧道的一半时,颜色才变成多色。不过这只是我的看法,这并不影响我们的体验。
当我们转身回到缆车时,船头的景色令人惊叹!在这里,我们了解了一些有趣的周围建筑。
我们探索了船闸周围的活动,发现水上活动非常有趣。有几件东西坏了,真可惜。之后,我们去了礼品店,在咖啡馆喝了奶茶。这很不错,价格也合理。
我建议参观福尔柯克轮,但我觉得它是那种只需要参观一次的东西。所以我们可能不会再来了。