Marina Bay Sands Casino Cost
Everyone visiting Singapore always want to stay at Marina Bay Sands. But the hotel is definitely very expensive. Tariff for a day starts from a whopping 600 SGD. So, is the price justified for Marina Bay Sands – Is it worth the hype? I will rather share my view with pros and cons, so that you can make the decision yourselves.
ABOUT MARINA BAY SANDS
The Marina Bay Sands Hotel is a five star hotel and casino, which has forever changed the architecture of the country. Book a tour The three major towers of the building, and the park on the 57th floor, have redefined the Singapore skyline. Take a leisurely ride along the Canal at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands in a beautifully crafted Sampan boat. See more Make a wish as you circle the Rain Oculus, an eco-friendly installation comprising a 22m-wide acrylic bowl that collects the rainwater that fills the Canal.
Marina Bay Sands is the most famous landmarks of Singapore. There is no talk about Singapore without the mention of this Hotel. It is a sprawling 5 Star Hotel owned by Sands Hotel of Las Vegas in Marina Region of Singapore hence the name Marina Bay Sands. It has 3 towers and 55 floors. There are a total 2500 rooms in this Hotel. Apart from its magnificent structure, its main attraction is the Infinity pool, which is a dream for most of the people to take a swim in. It is like swimming on the clouds. Internet has played a big role in popularizing this Hotel. When people started posting their pictures from this Infinity Pool, the pool became a sensation amongst everyone around the world. Within a short span of time Marina Bay Sands became one of the most visited places in Singapore.
PROS OF STAYING AT MBS
- Rooms are spacious, neat and big with a huge bathroom and other luxurious facilities. Generally, most of the hotels in Singapore have very compact rooms but rooms here are way too big, easily accommodating more than two occupants. Luxury! What else can I call this?
- Services are excellent. Anything you ask for, from Room Services, will ve available to you within a few minutes.
- Entire hotel is lavish, extremely big having great amenities.
- Location is the best part. All attractions are just at a walking distance like Gardens by the Bay, Spectrum Light Show, Marina area, Merlion Park, Singapore Flyer etc.
- To top the list – the fabulous Infinity Pool. It is an absolutely different experience to view the city from rooftop pool.
- The Sky Park of MBS offers the best view of the city. The entry is free for the guest staying at MBS. You can visit it multiple times to enjoy the day/sunset/night view during your stay.
CONS OF STAYING AT MBS
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- Very expensive hotel.
- Infinity Pool is very crowded around evenings. Mostly all the people are just clicking picture and hardly anyone is seen swimming.
- It is a very huge hotel. Going from one place to another wasn’t that easy. Whether it was going to the Lobby, Infinity Pool, Sky Park, Food Court, Money Exchange, Multi Specialty Store like 7 Eleven, MRT Station Bayfront, Shopping Mall, Garden by the Bay etc., everything was a task and it would take at least 10 minutes to reach.
- Hotel was lacking personal touch. It is way too much commercialised.
CONCLUSION ABOUT STAYING AT MARINA BAY SANDS – Is It Worth The Hype?
One night tariff for one room at Marina Bay Sands costs around 600 SGD. Cost for Sky Park is 23 SGD/ Person for adults hence 46 SGD for two people. Now for comparison let me assume, if you are staying at any other area like Little India or Orchard Road, then, coming to this area by cab and going back, say even twice would have cost max to max 80-100 SGD. Cost of Hotel at other area would be like 200 SGD-300 SGD. So roughly staying at Marina Bay Sands will cost 200 – 250 SGD extra for 2 people (600 SGD less 250 SGD tariff of other Hotel less 46 SGD for Sky Park Entry for 2 people less 100 SGD Taxi expense for coming to Marina Area so it comes out total 204 SGD SAVINGS).
Infinity Pool is not allowed to people not putting up at the hotel. So if you think 200-250 SGD is a good amount to spend for Infinity Pool, multiple visit to Sky Park and ease of staying in that same area and covering all places nearby – which saves time, then it is worth it and I personally suggest you to stay for a day.
I think it was a pretty decent deal for a one-time experience and not for every visit to Singapore. Once is enough.
IMPORTANT POINTS AND TIPS, IF PUTTING UP AT MARINA BAY SAND
- For one room you will get 2 keys. Please take care of these keys, as they are your access cards for Marina Bay Sands Infinity Pool and Marina Bay Sands Sky Park. Without scanning these cards, you wouldn’t be allowed to enter.
- If you haven’t booked rooms inclusive of breakfast, then please do arrange for some alternative for breakfast. Packaged snacks can be very helpful.
- Contact Hotel staff in advance and advise them about your arrival time. They will send you an email asking to fill in mandatory details like full name, permanent address, passport details etc. Do this as this is going to save check-in time.
- There are 3 towers in MBS. Get in touch with the hotel management to find out in which tower will you be settled. Generally, all rooms are in Tower 2 and Tower 3. Tower 1 has bigger rooms and suites. While taking a cab, if you get this information, you can then get down at correct Tower reception. This will help save you some walking time.
- If you have more than one room booking, please inform Hotel staff in advance, else, you might be placed on different floors. Mind you, it wasn’t easy to go to another floor in MBS as it is not a compact Hotel- it was one of the largest hotels I have stayed in.
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At its opening in 2010, the Marina Bay Sands Casino was billed as the world’s most expensive standalone casino property. The development located across the water from Singapore’s Central Business District includes a hotel, convention centre, shops, theatres, restaurants pavilions, an indoor skating rink and the world’s largest atrium casino with 500 tables and 1,600 slot machines.
How we helped the client
The CRAFT process…
In-house engineering team created 2D design of aluminium to create 3D curved section
Which resulted in…
Lower cost of fabrication compared with casting individual dies for each individual section
Numbered sections and utilised reverse packing to follow construction sequence (ie. first installed is the last packed)
Less footprint required onsite for materials storage and sorting; also meant quicker installation as sections were installed upon unpacking
Designed custom cable and node system including front house design and numbering of more than 1600 cables and over 3000 nodes
More time was spent during the design phase to implement a more simplified installation system saving the client time on the installation programme. The system also eliminated excessive decision making of site operatives and reduced the number of defects for rectification
Scope of Work
CRAFT was hired for the design development, fabrication and installation of the atrium ceiling feature at the top of the “atrium style” casino. CRAFT was responsible for the aluminium beams and netting of the ceiling feature. The feature weighed 7 tons and was designed to house 132,000 Swarovski crystals and 66,000 LEDs supplied by other contractors.
CRAFT’s scope was successfully completed in July 2009.
Owner
Marina Bay Sands Pte. Ltd. (A subsidiary of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation)
Engineer
ARUP
The CRAFT Process
Rationalization of the Fabrication
One of the main challenges CRAFT faced was understanding the fabrication the 3D organic shape of the painted aluminium feature of the chandelier. The engineers started with initial sketches of curved 2D aluminium sheets that would be welded and joined together to create the curved 3D surface. Before production could begin CRAFT fabricated a number of samples and mockups to improve and refine joint connections between sections. Then larger samples were produced to understand tolerances. Different paints were applied until the desired finish was achieved.
Packing and Transportation
In order to help expedite the unpacking and installation process, CRAFT developed and implemented a reverse packing system which followed the construction sequence. Workers loaded the last sections to be installed first into the delivery container. This meant that once the materials were onsite, the first boxes to be unloaded were also the first sections to be installed. This eliminated the need to sort and arrange boxes onsite as boxes could be unloaded and placed directly in their installation areas before unpacking.
Installation
In order to create continuous lines and provide the hanging infrastructure of the Swarovski crystals, the cable system had to be installed exact to plan which was no small feat. A complex cable system was engineered in which over 3000 custom made nodes and 1600 high performance cables came together to align each of the individual curved box sections. Each cable and node were numbered in the factory and packed in a reverse order so that the installation time was reduced and onsite decision making was limited.
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Note of interest
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The space inside the chandelier was large enough to fit a regular size passenger bus!