Finally, we were able to checked out for ourselves the new attraction in Pasay – the SM Mall of Asia Moa Eye Ferris Wheel! Located beside the equally famous Manila Bay and inside the SM amusement park, the moa eye was the center of attraction lately in the Mall of Asia. Rightly so for it dwarfs most of the other establishments in the sm bay area.
At night, this 160 feet tall giant attraction with its beautiful lighted ferris wheel gondolas elicits ahhs and ohhs from those malling and strolling beside Manila Bay. Lots of mallgoers are also happily clicking their cameras and posing for pictures beside moa eye hehehe. Just imagine having fireworks display and you are on top of the tallest ferris wheel in the Philippines 
I want to try that! But I am not sure if its allowed though to ride the moa eye during the annual SM Pyrotechnics Festival. Might be bawal.
Unfortunately, yes there is an unfortunately, the advertised P100 price to ride the sm moa eye during its tv launching in Umagang Kayganda was not the regular price. The rate is 150 for now but according to the staff we’ve talked with, the fee will become P200 for those VIP gondalas, the ones who are tinted and with posh leather seats. You pay additional for a more luxurious ride hehehe. One of Penfires’ readers left a comment on an earlier blog post that they went there and have a 6 months old baby and the baby was also charged at regular rate to ride the sm moa eye ferris wheel 🙁
Another disappointment was that it seems like the SM management really pushed for the ferris wheel’s opening in time for Christmas – when most people are ready to part with their hard-earned money and visit amusement parks and rides and all that, yet yesterday the moa eye coaches does not have its air-conditioning system in place and working. Bummer.
We got different info from different staff we’ve talked to last Tuesday, one said that the moa eye will open at 3pm, the other says at 4pm. But both confirms that the Moa eye operates until midnight everyday of the week, unless there is maintenance on-going and the ferris wheel will be closed.
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Moa Eye Pic from the parking lot
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Some of the do’s and don’ts in riding the SM Moa Eye, yep rules and details to ride up (effective entrace rate for now is P150 per person):
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1. Children who are below 3 and a half feet must be accompanied by an adult (naturally!)
2. You are not supposed to bring loose belongings like umbrella and bags. (bags?! heheh)
3. If you suffer from nervous ailments, weakness in the neck or back or suffers from motion sickness, you will not be allowed to ride the ferris wheel. You must be fit and healthy to ride the moa eye.
4. Pregnant women are also not allowed.
5. Food and drinks not allowed! (why oh why?! )
6. You are supposed to stay seated while on the moa eye coaches (I wonder if they will be strict about this, coz if I paid to ride the moa eye I would probably like to explore and move from side to side. Singapore flyer and the London Eye does not have this restriction, right or do they? hehehhe sorry I haven’t been to the city of lions or the place of the queen )
Anyhow, those are the basic rules we got from their booth poster as well as from talking to some of the staff.
The VIP (tinted) and the Regular Gondolas of the Ferris Wheel in SM MOA
By the way, yesterday the mall was packed with lots and lots of people, yep not only their sm amusement park area. You can’t hardly find any vacant table in their food court. And people swarmed stores with those big attractive sale signs. I expect there will be a deluge of people visiting Mall of Asia this weekend when it’s Christmas =) But oh well, it’s wonderful to be in the midst of people and (sale) sometimes.
Enjoy Christmas with the family!
Please share your thoughts and experiences with the Moa Eye below – good and bad!
This pic of the SM Moa Eye gondola taken November 2012
2013 Update: Star City Now Has An Even Taller and Higher Ferris Wheel than Moa Eye! Awesome!
2012 SM MOA Eye Schedule of Operation
For Mondays to Thursdays the SM Moa eye is cheduled to open from 12 noon until 12 in the evening.
Fridays and Saturdays’ opening times are from 10 Am until 1 in the morning.
During Sundays, the giant Ferris Wheel is open from 12 Noon until Midnight.
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Yes you can eat and walk around the capsule inside the Singapore Flyer.
Now they are even offering dinner package inside the flyer and educational tour to school kids. So you can imagine that the kids will be running from one end of the capsule to the other.
I have ridden it once only, but it was a very impressive experience, seeing as far as Sentosa from the Flyer.
Looking forward to ride the MOA Eye. Hope it will not be a disappointment. They are still on a trial run so for sure there will be glitches.
Singapore Flyer has to be shut down during its first year of operation due to Technical Problems. I just hope our MOA Eye will not encounter safety problems.
Hi Joem!
Thanks for this info on the Singapore flyer, I did not know that hehehe. Hopefully the Moa Eye will be really worthy of a visit and be a landmark that we can all be proud of. Pag na-visit mo na ang MOA Eye hope you’ll come back here and share your insight on this new attraction 🙂
Cille =)
you can move around inside the capsule of the London Eye too. The London Eye also offers a champagne package. The ticket is slightly more expensive during nighttime trips (by almost 1 GBP). i wonder why there are so many restrictions in the MOA Eye?
Hi leighton!
Thanks for the details about the London Eye! I guess in the future SM will probably be charging more for the special gondolas coz they are putting up leather seats and table inside the VIP gondolas so probably dining at the Moa Eye is a big possibilty too.
About the rules, yah I’m with you and am puzzled with the many restrictions heheheh
mukhang 2nd lang na ferris wheel na galing japan. i got to ride it kanina, mapapansin mo yung stain ng white paint sa windows. and the windows look old na. then mapapansin mo din na may mga small parts sa railings na hindi na pinturahan ng maayos, nakikita tuloy yung dating kulay na red. super minadali nila for the christmas season kung ganun siya kamahal sana ayusin nila yung loob ng gondola
Hi Gerald,
Thanks for sharing that! Hopefully yung ibang naka ride na din sa moa eye will also share their thoughts and experiences para sa kaalaman ng marami.
Minadali talaga yata ang Moa Eye for Christmas..pero they say it’s soft opening lang but still the opening was rush in my opinion too. I hope SM will keep the Moa ferris wheel on tip top shape for aesthetics and most importantly for safety reasons.
wla talaga originality yung pinas pati ferris wheel ginaya sa singapore pero natalo nman yan yun may nag oofer ng foods andang liit niyan sa singapore can hold 30-40 katao yan 6 lang di ba ang layo:)
Singapore flyer was patterned dn s London eye..Guess ok lng nman gumawa dn ng sriling version ang pinas. Kso, un nga, super liit nman ng capacity per capsule. prang pamperya lng (excuse the term) heheh. Sna they have studied it well kung balak tlga nila ung gawing isang tourist attraction d2. Btw, napanuod ko s rated K ni Korina Sanchez ung company na gumawa nito. So i guess its new at ndi scrap lng from Japan. Ok lng na mahalan ung entrance fees pero sna gawin nilang sulit. panget dn kc masyado gawing super abot kaya ang rate..madaling mabababoy yan. =)
Hi Chinkeet 🙂 I super like this comment: “Ok lng na mahalan ung entrance fees pero sna gawin nilang sulit. panget dn kc masyado gawing super abot kaya ang rate..madaling mabababoy yan. =)”
Hehehhe Tama!
its a great experience! for my family to ride a philippine ferris wheel! please wag tayong maging Negative! and dont compare our ferris wheel sa ibang country like london and singapore coz in the first place, HELLO? mga rich and techi country yung mga yun! at obviuosly wala tayo kahit sa 1/4 na unlad ng bansa nila. kaya maging happy nlang tayo at kontento! kung hindi nyo type eh.di wag kayo sumakay. lumipad nalang kayo sa SG at London 😀 bsta for me i love philippines! no matter what! tangkilikin ang sariling atin!
Hi anika! Thanks for being so passionate about loving our country and for sharing your thoughts!
truue. 🙂
anung pnagkaiba ng gondolas s regular wheel??? 10 mins worth 150???? over…..
wow! meron na pala ganyan sa moa kaya pala nagtataka ako noong napanood ko sa tv na may ferris wheel sa background.medyo ok na rin ang P200 na fee.
I’m only based in Makati pero d ko pa napuntahan ang attraction na to. Anyway, I’m afraid of heights so baka mag-second thought din ako sa pagsakay dito. Haha! 🙂
Hi Gabz, heheheh sayang masaya pa naman pag nasa taas ka ng Moa Eye lalo na at night when you can see nearby surroundings all lighted up.
Balita ka pag sumakay ka =)
hi everyone here. anika has a point. 🙂
this coming august, on my 20th bday, surely me and my bf is gong there… looking forward to that very special day <3
Pwede ba na 2tao lang yung sumakay sa loob kase may nakasulat na rule na 4 ang minumum person inside? Im just wondering kase i wanna bring my bestfriend there for his birthday. Please reply 🙂
:p mas astig yun london eye
Hi! will it take how many minutes inside the observation wheel here in MOA coz in SG its approximately 30 mins…how about here in MOA? 🙂