Trip to the WFC (Tallest Building in China)

The kids were off school the day after Thanksgiving and it was a very clear day for Shanghai so we took the opportunity to go to the top of the World Financial Tower. We can see this building from our apartment as part of the downtown Skyline. This building is currently the tallest building in China at 492m/1614ft (not including Taiwan - Taipei 101). It is the tallest building to the roof (not including antennas or spires) in the world. It will soon be passed by the Burj Dubai in Dubai (800m+). The building contains restaurants, shops and office space on floors 1 - 52. The Grand Hyatt is housed in floors 53 - 87 making it the highest hotel in the world (passing the Hyatt in the Jin Mao Building next door). We visited the 3 observation decks at the top of the building on the 94, 97 and 100th floors.

We had to take two elevator rides and a couple of escalators to get to the very top observation deck. The elevators are very fast. Once at the top, the kids were not scared of the heights and layed on the ground and looks through the glass floor down to ground level. The view was great, but it was still difficult to see in the distance due to the slight haze in the air. We were able to see Kirk's office building, but we could barely make out our apartment and Century Park.

Below are some links to information about the WFC:

WFC Official Website

Wikipedia WFC Website

Grand Hyatt Website