Questions, in the order people ask them

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The creak you hear is the perimeter trim and shoe moulding flexing slightly, not the structural glass. The panels installed in 2005 are multi-ply laminated glass engineered to support several tonnes. Even so, if it turns your stomach, stay on the carpeted concrete ring — you get the same view out the windows.

No. The main observation deck and glass floor are stationary. The dining room one level below (SKY 360) is the part that revolves — driven by a surprisingly small motor turning the ring gear once every forty-five to sixty minutes depending on the setting.

Yes, standard strollers fit in the cars, though on a crowded Saturday afternoon the attendant may ask you to fold a bulky wagon so twelve other people can squeeze in.

Not on a regular ticket. The stairwell is an emergency egress and maintenance shaft, opened to the public only for scheduled charity stair-climb events a couple of times a year.