Travel Guides & Tips in this video
On Tour With Dridgers visit Chengdu’s Global Center, described as the world’s largest building and large enough to hold 20 Sydney Opera Houses. The British couple explore the mall and its large open areas, find that some shops and the water park are closed, and see robots cleaning floors. They dine at Space Lab, where robots deliver burgers, pizza and beer. The couple discuss the fruity, smooth beer and say the meal is reasonably priced; pizza has sweet barbecue sauce and the burger is juicy. They also watch Gladiator at the cinema, comment on the building’s three-year construction and Chengdu’s ambition, and note smaller details such as funny mirrors, warm water served with meals and restroom urinal screens that analyze urine.
Next travel video:
More about the current video:()
Exploring Chengdu’s Global Center
On Tour With Dridgers, a British travel couple, visit the Global Center in Chengdu, which the video describes as the world’s largest building. They compare its scale to 20 Sydney Opera Houses and explore its huge entrance, mall corridors and open interior spaces. The complex contains two five-star hotels, a water park, a skating rink and a cinema. The water park is mostly closed during their visit, and some sections of the mall feel deserted, with closed shops. The couple repeatedly get lost and find their way into new parts of the building. Robots cleaning the floors are an unexpected sight among these everyday mall details.
The video connects the scale of the building with Chengdu’s ambitions. It says construction was completed in three years and describes the city as aiming for first-class status within China. The Global Center is presented as both a shopping complex and a symbol of the city’s development. The couple notice funny mirrors and open areas as they walk, and point out how the building’s size differs from a typical mall.
Robot service and a cinema visit
At Space Lab restaurant, robots deliver food to the table. The couple order burgers, pizza and beer, and find the food surprisingly good at reasonable prices. They describe the beer as smooth with a fruity aftertaste and almost flat compared with more carbonated beer. The pizza has a sweet barbecue sauce, and the burger is juicy. For them, robot service makes the meal an unusual date-night stop without replacing the restaurant itself.
They later watch Gladiator in the cinema and comment on the movie and its affordability. Other observations include warm water served with meals, which differs from their expectations, and restroom urinal screens that analyze urine for health indicators. Their visit moves from the huge mall and partially closed attractions to a robot-served dinner and a film. The account combines the center’s major facilities with the smaller experiences they notice while exploring it.
The couple repeatedly lose their way in the building and find additional corridors and open areas, which helps convey its scale. Some sections look unfinished for visitors because shops are closed and the water park is mostly shut during their visit. They also find funny mirrors and notice how the mall’s design combines broad open spaces with more familiar retail corridors. Chengdu’s ambition is part of their discussion: the building was completed in three years and is presented as a sign of the city’s desire to reach first-class status in China. The visit is therefore not limited to architecture; it includes a meal, a movie and small cultural observations. At Space Lab, the robot delivery adds novelty to a menu of pizza, burgers and beer. The beer is smooth, fruity and almost flat rather than strongly carbonated. The pizza’s barbecue sauce is sweet, and the burger is juicy. The couple say the prices are reasonable and that the food is delicious. They later watch Gladiator, describing the cinema as nice and inexpensive. They also remark on warm water served with meals and a restroom screen that analyzes urine for health indicators. These details are described from their own visit and make the Global Center feel like an ordinary public place as well as an unusually large complex.
FAQs (From the traveler's perspective)
- Q: What did the couple find most remarkable at the Global Center?
- A: They were struck by restroom urinal screens that analyze urine for health indicators, a feature they had not encountered in the same way in Western countries. They also noticed the building’s vast interior, its robots and its mix of shops and leisure facilities.
- Q: What was the Space Lab restaurant experience like?
- A: Robots delivered pizza, burgers and beer to their table. They found the food delicious and reasonably priced. The beer had a fruity aftertaste, felt smooth and was almost flat rather than heavily carbonated, while the pizza had a sweet barbecue sauce.
- Q: How large is the Global Center?
- A: The video describes it as the world’s largest building and says it is large enough to fit 20 Sydney Opera Houses inside. The couple get lost several times as they explore its wide interior and multiple sections.
- Q: What foods do the couple enjoy in China?
- A: They say they love the food they have tried during nearly three months in China, while enjoying the occasional Western-style burger. At Space Lab they have burgers, pizza and beer, and describe the meal as good value.
- Q: What film did they watch at the cinema?
- A: They watched Gladiator at the Global Center cinema. They say they enjoyed the film and found the cinema nice and inexpensive.
