We're staying at The
Village Hotel, Changi (free shuttle bus) which is almost level with the
threshold of 20R. You need floors 5 to 7, although some 5th floor rooms
have trees in the way. I'm in 513 which has a queen-sized bed and
can see arrivals on both runways, useful in the early hours because
currently (5 a.m.) everything is landing on 20L. There is also a
rooftop pool and bar. Although the food menu didn't particularly appeal to
us, happy hour lasts all day for beers etc, and there are also loads
of places to eat just along the road, including one called 'the food
court' which was excellent, and from where you can still see arrivals on
20L. Departures can't be
seen although some double back and fly over the hotel at around 10000
feet. Wifi is fairly strong
and certainly more stable than our Bangkok hotel, and rooms have kettles
and fridges.
There is also a 9th floor ‘secret room’ it Doesn’t take much to find it – exit the lifts on the 8th floor by the bar, head down the walkway past the swimming pool and you’ll see two doors to a building in front of you. This appears to be a function room.
If the doors are unlocked, then from that room there is a curved stairwell up to another function room which now technically makes it the 9th floor. If the function doors are locked, there is a fire escape stairway to your right which will lead straight up to the 9th floor room, if you first get over the fact that it takes you down first, before being able to go back up.
Credit Keith Harris
