27th May 2011, Friday (NaFiMuYa turns 30 holy sh*t!)
First of all, thanks to Momo dear for taking the day off just to accompany me. =) And it was an awesome day at Universal Studios Singapore. It was our first time ever visiting this theme park.
First of all, thanks to Momo dear for taking the day off just to accompany me. =) And it was an awesome day at Universal Studios Singapore. It was our first time ever visiting this theme park.
We took the Sentosa Express from VivoCity all the way to the stop at Universal Studios. Reached at 12pm! Wasted 3 hours of play, cos USS opens at 9am.
1st stop: Attraction 17: Hollywood - Lights, Camera, Action! @ Hollywood
Time visited: 12:15pm
It's our very first stop. Didn't take too long to queue and get into the theatre. Didn't expect something so stunning. The whole theatre was filled with props and equipment that you wouldn't expect. Real rain, fire, wind and windows getting ripped off the walls, columns and pillars falling all over the place, explosions, a ship actually smashed through the walls. We were standing at the front platform, and that's as close as you can get to the 'live' scene. The 'tornado' swept across the city and we could feel the magic that's being conjured up. Way cool. The best thing is we were right in front of the place where a column fell right in front of me. I was taken aback and even stepped back and stepped on someone's toes lol. Cool stuff! Although it happened for mere minutes.
2nd stop: Attraction 15: Sci-Fi City - Battlestar Galactica: HUMAN (RED Track) @ Sci-Fi City
Time visited: 1pm
And our very next attraction would be the most exhilarating ride for the day. This ride took quite a long time to queue. Throughout the queue, we had butterflies in our stomachs. LOL. It's my second time taking such a huge roller-coaster ride. Dear was very excited but I was getting very nervous lol. However during the ride, I was shouting and screaming at the top of my lungs, dear was so stunned that she couldn't make a sound at all.
After we're done with the ride, dear immediately dragged me to queue for the blue track. Holy shit. That one was worse! It had corkscrews, 360 turns etc. Way more damaging than the red one. After the red ride, my back muscles were aching, possibly due to being over-stretched. Should have done some stretching before taking the ride. And dear was worried about me, so we decided to abort the mission. And luckily we did that, else our locker would have incurred charges if we had taken the blue ride.
Therefore we went ahead to take other less exciting rides for me to rest my muscles first. I met Yok Hian, Mr. Yokipedia right outside our next ride.
3rd stop: Attraction 12: Ancient Egypt - Revenge of the Mummy @ Ancient Egypt
Time visited: 2pm
This was a rather short wait too. We had to walk through winding pathways along the Egyptian building. Crates, pillars all set up like a maze, but it's just a one-way passage. We reached the ride area with two sides for people to take a ride from, but ultimately they will end up on the same track. I told dear to close her eyes if she's scared, and she really did! It was a long ride along the indoor roller-coaster. Total darkness except for whatever they wanted us to see will appear along the ride. Imhotep is placed along the ride and he says things which make your hairs stand. (nah..not really) At one point, the ride was even reversed and turned around about 270 degrees to the left, where we go for a downhill ride, in pitch black conditions. Totally awesome ride.
5th stop: Attraction 8: Shrek 4-D Adventure @ Far Far Away
Time visited: 3-3:15pm
It's 4-D adventure time! It's dear's first time watching a 4-D movie. I watched one before at the 4D Magix showing "Honey I Shrunk The Kids". This time it's Shrek. Very entertaining movie with plenty of wind and water. Surely one of children's favourites.
6th stop: Attraction 7: King Julien's Beach Party-Go-Round @ Madagascar
Time visited: 3:30-3:45pm
Dear wanted to try this carousel from the moment before we went in. So since I'm not very into it, I decided to stay outside and take pictures for her instead. See how happy she is? Feels like she's turned into her three-year-old self.
7th stop: Attraction 6: Madagascar: A Crate Adventure @ Madagascar
Time visited: 3:50-4pm
The Madagascar area was more for kids. But the very colourful and lively place full of dancing and smiling animals surely made even adults feel like they're kids once again. We took the crate ride along a river, which brought us into a Madagascar area full of the characters from the animation. Nothing very fanciful, just nice for kids, who may not have a chance to take a ride on the roller-coasters.
8th stop: Attraction 5: WaterWorld @ The Lost World
Time visited: 4:30-5pm
The Water World is quite an old movie. Can't really remember its plot. But this show should be one of the must-sees in this theme park. Very dedicated actors and actresses who put up this awesome live show in front of us. Full of pyrotechnics, water, guns, speedboats, water, action, smoke and lotsa water. Those who were seated in the front few rows are told that they will get very wet. We didn't want to get wet so we sat on the highest rows. Definitely a must-see. Salute the actors and actresses.
Awesome finale - a seaplane flew into the scene.
9th stop: Attraction 2: Canopy Flyer @ The Lost World
Time visited: 5:30-5:32pm
10th stop: Attraction 12: Ancient Egypt - Revenge of the Mummy @ Ancient Egypt
Time visited: 5:45pm
Haha we went to take the ride again. This is because dear told me she closed her eyes throughout the ride, so I dragged her into the ride again.
9th stop: Attraction 2: Canopy Flyer @ The Lost World
Time visited: 5:30-5:32pm
Yes it only lasted at most 2 mins! For a 40 minutes wait. OMG. But it's quite fun, with our legs dangling in mid-air from over a few storeys high. Too bad the ride is toooo short.
10th stop: Attraction 12: Ancient Egypt - Revenge of the Mummy @ Ancient Egypt
Time visited: 5:45pm
Haha we went to take the ride again. This is because dear told me she closed her eyes throughout the ride, so I dragged her into the ride again.
We finished off our last tour around USS by 6pm because it was the soft opening for USS. They invited many celebrities for this event and therefore the park was closed to public by 6pm instead of the usual 7 or 9pm. As we approached the entrance, the staff were laying out red carpet in the middle of the road for the celebrities to walk on later in the evening.
Hungry! And we decided to try out this Italian restaurant, Palio, at one of the hotels.
To end off the wonderful day, we went to National Museum of Singapore to watch "Fantasia" in this live outdoor movie event. The movie was already showing halfway when we reached, but still it's a nice experience.
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