The third day of the trip was dedicated to Universal Studios Singapore. Annie has been to Universal Studios, Gold Coast, but she doesn't remember much.
We started the day with a scrummy breakfast at the hotel and then waited at the bus stop outside to take the free shuttle to Sentosa Resort, where Universal Studios is located.
Universal Studios is divided into a few sections, Hollywood, Jurassic Park, Madagascar, Far Far Away and Egypt or something like that... We started off at Hollywood and went into a real movie set, where they showed how they made special effects like thunder and lightning, rainstorm and explosions.. etc! The kids were intrigued and a little scared, especially the two smaller ones, because we were standing right in front and could even feel the heat from the explosions!
Next was the Transformers 3D ride. That was the newest attraction, so we just had to go, even though it was a 1 hour wait! Luckily there were plenty of Transformers paraphernalia to see and fiddle with while we waited in the long snaking queue.
The ride was worth the queuing, it was uber cool! We sat in a car and wore 3D glasses and were tossed about! It was like riding in an Autobot while it drove and flew around fighting the Decepticons! I couldn't immerse myself totally in the experience, because I was worried about Solomon and Eva! I didn't want them to get traumatized! In the end Eva kept her eyes shut and Solomon was dumbstruck!
Some of the children friendly rides... a spinning one which makes me wanna puke! and a Jurassic park flying pterodactyl ride. There were two intertwined, scary looking roller coasters. One was a sitting-down one and another was a legs-dangling one! It was for adults only, so we passed... Annie met the height requirement for the roller coaster in the dark (Egypt/ pyramid), but she refused to go with daddy, so we passed on that too!
The Waterworld show was action packed! It was based on the Kevin Costner movie, set in a future where polar caps have melted and submerged all the land! There were many stunts and explosions. We sat in the "splash zone", and in front of us was the "soak zone"!! To make sure people understood, before the show began, they started splashing the audience with water! We got sprayed by water guns and some in front even got buckets of water thrown on them! The kids found it hilarious!
I think my favourite place was Far Far Away. It looked exactly like the quaint town from the Shrek movie. The 4D show was fun and the kids were squealing with excitement! Except for Solomon who fell asleep and woke up crying when Donkey sneezed and they sprayed water at us! lol
The girls went on the high speed roller coaster ride at Far Far Away with daddy, it was much milder and they went on twice! Solomon barely reached the height requirement and I didn't think it would be suitable for him, so we both waited for them outside and glimpsed Puss in Boots, Shrek and Princess Fiona walk pass! :)
The last place we went to before calling it a day was Madagascar. I love the characters from Madagascar, they're really funny, especially that King whatshisname... ( you know, I like to move it, move it...) lol
Everyone had a blast at Universal Studios and hopefully we'll be back next year!??
Even though we were really tired, we of course wanted to make the most of our last night in Singapore. So, we went to the water and light show in front of Marina Bay Shoppes. We had our dinner of burgers sitting at the steps in front of the show.
So the next day it was Bye Bye MBS Hotel and back to Home Sweet Home :)
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