Universal Studios Singapore (USS)–Part 1

Went to USS on a Tuesday, right after Labour Day last week (my, it’s only just last week!). Realised that

1. it’s really expensive, even at about $53 after a 20% Mastercard discount (there’s currently one for DBS too);
2. If it’s a hot day you’re dead, as there’re few places for respite from the heat (and that day was a hot one);
3. Even if it’s a weekday it’s still rather crowded, because there’re many tourists! Unless they were all out in force, visiting Singapore over the Labour Day weekend and extended their holiday a little.

The first view that greets you – pretty similar to USJ and i suspect other Universal Studios too.

Kungfu Panda! We also saw Shrek, the animals from Madagascar, Betty Boop and the Woodpecker over the course of the day.

Our first show: Monster Rock. It had a stupid premise – someone managed to reanimate the “classic monsters” and for a short time each day they perform for people. The most songs weren’t really rock (and they also did Wonder Girl’s ‘Nobody’), the monsters weren’t that interesting (Phantom of the Opera, Frankenstein and his Bride, Werewolf, Weregirl, some female Mummy and Dracula – i was expecting stuff like Incredible Hulk), and the artistes weren’t that good at singing or dancing.

I always like the New York part of Universal Studios..

Me perched snug between the lion’s paws! :)

Next stop was Sci Fi City, which is where the rollercoaster Battlestar Galactica was.

But we went to sit a kiddy ride (at my request) first – it spun around and was quite enjoyable:

Before I knew how scary the ride was, I was all eager to head to the Egypt section where the Mummy was:

The above two are the boy’s pictures – look at the beautiful colour you get from a DSLR! I thought it the top of the push-cart stall was rather cute:

Don’t you think this could actually pass off as Cairo? Perhaps at least in the movies? The lockers for this ride were really expensive – free for the first 30 minutes, but considering the queues (it said 15minutes on the outside, but I think we waited for at least 25min) that’s pretty useless. Thereafter it’s $3 per hour i think!

The Mummy rollercoaster ride was really scary. There’s this part with a sudden backwards movement, and the entire ride is in the dark, really fast, and extra scary because the safety barrier only reaches to your waist from the ground. I was screaming all the way with my eyes closed and had a sore throat after.

We took a walk around Jurassic Park (photo courtesy of the boy), but I was so traumatised after the ride I headed towards Shrek-land instead. (check out that kiddy ride above where you’re dangling from the air! Not scary meh!??)

I absolutely love the look of Shrek-land.

I was so enamoured by it that I took many many photos. The Shrek 4D film is quite enjoyable and worth a go, although they could have well done away with the uneventful “introduction” or shortened it.

Puss in Boots! They didn’t sell much merchandise of Puss – just a few keychains and one mug where he did his whole big simpering eyes look. Pity!

Shrek’s house – up in the upper left corner is his toilet.

Pretty DSLR colours below! *jealous*

We went to sit the Shrek “kiddy” rollercoaster at my request – USS had lots of thrilling rides so i thought we should get our money’s worth. Plus, looking at some of the teeny kids going for the ride, I thought, if they can, so can i!

It was still pretty scary though. I was screaming too, and needed my second lozenges of the day after the ride. The rollercoaster was cute though, with the head and tail of the Dragon.