Universal Studios Singapore (USS)–Part 2

I was done with scary rides for the day after what ought to have been at most an exciting Shrek kiddy rollercoaster.

Next door to Shrek-land was more kiddy Madagascar stuff:

I don’t recall what the rides at Madagascar were because the waiting times were still really long! But there was a carousel – on which there were 3 South Asian businessmen….

Look at the pictures above and below. What is it about a DSLR that captures better colour??

The Madagascar area provided a great view of Battlestar Galactica. We spent a long time just standing there looking at the two tracks – Human (upright) and Cylon (some parts upside down) rollercoasters. The Human track seemed rather doable (just don’t go on the Mummy first) as it didn’t seem that fast. The Cylon one was crazy though.

In the picture above, the people will soon have their heads to the ground and legs to the sky as they ride that look. And below, they should have just became upright. The rollercoaster extends a bit further into the background, so it’s bigger than it looks here.

The Egypt area is pretty big too! It’s low and flat..

The view across to New York and Hollywood:

We headed back to The Lost World to watch the Water World show. Apparently the show it’s based on is quite bad, but this show was really good!!

The entrance to the show ground.. and the set below

The amphitheatre was really big. The blue seats are areas where the audience will get wet, and the green seats areas where they may get wet. The guy below with the long tube-like thing – he and his colleagues warmed up the audience with some antics, mainly by pouring/splashing/spraying water on those in the blue zone. They got SOAKED even before the show began!

Some highlights of the show..

One of the bad guys – see the fire from his automatic shooting thing (i wish i knew the name)

The boy took quite a few goods shots – best of all is this fluke one:

It was quite exciting cos there were fights, actors diving into the water (cos they got punched in the face and fell backwards, etc), rope jumps, gunfire, fire, fireworks and more!

It was indeed very smoky towards the end..

We headed back the way we came from – and got a nice view of Madagascar.

And Egypt..

This is one of the rides, where you’re a “treasure hunter”. I dont really understand the rationale behind this ride as the “land rover” goes so slowly, and the “snakes”, “alligators” and “scarab beetles” are not in the least scary. Perhaps this is for the REAL kids. 

Of course, I took more pictures of Shrek-land.

 

The sky had darkened and threatened to rain (thankfully it didn’t). It lent a beautiful effect to the castle and fantasy-world image.

:)