Day 13 in Singapore, and we managed to fit in our first proper day of doing touristy things. We decided to go to Universal Studios!
We left at around 11, picked up a Subway before getting on the train to head towards Sentosa, which is an island right next to Singapore, that contains loads of different activities and places to go.
We hopped on the shuttle train that took us from Singapore to Sentosa, bought our tickets and went into the park. It looked absolutely incredible. We walked in, and we had entered the first of 7 zones. Hollywood. On the pavement they had the Hollywood Walk of Fame Stars with the celebrities names on. They had various souvenir shops to go in, and some cafes to go to to eat. They even had a Starbucks.
Before we could go from Hollywood onto the next area, "New York", the rain started to come down. Really, really heavily. Thunder and Lightening also came down. After hearing that we couldn't get a refund if it continued all day, despite the fact we missed out on quite a few rides, as well as getting ridiculously soaked getting to different places, we were hoping the storm would calm down as it was a lot of money to spend just to be soaked getting anywhere.
Thankfully, it did, and we ventured to New York. That was incredible. It looked exactly like how we imagined New York to look like. Down here we had American style diners, American food stalls, and American looking buildings. Down here we went to our first ride, the Sesame Street ride! It was an easy, kids ride to get ourselves started for the day. Decent!
After that, we headed to the next Zone, the Sci Fi zone, where we went on our next ride, arguably one of our favourites. The Transformers ride! We queued up for around 45 minutes, and went in. It was mainly a simulation, and it was absolutely incredible. We both loved it. We ended up going on it again nearer the end of our trip.
We could've done a few more rollercoasters in the Sci Fi zone, but they were closed down due to the lightening and thunder earlier on. So we had to skip those and head to zone 4, Egypt. This is when we found our favourite ride. The Revenge of the Mummy. This was a proper rollercoaster, and was absolutely incredible. Again, like Transformers, we went on this a couple of times later on.
Next zone, Lost World. Basically Jurassic Park. The only ride they had, though was a really short one. We queued up as single riders, to avoid a 45 minute queue. We're so happy we did. It was awful. It lasted 20 seconds, if that, and basically did a tiny circle before coming back. Waste of time.
Next zone. Far Far Away. Shrek Land. This was awesome, too. There was one ride, the Puss in Boots ride, which was a brand new ride, but was quite fun. There were a few 4D animations that were really good, and this "Comedy" show, which ruined it all because it was just absolutely terrible. My girlfriend loves Shrek, so I made sure I took plenty of photos of this zone. They're all on Facebook.
Finally, Madagascar. Now, there wasn't much to this zone, only a log flume-esque ride, except with no huge splashes at the end. Which I was secretly quite happy about, as I'm not a huge fan of getting wet. Especially in clothes I need to go home in.
After that, we were done! All the rides had been ridden, all the sites had been seen. We took photos of Marilyn Monroe, Cleopatra, and some American singer/dancers. All in all, a quality day!
Back to work tomorrow, with an early start. We both start coaching at 10, so we have to be at VJC at 9:30. It's going to be an early one!
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