Showing posts with label Universal Studio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Universal Studio. Show all posts

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Universal Studio Singapore - Part 2

My last story ended on The Lost World area, and now we are going to continue the story to the EGYPT.. Where the mummies are residing. The main attraction is the Revenge of The Mummy Ride. This place was really hot at the time we entered. Really makes you think like you are in Egypt.. haha


There are 2 anubis [i think it is anubis] standing very tall at the entrance of the Revenge of the Mummy Ride. In front of the anubis, there are lots of another statue kneel facing each other on the right and left side. The far end is another tall relic which is i think it is like a monument. 




Let's talk about the mummy ride. It was the most horrible and terrifying (to some people ride) i have ever rode before in my life. The way to the ride is also very long, we need to walk like 5-6 minutes before we can reach the ride because the place was made like a puzzle road. It made you take the long way instead of just making 1 straight line.


I was thinking, if it was on weekend, i think the queue will be amazing a lot.......


The ride was little bit different because the roller coaster can speed up, slow down, going backward suddenly. I was shocked when to coaster reverse so sudden, when we faced to a cracking wall, so instead of crashing to the wall, the ride was reversing back and it was made as if we fall down into a pit of hole. AMAZING feeling.. haha.


There are some REAL FIRE spits out from a hole. You can feel the heat from the coaster. Normally they will use a fake fire, but this is real, almost like every ride in Universal Studio is made real. And the terrifying part is, when the coaster went up and down, the area around you are very dark, almost totally dark, thus you cant see when the ride is going down or up.. Just surrender your heart to the ride.. haha


Overall, the ride was good. I cant believe it that i played that coaster after i had my lunch.. haha


Next we took a treasure ride, which was riding and old fashioned car going for 1 round. Nothing interesting and boring. IMHO.

Here are the pictures from the EGYPT Area


The Entrance to the EGYPT World

The Entrance to the Revenge of the Mummy

Revenge of the Mummy

The Relic from Far and Close


Next we move on to the Sci-fi City, where the biggest and famous attraction resides. The Battlestar Galatica Human and Cyclon.


The Human is the red colour while the cyclon is the blue colour roller coaster ride. The coaster was mix into 1 place as if the 2 coasters are going to collide with each other but in fact it wont happen. So dun worry.


The red one is famous because it is very fast, 90 km/h. It does not hestitate at all, even when the beginning of ride, it speed up so sudden to top, and go down so suddenly. I cant even shout when the ride was coming down after speeding up so sudden. It is as if the coaster were going to take off from the rail. DAMN..


It way too fast and ended so quickly. HAHA.. After the ride, i felt not so well, a bit dizzy and sweating because it was very hot outside. My auntie asked me if i want to ride the blue one, and totally go against it. haha..


The blue rail is famous for its cobra roll, vertical loops and upside down rail. There are so many loops which made me dont want to ride. haha.. but to those who likes that kind of ride, you should ride it. You wont regret it. I can promise that.


After that continue to play Accelerator, something like spinning cup, but in futuristic design. I also din ride it because i get dizzy very quickly if i ride something that is spinning round and round.


These are the picture from Sci-fi City


The Entrance

THe Battlestar Galatica - Human and Cyclon

Me and the Ride. hoho

Closer Looks


The Logo

The Accelerator

The Sci-fi Cup


We move on to New York Area afterward. The building in here are really resemble lot to New York city, and there is Marylin Monroe in this area, but too bad never take picture with her.


Nothing much to explain in here, the attraction we got into were Steven Spielberg Special Effect Studio and Monster Rock Theater. 


Steven Spielberg attraction is amazing, you went into a building where they try to create a level 5 Tornado Warning. Everything was destroyed, from a big billboard falling down, speedboat crash into a small house, explosion, and a big ship coming close to where we stand as if it was going to crash us. When it almost crashed us, the stage where we were standing shaken to create the effect. It is very good. I have record the attraction but not so clear, scared caught by the staff. haha..


Monster Rock Theater was actually a rock musical theater feature dracula, mummy, werewolf, and so on. The old new york monster. They sang mostly rock songs. They even sang "Nobody but You" english version. haha.. I love the last song which was Bon Jovi It's My Life, You Give love a bad name.. I really enjoy the music..


There was 1 signature restaurant of classic new york city, whereby there were lots of classic cars parked outside the restaurant, and the design of the restaurant itself was classic. 


There was 1 group of break dance performing there. And my uncle's son was performing the dance itself. You can see it in the video below. FYI, he is only 3 years old now.





and here are the pictures from New York Area, as well as some random picture taken when the Universal Studio was closing down.

 The Old Stylish Building

Going Inside the Building

New York Street

American Food

The Palace

New York Old Restaurant










 With BreakDance Group

 Monster Rock Theatre



 Water World, taking photos with the Casts


 Water World

 Yeah, I get an OSCAR for............ [read it urself] 
hahahahahahahhaa

And that is all for the trip to Universal Studio..


Enjoy the story.............................

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Universal Studio Singapore Trip [Part 1]

I have been stressing myself with no calls from all of the company here in Singapore.. I am not sure why, but i do believe that i have the skills to do the job.

Well, to relieve some stress, i went to Universal Studio Singapore which is still in Soft Opening. I went there together with my uncle's family. We bought the ticket online, as what has been suggested by Resort World website. As they afraid there are might no tickets left when you to buy it on spot.



And so, the Ticket Entrance fee is SGD 66 on weekeday, which includes all the rides except for rock climbing in lost world.

There are 7 different areas to explore. Journey Starts from Hollywood area, after that you go either Madagaskar or New York. The rest are Far Far Away Kingdom (Shrek), The Lost World (Jurassic Park), Egypt, Sci-fi City.

We went there by bus from Vivo City, cost SGD 2, while train cost SGD 3. We arrived on Resort World B1 Carpark which is closed to the Casino.

Resort World Casino Entrance for Foreigners

Me and My Uncle's Son

The Universal Studio is on the first floor and we were welcomed by the Universal Studio Signature's Globe.

The GLOBE

The Entrance

First Area is New York, coz we arrived at 9am, there were not much to see in this area. Meet woody wood pecker in this area.

Me n Woody Wood Pecker


After that we went to Madagaskar Area, and took some pictures there. Only King Julian Beach Party Go Round is available at the moment. So we took a ride there as our first ride..

Here are the photos on Madagaskar Area

The Big Tree


So Move the next Place, Shrek Kingdom. I love this place, we rode the mini roller coaster there, watched 4D Shrek which was amazing. It was actually a combination of 3D plus they tried to create the situation as if we were in the movie itself. For example: when the donkey sneeze to our face, water splashed on our face. When Shrek fly with the dragon, we can feel the wind, etc. Compare to the one in Genting, this 4D is way better.

We continue to Donkey Club Party show after that. This show was good in which we will entertain by the Donkey itself. But it is an animation, so dont expect real live donkey. It is good because it can talk and interact with us. When we said our name, the donkey will say Hi "our Name". IT is cool from my perspective.

Pictures from Shrek / Far Far Away

 FarFar Away Entrance

 FarFar Away Entrance
 Enchanted Airways - Mini Roller Coaster 

Welcome to Far Far Away

Princess Fiona's Castle


Princess Fiona's Castle

Princess Fiona's Castle

Shrek 4D Show

Ginger House

One of the Restaurant in Far Far Away

Souvenir Shop

The Frog Fountain

And then we move to the Lost World. We went straight to Jurassic Park and try the Canopy Ride, which is just 50 seconds ride.. So fast that you would think it is not worth the waiting as there are quite lots of people queuing for it. After that riding the Pterodactyl which is just go up and round.. Haha.. not really like ride like that. We want to try the Rapids Adventure which is a wet ride. The ride will take you on a watery environment while you see the dinosaurs. Something similar to the one in genting. But this ride will surely make you wet. The ride was not open at that time. So, we skipped this ride for later. Before that, i saw a girl holding a very big gun, and i was so interested with it. I borrowed it and took some pictures. The girl holding the gun is not bad either. haha..

After that, we having lunch at the Jurassic Discovery Centre aka The Lost World Food Court ^^, which is the same like the movie. The T-Rex bone are in the middle of this building. Having chicken rice which is not that good. It tastes just so so.

After that we want to watch Water World, but the show already started. It was 1215 when we reached there. We planned to watch it at 430 after failed to see the show.

And here are the pictures from the Lost World

The Lost World

Jurassic Park Entrance

Discovery Centre

Dino's Egg

The Canopy Ride

Water World Entrance

Inside Discovery - The TREX Skull

The Condition in Discovery




HOHOHOHOHO

Me as Dino Hunter

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