With lots of expectation & excitement, we booked the tickets online to visit the Universal Studios, Singapore, when it was opened in April 2010. Among friends, it has become my 'duty' to do the homework when we plan for some activity. Therefore I took sometime in identifying shows and attractions that would be suitable for our group. May be, I wanted to catch the best or just was keen on getting good value for my money as we had paid SG$ 72/person! Either way, we had fun:) Photos would be more suitable for this post rather than text...
The trademark entrance logo that is synonymous with Universal Studios...
We entered the studios through the Hollywood Boulevard, which kinda had western ambience with a mini replica of Walk of Fame...
We went for the show "Light Camera Action" as it had boasted that you would get to see and feel an experience of category 5 hurricane hitting New York. We didn't have an expectation, so we were pleasantly surprised to see how an empty stage gets transformed. There was no seating arrangement, we were asked to stand on platform, which was supposed to be a boathouse by the harbor in New York. The show started with a pleasant day, and slowly, the sky started turning dark, followed by thunder, rain and hurricane. The board on which we were standing rumbled too..lightening struck on a building roof and suddenly a big boat crashed in too! True, it was indeed a magic!! Photo was not allowed and also I was too keen in experiencing:)
The Castle set of Far Far Away was cute and we went in to catch 4D Sherk show, where we got to experience the adventure.
Even before entering the theater, there was interactive preview, preparing us for the experience. The preview was good for a couple of minutes, but I felt like it was buildup after that. Well, the actual show was fascinating, the theater had mobile seats, and we were given special glasses called Ogrevision. Sherk goes on his donkey driven cart to save Princess Fiona. We were also bumping and moving when the donkeys started to move. Moreover, we got a fine spray when the donkey sneezed! It was enjoyable.
At Madagascar, "We like to Move it", live performance was going on...
But, Madagascar attraction itself was still under construction at that time... We saw many visitors carrying funny looking Dino drink and finally we spotted the sales cart at The Lost World.
It was COKE, priced @ SGD13!, Well, at least there was an option to refill carbonated drinks at any of the F&B outlets @ SGD1.
There was a long queue to watch the Waterworld show, which shows live stunt action from the famous movie Waterworld. For the kids, adrenalin flow was pretty high, by just watching it.
The rows of the viewing gallery was marked, so that guests who don't mind getting soaked sat in the first rows, followed by 'spray zone', where we sat, as we didn't mind a fine spray. For those who wanted to be dry had to sit farther away. The actors were, hitting, jumping and diving, the calm blue water turned into rough wavy sea, and there was action packed water scooter stunts. Suddenly pirate boat entered, the pirate started shooting, and actors were just dropping in water like how we see in movies:) Towards climax, a mini plane crash-landed in water and there was fire. It was awesome to watch the show.
Sci-Fi City was not my cup of tea...the rides were still under construction...
People had to queue up to take photos with dressed up cartoon characters like Panda, Sherk, Madagascar animals etc. The park allows outside food, (especially for special dietary needs) but not packed picnic lunches in large or hard containers. So, we carefully chose soft containers and packed vegetarian meals. Overall, I'd say it's worth going to Universal Studios @ Singapore...especially for those who don't have plans to go to Florida or Orlando in the near future...
