Universal Studios Singapore - 1

Well, the reason of putting "1" is that it's my first time there and I think I'll probably go there again, but don't know when.

And my, was it a wash out! I was there when it opened at 10am and unfortunately, it wasn't before long when it started to pour at about noon. Well, it was a good thing my ticket was sponsored, being my company's Family Day, or else very wasted.

As it was with the major downpour, some outdoor rides were closed for a while (on & off), and shows too (like Waterworld). Well, it wasn't such a big matter to me since I'm quite a scaredy cat on rides, seeing that I took a motion sickness pill before going, to play safe. And I've watched Waterworld in L.A.'s Universal Studios before. But the weather didn't really let up, making the day gloomy. But I did take some rides and watched a copy of shows, like Shrek 4-D Adventure, the Donkey Live Show and even the Lights, Camera, Action! at the New York sector.

The Shrek 4-D Adventure had those special effects like water spurting on our faces when Donkey sneezed (eww...) and wind rushing round our legs when spiders were afoot. Donkey Live was actually a live talkshow but with an animated Donkey. It was quite interactive even so, probably a camera somewhere as it addressed the audience directly, calling for volunteers and I'm not sure how they moved the animation coz it was always positioned rather accurately and with expressions that was addressing the volunteer. Just for fun lah.

As for rides, wasn't that adventurous and only took a few, starting off with the very peaceful Madagascar: A Crate Adventure' (think Hong Kong Disneyland's Aladdin ride). Then I upped the level a little with the kiddy roller coaster ride, Enchanted Airways, at Far Far Away. That kind of reminded me of the Flounder's Flying Fish Coaster at Disneysea. And lastly, the Revenge of the Mummy ride. I was filled with trepidation when I saw the video they were playing. But it turned out quite manageable (and short). I was like "it's over already?" when the ride ended. I felt it was probably something like Space Mountain at HK Disneyland.

I did not have the guts to take the Battlestar Galactica and used the rain as an excuse. That looked something like this.

So far I've heard, the Human track is more scary than Cyclon.

And the new Transformers ride hasn't opened yet (opens on 3 Dec). Wonder what that will be like. But the shop was opened already, where I bought a 1-click conversion transformer for my 2-year-old nephew. Cool?

One thing about USS's rides (as my friend told me) is that they are quite short. Which is a good thing for the really scary rides. At least they won't feel like "forever".

That was about it as the rain continued and I left the place at 3 plus. Good thing though as I wanted to visit MBS's ArtScience Museum to see the Dali and Titanic exhibition, which are another 2 posts altogether.