Saturday 14 April 2012 -A day on Sentosa Island
Day 2 and 156 to go
With a relaxing evening and decent sleep behind us we were up and in search of breakfast by 830am. We wandered through the Bugis Street markets before heading into a food market for a traditional breakfast of coconut rice with egg and chicken. On our return to our hotel we finalised our things and caught the MRT to Harbour Front before a walk to the cable car and we were hoisted into the air and over the harbour and cruise liners.
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Sentosa beckoned and she didn’t disappoint. She has changed considerably in the ten years since our first visit in which we went to see the Merlion and laser light show. Now Universal studios and Hard Rock have a strong hold, all part of the Resorts World. There is a large maritime museum and aquarium, which will soon be joined by the largest oceanarium in the world.
The crowds were immense the weather stifling but it wasn’t going to stop us. I had bought our tickets online before we left and made the choice to fork out for the express version. This was the best choice I could have made knowing Paul’s patience level is about nil.
Basically it meant we skipped the cue and headed straight on to the attractions. Our first stop was the duelling roller coasters of Battlestar Gallactica. OMG. The acceleration, corkscrews, drops and tilts. It was nuts! Any ride like that and my eyes are shut the whole way round. Paul on the other hand is in his element as he is a speed freak. The coasters remind him of riding a fast bike at the top end of the speedo. We did the two coasters back to back. The second one in which your seat is connected at the top so your legs hang down was by far the more exhilarating and I managed to keep one eye half open for some of it. Paul still wasn’t impressed. I on the other hand thought it was a huge achievement.
Basically it meant we skipped the cue and headed straight on to the attractions. Our first stop was the duelling roller coasters of Battlestar Gallactica. OMG. The acceleration, corkscrews, drops and tilts. It was nuts! Any ride like that and my eyes are shut the whole way round. Paul on the other hand is in his element as he is a speed freak. The coasters remind him of riding a fast bike at the top end of the speedo. We did the two coasters back to back. The second one in which your seat is connected at the top so your legs hang down was by far the more exhilarating and I managed to keep one eye half open for some of it. Paul still wasn’t impressed. I on the other hand thought it was a huge achievement.
Our next stop was The Mummy. This was an indoor roller coaster with some interaction connected to the movie of the same name. Most of the ride was in the dark except when characters popped up along the way. I didn’t need to have my eyes shut for this one!
Leaving the world of Cairo we found ourselves in Jurassic Park where we rode two rides, both were tamer than what we had come from and more suited to families. The first was an overhead loop that was not quite a roller coaster and not quiet a cable car ride and the second was a rapids water coaster that was lots of fun. You end up soaked as you splashdown a large incline at the end.
Exiting Jurassic Park we bypassed Waterworld and headed for the kingdom of Far Far Away. We jumped the cue again and went to check out the Shrek 4d Show. With gorgeous green 3d glasses in hand we entered the theatre and were seated in special seats. The next 15 min was spent being thrown around in our seats as we rode a horse, a dragon and dropped over a waterfall with Shrek and the gang. Every now and then we were sprayed with water and air and even furry things across the back of the legs as spiders were dropped by Lord Farqhuar. Ahhhh! It was a great laugh. Shrek world also had a roller coaster for us to try out. This one was an eyes open all the way round type.
From Shrek castle to Madagascar and a cruisey boat ride into a large ship to keep an eye on the NY zoo escapees, penguins and Lemurs. A little bit of fun.
After this ride we were forced to dodge the rain that had finally settled in, but it wasn’t going to stop us enjoying our last hour.
We watched a sound stage presentation, called “Lights. Camera. Action”. It showed how a movie set is set up to capture, in this case, a category 5 hurricane ripping through a New York boat yard. This was really cool.
Our last ride was the Transformers 3d which was awesome. A cross between a roller coaster and a simulator we were part of the movie fighting for our life against the other bots. Woo Hoo.
So with all the rides under our belt is was time to head back on the cable car, MRT and back home for a spa to soothe the aching feet. Ahhhhh!
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