Yay today i went to Universal Studios Singapore, Sentosa, again. This time free, company's convention. :) Manulife celebrates 30th anniversary in Singapore and reward all staffs to enjoy a day at USS. You may had already noticed Manulife's adverts on buses, MRT or newspapers, especially SUNDAY TIMES.
The last time i went USS i already took a lot of photos, so today i going to share about the rides experience. If you want to view photos, click here.
SPOILER: My reviews might spoil your surprises if you never try the rides before.
The Mummy's Revenge.
This was the best ride today, minus the longish snake and ladder queue to get to the rollercoaster. The ride was thrilling, you go forward fast up and down, even backwards! The real fire adds to the experience, you can feel the heat from the fire burning. I like the pitch darkness inside, i felt more thrilling when i slide down. Reminds me of the dark tube @ Wild Wild Wet! But i felt the ride was too short, around 3mins. I tried this ride twice haha.
Shrek 4D
Whats 4D? The movie is the same as the normal 3D cinema movies but the new thing is the chair. That's right, the chair you are sitting on makes the movie 4D! The chair will rock according to the movie's tempo. You feel the chair rocking when Shrek rides on a horse, or when Shrek fell off the cliff. Secondly, the chair splits water on your face! Surprise! I was like WTF when DONKEY sneeze and i felt real water splash onto my face!!! I got splashed 3 to 4 times in total. What a wet movie. Thirdly, the chair shoots gas! When the dragon breathe, or when flying, the gas will shoots out from your chair to give you the effect. So these three special effects from the chair makes the movie 4D. Its fun!
Dragon Rollercoaster.
This is like any normal rollercoaster with nice scenery below. Who would actually look directly below anyway? People normally look far away for scenery. The con of this ride is definitely the duration. The whole ride took only like 2min?! Wow queue so long for a 2mins ride.
Monster Freak Show.
This is a rock musical stage performance where the performers dressed like Dracula, Frankenstein, Werewolf. But the 30mins performance can gets boring towards the later part. They used effects of fireworks though. Nice but the smell from the fireworks can be disturbing.
In my opinion i feel that it was nearly impossible to try all the rides in one day. When i went for Jurassic Park at 5pm, the rides were already closed for the day. So i only managed to try the above rides, 4 total. Today was drizzling, not much crowd. Imagine if you were to go on a busy weekend the queue for rides will be even longer. The main attraction ride, Battlestar Galactica rollercoaster, is still closed! Wow! After so long still closed?! One good improvement is that there are free coaches to USS now. You don't have to pay to take public transport to USS. |
