It was a beautiful Thursday morning, had planned to enjoy the thrilling rides at Universal Studios Singapore. Been wanting to go there for some time. The theme park opens at 10 am, but even after breakfast we reached the place at 8.30 am. Took a photo with nobody behind me and then went to sit at the Hard Rock Hotel lobby until 9.45 am.
Once you go in, you're greeted by the Hollywood town, and then followed by this New York city atmosphere. You can feel the spirit and soak in the impressive skylines of the bustling city.
They also have their famous landmarks built in a smaller scale , i believe this might be the New York library?
In the Sci-Fi City, the main attraction is Battlestar Galactica. This ride has two roller coasters ( one for the Humans and one for the Cyclon) and there is one point where the two roller coasters will near collide merely centimetres apart. The Cyclon ride should be the more challenging one because it has its riders feet dangling. However, this ride ran into a big security issue and has been closed for months. Rumour has it that one of the seats fell off during a test run.
My first stop was to head to Ancient Egypt for Revenge of the Mummy. Wow, this ride was awesome. It's a roller coaster in the dark, and the roller coaster goes many directions, including backwards. The effects were also very real and impressive. I went on this ride twice.
After such an adrenaline-pumping ride, we opted for Treasure Hunters, where visitors drive their own desert jeep through an abandoned excavation mine.
The jeep travels so slowly that i can take many beautiful pictures of the skyline in Universal Studios. That red rollercoaster is in Far Far Away, called Enchanted Airways. It's a junior roller coaster modelled after the female dragon in Shrek.
Right beside Ancient Egypt is the Lost World. The rides in this world are fun! The best of them all is Jurassic Park Rapid Adventures. This ride gets you soaked from head to toe so do get a poncho. It's a long ride in a river raft where you pretend you're visiting Jurassic Park. Then midway during your ride, things go wrong and dinosaurs start harassing you and it all ends with an unexpected plunge into the river! Woweeeeee.....
Waterworld is basically a show with death-defying stunts, explosions etc.
There is another ride in The Lost World called Canopy Flyer which sees you soaring above the theme park and a dizzying speed. Must try, but has a long queue.
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