Travel: Singapore - Universal Studio

[cascada]

minnie2004:

Hi cascada,

Which shows and rides are good for younger kids? We won't try to be too aggressive on our 1st visit. Will just focus on a few rides

Hi minnie2004, the crowd today to me was manageable, seemed more foreigners than local. However, queues for photo-taking with Characters were long, so we gave them a miss.
Queues for popular rides (Revenge of the Mummy, JR Adventure Ride & Canopy flyers) were around 30 to 50 mins. But I think you should worry about this cos they won't be suitable for v young kids. IMO, you can take your kids to following rides/attractions :
- Dino Soarin
- King Julien's merry go round
- Shrek 4D Adventure
- Magic Potion Spin
- Treaure Hunters
- Donkey Live
- Lights, Camera, Action!
I also recommend the following shows :
- Waterworld
- Monster Rocks
- The Rockfellas

We ate at Goldilocks on our 1st visit. IMO the breaded chicken was a little oily. Today we ate burgers & fries at Mel's Drive in. It was nice & filling.

[minnie2004]

Thanks cascada! That'll be more than enough for us, although I'd love to try the Jurassic Park and Mummy rides myself. My kids would love the King Julien's merry-go-round as Madagascar 2 is their favourite movie :love:

[cascada]

minnie2004:

Thanks cascada! That'll be more than enough for us, although I'd love to try the Jurassic Park and Mummy rides myself. My kids would love the King Julien's merry-go-round as Madagascar 2 is their favourite movie :love:

Enjoy your time at USS!

[daisyt]

Just went yesterday, thank goodness, nice weather all day long, although can be a bit hot in the afternoon. Singapore, being a tiny dot, what else can we ask for? This USS is good enough and had a wonderful time there. Water coolers can be found everywhere, so no need to worry about spending on drinks.


Due to technical fault, we missed the Jurassic Rapid Adventure ride. We were already sitting on the boat and was asked to leave as they are closing down this attraction. We paid $4 for the locker and demanded a refund. The staffs were very patience and get the locker's personnel to refund us the money. We were very disappointed to miss the ride. After talking to one of the staffs, I suggested her to call me on my mobile once the ride was up. And she really called me two hours later. She asked us to approach straight to the boat, no need to queue up. However, we still queue when we reached there, because the queue was very short. Jurassic Rapid Adventure is a must ride, but can be a little scary on the last part.

Something spoil our mood during the ride. Together with us were 4 PRC young visitors. Two ladies, nicely dressed, opened up an umbrella to cover their lap, worried of getting wet. Somewhere 1/3 of the ride, the ulsher made announcement to ask the ladies to close the umbrella, in English. They ignore. After a while, the ulsher made another announcement in Mandarin and these two ladies simply ignored. When we were in the tunnel, there was another announcement and they still ignored. Hubby and I started to open our mouth to get them close the umbrella, telling them, their umbrella sure going to fly away later and how it might injured us. Then they guai guai kept the umbrella. So super angry on their inconsiderate action :x The ride was meant to get wet and if they are worried of getting wet, wear a raincoat or don't ride lah.

[mathsparks]

daisyt:

Something spoil our mood during the ride. Together with us were 4 PRC young visitors. Two ladies, nicely dressed, opened up an umbrella to cover their lap, worried of getting wet. Somewhere 1/3 of the ride, the ulsher made announcement to ask the ladies to close the umbrella, in English. They ignore. After a while, the ulsher made another announcement in Mandarin and these two ladies simply ignored. When we were in the tunnel, there was another announcement and they still ignored. Hubby and I started to open our mouth to get them close the umbrella, telling them, their umbrella sure going to fly away later and how it might injured us. Then they guai guai kept the umbrella. So super angry on their inconsiderate action :x The ride was meant to get wet and if they are worried of getting wet, wear a raincoat or don't ride lah.

I'm sure our country does not welcome these annoying, rude, inconsiderate, selfish, self-centred, suaku, nincompoop tourists!!
:x

[minnie2004]

Aiya, don't be so :x . It's just that their civilization level hasn't caught up with their wallets yet .

[mathsparks]

but minnie, its not just the behaviour is intolerable, it isnt safe to those seated behind them. How can they be thinking of themselves only??


this is the same reason why we refused to visit hk disneyland when kids were younger…fearing the queue cutting, squatting/spitting all over and boorish behaviour…

[minnie2004]

I know, we shouldn't hesitate to point it out to them when safety of other people is threatened.


As for HK disneyland, in fact it's not that bad. If you go on a weekday, you actually don't have to queue too long. The mainland Chinese queue up just like the rest. I didn't notice any unsightly behavior, but maybe I was too occupied with my 2 little ones

[daisyt]

mathsparks:

but minnie, its not just the behaviour is intolerable, it isnt safe to those seated behind them. How can they be thinking of themselves only??


this is the same reason why we refused to visit hk disneyland when kids were younger...fearing the queue cutting, squatting/spitting all over and boorish behaviour..

I won't be bother much for their whatever behaviour but this one is safety concern, so I am super pissed off. And I am wondering, they can really wear very nice and carry branded handbag to theme park. Hmmm ... :roll:

Another 2 ladies I saw, same country, the same ride, were discussing where to put their branded handbags so they would not get wet and dirty. :!:

[EstherTan]

Hey all!


Just wanted to check with you guys, did anyone who visited Universal Studios recently encounter bag checks at the entrance and had your food/ drinks removed?

Thinking of bringing 2yo and will definitely need snacks/ food for her.

TIA!