Hie~ I have not blogged for a super long time. HEHE.
Just going to post a very special blog entry today~
Guess what! I went to UNIVERSAL STUDIOS SINGAPORE yesterday~ XD XD XD
Morning at around 7plus was the time when my cousin, Kamin, came. I just woke up, as a matter of fact, and came downstairs to find her staring intently at the fish tank, observing the goldfishes swimming in circles and gobbling on the small pebbles, before puking them out. Said hi and then noticed her dark eyecircles. ): I wonder if she had been sleeping well for the past few nights.
Embarking on our journey, we went to stock up on our supply of snacks to munch on at USS: bread. Kamin and I went completely bonkers in the car. Tip of the day: Never leave the engine off in the car when there's humans inside. XD
After arriving at Harbourfront, we walked over to the food centre nearby to have egg prata for breakfast. Not bad. (:
While taking the monorail from Vivocity to USS, we were all squeezed in the tiny monorail. Seems like it was a huge magic trick that allowed so many passengers to alight the tiny monorail. (:
At USS, we waited outside for the queuing crowd to subside. After waiting, we went in at about 10.35am. Hollywood, here we are! Everything looked so bright and colourful. There was this excited atmosphere in the air.
USS was SUPERB. Everything there was up to my expectations. The rides there were much better and thrilling than those in Genting. The queuing was in fact shorter than the ones in Genting, which is a huge relief. Having to queue for that long in Genting, in the terribly burning hot weather in Singapore is going to be a torture.
First show: Lights, Camera, ACTION!
Experiencing a "live" telecast of a hurricane in New York City right in front of us was really an amazing experience. There was real live flames, furious rushing water, and even an huge ship that crashed into the scene! It was really comical, since at the moment before the ship crashed in, the reporter was going "Everything is under control." Get it? Haha. Plus, a tiny tip, if you want to get splashed, stand right in front of the audience. Getting splashed by the water then is guaranteed. (; Since I stood right in front, the inevitable happened. Slightly splashed me walked out of the theatre with equally splashed Mum, Kamin and super splashed Dad. While walking out, I was laughing with Kamin about that sudden "THUD" before the ship crashed in as the platform beneath the first row of the audience suddenly dropped down and came up again. WOAH. Scary.
1st ride: Accelerator
A ride that spins you round and round isn't going to make me scream that mad. At least it was a relief to have the wind blow in your face in the hot weather.
2nd ride: The Revenge of the Mummy
This ride was definitely a must-ride. Even whiling queuing in its dark queuing areas, the dim lights and paintings on the walls scared Kamin and I to bits. Grabbing onto each other's hands and edging forward, we were terrified. We sat at the LAST ROW. OMG. It was so THRILLIING, EXCITING and TERRIFYING!!! We SCREAMED like mad women, held on to the handles for our lives, as we twisted, turned, accelerated, suddenly reversed backwards and dropped 90degrees downwards in DARKNESS. Kamin and I even floated off our seats for a moment there!!! My parents and I even bought the picture, which featured my mum SMILING( OMG, HOW CAN SHE SMILE?!), my dad closing his eyes(he was feeling dizzy from the twist and turns), my cousin Kamin with her head down to the handle( she was holding onto the handle for her life), and me with my big mouth SCREAMING my head off. (: HEHE.
2nd Show: Shrek 4D Adventure
My first 4D movie~ It was awesome, as expected. I got jerked, shook, squirted, tickled and whatever you cannot expect in my seat. Being squirted by water in my seat during the movie stunned me, before I burst into laughter. I was in a HYPER MODE that day. XD Being shot by a gust of cold air at your legs surprised my cousin and I too.
3rd Show: Donkey "Live"
Running into the theatre for the show wasn't what we had expected, as after we got out from the Shrek 4D Adventure show, there was this guy yelling:"DONKEY LIVE SHOW IN 2 MINTUES!" My parents, Kamin and I rushed into the theatre, of course, and had a great time laughing at Donkey's antics and jokes.
LUNCH:
We had lunch at Celebrity Cafe and Bakery, where my Dad had a Chicken Croissant, my Mum had a Curry Puff, Kamin had a Tuna sandwich and I had a Bacon Sandwich. The Mushroom soup which came along with our meals was DELICIOUS. I never had such delicious mushroom soup before.
3rd+4th ride:
Enchanted Airways: This was a JUNIOR roller-coaster that had Kamin and I screaming too. There was not much queue when we took it, so we went for TWO RIDES. XD For the first ride, Kamin and I screamed, even though it was like we were the only ones screaming. (: For the second ride though, I was prepared. I SMILED all the way, while Kamin was still screaming, but this time, with her eyes open. This two rides was a great chance to enjoy the scenery of USS for a tiny bit.
5th ride: Dino-Soaring
As kid-ish as the ride sounds, yup, it is a kiddie's ride. Since the queue was short and the ride that Kamin and I wanted to go originally had "technical difficulties", we decided on this one. We went up and down, up and down, UPPPPP and down on the flying dinosaur, as I had no control over it even though I was pressing the button for almost the whole ride. GOD, it suddenly jerked at one point and had my heart racing. I can't believe a kiddie's ride made me feel so excited. XD And my Dad was taking photos nearby. I CAN SEE YOU, DAD!!!
6th ride: Canopy Flyer
This 53-seconds ride had Kamin and I screaming too, while we enjoyed the cool breeze on our faces, and a breath-taking view of the Jurassic Park beneath us.
4th Show: Waterworld
I truly enjoyed this show the most. It not only made Kamin and I slightly splashed, but it also made us laugh and anticipate the splashes. There were three zones: 1st zone: the SOAKED zone, which guarantees the audience to be completely SOAKED if they dare to sit in that unlucky zone; 2nd zone: the SPLASH zone, audiences sitting in this area will get splashed, but possibly soaked too; 3rd zone: the DRY zone, dry is all the audiences can be in this zone. The actors had a really great time wetting the audiences in the SOAKED zone with BUCKETS of water, purposely raining those who were armed with ponchos and umbrella, and fired with water guns at those in the SPLASH zone. One even took the trouble to go up the stairs and slipped in between the rows of the audiences, and SPLASH, fired them from behind with his water gun. He even turned round and round, firing those who were in his perimeter. One actor even came up from behind my row, which was the LAST ROW of the splash zone, firing at the audience's back in my row. Luckily, when he came to Kamin and I, his water gun ran out of water and we both jumped out of "harm's" way as water splashed our seats. oh well. (: At one scene, one actor purposely soaked the audiences with the sudden turning of his motor-boat in the waters, and splashing Kamin and I. I can't possibly imagine how wet the front row audiences can get if I already got splashed that much in the last row of the SPLASH zone.
With all the loud explosions, gun-firing, crashing, and the huge destruction the actors caused in this show, it was obvious that there was a 3-hours interval between each show to fix and restore everything back into place for the next show. I remember, there was even one time, at the ending, when a huge airplane just burst into the scene! It was a spectacular show.
6 rides, 4 shows, 1 awesome day for my parents, Kamin and I.
I can only use amazing, hilarious, fantastic,unforgettable,awesome and anything wonderful that can describe this whole day at the USS.