Saturday, June 29, 2013

Universal Studio Singapore

USS trip was sooooo much fun! With the never ending drama, we finally made it! We planned this trip about 2 weeks earlier. I wanted to bring Adik as her birthday gift and a reward for her Matriculation result. Tapi banyak betul masalah pening2. Lepas adik dh siap2 buat passport, one of my friend just realized that she lost hers. Kalau hilang passport before expired date memang sangat leceh and take longer time to process. And a few days before the trip, hutan pulak terbakar. grrrrrrrr. why now whyyy. haze here and there, Singapore and Johor were among the highly affected area.

I kept track the PSI reading in Singapore for 2 days. Refresh the environmental page every hour okkk. Rase macam main saham, I really wanted to cry when the reading reached 401 at 12pm on Thursday. So hopeless. Tapi sebab dah excited beyond wordsss, we didn't cancel the trip. I really wanted to do something that gives me adrenaline rush. Rase dah lama gila tak nervous peluh2 main rides. hihi

And here we go. Universal Studio Singapore 

We drove from KL to Johor Bharu and stayed one night at Seri Malaysia Johor Bharu which is the closest hotel to Larkin Bus Station. About 10 mins walk. RM170/night for family room. Since one of my friend had  training until 5pm on Saturday, so sampai Johor memang dah malam, sempat dinner and tido je. Kalau gerak awal pgi boleh singgah JPO, but our ultimate goal was USS ONLY, maka tak kesah pon tak pergi JPO. hihi

On Sunday morning, we walked to Larkin Bus station and surveyed the USS package. When we reached there the 9am bus had just left. So terpaksa naik bas 10am. We purchased the package at one of the bas counter, macam banyak je USS package and the cheaper we got was RM178/person for Larkin-USS bus ticket (round trip), USS one day pass, 5$ shopping voucher at any USS shop and halal lunch meal voucher. Bas balik from USS to Larkin boleh pilih 7.30pm, 8.30pm and 9.30pm. It took about 1 hour + from Larkin to Sentosa island including the immigration. And lunch pon ok la mineral water drink, rice with fried chicken and sayur. I think it was quite a nice deal because if I buy online the USS ticket itself costs me 80sgd (around RM180). 

Surprisingly, haze in Singapore was so much better on that day. I didn't see anyone wearing mask at USS. We can see the blue blue skyyy clearly. hihi Because of the haze, not so many people wanted to risk themselves with outdoor activities. Kalau usual weekend, I bet some of the ride's queue must have been reached 1hour or more.  Buttt we're so luckkkyyy the longest queue was 20mins, for Transformer ride. 


The main attraction  was Battlestar Galactica rides. There are 2 main rides, Human (Red) and Cylon (Blue). If you have to choose either one, try the Cylon first sebab tu best gilaaa and scary sikit. It was like the most extreme ride at USS la. Kitorang try both because we had so much time and the queue was only 10mins okkk. Tak sempat nak cuak cuak nervous peluh, beratur kejap je terus smpi turn. If you survive the Cylon ride, ride yang lain macam kacang peas je la. kahkah.
Transformer ride pon best but it's indoor. sangat cool sebab pakai speck 3D so it feels so real. I think the concept was just the same like Jurrasic Park ride at Universal Studio Florida. Cume storyline lain la. And the Mummy pon is another indoor ride yang OK la. Not as cool as Transformer.

Jurrasic Park ade outdoor raft along the river yang most likely you'll get really wet. haha Sama macam the Popeye rides at Florida. I still remember dekat Florida, kitorang naik Popeye 3kaliii sebab memang nak basahhh kahkahkah. Try la Jurrasic Park, not much of Adrenaline rush tapi it was fun. 
 Madagscarrrr 

 Sesame Street at Hollywood
In front of the Mummy's entrance

Overall trip to USS is really worth it despite the sleepless nights I had thinking about the haze. And the overall budget including Gas, Toll, Hotel, USS ticket,Bus ticket -RM250 per person (Myvi with 5people). And takpayah convert duit SGD banyak pon. Just for souvenirs and snacks.

Please go people! pleaseeee haha