Universal Studios Singapore

So with our amazing seat sale to Singapore we felt that we could afford to splurge a little and take the family to Universal Studios Singapore! Woo hoo. I was SO SO SO excited. When I was young my family went to the Universal Studios in Florida and it was amazing. I was so young but I remember so many of the different things we did there. I got to fly on the bumblebee with my sister and they dubbed us in 'Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" and my dad got to do this special effects show where he got completely soaked in a boat scene.
So with these high expectations I was in a great mood. Even the 100% chance of rain couldn't bum me out. I knew it would be great. The theme park had a few different sections each with it's own shows and rides: Madagascar, Far Far Away (Shrek), Waterworld, Jurrasic Park, The Mummy, Sci-Fi and New York City. We started with Madagascar! There was the huge ship they were stuck on in their crates, the tree with the broken airplane with the pilot hanging as bones and of course we saw Alex the Lion walking around and posing for pictures!

From Madagascar we ventured onto Far Far Away to explore the world of Shrek. We went to a 4D show where we got to see what happened to Shrek and Fiona after their wedding and how the ghost of Lord Farquad tried to seek his revenge. The seats moved, we were sprayed with the boogers when they sneezed, spiders crawled at our angles and the wind blew through our hair. It was awesome. Ryan also took Brayden and Sydney on their first roller coaster ride! Although it didn't go upside down it wasn't a kiddie ride either. It was fast and curvy and loads of fun. Brayden sat in the front alone while Ryan and Sydney took the row behind him. We also saw Puss, Shrek and Fiona stopping to meet us common folk.

After some lunch we continued onto Jurassic Park which was short lived since the lines were long and the rain really started to poor. We did end up flying in terradactyl's through the air before buying a few rain poncho's and continuing on. Sydney and I did return a little later and went on a ride were you sat on a roller coaster ride style chair. The ones where your feet are dangling and it's connected to the ride rail at the top. We whizzed through the ride and it was super fast. I loved it and couldn't believe how brave Sydney was. She loved it and didn't seem to get scared at all, and trust me, it was SO fast!
After Jurrasic Park we continued onto The Mummy part of the park. I took Brayden onto a rollar coaster ride that was inside a dark pyramid themed dig. This was no ordinary rollar coaster ride. Not only was it dark but there was fog so your vision was quite limited. As the ride is racing down the track you come to a wall and just as you're about to crash through it the rides comes to a sudden stop then you start speeding away from the beetles crawling through the wall backwards so you have no idea where you're going. You start flipping around at 180* and fire blasts down the walls on either side. Oh it was so great. I love a good thrill. Brayden on the other hand was so not impressed.

After Brayden's little freak out we took it a little slower and went for a few of the more Maddy friendly rides. We also took in a show where they showed us how they make all the special effects that you see in the movies. It was pretty neat. The scene that they did in front of us was a hurricane hitting a harbour in the night. They cued the rain, the winds, the waves and the set crashed down as the winds ripped it apart. Of course their was fire as things were exploding from the winds. After Brayden's little hysterical episode after the rollar coaster he was still a little on edge and did not enjoy the explosions. What freaked him out the most was that he thought the storm was real and so when we went outside and he saw that it was suddenly pouring with rain outside he thought that storm was hitting us right at that moment. Thankfully about 2 minutes after we got outside the rains stopped to just a drizzle and he realized it was OK. It was also nice that the whole street in the New York theme (where the show was) was completely covered so you could walk around the street and look into the shops, the shows, and watch the street acts and not get wet. A nice hide away from the lousy weather although with the drizzle following us around we didn't get the camera's out too much but thankfully we were able to get a few fun shots while on the more 'friendly' rides.

Our day was loaded with tons of walking and the kids did a pretty good job of keeping up. We didn't get to sit down to eat dinner at Chilis until around 7pm so it was a long long day! But I had a good time and hopefully everyone else did too!! Here's one last picture of Far Far Away and the rollar coaster the kids loved.