Our 259th entry in this blog is our first time trip to Universal Studios in Sentosa, Singapore. We prayed for a sunny day today and yes, it’s not just sunny, it’s super hot! haha 🙂

Universal Studios Singapore (USS) is a theme park located within the Resorts World Sentosa integrated resort. It features 28 rides, shows, and attractions in seven themed zones. It is one of the five Universal Studios theme parks around the world. The other one we have been to is in Osaka, Japan.

The park consists of six themed zones surrounding a lagoon. Each zone is mostly based on movies and/or television, featuring their own attractions, meet and greet locations, over 30 restaurants and food carts, and 20 retail stores and carts located around the park.

Our very first ride at USS is Sai’s favorite: the transformers ride! It was so intense that I forgot to open my eyes. haha! I’m usually the one who just waits outside for them to finish the ride as I’m always scared of fast rides. But since I lack research for this park, I did not know that this was like a roller coaster one.

Sci-Fi City is themed to a supposed metropolis of the future. It is the home of a pair of Vekoma dueling roller coasters. Transformers character appearances include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Megatron.

A food and beverage outlet selling a variety of items, including ice cream.

Ancient Egypt is based on the historical adaptation of Ancient Egypt during the 1930s Golden Age of Egyptian Exploration.

It features obelisks and pyramids which are typical of Ancient Egypt. Also featured are Pharaohs’ tombs which were supposedly commonly discovered during that era.

This zone relies on the depictions made in the popular film franchise, The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser.

This has got to be my favorite ride. haha! Just a relaxing ride for babies. 🙂 A leisure car ride that drives around an abandoned Egyptian excavation site. The ride vehicles are modeled after the look of vintage jeeps. Animatronic animals within the attraction include hippos, some vultures, many cobras, a cheetah, and Nile crocodiles.

The Lost World contains many traditional attractions present in most Universal Studios parks around the world and is divided into two sub-areas: Jurassic Park and Waterworld.

Jurassic Park, based on the popular film franchise by Steven Spielberg and novels by Michael Crichton, features the newly redesigned Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure which is based on the water rides in other Universal Studios parks.

This resto really looks exactly like the one in Universal Studios Japan. That’s why we love this resto. 🙂

We explored further to another area. There is an enclosed area, still under construction. I think it is for the upcoming Minion Land.

There will be another area here (save for our next visit, haha) and it will be a super nintendo world. Hope we can visit that someday!

Universal Studios Singapore is 25 hectares in size, making it the smallest of Universal’s parks, and occupies the easternmost part of the 49-hectare Resorts World Sentosa. There are a total of 24 attractions, of which 18 are original or specially adapted for the park.

New York City is based on the original New York City, during the era of post-modernisation. The zone features various landmarks commonly portrayed in movies including the city skyline, neon lights, façades, and sidewalks. This zone also has a replica of the New York Public Library. Special Sesame Street character appearances include Elmo, Big Bird, Count von Count, Abby Cadabby, Bert, Ernie, Grover, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch.

Waterworld, based on the film Waterworld movie starring Kevin Costner, features a live show performance at an amphitheater.

A live-action performance that involves stunts and pyrotechnics, surrounding by and using a large pool of water.

Far Far Away is inspired by DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek franchise. The zone consists of many locations from the film series, with a landmark in the form of “Far Far Away Castle”. Character appearances include Shrek, Donkey, Puss in Boots, Princess Fiona, Kitty Softpaws, Gingy, Pinocchio, Prince Charming, Fairy Godmother and Humpty Dumpty.

We ate again at Discovery Food court as it is very spacious and the restaurant design is our favorite. This was also our go-to restaurant in USJ. Ate Rei, Papa, and Sai also went in the Jurassic Park ride and they all got wet. Hence, the use of the drying pods. 🙂

It’s time to take a break with Sai’s favorite snack, cotton candies. 🙂

The park officially began operations on 28 May 2011. According to the AECOM Theme Index Global Attraction Attendance Report, Universal Studios Singapore is one of the top visited amusement/theme parks worldwide.

Construction of the theme park and the rest of the resort started on 19 April 2007. It is the second Universal Studios theme park in Asia, the other being Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, and the first in Southeast Asia. Official plans for the park were first unveiled to the public when Universal Studios Singapore released a map of the entire park on 20 October 2009.

Hollywood is the main entrance area of the park. Its only attraction, a broadway-style theatre, is accompanied by several restaurants and a variety of shopping locations. The zone is filled with Hollywood-inspired architecture and palm trees, including a replica of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

And the was our whole day of visit to Singapore’s Universal Studios. It was indeed a fun fun day for all. Hope to visit again some day! 🙂