universal studios singapore!
firstly, thank you to all of you for your birthday wishes! :D i was over at bintan during the weekends of my birthday, and there wasnt any reception so if you did sms me & i didnt reply, so sorry! but thanks!!!! on the morning of my birthday, i didnt realise it was my birthday till my sister wished me a happy birthday. i guess, probably, as we get older, our birthdays get less significant to us. like, it's not that important afterall. it's just another normal day.i dont feel old being 20 (stupid lousai stop calling me & jas 黄金年华! :P ) it's just, i dont know, just a yr older & thats it i guess. hahaha
first celebration this yr w spcs of course again. they came my house to surprise me (again) on the 27th, the day before i went bintan. and again, i was so dumb to not know they were coming when both of them called on the same day (to check if im at home) & to ask for my block & house unit no. i did sense something wrong (YES I DID HOR SPCs) when lousai called to ask for my exact address, & i told her pls dont come my house. & she still fake me ask me go online to wait for her for her to show me some xiaozhu photo!!!! sucks. and i, being such a nice & innocent girl, waited for her online!!!!
ANYWAY THANKS FOR THE SURPRISE AND THE CAKEEEE! the ritz carlton muffins were awesome too! :D
and yes, today we went universal studios @ sentosa. i didnt rly expect much from it since my mum went in about a month ago and said there wasnt much if you wna compare w hk dineyland/oceanpark. but i was thinking, maybe because she doesnt rly take rides, so probably she didnt rly explore much.
anyway the tickets cost SGD66 off peak!
our first stop was (i cant remember the name) but it's a setting of movie filming scene of hurricane. it wasnt rly v great impact actually. i mean i expected more from it since it's a hurricane! hahahaha like heavier rain, and the wind blowing faster hahaha :P
next was accelerator which is a modern/tech version of teacup LOL. FISH & I HATE IT. because stupid squid loves to turn the thing that spins real fast and i cant take it which made me real giddy. WE TOOK IT 2 TIMES SOMEMORE. but one in the morning & another time in the afternoon. sucks ttttttmmmm!!
and then we went on to....the revenge of the mummy, i think. THIS IS THE MOST FUN RIDE OUT OF EVERYTHING AT USS. it's like the high speed indoor rollercoaster. if you've been to hk disneyland, it's like the space coaster. i prefer space coaster though, much faster, thrilling, darker indoors while the ride was on, and longer ride. since we felt this was the nicest ride, we took it for 6times! for the entire day. we could have gone more if not for an unforgettable experience im gna talk about it later, and the stupid maze we had to go through before we reach the ride.
and then had this kid thing which kind of sucks.we sat of this jeep that auto moved, around this small area. I DONT GET IT WHY PPLE ARE QUEUING FOR IT. waste of time. we queued cos, we thought it might be fun. it sucks cos it's rly boring & childish lol. anyway it was a 15min queue in the morning when we took but became a 50min queue in the afternoon when we walked past the place. SOTZX.
and then jurassic park, which 2 rides were closed in the morning. but opened later. first was the (i cant remember the names seriously) but it's the water ride. 9 people in a circular tube and operates like the one at escape. the front part was boring cos it's a long ride along the "river" and the tube spinning. the high part was our tube being sent up on a lift thing while in the tunnel which was dark like dont know what. and then we suddenly went down horrizontally of course, not vertically lol. and WE WERE THE WETEST damn it. zer and i were wet like we got drenched/ finished our shower. everyone was looking at us!!! bo bian, clothes wet, hair wet and shoes wet which's the most gao wei!!!! OH DID I SAY THE WAITING TIME FOR THIS WAS 1HOUR!?
next's a flying thing which we waited abt 30-50mins! sotzx! hahahaha but it was quite fun having our legs in mid air while we flew over people at the themepark. 53secs ride.
and then we moved on to shrek's castle!!!! 4d animation with all the sprays and stuff. not bad!!! and then had enchanted airways which is a smaller version of roller coaster but definitely nicer then the baby coaster at escape plsss! HK OCEAN PARK COASTER STILL THE BEST. hahaha
i think that's all leh!! we went back to take the mummy coaster (which explains the 6times) and we took it right after lunch hahahaha luckily the laksa and chicken rice wasnt additional effects for the riders in front of us hahahahaha! :D
and then we went to queue for the wet ride again. ANOTHER HR PLS. our legs nearly broke while waiting for the ride because the queue was rly horribly long!!! this time we made sure we chose a right seat though theres still a possibility of being drenched again. went with this family with 4kids. while we were in the tunnel, GUESS WAT. the tunnel was suppsed to be dark, but lights were on, so we thought probably it's evening so for safety on the lights (okay i dont know what kind of logic is this because the tunnel was v v dark when we took it in the noon hahaha) THEN WE SAW THE TUBE IN FRONT OF US GT STUCK. means we got stuck too. and then after that came 2 more which got all 4 tubes stuck in the tunnel. UNLUCKY OR WHAT?! first time go themepark experience this kind of thing. srsly unforgettable :/ a boy sitting w us suddenly cried cos he was afraid we'll be stuck there forever.cute or what. but anyway, we couldnt continue the ride and get splashed. so we went out of the tube safely thorough the safety doors in the tunnel. the staff told us to go to the customer service if we are displeased & wants to get some compensation.
we were hoping for refund of the ultra-ex tickets hahaha.
anyway! by the time we came out of that wet ride, all were closed. WE WANTED TO GO MUMMY ONE LOR. sucks ttm!! we could/might have went for a last ride at the mummy's if not for the default..
so we went to shop for souvenirs! bought clique watches hahas. madagascar! we had $5 voucher to shop (given as a promotion for the month of june, plus $5 meal voucher too) and bought this watches at $24 (after discount).
and after we left the shop, we saw the customer service. decided outside the place on how to go in to approach them abt the incident. but anyway, i went in first and then just told the person. she said she cant refund the tickets (kind of expected) but gave us each $10 voucher to shop to be used within the day. SHE STUPID OR WHAT WAHLAO. USS was closing alr. AND WE BOUGHT OUR GIFTS ALR. we asked her to refund us for the watch ($10voucher to be in cash) but she refused. nevermind. anyway her face was unwilling and doesnt even believe us like as if we wna cheat some compensation/incentives -.- so we were pissed and went back to the shop to shop. STUPID STAFF OUTSIDE THE SHOP SAY THEY CLOSING DONT LET US IN. WTH.
i raised my voice at the staff and said "your customer service just gave us vouchers to shop. to be used by today. if you dont let us in how are we going to shop?!"
and then when we walked in again, a few customers were already paying for their merchandises. none were shopping around except us, since we didnt know what to buy for that extra $10voucher and walked around. ANOTHER IRRITATING STAFF CAME and said "hi, we are closing, would you like to pay now?" his tone was like, if youre not buying please leave. im not trying to be bad here, cause i know how bad customers can be. BUT WE'RE NOT THOSE IRRITATING AND STUBBORN CUSTOMERS FOR GOODNESS SAKE. im just trying to use this vouchers because your person limited me to use it by today.
i dont know where's their basic courtesy and respect for customers.
i dont know why but USS staff are really having bad service. okay not all. but this few at the end of the day we've met. and probably some staff at the rides.
there was one who shouted at this indian man (tourist) who came out of the "cabin" while the accelerator (the teacup haha) was stopping (and spinning rly slowly alr to stop). and the staff shouted rly fiercely like "OI! PLS GO BACK! DONT COME DOWN!" the indian was at fault was not reading/listening to intructions carefully, but you could have treated and told him in a nicer manner and not like he owe you money. it's really a bad experience for the tourist i guess. idk.
and some of the staff didnt really look nice. like even though i know its tough working everyday under the sweltering hot weather, but you're serving so many tourists every day. why cant they smile to welcome the kid/adults to the rides.
i just feel that USS rly needs to look more into their customer service. some of them could rly be trained to have better communication skills. afterall, RWS/USS is set up to attract more tourists to singapore. and i dont know why but i feel that the uss staff are also less accomodating to singaporeans. it seems like they dont treat singaporeans as courteous as they treat the tourists. didnt we buy the same ticket at the same price to enjoy at your themepark?
and it's really kind of disappointing too other than the service standards. Most of the rides were closed/ maintanence/ still under testing(when the gates opened at 10am). cant checks be done earlier before the starting time at 10am? and SGD66 is really not cheap and i guess everyone does expect more than what is showcased at uss now.
i hvnt been to any universal studios before. are universal studios supposed to have more exciting and thrilling rides catered maybe to teens and above? because i feel that we are in disneyland as some rides were really, too kiddish and boring.
now to the food and drinks...drinks prices considered okay to be sold in a themepark. $3 at a bottle (500ml) but the icecream (orange fruitty) is at $2 is a bit steep. food at foodcourt, we had our lunch at the jurassic one... normal price for fishball noodles, laksa, chicken rice, wanton noodles..all at 7.80 a bowl. let's cast aside the food standard because what do you rly expect from themepark food, $7.80 is rly exp! if not for the $5 food voucher we had when we bought admission tickets, we'll never dine in there! you might say food republic at vivo sells their food at almost the same price but! pulling back the food standard into the topic, FR sells nicer laksa & chicken rice!!! (we had this two lol)
i know im rly complaining a lot. but to be able to fight w others, i rly think USS ought to see more.
WHAT TO BRING IF YOU'RE GOING USS.
- raincoat (if you're deciding to take the wet ride/ extra clothes)
- umbrella/sunblock (since you might be walking here and there and it's rly v hot & sunny & i got sunburnt though the other 2 didnt)
- enough money/atm/credit card to spend after buying the admission tickets (you need to pay for food, drinks, souvenirs, and most importanly lockers.the mummy ride one is free for the first half hr but $3 for next 20mins and $2 for following 20mins. we had to pay $7 because we placed our stuff at this side and went to take the last ride at wet ride. luckily we didnt hv to pay since we were stucked so long in the ride! haha awesome. the wet ride's lockers are at $4 for an hr)
- water bottle filled w water of course! (if you dont wna keep throwing money on drinks to rws/uss)
- fan!!! (ITS RLY V WARM)
- portable chairs! (while waiting for the rides! hahaha)
- YOUR MAID (if you dont want waste money on lockers because you want to keep playing that ride. but of course, the cost of lockers will be cheaper than bringing your maid into USS hahahaha)
5~7 is just for fun. hahas. theres lockers for rent outside uss though, at SGD10. might be more worth it. but imagine, you holding wallet or handphone arnd, and then still hv to deposit them into the lockers inside USS in the end if you wna go on the rides!
DID I SAY I WORE SKIRT TO PLAY?! you must be thinking im sot ttm. fish & squid asked me too! and i felt bad since i didnt wear it for my last 2 birthdays when they asked me too. so i wore even though i told jas NO ONE wears skirt to play at the themepark. but she said it's the tradition. AND I DIDNT KNOW THEY MIGHT BETRAY ME. they wore shorts!!!! and jas still ask me bring backpack (which later i know they decided to bring small bags to stagg into my backpack if i brought). IM JIAYING SO IM SMART :P i brought slingbag too hahahahaha
ANYWAY JAS & ZER, im rly v v v touched by the gift/surprise you all have done. thank you for being such nice bffs& you guys nver fail to make me laugh like mad w your dumb acts like today w all the fun laughters and high on drugs hahahahaha. thank you for always putting in so much effort into my gift esp, since one is in adm & another is good in art too. and because my art is rly bad and im rly not that creative, your presents are nver as gd as what you guys did for mine! (this is a compliment pls hahahas) but no thanks for being betrayals asking me to wear skirt to themepark!!!!!!!!!!!!! >:/
:D MY LONGEST POST EVER.
ALL ON USS.
ZER SAID USS SUCK SO THEY SHOULD BE 'USS-H**E'
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