At the Sci-Fi Arena ... we went for a ride on the spinning 'flying saucers' a.k.a. the teacups at any other amusement park. Despite twirling at a relatively high rpm, we risked Snappy being flung out and managed to camwhore a bit. Haha.
And posed a bit with the 'out-of-this-world' characters.
Too bad the twin-tracked roller coaster wasn't in operation yet. Apparently it was running on the opening day and was since shut down due to safety reasons. Hmmm ...
From a galaxy far far away, we ventured on till we landed ourselves in ancient Egypt ... the Land of the Mummy.
Statues of Anubis, guardians of the underworld menacingly guarded the entrance.
We had no choice but to make humble offerings or risk offending the ancient deities.
The guards of the pyramids towered high above us and Wifey was genuienly frightened as this one sneaked cheekily behind her. *Haha*
Wanted to ask Cleopatra for her number but Wifey was there :p
We then queued up for an indoor Mummy-themed roller coaster ride. The queue path itself was pretty impressive with loads of props that'll make you feel as if we're tunneling through a pyramid or something. Once belted securely in our coaster capsule, we were threatened by The Mummy himself and he swore to enslave our souls for all eternity. Before we had a chance to escape, we began zooming into oblivion ... total darkness ... we couldn't see what was ahead ... we were thrusted up, then rocketted down, forwards and even backwards ... all at neck breaking speed. Luckily, just before we were doomed to spend our lives in the underworld, we found the Book of Life and heroicly escaped the evil cluthces of The Mummy. :p
Not wanting to chance another encounter with The Mummy, we scurried to Far Far Away and I must say that this if my favourite part of U.Studios since I'm a HUGE fan of the green ogre. :D We did skip the Jurrasic Park area since they only offer kiddy rides in there. *Blehhh*
We managed to pose with a few of the lovable characters from the Shrek franchise *Yay* ...
Next attraction we went for was the Shrek 4D Adventure. Seated in a theater-like hall, we were transported into Far Far Away and the story was about the dwarfy Lord Farquaad (who happens to be dead by the way) whose mean spirited ghost is trying to kill Princess Fiona so that both their spirits can be together forever. So it's up to Shrek, Donkey and Dragon to save the day.
Now we're used to all things being in 3D lately, so U.Studios added the extra 'Dimension' by giving the audiences a chance to literally experience the on-goings in the show. The chairs we sat on 'move' in accordance to the characters on screen i.e. Motion Master style. We were provided 3D glasses for the visual effects and if the scene is windy, you feel the breeze for real, if spiders are crawling on the screen, your legs get tickled and if Shrek is racing down a river on a log, your face gets splashed with water. You get the idea no? It was a refreshing experience indeed and not to mention tonnes of fun :D
We also went for the 'Live' Donkey Show staring ... well, Donkey of course. We were greeted by Raoul, Donkey's sidekick who also doubled as the show's MC. Now Raoul told us that Donkey's a big superstar now ... with having his own show and all that jazz. Plus, to make it more fun, we are to participate with the adorable grey ass to boogey. Haha.
It wasn't long before the star of the main event strutted on stage. It's actually an animation of Donkey, Capt. Hook and some headless dude but get this ... Donkey actually interacts live with the audiences. Raoul picks out people from the crowd and they'll chat, sing and dance with Donkey. HOW.COOL.IS.THAT! The kids simply love it and we enjoyed ourselves immensely with all of Donkey's jokes and cheeky banter in Singlish no less.
From there, we headed on for a kiddy roller coaster ride of sorts on Enchanted Airways. With no 'delays' to the flight, we soon took off on a enjoyable ride with lots of whooshing and whizzing around.
Feeling exhausted from all the excitement *phew*, we decided to take a break for lunch. To be continued ...
If only all ogres were this beautiful ...
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