Jul 5 2010, 10:03 AM
QUOTE(tanoshi @ Jul 4 2010, 06:14 PM)
Thinkin to visit USS...so wats your opinion bro...if compare to any Universal Studio?
thought to bring my relative and family for holiday trip when I'm back to Malaysia..huhuhu..hey bro..upload lah pics sikit maaaaaa!
Right now, USS has 2 major rides either closed or to-be-opened: Battlestar (closed due to technical issues) and Madagascar (to-be-opened). As a result, USS is offering right now one $5 meal voucher and one $5 shopping voucher with every entry.thought to bring my relative and family for holiday trip when I'm back to Malaysia..huhuhu..hey bro..upload lah pics sikit maaaaaa!
USS seems small compared to US-Orlando - no iconic rides such as King Kong and Jaws.
The good:
1) Crowds are relatively small now. There were still many visitors (lots seem to be from Indonesia, judging by accents) but nowhere like US in the states. Longest wait in line for me was 30 minutes+ at Jurassic Park Rapids and another ride at Jurassic Park where you zoom around at tree-top level.
2) Donkey Live is perhaps the best attraction. It was fun. The kids rollercoaster opposite the Shrek castle was also fun for kids. The Steven Spielberg action set (called Live-something) was good too.
3) Parking was easy, signposted directions were great. Parking was like $20 though. Light traffic on Singapore roads getting there at 10am
The bad:
1) Crowd control is sub-par compared to every park I've been to (and I've been to many). Food court - terrible crowd management. Cinema-seating attractions - people don't move all all the way to the end of the row etc.
2) The Water World attraction is bad - you cannot hear what the actors are saying and they've made the storyline overly complex for a live action attraction.
3) Backpacks are banned from most rides. I've never run across this in any US park. Fortunately, you can leave your backpack at the side of the platform on some, but not most, rides. Lockers are provided - I believe at no charge.
4) They forced me, an adult, to wear a kid seatbelt at the kids' carousel. At a carousel! No big deal but why all the nanny-control?
5) Parades were small and amateurish - most were photo-ops
6) The rock-and-roll show is snooze-inducing - bad sound and bad choice of songs and did not connect at all with the mostly Asian crowd.
7) Short hours: 10-7pm.
8) No finale-type show with fireworks (a must for a park!)
Tips:
1) No #1 tip: Exploit the single-rider line - takes you to the top of the queue. None of the visitors seemed aware of it or what it is. Single-rider lines are a common feature in a lot of parks where you get to bypass the main line at the expense of being seated singly away from your group. The problem (advantage?) at USS is that the single-rider line shares the express line and by the time you get to the top, they think you have an express pass - so your group sits together anyway.
2) Buy an express line privilege. It's something like $30 extra but so worth it because nobody seems to buy it. It's value is inversely proportional to the supply. When I was there, if you had one, you would have gone to the head of the line in 100% of the case. Not so as say US-Orlando because many people buy it (or get one comped by staying the a US hotel) so the express line also has waits.
3) Get there at opening (called the rope-drop in park parlance). Hit the major rides immediately e.g. Battlestar, Mummy, Rapids, and the one you fly around Jurassic Park. Do NOT hit the cinema-seating ones until you've done the major rides. Cinema-seating rides move a lot of volume over time: you'll always get a minimal wait. Save one major ride for the last 30 minutes of the day when crowds thin. This way, you will not wait long
4) If you want, bring something to eat like sandwiches for lunch. Otherwise you'll waste an hour at lunch due to lines. Bring water and refill at bathrooms (Singapore tapwater 100% potable)
5) If you want souvenirs, don't shop at close because the choices at the exit/entrance of park not as great as the shops at the attractions.
Summary:
An OK park. My kids loved it because kids love anything. As a theme park though, it had many failings. It's like Singapore - good hardware, no software. There is no charm/magic to the park, and it wasn't even terribly efficient by Singapore standards.
My take: go in one year's time and it'll be like HK Disneyland - a ghost-town where everybody's already been there and nobody wants to go again.
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