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Next up was the ArtScience Museum Future World at Marina Bay Sands. Iconic from the outside, I was most eager to visit another teamLab experience having done teamLab Borderless in Tokyo many years ago. With no expectations but my prior experience I wandered inside... The complex's architecture is art and science in every way. For those of you unfamiliar with teamLab. Easier to let them explain to you what I was about to see... The thing about teamLab experiences is that, with time, the rooms transform and the experiences with them. So while wandering is encouraged, taking the time to take in each space is an absolute must. Walls and floors change in subtle and sweeping ways... And with time, it is as if you're in a totally different space. Such a neat space. Moose. teamLab experiences are also very family friendly! Like this room where you can draw your own sea creature... Children and adults alike can participate and see their creatures come to life, swimming across the space, inside and out. Interactive projection surfaces respond to physical environment changes. When you move the frying pan prop, projections show it in use and characters visit the pan to take a look at the food inside. This teamLab location was more hands on and crafty than Borderless. But the end result was super fun. Another room where you can draw and see it brought into the animated world around you. I was pleased to see one of these signature climbing structures in this teamLab location after being challenged by the one in Tokyo. If you've ever seen images from a teamLab installation, you've probably seen them from an endless light room like this. Such a fun and stunning space to explore and take it all in. The sketches you've prepared in the other rooms can actually be turned into custom merchandise! Time for more adventures... I sought out Gyu-Kaku, both because I love it (thanks to Robb & Elissa for introducing me to the location in Orlando many years ago) and because they had a unique local menu including several cuts of wagyu. I did some serious damage here. While super touristy, the Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel is an experience I was strongly encouraged to try after work. The story goes that it was here (in its original form) that the Singapore Sling was first invented. While the bar has been modernized over the years (and the prices with it), the experience aligns with that of its history, including sacks of peanuts at the table and the right to drop the shells on the floor. It's definitely a more modern experience than I expected for the hype, but I enjoyed it. While expensive on a level I would never otherwise justify, the signature Singapore Sling was an incredibly delicious drink... Enough so that I paid that silly price twice to try the original recipe Singapore Sling as my follow-up drink. No regrets. During a lunch break deeper into the week, I had a chance to try Hainanese-style Chicken Rice for the first time and I was quite pleased with the results. As the end of the trip drew nearer, our hosts took us out to dinner to send us off. This was a view of major construction happening on Sentosa Island, adjacent to Universal Studios Singapore. I believe it is for the upcoming Super Nintendo World expansion but I can't say for sure. Dinner was at a popular local hot pot restaurant (oddly enough, my first ever). Along the way we had hand pulled noodles stretched table side... And there was a mask-changing performer here too. It was neat to see. Amongst my final days in Singapore, one of my co-workers strongly recommended Newton Food Centre as the hawker center to experience a variety of unique foods... You find a stall with a menu item that interests you, order and take a seat. You may not think this sounds appealing and I had my doubts when my co-worker recommended specifically that I try BBQ stingray while I was here, but I was told that as a fan of seafood and someone willing to try unique foods at least once, that this had to be the booth to visit. Let me say that this is legitimately one of the best things I've ever consumed anywhere, ever. When in a Singaporean hawker center, a cheap, tall bottle of Tiger beer to counteract the sambal oleak heat coming from the BBQ stingray is the perfect way to go. Riding the high from that last win, I was drawn to this Michelin-recognized stall... These wings (and the pork and beef satay, not pictured here) were worth the hype! I was still hungry and willing to try another knockout local dish, so to the next Michelin-recognized booth I went. Ending my night with a belly full of authentic chili crab (which I was able to break down/tear apart myself) was the perfect way to finish off this culinary journey.

Yukon Striker has an almost identical element. Front row, right side is especially terrifying on the brakes because it shimmies like a son of a gun.

I'm not saying Williamsburg is the perfect park but man the level of care difference between the two parks is pretty striking

Kings Island has shared a new look at the construction of Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare, the park's new interactive dark ride opening this year. https://x.com/KingsIslandPR/status/2032570003044573625/ So you wanted to see the theater, did you? Construction is well underway for Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare and we are stepping behind the curtain for a look at recent progress on what you'll see when you first step inside the Phantom Theater!

Another one bites the dust.

So Elmo is sueing, the Gwazi lockers are truly paid, and Kumba is down again for a suspicious piece of track? What else is going on with this park