Universal Studios Singapore Discussion Thread

[themeparkman25]

Universal Studios Singapore Festive Tours

Universal Studios Singapore will open 5 pm to 9 pm every night from 14 Feb to 21 Feb. Visitors can purchase tickets, costing $10 each, and get dining and shopping vouchers of the same value. The park’s dining and retail outlets will be open for dinners/quick-bites and shopping.

 

Ticket sales start from 12.18pm Friday, 12 February, at the ticket booths outside Universal Studios Singapore.

 

Admissions will be limited to 3,000 guests a day to ensure guests get a good experience. Members of the public are discouraged from turning up for the tours without a pre-bought ticket.

 

http://www.rwsentosa.com/language/en-US/NewsEvents/ResortsWorldCasinoOpening

[knottslover77]

I'm most excited for this version of Mummy. Should be the best yet!

 

Its not a clone of Florida's?

[DarkStitch626]

Far Far Away's castle is STILL bigger than the Disneyland castle ! . The pics look great!

[USS Fan]

Will be going for the sneak previews on Feb 16. Only the shops and restaurants will be open then. The park will be fully functional only in March. Pictures to come ...

[freekeee]

I feel sorry for the person that had to put t-shirts on all those test dummys! Nice looking photos though.

Edited February 13, 2010 by freekeee

[ebl]

I found out that a childhood friend is working on this park. I don't know what he's doing, but I should find out. What I do know is that he's not designing any coasters, but most likely some of the special effects.

 

Eric

[themeparkman25]

 

They are no dueling dragons, but they certainly do look pretty cool.

 

 

The car ride looks pretty cool, and very well themed!

 

Videos courtesy of Big Bear over at the Sentosa Blog Spot.

 

There are also some pictures that I found over on Flickr, those pictures being owned by zh3nG 正.

[Richard]

I don't understand why people say this ride crawls! The blue side looks like it flys! I think it's a great addition to singapore, it's what it really lacked whenever I visited, a decent themepark, and this one looks top notch.

[larrygator]

I don't understand why people say this ride crawls!

 

Because this site is full of experts who have the ability to know everything about a coaster based on photos and testing videos.

 

We have a lot of special people here at TPR.

[deathbydinn]

The park looks great! I'm very interested to here how Battlestar runs. This is the first Vekoma coaster with the new track right?

 

On a side note this is one of the many things I love about TPR. This thread provides every thing I need to know all in one place. I love being able to watch parks and coasters go from pictures to up and running things and TPR makes it so easy to do that.

[Gav]

^Dunno, I'd take a Robocoaster dark ride over a mini ferris wheel and a 4D film.

[USS Fan]

Just got back from the previews. Here are my thoughts on the park as far as theming as well as F&B/shopping goes as the rides are non operational yet and there are some glitches seen.

 

First off, this is a GREAT park. Having been to USJ and USH, I must say the theming at times is even superior to Japan (of course perhaps this is my home park and thus a bit biased). There are areas where the theming is as good as the gold standard parks (TDS, DLP et al). However as been stated in other boards, as the park acreage is smaller than USJ/USO, the theming does appear squashed together (BSG is looming over everything, you can see it in all zones of the park). Also some of the backstage areas are not that well disguised. Other than that it is outstanding.

 

Hollywood area

Similar to Japan there is a canopy over the main thoroughfare. It is thoughtful as Singapore weather can be sweltering hot and this gives visitors extra shade. Area is quite compact akin to Main street. It ends in a cul de sac at the edge of the lagoon with a fountain and continues to the right with the Pantages Theater and Mel's Drive-In. Theming is standard as compared to the rest of the parks.

 

New York

This is where I think it shines. THe street sets also have a canopy albeit a different one. The impressive part is the side street where one believes one is really in New York. There are sound gags throughout (dog barking, phone ringing that I dun remember from USJ). Most buildings are represented (no Chrysler or Empire) but facades of the Rockefella and the Met is there. Also the smoking manholes and the subway exits are there too.

 

Sci Fi City

This is dominated by the BSG dueling coasters (world's first heterogenous, launched dueling coasters). Theming is OK with the green lights but feel that it is rather exposed. The coasters fly over a nice lagoon though. FOr some reason the Human (sit down side) kept stalling on the launch.

 

Ancient Egypt

The best themed area IMHO. There are statues of Annubis everywhere and the facade of Mummy is great. A small autopia like ride winds through the area with sight gags as well as a very well themed counter sevice place (think Casbah Food Court in TDS but with Egyptian theming). Liked the broken pillars and the Obelisk in the main intersection.

 

Lost World

It is split into 2 sections: Jurassic Park and Waterworld. Th JP area is quite standard with the JP visitor center building (a food court) and the JP Rapids RIde (noted the dual drop on the rapids ride). The smallish area also has Canopy Flyers (Pterandon Flyers in IOA) and a spinner as well as a rock climbing wall. The Waterworld area is also standard. Just like the kinetics of the area with the splashing boats, the spinner (with Carribean style JP soundtrack) and the ride vehicles zomming above.

 

Far far away

Quite well done. Looks like well Fantasyland with its castle (housing Shrek 4D) and main street like area (Romeo Drive from Shrek 2). Otherwise theming is excellent as well. The queue area for the junior coaster (Enchanted Airways) look like that for a Fantasyland dark ride. Outside the main area is SHrek's tree stump basically a meet and greet area which doubles up as the coaster shed.

 

Madagascar

Not that great but good. THis huge ship looms over everything (part of the facade for the boat ride Madagascar Crate Adventure). There's the huge Balboa tree as well as a cute carousel with Madagascar characters. But theming is better than Sci Fi City.

 

The trash cans are Disney like in quality - themed to the zone it belongs. Food had large variety. As this is a sneak preview, there were some duds (half cooked chicken which was fedback).

 

It is overall an excellent experience. Will definitely return and very proud to call USS my home park.

[Loefet]

FOr some reason the Human (sit down side) kept stalling on the launch.

Have they opened up the coasters?

If not then then it's just part of the testing...

[Hobbesx2]

I'll probably hit this up when it opens, I'm moving to Australia and plan on getting to Asia a lot.

[themeparkman25]

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[USS Fan]

Yes that's right. None of the rides are open yet. Only the shops and restaurants are as well as the streetmosphere stuff. Basically the purpose of this is for Singaporeans to have a sneak peak during the festive period as well as test out the non ride stuff. They are basically cycling the rides as people walk around so we can see them in action. The official opening would be sometime in March with everything operational (except Madagascar Crate Adventure which would be operational in April).

[Swiminn6]

I'm excited to see the Madagascar Crate Adventure ride POV!

[sam06pr]

I'm really wishing IOA got the Far Far Away castle and land instead of Hogwarts castle and Wizarding World. This park looks great and I can't wait to go there one day.

 

What? umm well I disagree...I much prefer a robotcoaster dark ride than a kiddie land...thank you lol

[willh51]

Looks pretty cool! I like how Vekoma took cues from their flyer trains for the Human side. The front and seat spacing is almost identical. Is it just me or does the ride, especially the blue side, look like it rolls through the elements really slowly? I think the success of that ride could either make or break Vekoma. They really need some new high-concept stuff, and apparently the Stingray still isn't open?

[killawhale925]

Screamscape reports that the Madagascar ride won't open "June or possibly July." While that is kind of sad news, it makes me wonder how elaborate this ride is going to be. Their version of the Mummy is said also by Screamscape to be the "best version yet." Getting really excited to hear more and more about this park as it opens

[rosscoe]

I will be there in September, glad I dont go with my first plan. I should have been there this week.

[SharkTums]

I'm pretty sure it's not a theming issue for Madagascar, but an issue with the boats.

 

Again, this is why you have to be really careful when scheduling a trip for a new ride or new park. Stuff like this is the norm more than the exception.

[themeparkman25]

UNIVERSAL SINGAPORE TO OPEN MARCH 18

 

http://resortsworldsentosablogs.blogspot.com/2010/03/universal-studios-singapore-opens-at.html

 

Wait no more. The theme park everyone in the region is waiting for will soon be launched!

 

Located at Resorts World Sentosa, Universal Studios Singapore will soft open to its first public guests at 8:28 am on March 18, 2010. It will open earlier on March 13 to team members.

 

Ticket sales for Universal Studios Singapore’s soft opening will begin at 9am on March 10, 2010.

 

Since it is possible that some attractions may become temporarily unavailable during this soft opening phase (as Universal Studios Singapore continues its technical and creative adjustments), ticket prices will be partially rebated by shopping and dining vouchers valid for use at Universal Studios Singapore (collected when you first enter the park).

 

Tickets can be purchased online at our website, or via phone bookings at +65 6577-8899. Tickets can also be purchased for future dates only (so sorry, we cannot accomodate same day tickets purchase now) at the box office from 9 am to 6 pm daily at Universal Studios Singapore.

 

Hotel guests are encouraged to purchase park passes when they make their rooms reservations. For guests who had already booked rooms before today, please write in to reservations@rwsentosa.com or call +65 6577-8899 before March 10 to make arrangements.

 

Limited tickets will be offered during this soft opening phase. Guests making their way to Resorts World Sentosa to purchase their tickets are encouraged to use public transport.

 

Check out our website for Universal Studios Singapore general visitor information as well as on how to get to Resorts World Sentosa.

 

Are you brimming with excitement and perhaps not a few questions? Before you arm yourself and start shooting us with questions, please look at our FAQ. Perhaps the questions are already answered there.

 

Please, just please let there be a TPR member in Singpore that will go!

[stringfellow]

Already booked myself for a 3days 2 night stay at the resort itself. Coming from Malaysia, so it'll just a 45min flight from the capital.

 

My worry is about which rides are open and which isn't ready yet? If too many of the rides are still in the "soft opening" mode, I might as well cancel the reservation. The whole trip was about USS anyway, and USS without rides properly working is....well...

 

I've trawled the web looking for information on this, looks like it's a guarded secret. The usual suspects like Screamscape or the more closer sources like that Sentosa blog, are'nt really furnishing any news, if there are any, with regards to which rides will be working and which isnt. The rides that we already know beforehand that are not open will be fine by me, but I seriously hope the usual staples like Shrek 4D, Mummy and the likes will be operational by the time I'm there on the 19th. Any ideas guys?

 

Finally, this is like a dream come true to me. Ever since Resort World built their own theme park atop the Genting peak in my country, I've yearned for a big-name world-class theme park close enough to where I live that allows me to go there as frequent as I can. Come this 18th, it is just like I said, "a dream come true".

 

I've been to theme parks all over the world, thanks to the nature of my work, and have sampled the many different flavours of Universal Studioses, Disneylands/World and the Six Flags and other smaller parks around the world. USS however, will be near and dear to my heart, because, well.......it's near!

[knottslover77]

New Jurassic park ride!

 

Overall to me it looks like a much better ride. Except for the Finale and t-rex look a little weak, and anti-climatic.

 

--Jay