Universal Studio SG - 21st June 2012

We took leave to bring the boys out to Universal Studio this June as I managed to get the tickets which were sold at corporate rates. The last time we visited USS was last year March and there were still some sites not opened at that point in time.

At 10am, I asked ah lou to check out the Transformers ride as our first ride before the crowd gets bigger. To Ethan's disappointment, he missed the minimum height requirement and was rejected entry for that ride. I had to bring him out to take other rides which were more suited to his height while Caden and ah lou go ahead and experience the Transformer ride.

I found this Tresure Hunter car ride which is automated.

We next tried the Dino Soaring ride

We watched the Shrek's 4-D movie and saw Puss the boots after the show

Ethan was dehydrated and asked for a bottle of soda

His contented face for getting the drink

We spent the longest time queuing for this Madagascar boat ride - which was so-so only... Actually by 11am, it was a period when the crowd level was the highest (between 11-3pm) so every station's queue requires 40 minutes at the minimum.

Ah lou offered to bring the boys to watch the live show at Waterworld while I went to try out the Transformer's ride alone. It was so exciting!

I was assigned the first row of in the car cabin in the Transformer's ride which is the most strategic spot. The decepticons turned alive and our car cabin were sent into a 3-D journey ride battling them together with Bumble Bee and Optimus Prime.

The boys took the car ride at Treasure Hunters again..

 Then we watched a performance by the characters of Sesame Street

 At the Madagascar, Ethan took the Carousel while PaPa took Caden to take a roller coaster ride. We took this 3 times in consecutive.

We then watched a performance by the Madagascar team and got a picture taken with Gloria..

Caden and PaPa went on to take more roller coaster rides, transformer rides while I accompany Ethan with the least mild versions (cos I have a faint heart)

By 6plus, the rapid river queue was very short and I asked ah lou to try this out (I had my experience last year).. They got drenched!

 Wet bodies ..

 Last picture before the studio is closed for the day (at 7pm)

It was quite fulfilling because this time round, the queuing time wasn't as bad as last year, on the average, we spent about 15-20 minutes for each station and had taken many rounds for some of our favourites (3 times of transformer ride for Caden/Ah lou, 2 times of transformer ride for me; 4 times of roller coaster rides for Caden, 5 times of dino soaring rides for Ethan).

We will probably come again in another 2 years time. And this outing also marked the near end of their term holidays..