Hello there! My name is Harminder Kaur and today I will be blogging about Universal Studios Singapore, commonly known as USS. The park opened in March last year, 2010. I visited USS early this year, in March. It was extremely fun as I had visited the place with great company. It is easily accessible by transport. You can take the MRT to Harbourfront Station. From there, you may take the Sentosa Express (monorail train) to Universal Studios. The park is fully operational now and there are 18 rides. I believe one or two of these are under maintenance at the moment. The park is small but well designed with many high quality attractions and rides.
The famous USS globe
World Premiere at New York City, USS
One of the main highlights of the USS is the sensational ‘live’ water show with daring stunts and real explosions. It brings the silver screen to life! The photograph below depicts the scene that can be seen at the “WaterWorld” show.
However, some put-offs about the USS is that it gets too crowded during public holidays; every ride has exceptionally long queues. USS has tried to overcome this problem by providing express passes. These passes cost more than usual price, but the queues for rides are relatively shorter. Conversely, the Universal Studios in Orlando had relatively shorter queues and it is much bigger. It took my family and I an entire day to cover the park in Orlando. In Singapore, you can walk the whole park in 10 minutes and to cover all the rides, it will only take you approximately 4 hours.
I love shopping! Ironically, I did not go wild in the shopping department at USS. Things are generally expensive for us locals and items there are not attractive at all. Most visitors bought t-shirts, magnets and key chains. The customer service at USS was commendable! The employees were extremely friendly, reminding us to ‘enjoy our ride’ and ‘be careful to watch our step’ before and after getting off every ride. The food at USS is reasonably priced and drink stations are located everywhere around the park. This is a good idea because the humid weather in Singapore can put anyone off!
I visited Universal Studios in Orlando when I was 12. It was certainly a very fruitful experience for me. I have to comment that a lot of effort has been made by the government of Singapore to match up to the standards of the Universal Studios around the world. Although USS is a lot smaller than the Universal Studios in Orlando, the setting is similar and the rides are equally exciting. As Singaporeans, we do not have to travel far away just to experience the world-class theme park in Japan or the United States.
There is a Universal studios in Japan as well. The park opened on March 31, 2001. 11 million guests entered Universal Studios Japan in its first year of operation! Conversely, Singapore only managed to hit 2 million guests in its first 9 months of operation.
According to the Tourism sector in Singapore, 11, 638 663 people visited Singapore in 2010. However, roughly 2 million people visited USS in 2010. I find it hard to believe that many tourists have visited our beautiful Island but have not visited USS. Singapore tour groups should make visiting the USS a must. Tour guides must plan extremely exciting tour itineraries so as to encourage more tourists to visit USS. Have you visited USS? Purchase your tickets today!
Hope you enjoyed today’s post. Stay tuned!
Signing off,
Harminder Kaur
*photos taken from www.travelfolio.com
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