10 years ago, you will never dream of a theme park like Universal Studios coming to Singapore. What you will think of is to buy an air ticket to Hong Kong or Tokyo Disneyland during the June or December holidays with your children or if you have more money to spare, maybe you can bring your family to US.
10 years later, when you alight at Sentosa’s Waterfront Station, you will step into Resorts World @ Sentosa, a new tourist destination that has Southeast Asia’s only Universal Studio and Singapore’s first casino. The place where the former Sentosa ferry terminal used to be is now a place thriving with activities. Even though the resort is not fully completed, you still get to see lotsa of tourists moving about. There were street performers whom I thought could be more engaging and more exciting and more variety.
On the way to the Casino, you will see shops of luxury brands like Cartier and Coach. Then you will pass by a passageway which for a moment, I thought I was at Resorts World Genting.
There was a sneak preview for Universal Studios which tickets were sold out and we couldn’t get the chance to enter to take alook. But we still manage to visit the Chocolate Factory by Hershey’s which was just next to it. Well, there were quite a number of different chocolates on sale and just to warn you, prepare to burn a hole in your pocket.
The place is in my opinion, not really ready yet. Most of the shops are either empty or under renovations. Based on the notices I saw, the best time to go is from April onwards when the shops and the theme park is opened. For now, unless you are going to try your lady luck at the casino, otherwise, you will probably spend an hour before moving off to your next destination. But I reckon, I’ll be back again maybe for my wife’s birthday.
