I had never felt my heart stop so many times. I mean this is the first time I been onto a "real" roller coaster o.o;
My sis says we had been on one when we were smaller kids, at a fun fair - I am guessing when we still lived in Yishun ^^ Nowadays fun-fairs in Singapore? Nope, don't see it anymore.
At around 8am, we set off towards from home towards USS and reached roughly about 10am. Lol.
Tip #1 - Bring your own lunch
Because everything there is so bloody expensive!
Right on, for the first morning ride, sis brought us to the Battlestar Galatica Cylon. We queued for about 30-40minutes, and brother was suffering from stiff neck and I was very much advising "Yo don't risk it." Anyways, minutes later, we were all buckled up on the roller coaster...
*Screams*!!!!!
I seriously didn't expect something like that - the fear of getting pushed with a force so that you and your feet are dangling up in mid-air and rushing towards the direction of the force. I am so so so so so thankful for a few secomds when its goes upwards and sideways. The downwards part?? Damn bloody scary! Each time I see/feel the downward movement coming, my heart stops for 1 seconds with a heavy thump and I gripped onto the smelly seat-holder tightly and let my lungs scream!
Then the next scary direction? Swing you upside-down and snake you upwards again lol!
I let out many "wtfs" while on the ride :X Can't help it!
30 seconds later (I feel it was so bloody long) we step down with our jelly legs that don't feel like ours anymore and wriggled down the stairs and letting out many "hahaha"~~!
Seriously, right after that I have a huge dead feeling that roller coaster is too scary for me...and it doesn't help that my brain keeps analyzing the roller coaster moments and figuring out the scary portions, which and what part, and what makes it so scary.
Here are the analysis results:
- The view itself? It is not scary. I am not afraid of heights
- The scariest part - or the feeling of danger - is actually the force of acceleration that the seats are pushing you towards as you ascend (not scary to me) or descend (yeah!!) or go in the direction it is pushing you. That is the most thrilling part. The view, whatever you see, gives my brain the signal that the thrilling part is coming, triggering all sorts of alarm and giving me the 1 second dead heartbeat.
So, I am still up for sky-diving which shouldn't come with the extra force. But roller coaster? I gotta prepare my lungs first.
Right after that ride, I felt my neck getting stiff up in the left side. It stuck with me the entire day..sheesh~~
Lol, hahaha anyways my sis brought us to the roller coaster (Humans) next door and my brother dropped out immediately lols! xD. I gathered my guts and head on with her. Queued for about an hour and off we go in the sky again. This feels like a much more humane version, letting you keep your legs on something solid - but seriously I only remember the times of accelerating drops xD. Halfway through, I decided to laugh instead of scream - which helps myself so much better :D
My brain gotta quit analyzing everything...
We gathered our brother and went onto Transformer 3D ride. Halfway during the queue the technical maintenance went on and we had to wait in line without proceeding for about 30 minutes. *Munch my tabao-ed subway* But hear the crowd big "HURRAY!" when it was finally over and off we go! I was actually expecting it to be more of a cinematic effect, according to the weak experience I had in a so-called 4D ride in Bandung...This attraction, will run you around, spin you, jerk forward and backward, send some water and heat along. This isn't too scary, but definitely better than expected.
Our fourth attraction was the Mummy ride. I seriously love the Egyptian decorations as it was really nicely done! But I hated the wait in the "dungeons" as the light was dimming and brightening trying to create the eerie effect...giving me a headache and eyeache. My sis says "This one nothing since you can't see anything"! But isn't it the scariest if you can't see and anticipate?? Anyways, while all in the dark and aboard the car, I grab hard on the handle and feel myself being swing left right forward backward in the car and at some point I was so freaked out of the expecting the jerking movement I had to shut my eyes and just "AHHH!" lolol. xD
We exited and lingered around the Egyptian attraction when the ushers informed us to stand behind the line saying a parade was approaching. We waited out and yup! The parade was here (didn't expected it) and it was a fun, light, and mood lifting performance in the big sun. Loves the Magadascar section because they are so funny xD. The chipmunks/racoons especially xD.
Headed onto the Jurassic Park and sis was going on about how she missed that ride the last time she was here. She went on to get a locker, turns out that the lockers in this section are hungry for money :P. $4 per hour, and we decided to go for 2 hours since waiting time was getting longer. So she fed it a $10 note and...nom nom nom...no change. xD
Tip #2 - Lockers do not give change, so give it the exact amount~!
We proceeded to the queue and about 20 minutes later, it the attraction had ceased operation due to rain :P. Waited in line for a while longer only to finally quit and say we shall be back. Pick up our bags from locker (damn the $10 note) and headed onto a very simple accelerator ride that just spins you round and round for about 30 seconds like a washing machine... xD. Ain't much fun but not many things you can do when rain is pouring. Lucky for us, after the accelerator the rain seemed to have stop and we decided to rush into the water ride again.
Can't help overhearing some other Singaporeans talking about spending $11.50 for a plate of chicken rice. ROFL! So..bring your own lunch ^^!
Tip #3 - Use free lockers at other attractions, but make sure it is within the timing of the water ride's attraction
This time! We locked our bags in the lockers at Egyptian area (which was free for 50 minutes), quickly run to the water ride (queuing time: 50 minute), and in no time, we were aboard one of the water rides. This was very much easy and fun, you simply bobbed about and go with the water current. Just all of the sudden we ended up in a dark drain and were raised up to a level without any lights - was expecting some water to suddenly pour down and I have my head down when a white flash light shot across - for pictures. Lol. Then, we were suddenly thrown out backwards and being seated in the worst spot when we were thrown out into the waters, I was thoroughly soaked through when the waters retaliated lol xD.
We bobbed back to the attraction queue and waited for the ushers to signal us that we could finally get off...then another water boat came in behind us...this girl in that boat took one look at me and giggled. Lolol hahaha...must be in such a drenched condition lawls xD. Right outside, there are some heat pods that could dry you up... for a $5 fee. ^^ really know how to make money eh
Rushed back to the Egyptian area and pick up our bags, phew! Still in time not to be charged for overtime. :D Headed on to Puss in Boots ride and dry up ourselves. The next spot was a very disney feeling world and super pretty fairytale looking place. The decorations of Puss in Boots were very much about noming humans haha and we boarded the ride on the front row...Ok, ain't that bad haha, and at certain point we were nearly grazing the the grass when the ride went downwards. xD. I am luckily seated in the middle, being sandwich by my bro and sis :D ~ less scary!
Finally ending off with a slightly much drier self (nature-dried), phototaking, dinner and dessert time at Vivocity.
Till now, whenever the MRT starts to move off or slow down, or when the bus moves over a hump, I am immediately reminded of the Battlestar Galatica ride...the entire feeling itself lol! Totally couldn't sleep last night and woke up with a even worse neck. But I'll say, I am still daring enough to go up on another ride lol (my brain says so)
