Day 2: Singapore Universal Studios!

One day down here in Singers.  Today we had a short bus trip and arrived at Universal Studios at 10am.  Wow - what a place.  It's huge!  And today was a public holiday here in Singapore so every man and his three dogs had decided to come today too - there was just sooooo many people!

After the obligatory team photo in front of the iconic Universal globe, we all went off (in several directions) to fight crowds, and the occasional rain, to get on as many rides as possible.  Your intrepid blog writer ended up with quite an adventurous team who wanted to try as many action-packed rides as possible...  But unfortunately most of the action-packed rides had queue times of >60 minutes and so we made do with some of the less popular rides but still had a fantastic day.  Highlight for me was Waterworld, with explosives, lots of water AND a plane crash!

Dry spectators before Waterworld starts

All the girls will have their own exciting tales to tell, for sure.  There was something for everyone - from the world's highest DUAL roller-coaster (that's two separate 'coasters going at the same time and barely meters apart), getting absolutely soaked in Waterworld, and spending some $$$ at the souvenir shops!!  Every now and then I would spot another group of St Oran's girls and it was obvious they were having a good time and packing as much as possible into the day.

Luckily Barb wasn't late today and we managed to get away on time, even with Ian extracting the girls from the Hershey's chocolate shop. The team managed to perform an impromptu flash-mob rehearsal of Utaina Mai Ngā Waka in front of the crowds outside the exit - fantastic!  It was recorded so we will try and upload a copy of the video soon.
 

 A couple of quick final photos and we were finished for the day... almost.  

To finish we stopped at China Town for a bite to eat and a quick wander around the markets.  A few bits & peices were bought for very few $$$, we had some food and then some pretty tired people traipsed back to the hotel for a good night's rest!

Tomorrow, we're up bright and early!  We depart at 0530 and head to Changi Airport to catch a plan to Beijing!!  Yee haa! We've had a good time here in Singapore and enjoyed the hospitality of the Copthorne Kings, but it's time to go and perhaps that's why the grumpy old bellman is now smiling... 


PS: see our photos (click the photo top-right this page) for more images of our journey!!