Family Vacation @Sentosa day 1 : Dec-2011

Going overseas, family vacation is so common nowadays that doing without one seems quite out-of-this-world. Possibly so that the children will not feel out of place amongst their peers, and also a way to focus some of the children's energy during their school holidays, we have to plan one.. and to have one.

It had been almost one and a half years since we last went Universal Studio and the Festival Hotel. Since our Malacca trip fell through due to some flooding there, we decided that we shall return to Sentosa once more. We had initially thought of giving USS a miss as we have gone there at least twice before, but the girls insisted on returning there for the exciting roller coaster rides which were not opened yet the last time, as well as the new Transformer rides. Haiz.. i was reminded of how those Barney and Hi-5 CDs kept being played and replayed over and over again until every single piece was spoiled.. So, the girls still enjoyed tried and tested fun as compared to novelty of trying out new things.

Luge & Skyride

The Luge is kind of like the go-cart and toboggan.. All of us were able to have our own rides except for Enen, who could only ride in my Luge. It was tremendous fun and excitement as we gained control of our luge and even overtook one another along the short trail. Xuanxuan was so good and fast at it that she easily had all of us behind her before we decided to play catch up! En was rather scared initially but only for a short while.. hahahaa!!

As the Luge was a downslope ride and whatever went down has to come up, the skyride was the means to bring us up again for our second luge ride as well as for us to continue our Sentosa adventure where we stopped.. The skyride not only brought people up, the luges were also transported up in the same way!! Check it out on the vid below..

In our skyride in the air..



In the wax museum..

Elsewhere at Sentosa and Viviocity

We were pleasantly surprised as we checked into our room at Hotel Michael - the room was rather spacious with two almost-queen-sized beds; we did not have to request for additional bed! As the hotel also provided us with five 48-hour monorail passes, we easily decided to spend the other half of the afternoon and that evening at Viviocity, where we caught a movie and had dinner. The girls were very impressed at the Marche Restaurant where they got to pick and queue for what they wanted to eat for dinner. Nevertheless, when given the choice to make decisions, they do not always know what they want! (^_-)

At RWS.. At Golden Village Viviocity..

At Marche Restaurant..

Vivocity's Christmas tree..