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Phew...where to start... i love Singapore and visit every couple of months ! You're list is pretty good, i'll try and work through it.. 1. Singapore weather is pretty much the same all year round...very hot and humid and scattered rainstorms. you might get a bit more rain in december-march and june-september. 2. *Universal Studios - 1 day is enough * Singapore Zoo/River Safari/Night Zoo - i reccommend 2 days for this - otherwise its a massive day. i've done it all in 1 day with kids and it killed us..we were too exhausted to really enjoy the night safari which gets packed. you could do zoo and river safari in a day and if you want to do night zoo do it another night... if you need to skip 1.. skip night zoo - its overrated IMO * Gardens by the Bay - If you go here you must do the cloud forest and the flower dome. you could do this place in one afternoon/night - must do at night for the lights. * Orchard Road shopping - meh, boring - singapore has shopping everywhere - same same all over the place. * Sentosa Island Aquarium/Luge/waterpark - sentosa needs a good few days to explore all the activities - plenty to do. *Pop over to Legoland Malaysia (if time allows) - if you can , make time for this - was a huge highlight of our family trip. we went as a family last year august and did the water park and theme park in one day , covered everything as we had the whole park pretty much to ourselves, if the place was busy no way could it be done in one day. we hired a private driver to take and return us, made the journey and border crossing much easier - leave plenty of time to get there , at least 1.5 hours to allow for delays at the border and traffic. 3. Klook 4. I answered in 2. 5.depends on what you are into, you have covered the typical main things. really explore the sentosa website for all the activities available. 6. the MRT is first class - so easy to use , cheap and gets you pretty much everywhere with ease. otherwise taxi's are cheap and can be found on an app called grab which is like uber (singapore dont have uber) 7. Pretty much anywhere, but just stay near an MRT station - i recommend finding a serviced apartment but most require 7 days minimum, hotels are expensive

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Taken from Ardent's FY results presentation. "Planning for Water Park expansion and new Dark Ride progressing". At least the idea isn't dead yet but I don't believe DW has put much of their time into this.

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After hitting the GC every year for the last 10 years or so, the family has decided its time for a change (that and the fact that the GC parks are in a shambles at the moment with their offerings). So we are planning on hitting Singapore next year. After doing some research, here are the things/places we'd like to try/visit: * Universal Studios * Singapore Zoo/River Safari/Night Zoo * Gardens by the Bay * Orchard Road shopping * Sentosa Island Aquarium/Luge/waterpark *Pop over to Legoland Malaysia (if time allows) So just wanting to get some travel advice before I start booking everything. 1. Is there a ideal time of year to visit? Taking into account we want to avoid any major holidays and busy periods and bad weather. Also costs 😂 2. How many days would be considered enough to see all the above and then some? 3. Are there any websites that you can recommend for themepark/transport/attraction tickets/travel bookings? 4. How much time should we allow for the above individual attractions? I understand Singapore Zoo/River Safari/Night Zoo are all next to each other - can these all be done in a day (albeit a long day)? Can Universal Studios be knocked over in a day without rushing about or would 2 days be more ideal to take in all the park has to offer? 5. We are going as a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 kids under 12) - is there anything not listed that anyone can recommend we add to our itinerary? 6. What's considered the best way of getting around - MRT, taxis, buses, hire car? 7. What's the best area to stay in close to public transport, shopping, restaurants and attraction. I'm sure I'll have other questions but this will do for now - thanks in advance!

Awesome advice here folks, planning is well under way. Keep the info coming! 😊

Jurong Bird Park is good. I also really liked the Science Centre in Jurong and the Arts Science museum near Marina Bay Sands. The Bumboat rides along the Singapore River are also a highlight. Not a fan of the Night Safari. Only attempt it on a midweek day and arrive around twilight. Just picked up some cheap airfares, so it looks like I’ll be back up there in December. I usually stay in Far East hotels, like The Quincy on Mount Elizabeth Road, near Orchard Road MRT station. The only real shopping I like are the bookstores, like Kinokuniya. Dejiki is a reliable Singaporean theme park blogger - the equivalent of Our Worlds here - with great photography. The main school holidays are in the month of June.

I went to Singapore last year for 4 nights and managed to do everything you did and a bit more. I went at the beginning of June, and only had a couple moments of rain. But prepare yourself it is very hot, all year round. Based off google, the months with least amount of rain days are Feb, March and June. 2. I would suggest 6 to 7 days, to be able to do everything you have listed. And just plan to do the major attractions on a weekday. The day trip to Legoland Malaysia is possible too. 3 and 6. The best, cheapest and easiest way to get around is to use their public transport. The MRT network is awesome (trains and buses), and you can get to all attractions using it. You can get a 3 day tourist pass for $20, and that’s unlimited transport. You can get it at the airport and some of the larger stations. So you buy it, and then after 3 days just buy another 2-3 day pass. Apple and Google Maps has the public transport for Singapore built into them, so you can easily figure out how to get everywhere using them. For attraction websites, just google what you want. For anything on Sentosa Island, just google that name and all the info for Universal, aquariums, etc are on there. Note that transport to Sentosa is a seperate ticket though, but you can just walk to the island 4. You’ll be able to get all 3 of those zoos done in one day, but yes definitely a long day. And universal will just be one day too. You probably won’t need fast passes either. But if you were wanting to see the parade, it’s only on certain days. 5. Everything you listed you’ll love. Be sure to check the Gardens by the Bay out at both day and night. And when you go to Sentosa, there is a Crane Dance show on the water at 8pm every night, highly recommend that 6. I would recommend looking at the ibis hotels. I’ve been twice and stayed with them both times. They have 3 hotels, one is right next to the train station, but costs more, the next is a few hundred metres walk to the station, and the 3rd is about a 1km walk, but is the cheapest and has a pool.

I’ve been three times and here’s my tips: - Stay close to an MRT stop. I stayed at Ibis Novena the first time, Swissotel the second trip and Hard Rock Sentosa the third - the proximity to MRT is important - There is a tourist MRT pass you can get which allows for unlimited travel. Just remember to return the card at the airport station before you leave to get your deposit back on it. - I used Uber in Singapore, so it did/does exist. - the Night Zoo was overrated. They keep the park in a state of twilight for the hours that it’s open, and we walked out feeling really tired as a result of it. - try a McGriddle from McDonalds breakfast menu if you haven’t before - I found little at Orchard Road that you couldn’t find elsewhere. Also, when I went they didn’t carry a great deal of large sizes, so unless you’re a 28-32” waist in men’s, you’ll struggle. I ended up buying from Marks&Spencer (a UK brand) - Mastercard is/was the preferred card for Sentosa and you could score discounts by using one. Universal is a single day park, and Transformers needs to be the thing you hit up immediately, the lines for everything else are pretty good. - buy your duty free liquor in Singapore airport before returning to Aus, but make sure you leave plenty of time - there is a cutoff of 90 minutes I think it is - if you haven’t purchased 90mins before your departure time then you can’t purchase - a lot of restaurants will have crazy wait times for walk ups, so do try to book in advance if you can. - pretty sure that all prices included sales tax, and tipping is not the norm. - they use a lot of Turkey Bacon. If you want the real stuff, there’s an Aussie style bar/restaurant along Clark Quay

By the sounds of the investor/market update, the HyperCoast(er) Walk appears to be standalone as opposed to part of the Star Tour. The results flagged more potential for growth as it rolls out new attractions like Sea Jellies, Shaun the Sheep, the new HyperCoast Walk and the new Australian Outback Spectacular show.

This sign has been installed outside of MW. I think it’s a bit tacky really, and something a lot more professional could’ve been done. They could have a bigger sign, and also include WNW, AOS, and PC on it too

There's definitely some stuff in the works to bring it to a bigger audience, but it's early stages. I might have to get John back down to the park and see what they're up to - maybe that'll inspire him?

If only he never sold it.... Such big things were coming

The 3rd part is now live. Be sure to let me know your thoughts. Selling the Dream - John Longhurst's Dreamworld Stories.

Half truths used as headlines to make everything seem more sinister even though the accident and the findings at the inquest answer those questions and fill in the blanks instead of cherry picking. They had an opportunity to tell a story from the other family. A genuine story without having to beat things up because the tragedy only needs good, honest reporting to drive home the loss. Instead it looks like they resort to usual tabloid journalism.

hahahahahha @Jdude95 there just repoing the roller coaster.... don't think anyone will relies the track is missing until its too late🤣🤣🤣🤣

Apparently the new flying theatre is ‘virtual reality’ 😒 Anyways, they also commented saying DW are looking at a new boat ride.