All the things lugged home from Gardens by the Bay lol
Thanks again friends, for cheering so loudly for me so that I won! Woohoo! So technically I wasn't really best dressed, just had the most friends.
Hehe, still grateful. I won a pair of adventure cove tickets, a $250 freshkon hamper and $50 Capitaland Mall Voucher :D
#happykid93
Anyway, just a short review of Adventure Cove!
Woke up bright and earl- haha NO, my cousin called and jerked me awake from sleep, LOL or I would have slept through the meeting time.
We reached VivoCity at about 11, but delayed awhile to have breakfast cos I was absolutely famished by then.
I recommend to bring: sunblock and those portable pouches for your phone. I didn't get many pictures cos we didn't have those pouches.
So we entered Adventure Cove at about 12nn, which is also when the sun is really a scorcher. I seriously did not want to burn, so I hurriedly applied sunblock (I actually applied it 3x throughout the day. Seriously guys, you have to keep reapplying or get those SPF 1000 kinds lol).
I remarked to my cousin that Adventure Cove was like the poor relation that Sentosa was ashamed of, it was so far away from the main entrance.
"Quick let's pretend we went to USS too!"
Photo taken right outside Adventure Cove. It was SO hot it was like there was a filter over my phone in the picture lol I imagine that's the steam or something.
We spent the most time on the Adventure River, it was like the lazy river of Wild Wild Wet. It essentially was similar to WWW, but much more fun (and expensive).
I enjoyed the Adventure River the most, there was this portion where the wall was filled with Stingrays roaming around, it was extremely cool. There was this bat cave option too but it was so annoying cos they kept having these fake stalactites (or stalagmites, I can't remember which one came from the top) dripping water onto your face.
I recommend the life vest for floating instead of using the tube floats, when kids are abound your peace is interrupted by immense water splashing onto your face as you float on your back.
The MUST-TRY ride is the riptide rocket, it's like a water roller coaster. You sit on a tubed float and IT IS SO MUCH FUN. Luckily my cousin consented to riding it for a second time, the scaredy-cat (LOL). I missed two of the slides as we were reluctant to keep carrying the floats up. Essentially you spend most of your time carrying the float upstairs to ride the slides.
Recommended slides:
- Riptide Rocket
- Dueling Racer
- Whirlpool Washout
- Tidal Twister
I also took the Pipeline plunge, but it was like any other slide.
I actually cut my elbow on the dueling racer ride :( we were told to keep our elbows on the mat but mine slipped and we were going too fast for me to adjust it back... it wasn't too bad but the cut kept bleeding so I asked for a band-aid from a lifeguard... And now I have a tan-line of a plaster on my elbow ._.
Adventure Cove
Sentosa Island
Opening Hours: 10am - 6pm
Alight at Waterfront station from the monorail.
There is also only one dining area in Adventure Cove called The Bay Restaurant.. Prices are as expected for a waterpark in Sentosa. The set meals start from S$13.90, inclusive of a bottled drink. A can of milo costs $4, extremely ridiculous. So I settled for a bottle of iced lemon tea. I had Fish n Chips, which was pretty alright, and my cousin had the pasta and grilled chicken. Both cost $13.90. A little pricey for lunch but beggars can't be choosers, unless we wanted to change and get dressed and leave Adventure Cove for lunch lol. There are kiosks around, but it's hotdogs at like $6. I rather get the full meal.
A photo before our hair got immersed in chlorine
The requisite photo at the entrance.. We only saw it when we were LEAVING. ._.
"Walao why my face so big!" Then...
"Oh look portrait style photo also can fit the logo"
Pretty ship docked at the entrance.. I wonder if it's purely decorative or it can actually function?
Trying to selfie with the ship..... I give up.
So we went to look for food.
Discovered this restaurant called "Slappy Cakes" which sounded quite cool. So we gave it a try.
We were so hungry we just walked in and seated ourselves. After flagging a waitress down for the menu, she looked surprised that we were seated there. Haha.
I ordered pancakes, cos you can make your own and we don't have pancake makers here in Singapore. It isn't a staple breakfast food unlike in the States. So I had so much fun making pancakes.
I ordered pork sausages and bacon bits to make my peanut butter pancake more savoury. Yum! But so messy :(
The pancake mix costs $8.50, and adding on the bacon cost $2, whereas the pork sausages cost $3.
Tap water costs $0.50 but with free refills.
Video of us making the pancakes hehehehehhehe
These are mini mini mini pancakes haha. Look, the fork is normal sized I swear. It's just like droplets of pancake mix haha. Waste not, want not.
Slappy Cakes
Resorts World Sentosa
26 Sentosa Gateway (next to Universal Studios)
#01-29, Singapore 098269
Opening Hours: 8:30am - 9:30pm
So full... Still must take photo.
Gorgeous view from Sentosa Boardwalk. I have never walked from Sentosa Island to VivoCity before but the queue for the monorail was ridiculously long. So we walked.
A little unjust cos we paid $4 for the monorail to enter (seriously monorail also fare hike) and if you walked in it only costs $1 lol.
I shall endeavour to walk the next time. But in the morning it's way hotter and I don't know if my good intentions would evaporate just like sweat. LOL.
Panorama view. I think it'd look better in the evening. I shall go again just to take the photo hehe. I am super enamoured by pretty skylines and cityscapes. Actually I think that everyone enjoys it right but just that I would actually go again just to capture the photo lol.
Cousin treated me to Ben & Jerry's! Haha cos her admission to Adventure Cove was free thanks to me lol.
Collage of photos of that day.
I didn't get sunburnt (much, only my elbows) and I am so grateful I kept thinking of reapplying sunblock frequently throughout the entire time I was there. Sunburn and tanning are two completely different things, guys.
Lotsa love,
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