Universal Studios

Up until I came to Singapore, I had never been to a theme park. I had been to Wonderland and had ridden roller coasters, but I had never been to a place where the goal was to over-advertise the sponsor's creations via mechanized rides. After going to the park and seeing the sights, I feel that this definition suits it best, as the focus was not on crazy roller coasters, but on slightly lesser rides intended to bring attention to the many movies of Universal Studios.

Universal Studiooos!

Anyway, it was new experience, and I was impressed. We arrived in the wee hours of the morning, before the usual crowds had gathered. The first thing we saw was an animated Shrek 4-D short, in which the audience gets to sit on these chairs that shake when things get smashed and spray water on you when Donkey sneezes.

As i said, I was impressed. To enter the park ,you need to walk through a stylized street that looks like this:

After that you find a giant boat that was built in support of the Madagascar movies.

And there was a giant Egyptian gate.

And a castle.

We also went to a live-action show based on the movie Waterworld that ended with the nearly everything on the set exploding and falling apart.

Later we passed through a 1920's New York street that featured, in true 20's style, a group of Asian breakdancers.

Someone was confused.