Adventure Cove, Resorts World Sentosa RWS

Sentosa is one of those special places for me since JC days. Without fail, that place instantly makes me feel relaxed and happy/ "on vacation mode" once I set foot there. Got 2 free tickets to Adventure Cove last Sunday (Tix price SGD$29 adult/ $20 students/above 60 yrs; Annual pass $88 but locker costs $10/$20) so needless to say, I jumped at the opportunity and what a great day it was!

Lol. The photo that's "so cute", the wall behind us cracked! ;)

The island has changed a lot since the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) integrated project took over. And Adventure Cove is the latest Water Theme Park that just opened officially a day before I visited. It's right next to the Maritime Experience and the newly opened World's Largest Aquarium. 

Anyway, before I venture off-course, the Adventure Cove water park was pretty small but compact and cool! There's relaxing river tubing with surprising sights like a tunnel with fishes around (like Underwater World) and another area where you can literally stop and admire the magical dance of loads of stingrays! This is soooooooooo much better than Wild Wild Wet! 

There's also a Rainbow Reef where you can snorkel with 20,000+ tropical fishes! The varieties are limited to 3 types of fishes (lol) so it isn't exactly very Rainbow-ish, but for folks who've not snorkelled or scuba-dived before, it's quite an experience!

There's also 6 water rides, of which the most acclaimed one is the Riptide Rocket (Rocket for short) a 450m rollercoaster ride powered by alternating magnets. It's S.E.Asia's first hydro-magnetic coaster that has a conveyor belt taking you to the top. 

It took us just about an hour or so to complete the bulk of the rides, so if you plan on visiting, ~4 hours would be enough. Better still, combine a visit to Adventure Cove with a visit to the SEA Aquarium and you'll get a 10% discount :) 

I actually liked the design of the park - there was something at every corner to keep one interested (and make for great photography opportunities!) Oh, btw there's LOTS of photographers dressed in blue who'll take your photo throughout the park. If you are going to do it, just take PLENTY of those photos because at the end of the day, you can buy ALL the photos on a CD + Leather bound photo book for just SGD$70. Photo book alone would already cost you $50 so might as well have unlimited photos right!!! ^_^ 

Susan and I had lots of fun checking out our photos and taking photos with cute stuffed toys before exiting the water park. :)

Xmas is here!!!
Everywhere I go (even in NTUC, Cold Storage etc.) I see Ghiradelli chocolates! Reminds me of my time in San Francisco/ the U.S.A. 

Photos outside Candylicious, Universal Studios Singapore

Grabbed dinner at VivoCity (we took the free Sentosa shuttle which is always a good alternative to the SUPER CROWDED Monorail!! tho you could end up getting stuck in a traffic jam on the Sentosa bridge -_-"') and absolutely loved the Sotong with Tom Yam Soup Thai set. :) I asked for no rice, and I got more sotongs (squid) - yay!!! Susan got the very homely Ramen noodles which was also very good. 

It was a great day out, and I look forward to more fun day outs like that! :)

Foodprinted on 8 Dec 2012, Saturday