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Legoland and Universal Studio Singapore

It's year end school holiday again. Since we didn't have any overseas trip for 2018, we decided to venture to the south - Johor. Obviously the place of interest was Legoland since the kids were coming along. We also went to Universal Studio Singapore (USS) for a day trip, arranged by the resort we stayed. The kids like Legoland than USS because there's hands-on activities there (building Lego blocks). They also enjoyed the Ninjago ride. As for USS, we like USJ more. However, USS didn't disappoint as well. We like the Transformer ride and Jurassic adventure ride. Unfortunately, there's no Harry Potter theme there. The disappointment of the trip was the long queue at Woodlands checkpoint. I think the Singaporean government should do something about it. The queue was smooth at Malaysia checkpoint though.

The upmarket Legoland Resort

View from our Airbnb apartment


Discovering the Legoland

Miniature Taj Mahal

Miniature KLIA airport

Miniature Twin Towers - very accurate build!

Miniature KL city

Ninjago ride entrance

The main entrance of Universal Studio Singapore

Christmas deco in USS

The Far Far Away theme park. Shrek and Donkey are here.

Far Far Away castle

Performance by the Madagascar's characters

The iconic Universal globe


 All photos were taken with antique iPhone 6s.
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