Genting Highlands

Woohoo! Just came back from Genting Highlands the day before yesterday. Really had fun at the trip. Although with just 5 person, we definitely had a blast!

On Monday, sat the 8am bus to genting skyway lower station, the whole journey being only 40 minutes, felt like it's faster then driving there. Then we proceed to Awana to check in. Although it's only 9.15am when we reached, they allowed us to check in and leave our baggage there. Whew! What a relief, if not we had no idea where to put our bags, then we would have to carry our bags to the theme park.

Went up by cable car to genting and straightaway went to the ticketing counter to buy the passes. Was quite curious to see so many school children as it was a monday, shouldn't they be studying? Went outdoor to play 1st, but, just our luck, both Corkscrew and Cyclone was under maintenance! What?!?! The 2 most thrilling rides are closed?!?! No choice then, went to the other rides. Even went to race car, was racing with the other people, and got thumb ups from them...haha..so fun! The solero shot was scary though, maybe its because i'm scared of height, on the way up (so slow) was getting more scared to look down. THEN, when it drops down, scream all the way down. What a good way to relief the stress! Good for those facing exams =)

Was drizzling at 2pm, so we head indoors to play bumper car and the indoor roller coaster. When it stops raining, but still hazy, Suan Li wanted to peddle boat so I teman her, but it was closed so we went next door to que for bumper boat. Was thinking that how much the air was polluted because of this 1 game, as they use kerosin for the engine, and had to keep filling up after a few rounds. During the game, saw that the Cyclone had open. But it has a long que so we decided to go for others 1st. Then, saw that the 'Rolling Thunder Mine Train' was open, which is quite lucky for us as they would have close if there were mist, and its rare that it would be open, as there were mist throughout the day. After that, Suan Li, William and me went to the 'Sungai Rejang Boat ride' and got ourselves all wet, haha..but that was so fun! We kept laughing and taking pictures throughout the ride.

Then as it was already 6pm and the theme park would be closed by 7pm, we rushed to sit the 'Flying dragon' and later run all the way to the Cyclone. Was running to que up but was stopped by the person in charge, saying that it was closed, although there were still many people lining up. Aww! Really wanted to sit that! Too bad though, went to motion master. Watched 'Alice in Wonderland', it has no story line, but man! What a loud scream the bunny had! After that went to sit the ferris wheel while waiting for Joanna and Pamela to come out from Snow World. Went for dinner, then Jo and Pamela went back to Awana while Suan Li, William and me stayed back to play bumper car! Really fully utilised our passes.

Also paid to sit the Flying coaster, where we had to stand throughout the ride. It was scary at first, but there was a part when it was so fast that we didn't know what was happening that it wasn't scary anymore. after that, we decided it wasn't worth our 6 bucks for it, although it's already at half price.

The next day, went to the Awana indoor sports complex to check it out. Went to check the horse riding session but it was only available on weekends. Wanted to try wall climbing but they say we have to book in advance. Saw that there's volleyball but we need to have our own ball. So asked her what we can do without paying and booking in advance, which was ping pong and squash, with them providing the equipment. Played ping pong 1st then turn to squash. 1st time playing squash, realising that you really need the stamina to play squash. Halfway through, an outsider came in to teach us the proper way to play the game. William was given the lesson while me and Suan Li watched them. After that we tried on our own. Played till 12pm then headed back to our room to take a bath and had maggi cup for lunch. Checked out at 1.30pm, realised the bus was 2.15pm, so went to the arcade to play for a while.sat the 2.15 shuttle bus to skyway station and sat the bus home at 3.15pm.

What a fun trip it was! But next time must go with a larger group, as i'm sure it will be double the fun then!