So after some trepidation (the recent TripAdvisor reviews were pretty devastating for some of the attractions), we decided we would in fact go to Sentosa island.
After perusing the options, I determined that a Day Pass would get us all the things we wanted, and would be cheaper than buying the components. It still wasn't cheap, at $71.90/$53.90pp Unfortunately, I didn't read the fine print well enough, as the regular day pass did not in fact include the MegaZip, which was a significant part of my value-for-money assessment. I don't recall seeing it on the website, but if we'd gone for the Premium Day Pass, for an extra $60 or so, we would have got not only the MegaZip ($60pp) but also i-Fly ($79/$89 pp) and some other things.
Oh, and you need to buy or pick up the tickets at level 3 VivoCity shopping centre, which is not the shopping centre that the MRT station comes out at, it's the one further away from the Cable Car entry point. About 15-20 minutes very brisk walk away from the Cable Car entry point. Each way. So much for an early start to avoid the queues.
And then you can't just barrel up to the entry for the attraction like we did, you've first got to queue to present your day pass at the ticketing office to get it stamped, scanned and ride tickets issued. So I got two extra rides in the comfortably quick 15-floor trip to do that. I looked like I'd been for a swim what with all that extra to-ing and fro-ing in the heat and humidity.
At least our cable car had fans in it. And a couple of seedy-looking chaps.
We saw a cruise ship turning around in the harbour as we passed overhead, which you can see in the left middle ground of the above photo, reversing into the dock.
The exit to the cable car on Sentosa island was through the mandatory gift shop, naturally.
After perusing the options, I determined that a Day Pass would get us all the things we wanted, and would be cheaper than buying the components. It still wasn't cheap, at $71.90/$53.90pp Unfortunately, I didn't read the fine print well enough, as the regular day pass did not in fact include the MegaZip, which was a significant part of my value-for-money assessment. I don't recall seeing it on the website, but if we'd gone for the Premium Day Pass, for an extra $60 or so, we would have got not only the MegaZip ($60pp) but also i-Fly ($79/$89 pp) and some other things.
Oh, and you need to buy or pick up the tickets at level 3 VivoCity shopping centre, which is not the shopping centre that the MRT station comes out at, it's the one further away from the Cable Car entry point. About 15-20 minutes very brisk walk away from the Cable Car entry point. Each way. So much for an early start to avoid the queues.
And then you can't just barrel up to the entry for the attraction like we did, you've first got to queue to present your day pass at the ticketing office to get it stamped, scanned and ride tickets issued. So I got two extra rides in the comfortably quick 15-floor trip to do that. I looked like I'd been for a swim what with all that extra to-ing and fro-ing in the heat and humidity.
At least our cable car had fans in it. And a couple of seedy-looking chaps.
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| Cable car, looking towards Sentosa island. |
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| From Sentosa, looking back toward the main island |
The exit to the cable car on Sentosa island was through the mandatory gift shop, naturally.
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