Day 3
Exploring Sentosa Island
It was our last day on Sentosa. We started packing our belongings ready for check-out of the hotel later. We went to the MacDonald's at the basement of the Resorts World Sentosa to have the breakfast first, before we headed towards the Merlion Plaza.
Merlion Plaza
The Merlion Plaza is located just beside the Sentosa Express Imbiah Station. The most iconic feature over here is no other than the 37m tall Sentosa Merlion statue, also the tallest Merlion statue in Singapore.
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| Sentosa Merlion |
The Sentosa Merlion is a ticketed attraction, which visitors could watch a video about the origin and history of the Merlion and the Lion City, as well as taking an internal lift to the viewing platform to enjoy the 360 deg panoramic view of the island. We did not enter the attraction, only taking photos against the majestic Merlion.
Madame Tussauds Singapore & Images of Singapore LIVE
After the photo taking at Merlion Plaza, we took a series of escalator up to the Imbiah Lookout. We headed to the
Madame Tussauds Singapore & Images of Singapore LIVE and bought the entrance tickets, which allows visit to both the attractions.
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| Entrance to Madame Tussauds Singapore & Images of Singapore LIVE (Source: Photo from Sentosa.com) |
We had to visit the Images of Singapore LIVE first, which we waited for a while to enter in groups. We were brought into the room, where the official 'tour' began. Unlike the typical museum which you could roam around to visit the stationary exhibits, Images of Singapore LIVE features a very different concept which real life actors and actresses would lead the visitors through various scenes with special lighting and sound effects within the area, introducing the different era of Singapore's 200 years of history. Some of the themed area includes the Malay Fishing Village, Chinatown, Quayside Walk and Jubilee Cinema etc.
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| Scene at the Chinatown (Source: Photo from Tripadvisor) |
At the end of the tour, we had to board The Spirit of Singapore Boat Ride, which took us through various famous Singapore's landmarks and different heritage themes, such as Marina Bay, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore Flyer etc. At the end of the boat ride, we were led to the entrance to the Madame Tussauds Singapore.
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| The Spirit of Singapore Boat Ride (Source: Photo from Tripadvisor) |
Similar to many other Madame Tussauds museums worldwide, the Singapore branch features life sized wax figurines of famous people categorised in various zones such as politicians, sportsman, singers, actors/actresses etc. The popular ones include US President Obama, UK Queen Elizabeth, Tiger Woods, David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Michael Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Angeline Jolie, ABBA pop group etc. The Singapore branch also focus a lot on Singapore based and Asian famous people, such as Lee Kuan Yew, Lee Hsien Loong, Fandi Ahmad, Stephanie Sun, Zoey Tay, Yao Ming, Jackie Chan, Andy Lau etc.
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| Lee Kuan Yew and his wife |
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| Yao Ming - NBA Star |
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| Jack Neo - Singapore Movie Director |
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| Bruce Lee - International Movie Star |
The whole tour is mainly queuing up to take photos with various "celebrities". The whole area is smaller than the London main branch that I had visited previously, but the Singapore version is more interactive, where there're props that you can play with. For example, you could pick up a golf club and pretend playing golf with Tiger Woods.
Sentosa Nature Discovery
After the fanatic photo shooting session, we exited Madame Tussauds museum and headed to our last attraction, the Sentosa Nature Discovery. Sentosa Nature Discovery is located at Imbiah Lookout area too, and within short walking distance from Madame Tussauds Singapore. This place was relatively quiet, away from the tourist crowd, which presents a totally different side of Sentosa that we know of. There's a static exhibition that showcase the island's natural geology and ecosystem. This is also the start point of the Imbiah Canopy Walk, which visitors could get close to the canopy ecosystem. We did not see many birds, although we saw two squirrels running across the walkway.
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| Entrance to Sentosa Nature Discovery (Source: Photo from Sentosa.com) |
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| Exhibition at Sentosa Nature Discovery (Source: Photo from Sentosa.com) |
After walking for a while on the canopy walk, we returned by the same route back to our hotel and check-out the room. It's time for us to bid farewell to Sentosa after 3 days of fun-filled staycation.
Follow the links below to the other days of my Sentosa staycation:
Day 1: Resorts World Sentosa (Festive Hotel, The Maritime Experiential Museum, S.E.A Aquarium, Hard Rock Hotel Swimming Pool, Crane Dance)
Day 2: Sentosa (Palawan Beach, Fort Siloso, Starz Restaurant, Lake of Dreams)
Day 3: Sentosa (Merlion Plaza, Madame Tussuads Singapore, Images of Singapore LIVE, Sentosa Nature Discovery)
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