Madagascar: A Crate Adventure at Universal Studios SingaporeWe'll be starting Friday in Singapore, where we'll be on hand for the media premiere of Transformers: The Ride at Universal Studios Singapore. We'll have interviews with Transformers film director Michael Bay, who served as a creative consultant on the ride, and lead designer Thierry Coup of Universal Creative - not to mention our first look at this newest creation from the team that put together The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man and Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey.
From there, on Saturday we'll be taking a look at the rest of Universal Studios Singapore, visiting many of the other rides and shows at Universal's newest theme park. I'll be grabbing all the photos and video I can, and taking notes for a week-long, in-depth look at this park, to be featured on the Theme Park Insider Blog Flume later in December.
But the trip's just getting started.
Saturday night, I'll be boarding a red-eye flight on Singapore Airlines for a trip to Tokyo, where on Sunday morning I'll be visiting Tokyo Disneyland. I've been taking notes on Disney's first theme park outside the United States and am looking forward to spending the day at a park that mixes much of the best of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom with the best of the original Disneyland.
Monday morning, we're heading over to Tokyo DisneySea, for a day at the only theme park outside the US to be named the winner of the Theme Park Insider Award for World's Best Theme Park. In addition to riding many of the park's unique attractions, we'll also be trying some of the unique food items found only in the park. (Yep, we're finally going to try the Gyoza Dog!)
But with only two days in Tokyo, I can't try everything. So I'll leave a couple of the decisions up to you. The Tokyo Disney theme parks are known for the wide variety of popcorn flavors sold in the parks, far beyond the salt and occasional caramel flavors available in US theme parks. Let's choose one flavor of each:
Like with Universal Studios Singapore, I'm planning special week-long insider looks at each of the Tokyo Disney theme parks later in December.
I've enjoyed reading your many requests for what to cover on the trip, and eagerly await any other requests in the comments. Thank you again for reading Theme Park Insider!
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For your reviews, go heavy on the photos, please... in fact a photo trip report might be the best option.
Have a great journey, Robert. Your whole life has led to this singular pilgrimage - a pilgrimage all true theme park fans would love to take with you. Know that even in our jealousy we wish you the best of all times!
The great part about going this way is Tokyo station. Bullet trains on the top level; express trains on the third level; local trains on the second level; buses on the ground level; and subways down below. Totally organized chaos. Every westerner should do it once just to appreciate the frenetic nature of life in the large Japanese cities.
Also, take me with you? Or at least, take as many pictures as possible and give us really great descriptions so I can try to take your vacation vicariously. DisneySea has been dream of mine ever since it opened...
Anyway, have a great trip and know that all of us here are very jealous!
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