Wild Wild Wet
I visited Wild Wild Wet with my choir friends on the eve of the park's 10th anniversary celebrations, and it was a blast! The admission price was very affordable, at a mere $14 due to an ongoing student promotion, and even came with a snack and drink. That's less than half the price of Adventure Cove Waterpark in Sentosa! Of course, Adventure Cove is much bigger, and in addition to water slides, features various marine encounter attractions like a small snorkelling pool. However, the slides are always the more appealing factor for me and I felt that the $14 fee was extremely worth it especially with their new ride Torpedo, which I will talk about later.
Since the park opens from 1-7pm on weekdays, we decided to head there at around 3pm; the park isn't that big after all. The weather was pretty good, and there weren't many people. In total, we spent about 3 hours at the park before heading out for a sumptuous Thai dinner nearby.
Wild Wild Wet actually has only 4 main slides. The Waterworks is a pair of tube slides, one enclosed and one open. We only tried the enclosed one and it was the ultimate bore. The current was way too slow and the friction caused my butt to hurt after the ride. Ular-Lah was way more interesting, and somehow felt faster on subsequent rides. It is like the water park equivalent of the Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure in Universal Studios Singapore. The good thing is you can enjoy it with your friends as the circular floats can accommodate up to 6 riders. Slide-Up is a really cool ride where you sit on 2-person floats and slide down a steep ramp and go up the other side until you lose momentum. Both the front and back-facing seats offer a fairly thriling ride.
All three slides described above were already there when the park first opened 10 years ago, and were just how I remember it. The main draw for me for my second visit was the new ride that opened last year called Torpedo. This type of ride is quite common in water parks around the world nowadays, and it involves rides standing atop a trap door which will open and send them on a mini freefall down a fairly steep drop. Some versions found in Australia and Europe apparently even include "loops", made possible given the pretty high speeds attained.
Torpedo is supposedly about 6 storeys high, which is a decent height for above average thrills. It was actually a bit scary for me the first time, not knowing what to expect. Even though there was a 5-second countdown before the drop, the momentary feeling of weightlessness was still pretty surprising. Among my friends, the girls were genuinely freaked out by the concept, but all of them braved the drop after some persuasion. I must say that it was an interesting experience indeed. My subsequent rides were still very fun as the initial drop provided a decent adrenaline rush. The only drawback is that I often ended up downing some water near the end of the ride. Maybe it's a good idea to hold your breath.
On the whole I enjoyed most of the rides, and ended up taking each one about 4 times (except Waterworks of course). We also spent some time hanging out at the wave pool before calling it a day. I really had a lot of fun with some great company, and at a very reasonable price. I totally wouldn't mind going again before my life as a student ends in another year's time.
Some other random notes:
- Lockers are available for one-time usage at $3 and $5 for small and big respectively. Some are coin-operated while others require tokens instead.
- For severely myopic folks like me, they are not as strict about spectacles compared to Adventure Cove. For example, you can actually wear them all the way up to the ride platform unlike ACW where you must store them at the base of the ride. There are also free lockers at the base and top of Torpedo where you can store your loose articles.
