Traveling: Genting Highlands

Sunday, 13 August 2023

Singapore & Malaysia 2023 - Part 14

Genting Highlands

Thursday - August 17th 2023

Today we had to get up pretty early, because we left George Town towards Kuala Lumpur. We checked out and then a taxi took us to the airport, where we had breakfast at Starbucks before dropping off our luggage. Our Air Asia flight left on time and around noon we arrived at Kuala Lumpur Airport, from where we took the train into the city. At Kuala Lumpur Central Station we got off the train and searched for us to Genting Highlands. Unfortunately we had to wait for two hours until the next bus departed. So we got fries at McDonald's for lunch and then we checked out the nearby shopping center. The bus drive to Genting Highlands was relaxing and an hour later we arrived at our hotel.

Breakfast at Starbucks

Flying to Kuala Lumpur

Arriving in Kuala Lumpur

Lunch at McDonald's

Claudia and I stayed at Resorts World Awana, an older hotel, that was recently renovated. Check in was quick and easy and soon we were in our room, which was really beautiful and spacious and we also had a wonderful view over the valley. After we unpacked we headed down to the pool bar to get a welcome drink and to grab something to eat. The drinks were great, but the food was awful. Claudia got an avocado toast and I had a veggie burger. Both came with so much egg that we weren't able to eat it. So we left and decided to check out the Genting Highlands Premium Outlet Shopping Mall. There we strolled through the shopps and found a food court that offered decent vegetarian dishes. We got fried rice and noodles and were really happy to finally eat something that is not burried under eggs. At a shop we got some beers for later and returned to the hotel, where we spent a relaxing evening in our room watching TV.

Our Hotel

Our Room

Our Bathroom

Pool Bar

Late Lunch

Pool Area

View at our Hotel

Outlet Mall

Food Court

Dinner

Friday, 11 August 2023

Singapore & Malaysia 2023 - Part 15

Genting SkyWorlds

Friday - August 18th 2023

Today it was finally time to visit the Genting SkyWorlds themepark. I wanted to visit that park since it had opened and after breakfast we were on our way. First we had to catch the resort bus to the Awana SkyWay Station. From there we had to take a cablecar to Genting Highlands. Once on top a whole new world opened up. Genting Highlands consists of many hotels, among them is the world's biggest hotel, shopping malls, casinos, restaurants, bars and the Genting SkyWorlds themepark. The park didn't open for another hour and so we stopped at Starbucks for a second breakfast.

Breakfast

Awana SkyWay

Genting SkyWorlds

Genting Highlands

Starbucks

Now it was finally time and Genting SkyWorlds opened its gates with a cute dance show. Once inside we headed to the beautiful Rio area of the park, themed after the Rio animated movies, because we wanted to do Samba Gliders first. Next up was Acorn Adventure, a fun but rough rollercoaster, in the Ice Age land, which was home to a dark ride too. In Ice Age - Expedition Thin Ice we followed Sid and the gang through ice caverns rescuing the lost children. Then we just walked around the park and checked out Andromeda Base. There we did the Terraform Tower Challenge, a fantastic free fall attraction, before taking a look at Robot Rivet Town. That area is based on the Robot animated movies, which we didn't see, and the attractions didn't appeal to us, so we got a donut instead.

Genting SkyWorlds

Rio

Ice Age

Andromeda Base

Terraform Tower Challenge

Robot Rivet Town

Donut

Now we were in Liberty Lane to experience one of the highlights of the park. Invasion of the Planet of the Apes was an amazing trackless darkride, which turned out to be our favourite attraction at Genting Skyworlds. It wasn't necessary to see the movies, because the ride worked perfectly on its own. Since we wanted to scratch off all major rides from our list before noon, we headed to the Epic area of the park to ride Epic Voyage to Moonhaven, a water ride with a dark ride section. Again we hadn't seen the movie, but the ride itself was okay and to our surprise we got really wet during the big drop. To dry up again, we decided to take a break and get a drink, but not before we rode Night at the Museum - Midnight Mayhem, a shooting dark ride similar to Disney's Toy Story Mania.

Liberty Lane

Invasion of the Planet of the Apes

Liberty Lane

Epic Voyage to Moonhaven

Night at the Museum Midnight Mayhem

Since it was already noon, we stopped at a nice outdoor bar and got some beers and snacks, like onion rings and nachos. After our break I tried two flat rides, first the ESD Global Defender, themed to Independence Day, in Liberty Lane and then Alpha Fighter Pilots in Andromeda Base. We also strolled through Eagle Mountain, another area of the park that looked really beautiful, but unfortunately the main attraction hadn't opened yet. The rest of the afternoon we spent with riding the Blue Sky Carousel, doing the Rio Carnaval Chaos demolition derby and checking out the merchandise in the shops before leaving the park. Genting Skyworld was a wonderful and beautiful themepark. Although it was a smaller park we had a lot of fun and enjoyed our time there a lot.

Taking a Break

ESD Global Defender

Eagle Mountain

Andromeda Base

Alpha Fighter Pilots

Blue Sky Carousel

Rio

Genting SkyWorlds

After we left the park, Claudia wanted to see the Durian Festival that was held outside the huge hotel and casino complex. The smell of the fruits was terrifying and I was really happy when we left and did some shopping in the huge shopping mall. For dinner we went to Malaysian Food Street, a nice food court, where they also had a vegan restaurant called Vegetalk. We got vegan fried chicken rice, fried noodles and a dumpling soup. All three meals were delicious. Afterwards we spent some time at the indoor themepark Skytropolis, but we didn't ride any attractions. Before leaving Genting Highlands we got ice cream and just strolled around until we caught the cable car back to the hotel, where we enjoyed a relaxing evening watching TV.