NTUC Downtown East

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NTUC Downtown East is an entertainment hub located in Pasir Ris, Singapore. It is 147,000 square metres in area and was officially opened on 5 November 2000. It is run by NTUC Club. It provides leisure and entertainment for families and youths. It competes with the two IRs, especially Resorts World Sentosa. It has free wi-fi from 2006 onwards.

Attractions

Various types of entertainment features are being provided in NTUC Downtown East. Such features are shopping, arcades and many others. The attractions include:

  • E!hub, a five-storey leisure and entertainment hub.
  • Wild Wild Wet, a water park.
  • Escape Theme Park, an amusement park (closed in November 2011).

E!hub

A five-storey leisure and entertainment hub, named E!hub, was developed at NTUC Downtown East sometime in 2008. E!hub's main features include:[1]

  • eXplorerkid, the largest indoor family park in Singapore
  • nEbO City, a combination of Cathay Cineplex, gaming and cafe.
  • 25-metre Ferris Wheel, sponsored by Cadbury.

Wild Wild Wet

Wild Wild Wet is the biggest-operating water park in Singapore as of August 2010, which features a 3-storey high raft water slide (known as Ular-Lar) that is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. Wild Wild Wet opened in June 2004, 4 years after Downtown East's official opening. Currently competing with Resorts World Sentosa's Adventure Cove Waterpark, part of Marine Life Park, Wild Wild Wet has a total of nine water slides, and many other water attractions, one of which was sponsored by Yakult for a period of time.

Escape Theme Park

Escape Theme Park was Singapore's largest outdoor theme park which Universal Studios Singapore took its position in May 2010. Opened in 2000, it operates on Saturdays, Sundays and gazetted school and public holidays. Its slogan is '360 degrees of fun', and had a total of twelve operating rides. It closed in 26 November 2011 due to declining business and the site was used to make way for a bigger Wild Wild Wet and Costa Sands Resort.

Accommodation

  • Costa Sands Resort Downtown East
  • Costa Sands Resort Pasir Ris

References

  1. ↑ http://www.downtowneast.com.sg/e!hub/index.htm

External links

Coordinates: 1°22′35″N 103°57′16″E / 1.37639°N 103.95444°E / 1.37639; 103.95444

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