iCIty, Shah Alam (20 September 2014)

Despite iCity being 15 minutes away from my house, we never really made an effort to visit. We've been there once in 2010 and never came back because at that time there was not much places of interest available (at least for me) and I was not willing to shell out RM10 parking fee to keep checking on the place :p

Anyway I jumped at the chance to  "try again" when my company announced that our company Family Day would be held in iCity and we'll be getting free passes to Waterworld, Snowalk and the Trick Art Museum. Last I check the tickets to check out all 3 attractions would set us back a couple of hundreds, so why not, huh?

I'm happy to say that we were not disappointed. Each individual attractions are not HUGE but it is enjoyable. Based on my memory, the Waterpark @ iCity is in a better condition than Wet World in Section 2 Shah Alam. So I do recommend a visit for parents, as the place is suitable to entertain both young children and teenagers. My only grouse on iCity is the practise of needing to subscribe to the RedCarpet card to purchase food/items in the attraction. The card itself cost RM10 and you would need to keep on reloading to purchase stuff. In my case I did not want to put in huge amount of money as I don't visit often, so I find myself having to make 3 trips to the reloading booth when I suddenly decided to buy something. 

I rate our family experience at 8/10.

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SNOWALK

The place is actually very cold (duh!! it is ice after all) The winter jacket is provided for free. Since the place is quite slippery, slippers are not recommended, you can rent boots from the counter at RM10 per pair (plus RM10 deposit). Mittens and hats are available at the store but we just brought ours from home so we did not have to spend any money :)

 TRICK ART MUSEUM

If you love taking photos (of yourself haha) this is an awesome place for you to visit. We had fun coming up with fun poses. The kids got a bit bored after a while which was understandable. For this I shall let the pictures do the talking.

 Ryan's favorite wall

 WATERWORLD

 Highlight of the day for my little munchkins. Ample of things to do to keep them occupied and happy :) 

KL Bird Park (1 September 2014)

As a part of our initiative to introduced the kids to nature, we've decided that our next "travel" destination would be to visit the KL Bird Park. I remembered visiting here eons ago with my parents though the details are mostly very sketchy. The KL Bird Park is said to be one of the world's largest free flight walk in aviary.

The tickets are priced at RM25 for adults and RM12 for kids- 3 to 12 years old (Mycard Holders). For more information on the park check out : KL Bird Park

At the entrance. The birds was literally over our heads. I was terrified that one might just pooped on us :p

This my dear is a lovebird :)

Ryan emulating the Emu pout and peacock wandering around freely in the park

That stork is RED. I mistakenly thought it was a replica or something but it was actually live and breathing. Pretty,huh?

Some of the more exotic birds like the horn bills, white peacock, parrots etc, were kept in cages for preservation, I supposed.

New hatch lings : these little chicks are too cute :)

Ryan saw this and started singing "Bangau oh Bangau". These birds was overly friendly, one even started pecking a makcik from behind. I think she was used to it or something because she seems oblivious to the intrusion. I would be screaming my head off if these birds were to come anywhere near me :p

We managed to catch the Bird show at around 12.30pm. Do check out the show schedules for various activities around the park 

Review: The park is big and hilly so be prepared to do a lot of walking and pushing (if you're bringing a stroller, which i recommend if you have children under 6 years old) and PLEASE wear comfy shoes. There's a variety of birds but younger children may be easily bored after a bit (Ohhh a bird... and another bird.. and another bird - if you get what I mean) The facilities such as toilet are clean, but the food kiosk in the park has limited seating and you may need to sit out under the hot sun. Parking is also limited, though you are allowed to park across the road near the Taman Kancil and Memorial Tun Abdul Razak. I'm rating our experience 7.5/10.

The Butterfly Park, Taman Kancil, Planetarium Negara and Pusat Kesenian Islam is also nearby and within 5 minutes walk of each other. InShaAllah, we're planning to make a visit to the other attractions soon. I love how my research for kids friendly attractions is showing me awesome places to be enjoyed within KL/Selangor area itself :)