Resort World Singapore : Festive Hotel (25-26 March 2014)

The trip to Singapore was organized at the very last minute due to some unforeseeable reason. Alhamdullilah despite the short planning we managed to have a very good time :) 

This time around we decided to visit Universal Studios Singapore in Sentosa Island. For our own convenience, we decided to booked a night stay in Festive World Hotel , which is one of the most child friendly hotels out of the 4 hotels in Resort World. It was a good choice based on location, comfort and price (booking was made via Booking.Com)

Resort world is situated in the red circle; Halal food can be found in the Malaysian Street (Green Circle),7 Eleven (sells microwaveable halal food) and McDonalds (The Bull Ring -Purple area), USS (blue circle) and Sea World (Yellow Circle) is about 5 minutes walk away from our hotel.

The first thing that totally caught my eye when we entered the hotel was the decorations :) So funky and whimsical. Wish I could have carried the art decos home.

Loving the bling-bling mosaic wall at the corridor

 The flat screen TV with my name welcoming us to the room :)

 How awesome pussom

 The rooms are average in size. 

Though it was comfy enough for the kids to run around in.

The gorgeous view from our balcony :)

 Love the kids pool and this mini water feature. 

The children had so much fun with the water sprinkler

We had our dinner in Malaysian Food Street. Nothing spectacular as the only halal food available is Nasi Lemak and Roti Canai.

After dinner we walked around the Bulls Ring where you can find Candylicious, Hard Rock Cafe, Starbucks etc.

Can't help but got myself some chocolate souvenirs and Nutella Go for own consumption. I think you can get these in One Utama :p shall check whether the price is the same hehe

You can't come to USS and not take a picture with the Universal Studios Globe :) 

 There's a fountain/laser/fire show at the Lake of Dream around 9.30pm at night

Morning View of Lake of Dreams

The twins with atuk and nenek :)

Review: I would say that we would not hesitate to rebook the hotel should we decide to visit Sentosa Island again. What really attracted me was the location. I love that all the attractions are just within walking distance. However, please take note that the hotel does not serve Halal food and Malaysian Street is only open at 10am. I would advice that you bring some bread/cookies/cereal if you're the type that need early breakfast. I  rate our experience at 8.5/10

Will update on our Day 2 (USS and Sea World) and Day 3 (Hello Kitty &The Little Big Club) Adventure soon. Have a nice day

Heritage Hotel, Ipoh (22-23 March 2014)

Our travel plans to Ipoh for my brother in law Nikah was a pretty last minute one, we were so thankful that we managed to secure a room at a reasonable rate from Booking.com despite the school holidays. At RM150++ with free breakfast pluss 2 free welcome drinks, I would say we got a pretty good deal.

The car ride from Klang to Ipoh took us over 3 hours due to the holiday jam, other than that the trip was pretty much uneventful :p

We chose Heritage Hotel due to its location to the wedding reception venue, anyway it is easy to access too and there's a few restaurants around if you don't feel like eating at the hotel.

Google Photo

The room is pretty big but the furniture is a bit "old". Maybe it is time for a renovation? Other than that I have no other complaints. The kids love the space and I find it comfortable.

There is a horse stable behind the hotel, so the children had fun in the morning "spying" on the horses doing its morning exercises :) We were all too tired to go out for dinner so we ordered room service. The Chicken Rice and Nasi Goreng was pretty tasty and quite cheap considering that it is room service.

Basic and clean bathroom, an absolute MUST for me :) 

(and most people I would think so)

Did not bother taking a photo of the breakfast buffet as it was very basic. Some of the buffet utensils was a bit dirty, saw loads of fingerprints on the juice glasses. I have made complaints and hopefully they'll do something about it. 

I rate our experience at Heritage Hotel a 6.9/10. It was ok and comfortable for a short stay but I don't think I would choose it again for a stay longer than 2 nights due to the lack of activities in the hotel and around it.

Gold Coast Resort, Morib (28 February- 1 March 2014)

To celebrate our 5th year anniversary we decided that a quick gateaway should be in order :) Thanks to a Groupon Deal we decided to visit Gold Coast Resort and Theme Park Morib for our first holiday destination in 2014

Date: 28 February 2014- 1 March 2014
Venue/Website: Gold Coast Hotel, Morib

Photo courtesy of Google

Love the huge full length mirror in the foyer. Awesome for "group selfie" port :) 

There's no double bed available, but we made do with the twin beds by pushing it close together. No extra pillows readily available but the beds are comfortable and spacey enough to fit 5 (yes FIVE) of us :p

TV (limited channel) and the tv cabinet which my children find amusing

 The centre of attention : The jacuzzi.
My children was begging to jump in when they first saw it 
Another plus point? The toilet was thoroughly cleaned :)

If you're looking for activities outside the hotel, the Morib Beach is only 5 minutes drive away. They have restored the beach, so there's ample place to play and laze around in. A bit of a warning, there's a lot of monkeys running around, so a picnic may not be an entirely good idea.

There are also food stalls in the beachfront. Food is quite good and cheap. 

No words needed, just look at their expressions :)

Day 2 : Water Funday

I'm quite happy with the selection of breakfast which came free for 2 adults. 

Children over 90cm needs to pay RM18. Thank god we only had to pay for Ryan but paying RM18 for his meal of 2 bowls of koko crunch and 1 mini sausage is a tad too steep :p

The view of the water theme park from our room

There's a few slides and water features in the park. Children under 12 may enjoy it. Older kids may find it a tad bit boring. As long as you don't expect Sunway Lagoon type of attractions, I think you'll be fine... I know my children had tons of fun :) Alhamdullilah

My lovely babies

You can rent the float for RM10 (+RM10 deposit)

The float came in 2 sizes the yellow one for kids and pink one for adults

Review: I rate our experience at the hotel 8/10. We had tons of fun and as we checked in on a Friday, we managed to avoid the weekend/school holiday crowd. We won't hesitate to come here again especially if we're in need of a short break :)