The Hotel: We stayed at First World. Nothing much good for me to say about the hotel. It's definitely not worth the amount of money we had to pay just to extend one night in a peak period. No way! I mean it's just ok for a place to lay my head...but I didn't get much sleep those 2 nights. So it wasn't such a nice experience staying in First World, or maybe I'm too fussy. Firstly, the room is so tiny. The bathroom space is so tight that I have to maneuver my body around to open the door from inside while trying to avoid touching the toilet bowl with my clean pair of pants (I have a phobia of dirty toilets..don't get me wrong, it was clean but I have a weird imagination and nothing is ever like home). Besides, I have to try to keep my balance without falling back into the toilet bowl on my way out. Secondly, it's pretty old looking inside, the carpet is stained with drops of brown stuff which I'm trying to believe is not anything else but chocolate stains. Thirdly, I was sleep deprived for those 2 nights because I take a while to settle in to a new place and from things I've heard from others, I tried my best to find the right position to sleep with my head covered up in order to avoid accidentally seeing anything 'unseen' while I was half asleep. It was made worst by screaming kids running across the corridor outside the rooms and their maids yelling for them from behind. I would think that kids have bed times? You know, like 10pm, off to bed. It was already 3am and their still kicking and screaming. Well, the walls sure are thin! Fourth, the TV is so small that I....I....I don't know what to say. I guess that's what you get anyway. I mean, people do go there to play and gamble, not watch TV. I get it, ok? Fifth, the drinking water has a weird smell...basically the smell of unboiled tap water *again it's my imagination*. Still, I have to drink and mineral water costs RM2.00 at least. I could go on with the list but I'd prefer to focus on the good part of the trip. My rating I would give to this is maybe...hmm...er...3/10.
The weather:
The weather was perfect. It was cold, windy and foggy. We could barely see far ahead and you might wonder why the hell I think that's nice. No reason, it just is. We don't see that in Penang but it significantly cleared up by Sunday. boo!! Chilly weather...8/10.
The weather was perfect. It was cold, windy and foggy. We could barely see far ahead and you might wonder why the hell I think that's nice. No reason, it just is. We don't see that in Penang but it significantly cleared up by Sunday. boo!! Chilly weather...8/10.
The food:
Food there wasn't too bad. It was expensive. VERY expensive. A normal sized sausage was RM4.00 per stick. One thing we learnt from Genting is never purchase any food that doesn't have a price tag. We just had to find the cheapest of the lot. Most of the food on the menu come in double digits. Even for a plate of noodles or fried rice. I guess it's a good opportunity for them because either you eat it or you starve to death up there. Anyway, it wasn't too bad, the taste. Despite the price, 8/10.
The show:
'Mysteria' was the show we watched. It was sort of a stage story type of show with dancing, music and magic. Interesting! The tigers were huge. Ding and I agreed that the star of the show, the magician does have some resemblance to Salman Khan. It's not him of course, he just looks like him. I give it a 9/10. I can't give it a 10/10 because 1 point is deducted for not releasing the tigers out to roam on stage. *partly, I'm glad they didn't or else I wouldn't be sitting here writing this*
Overall:
I had a good time up there. It was crowded, no doubt. I mean, the hotel lobby was like a fish market. Nevertheless, it was a cosy get-away, just having fun, saying crazy things. We visited the casino for the first time. No..we didn't play anything there coz we just wanted to look around..look at other people. Besides, it was like a free ticket to second-hand smoke inhalation class so we couldn't spend too much time in there for fear of suffocating. Ripley's Believe it or not was quite interesting too. I had a close up view of a Vampire killing kit. Apparently, used to kill vampires centuries ago. :) It was just funny. The 4D Motion Master ride was a MAJOR let-down. I expected more excitement and better graphics like the first time I saw it a few years back. It was boring. I could practically yawn my way through it. We also took the Rio Float ride, the reindeer ride, those were interesting. Nothing scary but just a relaxing 5 minute ride.
Overall, I enjoyed the trip. I wouldn't go up there again for another few years because we have pretty much explored whatever we wanted to see. But still, it's one of those holidays that hardly come by and I enjoyed it!
Food there wasn't too bad. It was expensive. VERY expensive. A normal sized sausage was RM4.00 per stick. One thing we learnt from Genting is never purchase any food that doesn't have a price tag. We just had to find the cheapest of the lot. Most of the food on the menu come in double digits. Even for a plate of noodles or fried rice. I guess it's a good opportunity for them because either you eat it or you starve to death up there. Anyway, it wasn't too bad, the taste. Despite the price, 8/10.
The show:
'Mysteria' was the show we watched. It was sort of a stage story type of show with dancing, music and magic. Interesting! The tigers were huge. Ding and I agreed that the star of the show, the magician does have some resemblance to Salman Khan. It's not him of course, he just looks like him. I give it a 9/10. I can't give it a 10/10 because 1 point is deducted for not releasing the tigers out to roam on stage. *partly, I'm glad they didn't or else I wouldn't be sitting here writing this*
Overall:
I had a good time up there. It was crowded, no doubt. I mean, the hotel lobby was like a fish market. Nevertheless, it was a cosy get-away, just having fun, saying crazy things. We visited the casino for the first time. No..we didn't play anything there coz we just wanted to look around..look at other people. Besides, it was like a free ticket to second-hand smoke inhalation class so we couldn't spend too much time in there for fear of suffocating. Ripley's Believe it or not was quite interesting too. I had a close up view of a Vampire killing kit. Apparently, used to kill vampires centuries ago. :) It was just funny. The 4D Motion Master ride was a MAJOR let-down. I expected more excitement and better graphics like the first time I saw it a few years back. It was boring. I could practically yawn my way through it. We also took the Rio Float ride, the reindeer ride, those were interesting. Nothing scary but just a relaxing 5 minute ride.
Overall, I enjoyed the trip. I wouldn't go up there again for another few years because we have pretty much explored whatever we wanted to see. But still, it's one of those holidays that hardly come by and I enjoyed it!
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