This is a rather interesting attraction. It houses several chambers filled with special visual and sensorial effects, and is located in a quiet and rather inconspicuous corner of a Bugis-Junction-like shopping mall several streets away from our hotel.Its admission tickets were quite expensive. Each adult ticket cost A$23 while a child ticket cost A$19.00. It was good that they also had a family ticket, which we took eventually, and that set us back by A$68 or so.
Just before we paid for the family ticket, the staff cautioned us that there would be loud sounds and some special effects which some young children may find uncomfortable with or be afraid of and if we should decide to abort our walk through the chambers mid-way, there would be no refund of the admission fee paid.
R and I paused momentarily, turned to each other and then looked at WF..... But as WY was raring to go (and I was also quite keen to try out this supposedly-exciting gallery after all that hype we saw on the net), we decided to proceed anyway. Naturally, R was 'assigned' the job to jaga WF and where necessary, to carry him, lor.
After payment, we were handed a apir of gloves and shoe-socks each. These looked ordinary but we later realised that they actually glowed in the dark. We put these on (WF's were over-sized!) and then moved into the chambers with much caution....Initially, WY and I took the lead but we were soon replaced by R with WF in arms. R said WY and I were too slow, mah....
The 1st chambers we went to was fully lined with mirrors and had many many multi-colour light bulbs. It actually looked very pretty, not scary at all, maybe because we could see our own reflections on all the walls, ceiling and floor. We had to feel our way around, nevertheless, to locate the exit which was to lead us to the next chamber. This reminded me of that Japanese entertainment show (I think it was called 'something 战士') involving many Sasuke-warriors-wannables scrambling over some obstacle courses, which was shown on TV some years ago....
I cannot recall all the chambers we went through nor the sequence they had been. But I remember that there was one chamber with several of those big, bouncy exercise rubber balls which we could hold up and toss around amongst ourselves. There was another chamber with so many tiny light bulbs that we felt as if we had gone into the centre of an electron or something. This was quite a visual treat. We had a souvenir photograph taken at this part of the maze.
Then there was yet another chamber with a sort of suspended bridge (we could not figure out if the bridge was really suspended at a great height or if it was just inches above the ground) which we had to cross. I actually felt a little 'sea-sick' staggering across the wobbly bridge.... my legs went a little jelly-soft, too..... because the place made us feel as if we were walking across an open space with strings of neon lights going from way above us to way below us - infinity.....And then there was this particular room which was crammed with tubes and blocks of obstacles - these obstacles gave us very indescribable sensation of being trapped amongst many many punch-bags boxers use for training! Some of these were so tightly-packed that we had to use much strength to pry open in order to move along!! At this chamber, we met a group of angmo's who had gotten 'lost' because they hadn't been able to locate the exit to go on to the next chamber - imagine the fright I got when one of the elderly women grabbed my arm in the pitch-dark room, announcing to her friends, "I got someone! Finally a human!" Ahhh!!!
At many of the junctions between chambers, we were 'bombarded' with jets of air and sudden bursts of deafeningly-loud 'music'. I guess these were aimed at giving us that promised excitement and very sensorial experience.... Luckily, WY and I (we clung on to each other for dear life for most parts of our journey through the maze!) were able to dodge sufficiently quickly from these jets......
All the time, I was hardly able to see R and WF. So I didn't know how they were doing. When we finally emerged at the exit of the last chamber (where we had to dodge yet another jet of air!), WF told me simply with a straight face, "Mama, I don't like Infinity. It is scary."
Hahahaha...
Apart from a pic or 2 taken of the entrance/ticketing counter of Infinity, we didn't take any photo within the maze - of course, lah! Already busy dodging air jets and struggling throughout to move from one pitch-dark chamber to another, how to even take out the camera to hold in the hands, right?! So, hopefully, the pics borrowed from the web will do some justice to the quite fun and unforgettable experience we had at Infinity.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After we were done at Infinity, we felt we needed a 'more normal' therapy. After a brief conference amongst ourselves, we decided that we would check out Pacific Fair, a shopping mall said to be popular with visitors like us.
As Pacific Fair is located a distance away, we proceeded to take a walk to the nearest taxi stand to grab a cab there. On the way to the taxi stand, we popped into a Baskin Robbins and had an ice-cream therapy: R and I each had a different milkshake concoction whilst WY opted for a Vertical Sundae and WF chose a Kid's cone. Mmmm...
Before we went off, WY went to the counter at R's suggestion and actually counted if they had 31 flavours of ice-cream. Findings: YES! There were really 31 flavours available!
The taxi we eventually got into was driven by this chatty cabby. He was friendly and pointed out to us where the casino was and told us that there were several nice eateries and some good entertainment for the family there, too. The taxi ran on natural gas which is said to be more environmentally-friendly. When we reached our destination at about 4:30pm, the fare came to almost A$12.00.
Pacific Fair was a big disappointment. Although there were many shops, almost all of them were already closed or were about to close. The only place where we managed to go in to browse around and eventually buy something, was a megamart of some sort called 'Target'. R selected a cd and WF picked up a Thomas DVD. WY and I bought nothing. (Ya lah, it was perhaps our own 'fault' that we didn't get to see these shops whilst they were open - but then, closing at 3-4pm on a Sunday was, by our SG standard, way too early, mah!)
Soon after we left Target, its shutters came down for the day. So we walked around a little more, only to find ourselves in a 'dead town'. Only the supermarket called Coles remained open but we didn't go in as R suddenly had to deal with a rather upset stomach - he blamed it on the Basking-Robbins, lor.
As the skies were also beginning to get darker (sun setting and rain-clouds gathering), we decided to take another cab back to our hotel. We contemplated trying out the public bus but later decided against it because we weren't sure which service would take us there. The return trip was relatively short and cost a similar A$12.00 or so.
Upon arrival, we realised that we hadn't had any 'proper food' for the day ever since breakfast! So we took a stroll to the central beachfront at Surfers' Paradise. WF, who was by then rather tired and pestering R to carry him all the time, was most supportive of the Big M.... WY and I initially wanted to try another place which I thought was Wendy's but dropped the idea when R pointed out that it offered only hotdogs.
So we settled for McDonald's for dinner. The burgers they served here were bigger but flatter. Taste was ok but pricier than in SG.
When we were done, we dropped by some of those 'China-made products' kind of souvenir shops, but ended up buying nothing except a car decal. WY got himself a boomerang. Doesn't the shop look like one of those 'lelong lelong!' type of $1 shop in Geylang or Bugis area?!After that, it was yet another leisurely stroll back to the hotel in the cool evening breeze.............
No comments:
Post a Comment