Snow City

We did not plan to go for this at the start, if not for the free tickets given by my mum. Might as well, otherwise the freebies will be wasted.

We followed the advice on the website on wearing long pants and socks, as well as bringing hats and gloves. But I guess we did not count on the temperatures to be so low. So into the centre we went and soon we were selecting our jackets and boots. After checking on our life-saving equipment, we ventured in the cold unknown, with high anticipation. Only to realise that it was such a small place. One could virtually walk the entire place in 5 minutes? 

Well, its saving grace was its ski slope, which incidentally happened to be the only attraction there, unless you want to count in the small igloo miniature or the decors for photo-taking. It was fun sliding down the slope, though a wait in the freezing cold is a must (since all the people have to go to the sole attraction unless they do not want to do anything there, which means nobody). We tried once locking arms and another front-back (somehow that sentence sounds wrong) and we realised that we cannot handle another ride without going outside to defrost. Later on, we tried to build a snowman but we realised that the temperature was too low for the snow to melt and thus the shape cannot be formed. We had our last slide before my dear got a slight ache in her neck and we stopped to prevent any further aggravation.

Our pose with the lonesome polar bear...

Before entering the premises, I had the question of how the staff differentiate the customers paying for 1 hour and 2 hours. After experiencing the cold, I figured that nobody wants to stay inside for so long, thus the higher entrance fee was simply a rip off. Perhaps only kids will want to stay inside longer. Somehow they have this immunity to anything which we adults no longer have.

And to compensate with their low visit counts, they charged exorbitant prices for the photos that they took of us. Visitors like us will be compelled to buy them so as to retain a piece of memory of the place, just like how no one can resist the overly large watery eyes of Puss. As such, we were 1 picture richer and $20 poorer.

The $20 nice but expensive shot...

Nonetheless, it was a great experience. Guess the next time we will go there would probably be about 10 years from now when our kids are old enough to enjoy the fun there.