The kids were very fixated with rearing fish so Papa took us to a place where they could see many many fish and other marine life - S.E.A. Aquarium at RWS, Marine Life Park. Frankly, we had no idea where or what exactly it is. In fact, I had to call them to ask for directions. It was really exasperating to talk to local customer service officers sometimes. Not only was he totally unable to direct me (he didn't even remember my location after I told him thrice!), he tried to sell me the restaurant instead.
We managed to find the place after we consulted the hotel concierge. The entrance area was huge and all of us have to walk through an exhibition on Zheng He and his journey with his fleet. It felt like a Social Studies tour, but I suppose it's really educational if there wasn't so many people. There were just too many people walking around taking photos. We felt pressurised to move on quickly.
It cost us $78 (Alfee's free) to enter as a family. I was expecting to be wowed since it claims to be the world's largest aquarium. I agree that there are many sections and exhibits, but the room for visitors is limited. In fact, we couldn't really see everything because there were simply too many visitors. Unfortunately, it didn't impress me much.
I like the open ocean though. The window was so huge that we felt like we were really in the ocean. The kids loved everything naturally, they enjoyed watching those lovely creatures almost as much as the divers at work. There was also a small station where kids could learn to make ang pao fish. But again, there were too many visitors so it didn't seem very effective at all.
Would we go there again...? Well, I agree that it is huge and very educational. If we had more time and space to move around, we would have stayed longer and really look at all the marine life in detail. However, it's too hard. Honestly, I won't go back unless it's cheaper.
We left the aquarium around noon and headed for lunch at Hard Rock Cafe. We hardly eat at Hard Rock Cafe because we don't really fancy western food with the kids around. But it's relatively empty at lunch time so we jumped at it. As it turned out, the food was good and the kids love the fries (of course).
We did a bit of shopping for the kids at Marina Square after they had taken their nap in the car. Papa watched them at the playground while I grabbed a few sets of PJs for the kids. They have outgrown their clothes so quickly.
Sometimes I watched the kids interact with other kids and I really admire them. They befriend so easily and they can play with almost anyone. At one point, some kid was pushing Alfee and Sophie quickly stepped in to protect her little brother. She told the other kids off, according to Papa. I kind of like that. Jie Jie protecting Di Di.
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