Park Overview

• Universal Studios Singapore is a theme park located within Resorts World Sentosa on Sentosa Island, Singapore. It was a key component of Genting's bid for the right to build Singapore's second integrated resort. On December 8, 2006, the Singapore government announced that the consortium had won the bid, and the construction of the theme park and the rest of the resort started on April 19, 2007. It is the second Universal Studios Theme Parks to open in Asia, and the first in Southeast Asia. The official plans for the park were unveiled to the public when Universal Studios Singapore released a map of it to the public on October 20, 2009.

• Park History
  Construction of Resorts World Sentosa, and Universal Studios Singapore began on April 19, 2007. After just under three years of construction, the park opened on March 18, 2010.
  Universal Studios Singapore was opened for sneak peek week in view of the Chinese New Year Celebrations, from 5pm to 9pm every night between 14 to 21 February 2010. The whole park was opened but none of the rides were operational. Visitors had to pay SGD10 to get into the park. Park tickets for the week were sold out in 2 days. On 5 March 2010, it was announced that the park will start opening on 8:28am 18 March 2010, for a soft-opening phase. From 13 March 2010 the team members of Resorts World Sentosa and their families can start visiting the park before the public has a chance to do so.

• Timeline
  April 2010 - Soft opening of the park with Pantages Hollywood Theater, Stage 28, Lights Camera Action, Battlestar Galactica, Accelerator, Revenge of the Mummy, Treasure Hunters, Canopy Flyer, Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure, Waterworld, Amber Rock Climb, Dino-Soarin', Shrek 4D Adventure, Donkey Live, Enchanted Airways, Magic Potion Spin and King Julien’s Beach Party-Go-Round.
  Late 2010 - The anticipated re-opening of Battlestar Galactica after a technical glitch caused it to be closed just one week after opening].
• Late 2010 - The scheduled opening of Madagascar: A Crate Adventure.
• Summer 2011 - The scheduled opening of Transformers: The Ride.

Park Layout

The Universal Globe
The park is 20 hectares (49 acres) in size, occupying the easternmost part of the 49 hectares (120 acres) Resorts World Sentosa. There are a total of 24 attractions, of which 18 are original or specially adapted for the park. It consists of seven uniquely themed zones which surround a lagoon. Each zone is based on a blockbuster movie or television show, featuring their own unique attractions, character appearances, dining and shopping areas. The park features the world's tallest duelling roller coaster based on the hit television show Battlestar Galactica, a castle from the world of Sherk and Monster Rock, a live musical show by the infamous Universal Monsters as well as celebrity look-alikes. The park also includes about 30 restaurants and food carts together with 20 unique retail stores and carts located around the park.
The park is home to the world’s biggest single collection of DreamWorks Animation theme park attractions, occupying 2 of the 7 themed zones, namely based on "Far Far Away" from Shrek and the island of "Madagascar" from the computer-animated movie Madagascar.
A total of 18 attractions opened on the Opening Day of the park, along with multiple shopping and dining outlets. Universal Parks and Resorts is marketing the park as a "one-of-its-kind theme park in Asia" as they promised that the park will be the only one of its kind in Southeast Asia for the next 30 years.
Seven themed zones make up Universal Studios Singapore. Attractions premiering are marked "Premiere". Dining Outlets that are Halal certified are marked with "Halal".