Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay and 5 other great family-friendly theme parks across Southeast Asia
With world-class water theme parks offering cutting-edge rides, family-friendly shows featuring characters from top children’s blockbuster films, numerous shopping boutiques, and a variety of dining options, Southeast Asia is the perfect holiday destination for youngsters.
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Interest in more child-oriented activities is growing, according to Hong Kong travel agency Klook, which reports a 74 per cent year-on-year increase from July 2018 and July 2019 in visits to these six family-friendly attractions in the region.
Check out the what these Southeast Asian theme parks have to offer.
KidZania Manila
Imagine a huge, indoor, child-sized interactive play city comprising miniature stores, cars, shopping boutiques and restaurants.
KidZania Manila – part of the Mexican KidZania franchise of family entertainment centres – opened in Taguig City, Metro Manila, in the Philippines in 2015 and operates like a real city for youngsters aged four to 14.
KidZania Manila operates like a real city for youngsters, aged four to 14, and is built to the scale of children, complete with paved roads and vehicles, buildings, a functioning economy and even its own currency, KidZos
It is built to the scale of children, complete with paved roads and vehicles, buildings, a functioning economy and even its own currency, KidZos. It aims to help youngsters kick-start their career ambitions.
The venue helps children to develop their interests and learn life skills through more than 70 immersive role-playing activities that promote good citizenship.
KidZania encourages children to discover important values such as responsibility, confidence and independence.
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Aqua Planet Waterpark
Take a break with your family and friends and enjoy the day at the world-class Aqua Planet Waterpark in Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines.
Only a two-hour drive from Metro Manila, Aqua Planet is a 10-hectare (24-acre) water park.
Aqua Planet Waterpark offers 38 exhilarating water slides and attractions, including exciting rides such as Tornado – featuring twists and turns and a 45-degree drop – and the four-person raft slide, Super Bowl
It offers 38 water slides and attractions, including rides such as Tornado (featuring twists and turns and a 45-degree drop), the four-person raft slide, Super Bowl, and the more relaxing Wave River, a 412-metre (1,350-foot) water trip on giant rubber ring raft.
There is no need to queue up – Klook offers an exclusive lane so you can enter the park immediately.
Gardens by the Bay
Gardens by the Bay is an iconic central Singapore destination spanning 101 hectares of reclaimed land next to the Marina Reservoir, and undoubtedly one of the city’s top destinations for visitors.
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Its three waterfront gardens (Bay South, Bay East, and Bay Central) and conservatories (Flower Dome and Cloud Forest) as well as the newly opened Sun Pavilion, feature man-made structures built to house flora and fauna from all over the world.
Supertree Grove, featuring treelike structures, includes an elevated walkway offering visitors a panoramic view of the Gardens.
Universal Studios Singapore
Visitors to Universal Studios Singapore can experience cutting-edge rides, shows, and attractions based on some of their favourite blockbuster films, movie franchises and television series, including Shrek, Jurassic Park and Transformers.
The park’s “Ride the Movies” attractions include Puss In Boots’ Giant Journey, Battlestar Galactica: HUMAN vs CYLON, TRANSFORMERS The Ride: The Ultimate 3D Battle, Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure, and the Sesame Street Spaghetti Space Chase.
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Legoland Malaysia Resort
Families can immerse themselves in the world of Lego – the ubiquitous Danish plastic interlocking toy bricks – at Legoland Malaysia Resort, the first international theme park in Malaysia, which opened in 2012.
The park, located in Johor Baharu, offers more than 40 interactive rides, shows and attractions in different zones, each with their own theme and rides – including the world’s first Lego virtual reality roller coaster – and interactive Lego building areas.
Visitors can marvel at the amazing worlds constructed entirely out of Lego – including many famous international landmarks – or enjoy a live musical show focused on the magic of friendship, or learn to love and care for the ocean at Sea Life Malaysia, which offers an “up-close” experience, including a 180-degree ocean tunnel walk.
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Skytropolis Indoor Theme Park
The family-friendly fun park is located in First World Plaza, next to SkyAvenue, the latest lifestyle mall, at Malaysia’s Resorts World Genting, in Gentings Highlands.
Visitors can experience a variety of rides and attractions including a nostalgic ride on the Copper Express, featuring steam engine train tours around a mini garden.
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Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay and Universal Studios rank among the region’s top attractions, along with KidZania in Manila and Legoland Malaysia Resort in Johor Baharu