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UNIVERSAL STUDIOS SINGAPORE
& Resorts World at Sentosa
Sentosa Island, Singapore
Genting International, Star Cruises, Universal Studios
Resort News - (11/30/2025) A new interactive attraction named Dopamine Land is set to open at Resorts World Singapore on December 19th. The attraction is said to feature nine differently themed rooms that will offer visual, audio and tactile elements to entertain and stimulate the senses of the guests. According to this article similar Dopamine Land attraction have opened as temporary attractions in various locations across the world. It was previously in Madrid and London for a time, and currently has versions open in Dubai, Brazil, Australia and two in the US in Washington DC and New Jersey. The site also mentions that in addition to the new Singapore location, another location will soon open in Santiago, Chile.
(11/12/2025) Dejiki is back with a photo and video report from Universal Studios Singapore which has set up a huge assortment of characters and displays to celebrate the release of the new Wicked: For Good film, including a themed dining experience with all kinds of unique looking food and snack items to taste!
???? - Super Nintendo World - Under Construction - (12/7/2024) Following the opening of Minion Land we should start to see work begin for the upcoming Super Nintendo World, which will be built on a similar size and scale to the version that was added to Universal Studios Hollywood. To make room for Super Nintendo Land however, the park itself will be expanding outside of its traditional property boundary, under the Sentosa Express monorail station, with Super Nintendo World expected to take over the property between the monorail station and the SEA Aquarium structure. So if you visit, keep an eye on this section of the Sentosa resort property to look for any advanced signs of pending construction that would be required to clear things out for the makeover.
(11/7/2023) Based on some plans posted to Twitter, we now have a better idea of Universal Studios Singapore’s future plans, including exactly how they will expand to include their own version of Super Nintendo World. As previously mentioned, the Minions themed land that is already under construction is going to take up the space between the former Madagascar flume ride and the Shrek themed kingdom area. The future Super Nintendo World is now slated to not only take over the site of the large Madagascar ride building, but it will cross the the Sentosa Monorail tracks to also take over a section of land previously outside of the park boundary near the waterfront. In general, it looks like this waterfront area between Universal and the Singapore Oceanarium will undergo some heavy renovations as well along with other nearby areas.
(8/9/20) According to a post from Theme Park Insider, Resorts World is looking to either push back or possibly re-evaluate their future expansion plans for the Universal Studios Singapore theme park. Previously the group had announced extended future planning that would see a Minions Park land take over the current Madagascar themed area to be followed up by their own version of a Super Nintendo World themed land.
Due to losses caused by the pandemic, this isn’t surprising as the global situation has caused ever major theme park resort to take a moment to pause and re-evalaute what their future needs may actually be going forward from this point. It is just good business sense to do so, simply because the world as we know it will be changed for quite some time, especially in terms of how people vacation and spend their leisure time.
(4/20/20) I’m told that the version of Super Nintendo World coming to Universal Studios Sinagpore will be a copy of the version coming to the Hollywood park. This will include a more compact themed land than what we will see open in Japan and Orlando. In addition to the themed land with interactive features the only “ride” will be the MarioKart ride, alongside a themed restaurant experience and gift shops.
(4/6/19) With the announcement of two new lands (Minion Park & Super Nintendo World) coming to Universal Studios Singapore, the question of where they will put them has now come up. Disney & More put together some graphics to show off the park, which due to very limited expansion space, will have to remove attractions to make room for these new areas. We already know Minion Park will take over the former Madagascar attraction area, which if you follow the previous link, you will see that area of the park is quite large, with the attraction building itself taking up a lot of land, plus lots of outdoor jungle themed area around it.
While the Disney & More guess for the location of Super Nintendo World is to take over the site of the Waterworld show area, I have to disagree. While I’ve never been to USS myself, I’ve always heard that the Shrek themed land of Far Far Away just was not that popular with the guests as they would have hoped, and was lacking in attractions. Add in that it is right next to Madagascar, which is confirmed to get the axe, then it would be possible to use some of that excess property in Madagascar with the Far Far Away site.
Repurposing Far Far Away has one big advantage going for it… it already has a fully built castle structure on site, and we know from the concept artwork for Super Nintendo World that one of the main buildings will be Princess Peach’s castle, so from a cost savings point of view, it would make sense to repurpose this if possible. Plus I believe it is home to the indoor Magic Potion Spin mini carousel, which could also be given a new Nintendo themed make-over to fit in. Other attractions in the area are the Enchanted Airways family coaster (also easy to slap on a new theme) and then there is the Puss in Boots Giant Journey coaster.
With a little work, I do have to wonder if this unique slow-moving suspended coaster with an onboard audio could be rethemed, changing the medieval castle infrastructure to look more like jungle temple ruins, making it fit the Donkey Kong Country coaster theme instead. Just an idea… after all, while they said they were getting Super Nintendo World, no one said it would be exactly the same as the one they were building now in Japan, so anything is possible at this point. That said, I would still assume they would build a new Mario Kart attraction somewhere here as well.
(4/4/19) Big news from Universal Studios Singapore this week as it was announced that two new themed areas would soon be coming to the park.
First, the current Madagascar themed area and dark ride will be replaced by Minion Park, with a park-like area similar to the one that opened at Universal Studios Japan and anchored by the Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem simulator attraction.
Sometime after that the park will add a Super Nintendo World themed area, which I imagine will be similar to what is now under construction at Universal Studios Japan. Since we still dont’ know the details of exactly what will be included in the Japanese version, no further details were made here either other than that we can expect to see it finished by 2025.
???? - Future Resort Expansion Rumor - (10/20/2023) While Universal Studios Singapore is essentially land-locked within the heavily developed tourist resort of Resorts World Sentosa, I’m hearing some early rumblings that a possible new maser plan to expand the theme park may rely on taking over some of the property next door used by one of the two golf courses on the island.
Consider this a long term growth strategy that has a lot of hurdles to pass before any kind of expansion would be allowed to happen, including the end of the gift couses’s government lease on the property, which isn’t expected to be up for renewal until at least 2030.
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