After a few of my friends brought their kids to the newest craze in town, I decided to follow suit.
However, regulations at Changi Airport have changed since the last time we were there a year ago. First of all, the plushies could only be purchased if we have $60 and above in ONE SINGLE RECEIPT. This is something not mentioned on the posters, only on the website. But who would check the website if one is already physically there??? And why would I think otherwise when we got the Minnie Mouse plushy by combining 2 receipts last year?
In order to do that, I actually bought Frozen plushies for the girls and got cupcakes galore for dinner, against my policy of eating sweets only on weekends. My efforts and money went down the drain when I realised that I did not make the criteria. In the end, we still had to clock yet another $80 at the supermarket to finally get the stormtrooper that my eldest boy was so keen on!
We got another shock when we realised that they decided to limit the T3 slide to children above 130cm, which none of our kids are! So all the $10 and above receipts which I collected became void! Yet another major waste of good money... Worse still, one has to be at least 110cm to go for the free slide. Jaide did not qualify!!! To appease her, I had to push her around at high speeds in the stroller for cheap thrills while the older pair overcame their stark disappointment and dashed off to queue for the shorter slide. What a torture to my poor ailing body!
I tried to salvage the receipts we had, so the older two got to go to the bouncy castle TWICE, to their gleeful delight. We then had to keep the younger two entertained at the interactive console which was really nothing to rave about. They lost interest really quickly. Woe to Mummy and Daddy... Sigh!
This will very likely be our last outing to the airport in the near future.
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| Made matching wristbands for the 'boys' |
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| Matching bracelets for us girls |
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| So indulgent!!! |
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| Happy kids |
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| See how our resident monkey get to the touch screen... |
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| Look at their beaming faces! |
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| The kids' loot |
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