Weekend in....errr...Genting Highlands

We always try to do something as a family getaway on the weekends. Weekends are sacred as the weekdays are normally bounded by work and stress. This was probably one of the "dunno where to go" weekends. So, we decided to have our kid to experience the cable car ride, the cool weather and the outdoor theme park in Genting Highlands.

The last time I stepped foot on the Genting Outdoor Theme park was like...errr...15 yeas ago. I always have the impression that the Theme Park was crap. Well, read on...

We took a nice drive to Genting via the KL-Karak highway. This is probably one of my favorite stretch of roads. It has that sense of serenity as you drive across and through the mountains and forest. I always enjoy the drive along this stretch. Of course, like anywhere else, there are bound to be morons on the road. Never mind about them for now...

After about an hour drive, we arrived at the Genting Skyway Cable Car stop. First impression, nothing had changed. Well, maybe it doesn't need to. Everything was working fine. It was quite a challenge carrying the kid, the bag and the stroller boarding the cable car as it was constantly moving. But we managed.

Somehow, Ryan really enjoyed the ride. He smiling was ear to ear walking around the tight confinement of the car. To be honest, all of us enjoyed it. Nice and quiet.

In 15 minutes, we arrive at Genting Highlands cable car stop. Our first objective was to get to the Outdoor Theme Park. But the signage and direction was really poor. They were old, small and not informative at all! Took us quite a while to find our way and worst still, it is really not stroller friendly. I guess, they never thought about families with toddlers visiting the place 20 years ago. Hence, there weren't any elevators. Just escalators after escalators. So, I had to carry Ryan through out the series of escalators while Jiun attempt to feed the stroller to the escalators. We always find it dangerous to board the escalator with the kid in it.

So, there we are after like 20 minutes of escalating, we finally arrive at the Outdoor Themepark. Paid like RM80 for the three of us and off we went into the park. Hahaha! Nice... nothing had changed since 15 years ago! What the fish! All the rides I had when I visited during my school days were still there, rusty and all.

Well since we are here, let's make the best out of it. At least Ryan had a good time running around. Merry Go Round wasn't his favorite.

Getting balloons from the clown. Wasn't a happy clown as he was constantly abused by a bunch of goons from don't now where. Pity the clown. Nonetheless, Ryan got his little flower balloon after waiting for 10 mintues.

We were attracted to a pool of Japanese Kois. There were like a million of them. So, bought a cheesy packet of fish feed for RM3. Like all Kois, they are bloody greedy. Ryan was busy feeding the fish as I snapped away.

Next, took the classic car ride... noisy like hell. Nothing worth mentioning.

The other impression I always had since many many years ago was how lousy the food was in Genting Highlands. Well, indeed it still is. We were looking around for something to bite and was initially saying, NO fastfood. So, we found a foodcourt in the Indoor Themepark. First thought, Chicken Rice...quick and easy. But after looking at the poor roasted chickens at the stall, we decided to give it a miss. So, finally Pizza Hut. Even the pizza at Pizza Hut tasted crappy. Don't know why...

While having lunch, the skies opened up. It was raining cats & dogs. We took a walk around and made our way back to the Skyway Cable Car. Did we enjoyed ourselves? As parents, certainly NOT. For Ryan, I guess he did. He always will...as long there is somewhere to go and freedom to run around.

Conclusion, there are other themeparks in Klang Valley....