Though the event commenced at 8pm, dear and I arrived earlier to settle down, get the tickets, meet my uncle and his girlfriend, and see if we could beat the crowd. After all, the early bird always gets the worm right?
However, we were dismayed because minutes before 8pm, a long queue was already formed in front of the Universal Studios main entrance. So we joined the queue and waited for the gates to be opened.
When we finally entered in, we were greeted with shrieks, evil laughter, and spooky music that was played from their speakers. The place was dark, with very little light. I was scared and uncertain of what I should expect.
But generally, the crowd was still pretty jovial, and were especially warm towards the Universal Studios staff who were seen giving out free refreshments to us. Well, if you had to ask, it was nothing much; just some Spring rolls, Cotton Candy and Popcorn.
As our tickets each came with two redeemable coupons: One for a free meal and the other for a souvenir bottler with drinks, we decided to redeem our free bottles first. After which, we decided to explore the area, starting with Madagascar world first (see map below).
However, we were quickly disappointed because all the sections were closed, except the Hollywood and New York Section! Pfffttttt! What a bummer! I thought we could roam around the whole park to see it in its Halloween atmosphere!Well, we then walked the other way towards New York Section, where we could clearly see that Halloween Event taking place.
Approaching closer to the gates which is the entrance of the New York Section, we could see actors in ugly masks and costumes ready to scare anyone who walks past. But the 'scary monster' above wasn't that scary, so I was able to take a photo of him with flash instead of running away in shrieks of scream. That was when the staff who accompanied the 'scary monster' advised that flash photography is prohibited. What the heck!
Entering into the New York section, we were quickly welcomed with more 'monsters' who were even scarier and intimidating! Worse still, these monsters can sense your fear, and will taunt you more if you start shunning away!But dear was brave. And I had my arm locked with his arm, as I discreetly and smoothly shunned away from the monsters because of dear's lack of fear. So anyway, New York section was decorated was totally transformed for the event. Red lights, smokes, evil laughters from speakers, scary monsters, it was as if I was walking through some ghost town!
About half an hour later, the stage lit up and the emcee (as above) started the program. He gave some nasty evil speech and then, introduced more spooky 'monsters' as these 'monsters' walked out from the backstage, jumped off the stage, and started scaring the audience! I was hiding behind dear all the while as he stood there - unshaken and unafraid. Now that's my man! 
It didn't take long before we started getting bored. So we sat on the streets of New York and ate our popcorn. After which, we explored the section the second time, and realized that we've missed out their SCARY ZONE.So we queued for 20 minutes or so, and then walked down the dark alley which leads to the Scary Zone. There, the people ahead were screaming and I got really scared as the 'monsters' started popping out and SCARING YOU IN THE FACE! Some even use real life props such as knife, saw etc. But dear was brave, he could vaguely make out the silhouettes of the 'monsters' and just as they wanted to scare us, he scared them back.
I would think he was trying to protect me, or that he was a brave man. But I guess his just thought it would be funny to scare the 'monsters' before they scared us.
Anyhow, we survived the Scary Zone and proceeded to one of the restaurants to redeem our free meal. There, we chose to eat outside the restaurant, where we could see the stage performance while we ate.
Honestly, apart from the Scare Zone, "Cemetery" - a place where for photo taking, Rock Concert, and random "monsters" scaring you, there wasn't much for the event. Dear and I expected more, seriously. 
But well, we still stayed all the way until the end of the event, which was about 11pm. We then decided to have a look see around Resorts World and take some goofy pictures. All in all, I still don't get why people celebrate Halloween. I'm not one who likes to be scared and events like this cause me to be on my toes for the whole night. Thank goodness dear was with me, else I would have left within the hour!
In any case, I think there is room for improvement if Universal Studios Singapore is thinking of doing this next year. And if they do so, I still think I'd prefer to chill out with dear at somewhere that has plenty of light, air-con, and perhaps a frappe with some chips.
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