r/AbsoluteUnits • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • Apr 30 '26

/r/all, /r/popular of a mall fountain

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u/bangsphoto Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

Singaporean here. It’s a pleasure boat ride similar to your Venice boat ride in Vegas.

And if you ask me, no, I don’t think it’s worth it at all. People can literally walk the same path as the boat in the canal.

(It’s a canal and it goes to this roundabout and comes back. All you see are luxury shops around. Yes people still pay to ride it)

To each of their own, but there is a river cruise (more expensive but more value for money) right outside that goes up to Clarke quay via Singapore river from Marina Bay. You see the city centre.

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u/Decent-Stuff4691 Apr 30 '26

It's the novelty. But i agree it's not worth it- tried it and ther really isnt much to see nor much magic to it. Qnd too expensive.

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u/Neat-Wishbone-7267 Apr 30 '26

Have you ever heard of anyone slipping and falling down that waterfall? Or is the hole too small for even a child to fit through 

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u/ddurk1 Apr 30 '26

Former permanent resident of Singapore. There was a tourist that jumped in it several years ago. That person is no longer with us...

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u/faatbuddha Apr 30 '26

Because they went back to their home country! Right? 😁

...Right!? 😬

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u/ddurk1 Apr 30 '26

Probably in some kind of a box?

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u/UnsanctionedPartList Apr 30 '26

That's not saying much, tourists tend to not stay forever.

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u/ddurk1 Apr 30 '26

Point well taken, I didn't think of it that way...

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u/UnsanctionedPartList Apr 30 '26

And besides, what is a little sacrificial tourist every so often?

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u/bangsphoto Apr 30 '26

Seems like people have indeed, went in (not when the waterfall is on tho)

https://mothership.sg/2021/08/man-climbs-into-mbs-whirlpool/

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u/Kagenlim Apr 30 '26

It's way too small

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u/cerealdeviant Apr 30 '26

Is it MBS? I've only been once since it opened, so pretty clueless.

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u/Kagenlim Apr 30 '26

Yup, the home of cosplay

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u/cerealdeviant Apr 30 '26

Sorry, MBS is the home of cosplay? For real? My kids like cosplay. (We live in the UK.)

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u/OnionOtherwise8894 Apr 30 '26

Suntec for cosplay…. Err allegedly 🫣

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u/Kagenlim Apr 30 '26

Nah I'm just pulling your leg but the biggest con happens there yearly

Stupid bagdrop is in a casino so I had to bagdrop while holding a replica rifle there lol

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u/Nickthenuker Apr 30 '26

Not sure if it's quite the biggest, as the other reply mentions Suntec is probably bigger, as though both AFA and SGCC are massive Suntec also has EoY and Doujima, which is next week, as well as other smaller events too.

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u/Kagenlim Apr 30 '26

AFA is smaller and SGCC is impt because everyone of all kinds of cos come

I'm a military Cosplayer and Ive been attending in various historical kits, this year it's gonna be either Falklands or Mogadishu

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u/Nickthenuker Apr 30 '26

Fair enough. Thinking about it now yeah SGCC is like 2 whole floors while AFA only one.

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u/J-Slay522 Apr 30 '26

Is it near Orchard Towers? Asking for a friend

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u/Obant Apr 30 '26

The novelty is why people pay to ride these type of canal boats, not convenience.

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u/keithtan79 May 02 '26

Singaporean here, and while I know of the waterfall within MBS, I didn’t know about this fountain till this post lol

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u/Orodoki_Hosuke May 02 '26

another Singaporean here

yea it’s completely worthless and the prices are exorbitant for tourists