Life is starting to resume like normal pre-pandemic days again. Malaysians and tourist don’t have travel restrictions and masks are no longer mandatory indoors and outdoors (but it’s still advisable to wear).
Since Malaysia can get pretty hot, especially if you’re in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, many of us tend find way to cools off whether it be chilling at a café or maybe going somewhere out of town. One of the more popular tourist destinations that’s close to KL is Genting Highlands where you’re elevated 1,865m off the sea level.
Typically, Genting Highlands weather averages at 22°C during the day and can drop as low as 12°C during the night which makes it a more ideal place to beat the heat while having fun with your family and friends.
Aside from the weather, a lot of people make their way up Genting to go to the Genting SkyWorlds Outdoor Theme Park as well as the Skytropolis Indoor Theme Park to enjoy the thrill and rides that it has to offer. In total, the two parks offer over 40 different rides and attractions for visitors.
Disappointed Tourists
Despite the theme park opening back on 8 February 2022, many visitors had left Genting pretty disappointed due to the many of the rides in the outdoor and indoor theme parks being closed or generally unavailable for use.
A woman from Singapore had unfortunately learnt this the heard way after visiting the park with her husband. Iffah Umairah had shared her experience on TikTok as she shared her disappointment due to the lack of entertainment options.
Watch on TikTok
She explains in the comment section that most of the rides were “faulty”. Therefore, the implication that the rides were mainly closed to the public due to it not working.
Umirah later uploaded another longer video explaining further on her experience up in Genting.
In the video, she revealed that when she went to the “Independence Day: Defiance” ride, it was closed. She and her husband then later lined up to try the “Rivet Town Roller” but it too was closed off by the staff mid-way thru their queue.
In the end, Umairah revealed that she only managed to ride 3 of the outdoor rides in the theme park which were:
1) Ice Age: Expedition Thin Ice
2) Sid’s Rock ‘N’ Slide
3) Night at the Museum: Midnight Mayhem
She described the Ice Age ride as “boring” but the other two were “fun”.
The worse part of it all was the queue as it took almost 60 minutes to try out each ride in the outdoor park.
As the weather took a twist and it started raining up in Genting, the couple had then went to the Skytropolis Indoor Theme Park. Despite having 19 rides in there, they only managed to try the “Music Express” ride. Additionally, there are currently six rides unavailable to the public in the Skytropolis park.
Many others also disappointed
Umairah is not the first person to be disappointed by Genting’s theme park experience as there are many videos and reviews online talking about the park.
If you head over to Tripadvisor, despite having some decent reviews, there are a recorded 27 “1 star” rating reviews on the park. Most of the reviews had described that the rides in the park were always either closed due to maintenance and also rainy weather.
Aside from the closure of rides due to it being “under maintenance” some had even commented that the staff in the park had been rude and the price for the experience was definitely not worth it at all.
Speaking about rain, Malaysia will be experiencing monsoon season between October to March and it sounds like it wouldn’t be a good idea to plan a trip up to Genting to experience the park. Another noteworthy thing for visitors is that the game booths at the park is charged separately from the admission ticket
To sum things up, is a trip to up to Genting’s theme park worth it right now? Probably not. If you were to go out there for a weekend of cold weather, food and company then yes it would be a good day trip.
Have you had a bad experience at the Genting theme park? Let us know in the comments.
*Sources: Visual and Reference Credits to Social Media,TikTok & various cross references for context.
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