September is anniversary month for hubby and I. We wanted to have a quick getaway, but to
save us the hassle of flying or “floating” with a little one in tow, we opted
for a staycation. We’ll after all; we
celebrated our first anniversary with a staycation in Hard Rock hotel which I
have talked about
here. So probably, we
can make this a yearly tradition of staycations during our anniversary
month. Now that’s something we can look
forward too.
J
As we have been eyeing Marina Bay Sands for quite sometime now, so this year, we chose to finally give in for an MBS experience.
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| hubby enjoying the infinity pool |
Check in time for MBS is 3 pm, so we made use of the half day to kick off our staycation weekend by bringing the little one to his weekly
baby spa at Yishun North Point.
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| swimming @ the babyspa |
The little one got tired after his swim. He did not get to have his massage after
because he was so sleepy already.
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| tired after my swim |
We had a lunch at SWENSENS, before we head off to Marina Bay
Sands.
We arrived at MBS around 3:00 pm and the place was packed
with people especially tourists who were probably just us curious as us to
check out the MBS hotel.
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| waiting for our turn at the check-in counter |
The room was like any other standard hotel room.
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| little one getting comfy on the bed |
But we get a good view of the Garden's by the Bay. And the so many boats/ships lining Singapore sea (or do you call it coastline? :) grammar patrol help! ).
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| view from the top :) |
What I love most was the bathroom. I always love hotel bathrooms. I often wish that someday I would have a bathroom similar to one of those hotels I have stayed in, but with the more cozy and homely decor.
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| bathtub love! |
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| Yay! to double sinks. His and her... |
And or course the highlight of any MBS hotel stay would be the infinity pool. The water was quite cold, but when you begin to wade and swim, the water's coldness would no longer bother you anymore.
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| he's just getting warmed up.... |
For hotel guest, they give you free access to the sky park. For the general public, you can visit the sky park for a fee for 20 SGD. (That's was two years ago, is it still the same fee?)
So we took advantage of this additional perk, and was rewarded by celebrity sighting. We saw WWF Bokker T. I don't know him but hubby did and he had their picture taken with him.
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| celebrity sightings!!! |
But the real celebrity I think was this little fellow. He was a hit to a few western mothers (I think they are either mothers/grandmothers because they find a little baby adorable:). They even have his picture taken.
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the real celebrity!
look mom, tiny matchboxes...can we take them home??? pretty pretty please! |
We did went to the sky park again at night and the view was amazing. I did not post some pictures here, as our camera phone did not do any justice to the view.
We did some window shopping and picture taking in the Shoppes by the Bay and in the hotel lobby.
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| hotel lobby interior |
We had our dinner at The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Bistro. No photo of what we ate as our camera phone's battery died on us.
After a few more hours window shopping, we called it a day. The next morning we then took the opportunity to have our last MBS infinity pool experience before we had breakfast at ToastBox and headed home.
However, there are some downside of the hotel's amenities though worth mentioning. I do not like the idea of automatic private bar charges. Ok, its hi-tech, but if they do that, at least they provide another fridge storage. Think breastfeeding moms and little ones who need to make use of fridge storage.
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at least provide some place I can store my baby's food...
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I just want to read the bottle's label first before I decide if I want to drink it or not...
And you are charging me for that??? |
And I also wonder why they have to hide their tea/coffee set. At least they should have displayed it nicely to enhance the homely feel of the hotel room. We had to open all drawers to look for the electric kettle for us to boil water.
But all in all, it was a good one time experience. A bit pricey I should say, but after all we have to pay for good experiences right?
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