Event Review: Hello Kitty Go Around Singapore 2015

If you or your kids are huge fans of Hello Kitty, then you must not missed this biggest and most exciting event ever held outside Hong Kong for the first time. Mighty Eight proudly presents Hello Kitty Go Around Singapore, and you can find it at Resorts World Sentosa’s The Coliseum Hard Rock Hotel will run from 16 October to 10 November 2015, before heading off to its next stop at Kuala Lumpur in December.

If you are heading down, please fully charged your phones, cameras, polaroids as there are five main zones here which are selfie or welfie-worthy moment. Prepared for overload of cuteness and fun and be dazzled by the attractions here.

So yesterday (2nd day of the event), I headed down to Sentosa at 10am and to no surprise, there was already a queue for the redemption. Oh wells, I know Hello Kitty fans love to queue. They like to wake up in the middle of the night to queue up outside fast food restaurants for the plushies, some got upset when they don’t get the plushies and started to fight. This is the power of the mouthless cat and indeed, I was also drawn by that power.

There are different types of goodies bag depending of the type of tickets you bought. For the standard ticket, it consists of:

• Entry to the Hello Kitty Go Around!! In Singapore Main Event
• Entry to S.E.A. Aquarium (2pm – 7pm on same day of event)
• One bottle of Exclusive Hello Kitty Go Around!! In Singapore 500ml Drinking Water
• Two Hello Kitty Go Around!! In Singapore Game Coupon
• Two Hello Kitty Go Around!! In Singapore Collectible Card
• One Hello Kitty Go Around!! In Singapore Lanyard cum Card Holder

So after queuing to get our goodies bag, we went to the Hard Rock Hotel. As we went up the stairs, there was a queue. What?! Queue again? This time round, everyone is queuing to enter the Coliseum. As you enter the Coliseum, you will first enter into the Hello Kitty Party Hall. Hello Kitty is decked in her finest to ride the merry-go-round in the Party Hall. Have your photos taken at this official photo area and get your photos at the Official Photo Shop. One set of photo costs $12, 2 for $20.

HELLO KITTY PARTY HALL

As you enter the Hello Kitty Party Hall, there will be two photo booths to help you take the photo. I choose to stand between the blue and white rose unicorn on the left side.

FERRIS WHEEL

After you enter through the party hall, you will see a big ferris wheel in front of you. Initially when I was browsing the websites on this event, I thought that I can sit in the capsule of the ferris wheel and take a photo with Hello Kitty. If you are looking for real ferris wheel, amusement rides, roller coaster, nah.. you won’t find it here. (As compared to Hello Kitty Town @ JB)  This is a place for photo opportunities with Hello Kitty and Friends.

Facing the ferris wheel is a big wall graphics design of the Hello Kitty. What I don’t really like this is that the distance between the ferris wheel and the wall is quite close. Imagine there are one group of people wanting to take the photo of the ferris wheel and another who wants to take the wall graphics. We will just photobomb on another. So, I had to take turns for people to take photo of the ferris wheel before I can take the wall graphics.

Besides photo taking, there are various game kiosks for you to win exclusive Hello Kitty-themed game prizes. In every standard tickets, it comes with two games coupons. There are 6 games kiosks for you to choose from. We tried the Lucky Ribbon, Mama’s Kitchen and Papa’s Reading Room but failed to win the game and bring back the prizes back. If you are someone who really love the game prizes, there is a counter where you can buy the games coupons.

Hello Kitty-themed game prizes
	Lucky Ribbon Each colour of the rainbow represents a different dream, just like how Hello Kitty’s ribbon is also painted with a beautiful color. Choose your colour and toss your coin at the Lucky Ribbon to win a special gift!
	Mama’s Kitchen One of Hello Kitty’s favourite food is Mama Mary White’s home baked apple pie. Find out Mama’s secret recipe by helping her to make her famous apple pie!
	Papa’s Reading Room Hello Kitty’s papa George White loves to read. Even when he comes to the carnival, he still cannot stop reading. Help deliver the newspaper to Papa George!
	Sanrio Baby Race Watch the Sanrio Babies take the limelight in the Sanrio Baby Race. Cheer for them and guess who the fastest baby will be!
	Save the Goldfish Be careful of Ogawasameo, one of Bad Badtz-Maru’s friends. His huge mouth can swallow everything with one gulp! Save as many goldfishes as you can from Ogawasameo before it is too late!
	Tiny Chum’s Ring Toss Tiny Chum is one of Hello Kitty’s best friends since his father went to New York. Toss a ring over Tiny Chum so that you can bring home your new best friend!

 

HELLO KITTY POST OFFICE

At Hello Kitty Go Around, you will find the Hello Kitty Post Office where you can send your friends (or send it to yourself) an exclusive Hello Kitty postcard and seal it off with an exclusive postmark.

MIMMY TOY SHOP
Mimmy White – Hello Kitty’s cute and beautiful twin sister and playmate. Mimmy wears a yellow bow on her left ear while Kitty wears a red bow on her right. Mimmy enjoys making craft. You won’t believe what she can create with just a piece of paper. Take a look at all the mini versions of the Sanrio friends that Mimmy has made. Even Pom Pom Purin – the fat puppy that likes to snooze –
finds a mini version of himself.

HELLO KITTY MEMORY GARDEN

In the Hello Kitty Memory Garden, you will find the collections Hello Kitty used to have when she was young. Stationary such as school bag, pencil case, calculator and stamp can be found in the garden and you can take photos with these items. Look out for the Hello Kitty coin purse. This was the very first Hello Kitty product to be introduced to the world in 1974.

Don’t miss this event if you call yourself a great fan of Hello Kitty.

HELLO KITTY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

To find out more http://www.hellokittygoaround.com.sg