Getting to Resorts World Sentosa

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Here's wishing you a very prosperous and Happy Chinese New Year.

We have heard feedback about how some visitors were unsure about getting to us, so here's some information and videos about how to get to us.

Public Bus Services direct to Resorts World Sentosa
Public bus services will ensure a convenient connection from the tourist belt and most hotels in the city to Resorts World Sentosa.

RWS8: Board/alight at bus stops outside VivoCity, Merrill Lynch HarbourFront and before Seah Im Road. Flat fare of S$2.00 applies when entering the resort. There will not be any fee charged during exit.

RWS 88: Board/ alight at bus stop next to City Hall MRT Station (NS25/ EW13), opposite The Adelphi on Coleman Street. Flat fare of S$2.00 applies for both entry to Resorts World and exit from Resorts World.  Available on Saturdays, Sundays & public holidays.

963R: Board/ alight at any 963R bus stop, boading point at Woodlands Regional Interchange. Fare range: S$1.50 - S$2.35. Fare will be charged for both entry to Resorts World and exit from Resorts World. Available on Saturdays, Sundays & public holidays.

NR1: Board/ alight at selected bus stops from Marina, Boat Quay, Clarke Quay, Orchard, Toa Payoh, Bishan, Ang Mo Kio & Yishun. Flat fare of S$3.50 applies. Fare will be charged for both entry to Resorts World and exit from Resorts World. Available on Fridays, Saturdays & eve of public holidays.


NR6: Board/ alight at selected bus stops from Marina,  Boat Quay, Clarke Quay, Orchard, Serangoon, Yio Chu Kang & Sengkang. Flat fare of S$3.50 applies. Fare will be charged for both entry to Resorts World and exit from Resorts World. Available on Fridays, Saturdays & eve of public holidays.

Frequency of 5 to 7 minutes during the peak period and 10 to 15 minutes during the non peak period. Refer to this map for directions.

Car
If guests drive, please show the gantry your hotel confirmation for an island admission waiver.

Hard Rock Hotel Singapore™:
Drop-off: After entering Sentosa island, go past the Sentosa admission gantry and turn right at the roundabout. Continue along Artillery Road until you see Resorts World Hard Rock Hotel Singapore to your right. Turn right and follow the signs to your hotel or the carpark.

Exit: Turn left towards Festive Hotel. Exit through a right ramp gate. Follow Sentosa island signs towards City.

Festive Hotel™:
Drop off: After entering Sentosa island, go past the Sentosa admission gantry and turn right at the roundabout. Continue along Artillery Road until you see Resorts World Sentosa entrance to your right. Turn right and follow the signs to Festive Hotel front porch.

Exit: Turn left. Exit through a right ramp gate. Follow Sentosa island signs towards City.

Hotel Michael™:
Drop off: After entering Sentosa island, go past the Sentosa admission gantry and turn right at the roundabout. Continue along Artillery Road until you see Resorts World Sentosa entrance on your right. Turn right and follow the signs to Hotel Michael Rotunda.

Exit: Turn left. Exit through a right ramp gate. Follow Sentosa island signs towards City.

Crockfords™ Tower:
Drop-off: After entering Sentosa island, go past the Sentosa admission gantry and turn right at the roundabout. Continue along Artillery Road until you see Resorts World Sentosa entrance on your right. Turn right and follow the signs to Crockfords Tower Rotunda.

Exit: Turn left. Exit through a right ramp gate. Follow Sentosa island signs towards City.

Parking for all guests: Keep left on the Causeway into Sentosa. Turn down into Resorts World Sentosa and keep to the right lane which will take you to carpark, Basement 1. Park at the Red or Blue zone. Proceed right towards the Festive Grand theatre. Our ambassadors and signage will guide you to your respective hotel.

Please be advised of our basement car park charges:

Weekdays
(7 am to 7 pm) $6 for the first hour, $2 per hour thereafter
(12 pm to 2 pm) $1 for the first hour, $2 per hour thereafter
7 pm to 7 am $4 per entry
Parking is capped at $20 in any 24-hour period

Weekends
(7 am to 7 pm) $7 for the first hour, $2 per hour thereafter
7 pm to 7 am $4 per entry
Parking is capped at $20 in any 24-hour period

Please note parking charges for Public Holidays are the same as for Weekends

The Sentosa Express
The Sentosa Express connects from VivoCity (Level 3, Lobby L) shopping mall to the resort in minutes with increased frequency at peak hours to ensure fast transit. Guest can alight at the Waterfront Station. A flat fee of S$3.00 applies. Find out more.

Cable Car (closed until mid 2010)
A cable car ride offers the most relaxing way to arrive in Sentosa, offering dramatic views of HarbourFront vicinity, Keppel Harbour and Mount Faber park on mainland Singapore.

Cab
Visitors traveling in via car or cab can enter the resort on the 6-lane Sentosa Bridge and go directly to the over 3,000 parking spaces directly beneath the resort.

Taxi Bays: There are taxi bays located at various points of the resort to ensure visitors easy access to taxis.

If entering via RWS B1 car park, only prevailing taxi chartes apply. If entering via Sentosa gantry, Sentosa island admission and taxi charges apply. All guests departing from RWS will be required to pay a S$3.00 surcharge

Refer to this map for directions.

Limousine service
Our executive limousine service is available exclusively for VIP guests, and offers a relaxed and hassle- free drive in total comfort by professional drivers. More details will be available soon.

Limousine fleet
We have limousines readily available for airport transfers and any on-call services. More details will be available soon.

Boardwalk / Travellator (Walking)
By the 3rd quarter of 2010, guests will be able to take a five-to-ten minute walk from VivoCity City shopping mall to the resort using the travellators.

MRT
The North-East line MRT rail system (HarbourFront Station) provides quick and easy connections from any corner of Singapore to HarbourFront Centre and VivoCity shopping malls.

From there, you may take any of the following transportation:

Sentosa Express: Go to the 3rd level (Lobby L) of VivoCity shopping mall to transfer to Sentosa Express to enter the resort.

RWS 8: Proceed to the bus stop either outside VivoCity or Merrill Lynch HarbourFront. For a flat fee of S$2.00, guests will be taken into the resort.

Public Buses
Public buses are readily available from all corners of Singapore to HarbourFront Center and VivoCity shopping malls, after which guests can hop onto RWS 8. To ensure easy access, public bus services will increase frequency and add additional services, based on demand during peak hour periods. Get more details on SMRT and SBS bus services.

Bus numbers: 65, 80, 93, 188, 855, 10, 30, 97, 100, 131, 143, 145 & 166.

Tourist Coaches
There would be tourist coach bays around the resort to ensure convenient drop-offs for those taking coach into the resort for easy check-in to respective hotels.

Please feel free to download this handy brochure to get to us.

A Day of Lunacy: Girls really liked Boys Like Girls!

[Written by Grace K from Entertainment]


The devil is in the details. You can prepare until the cows come home but ultimately there will always be something that you will have forgotten.

No, I’m not talking about taking A Levels, but prepping for our first concert Boys Like Girls at our Compass Ballroom in the Resorts World Sentosa Convention Centre.

Technically, this was not our concert as we only provided the venue to the organizer, Hype Records and Show Company, but this was our first real test on production set-up, staging and traffic flow for a concert. Sure we rocked; Boys Like Girls rocked; and girls fainted. But it was a madhouse all the way to the finish line.

photographed by Dominic Khoo

I wake up from a sleepless night, imagining the set-up, the rehearsals and then the event.  All these kept running over and over in my mind like a broken record…or a scratched CD in year 2010. Will production be set-up in time for sound checks? Will there be enough tickets sold? Will fans get lost in the RWS parking lot or wander to other parts of the Resort? Will the artists and artist management have any special requests? And the list goes on and on and then repeats itself.

I arrive at the Compass Ballroom to find three little girls who have been waiting in line since 6am to enter the premises. Now that’s hardcore! (I wonder if their parents know? Flashback to when I was 14; Grace is in bed, snug as a bug dreaming away.) Whether it was kiasuism (local vernacular: a state of being afraid to lose), or just pure obsession, they intended to claim the first spot in line and hence, get the best spots for the concert, no doubt for optimal eye-contact with the young band members.

One hour later, and the queue has grown to seven. I politely ask them to leave as a VVVIP guest and his entourage are taking a guided tour of the RWS premises. And it just wouldn’t do to have a group of sleepy-eyed fan girls camped out at our Ballroom foyer. After much negotiation and promising that they could ‘chope’ (local vernacular: to reserve) their original places in line, they agreed to vacate the premises… for the moment.

50 kids are patiently sitting on the floor. Where did they come from? Isn’t today a school day?

As it is the norm in Singapore, the queue is very orderly and well-behaved. There were iPods and earphones buzzing—one might think you were at the library. I’m running around like a mad chicken sorting out ticketing for our own guests, talking with promoters that have come to see the venue and finalizing contracts for future shows. My stomach is growling and I can’t remember if I had even gone to the washroom.

The energy in the foyer has been consistently building up to fever pitch as the fan base can sense the clock ticking down to show time. It’s becoming infectious. The few tweens chaperoned by parents and 20-somethings in the crowd are no match for the waves of excited teenage girls chattering away. “Oh my god, I can’t wait to see Paul. He’s soooo cute.” In a chorus: “Girl don’t you say you love meeee, when you’re out the door…woahhh yeahhh!!!” Cue dizzy giggles.

The merchandise booth is doing a brisk business selling the band’s T-shirts to fans who immediately changed into them to show their love. Suddenly, the doors open and the crowd erupts into a collective shrill scream that still gives me goose bumps whenever I think back about it. Ah, Youth… The girl-mob quickly makes its way towards the stage plunking itself down in strategic spots along the way.

The excitement in the hall has reached such a level it is almost tangible. Hardcore fans have been screaming for the last hour and releasing enough energy to power Sentosa. Then, the band comes on to even more screams from their ardent fans, which now numbers in the thousands filling the ballroom nicely.

photographed by Dominic Khoo

“Top down in the summer sun. The day we met was like hit and run…” With the LED screens blazing behind them, the boys rock it and literally make young girls cry, gasp, faint and wake up, repeating the cycle over again.

And so this day of madness ends on a euphoric note.

There is a brief respite for the team, till the next big concert (hint: it’s gonna feature one of Singapore’s most beloved songstresses, who will be playing on Feb 16 to usher in the New Year) comes our way.

In the meantime, here’s wishing you a Happy Lunar New Year!

Spreading the Spirit of Rock N Roll

[Written by CY from Rooms]


As staff of the first,  and the one and only Hard Rock Hotel in Singapore, we are both excited as well as nervous as we look forward to delivering our guests authentic experiences that rock!

Since last November, the senior management of the hotel and Resorts World Sentosa had gone through an intensive week of ROCK 101 training. This fundamental course, conducted by professional trainers from Hard Rock International, School of Hard Rocks allowed us to have a thorough understanding of the history and culture of Hard Rock.

Spreading the spirit of rock and roll is the mission of Hard Rock International and one of its core values is individuality. As such, team members are encouraged to express their individuality, so as to deliver a memorable and unique experience to every guest. We actually want to be irreverent!

A guest's unique experience starts right from the moment he or she enters the hotel’s lobby. The music is pumped up, and interchanging barisol lights surround the guest as if he or she were on stage, and huge colorful paintings of Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendricks, Bob Marley and Frank Sinatra adorn the walls behind the reception counter; there is even a  cool bar right in the centre of the lobby.

The hotel is specifically designed to make you feel nothing less than a STAR.

The designer of the hotel followed this doctrine: “Glamour with Attitude”. The floor and walls sparkle with glitter; there are spotlights and chandeliers galore; even our lifts are given the glam treatment. The signature  Hard Rock tattoo is prevalent throughout the resort, and is seen on the walls, carpets, and lights and even on our uniforms.

In addition, the designer has also incorporated the “resort feel” into the hotel. Pillars stretching into the ceiling. Think Palm trees and the sandy beach, with just the right dose of attitude. If you need a drink, as all stars do, you can just sashay to our rock bar right in the hallway with just that inch of style.

What is Hard Rock Hotel without music? Treat yourself to not just one, but six different genres of rock music. So don’t worry, we are not expecting all to be Elvis or Rolling Stone fans.

And maybe, just maybe, you might find our very cool (yet still very professional I must say) front office staff  jiving to the beat as they welcome you to our resort.

It has been truly amazing to witness how the hotel has developed to what it is today. From ground zero to a rock star hotel, from zero staff to a team of enthusiastic band members, from no guests to our very own rock guests.  It has certainly been hectic over the past few months.

In the words of the Rolling Stones – “ It’s only Rock ‘n’ Roll, but I like it”.  The show has just begun.

The Rockafellas will ROCK YOU

[Written by Grace K from Entertainment]


I gave my intern Sara-Jean the assignment to check out the Rockafellas, our resident B-Boys in Unversal Studios and to assist me in writing a blog entry on them. Here’s what she had to say:

I have to start this post with a confession. A confession that might make the rest of this blog post seem irrelevant. But please, I beseech you, do read on. I hate dance movies. I have never watched an episode of ‘So you think you can dance’. Well, I daresay although great dance moves excite me (think the timeless Michael Jackson and his magical moonwalk), I never bought into the idea that anyone could, (pardon the cheesiness), move my heart with their dance moves, enrapturing my senses the way a beautiful, heartfelt melody could.

Well, the day when I watched the Rockafellas rehearse was the day that I changed my mind. Before I start gushing, let me take a step back to give you the hard facts.

Just who are the Rockafellas?

Initially when I heard the term ‘b-boy’ coupled with the terms ‘hip hop’ and ‘break dancing’, immediately I had the notions of young, teenage nubile Pharrell William-esque guys with white towels wrapped round their heads togged in fashionably baggy sports apparel. Of course this is not unlike those you see in the stuffy underpass between Esplanade and City Hall MRT station. Well, I have to stand corrected. Like the Transformers, these 12 guys definitely more than meets the eye.

Although their style can be broadly categorized into ‘Hip-hop’, the boys incorporate elements of b-boy, popping and locking, street and break dancing into their performances. Made up of 2 famous hip hop dance groups in Manila, the boys were scouted from the international auditions for Universal Studios in June last year, beating out thousands, and arrived on our terribly sunny island in November.

The Rockafellas have had at least 15 years of experience.

That’s 15 years of doing gravity defying flips on solid ground, 15 years of spinning on your head and of course 15 years of countless injuries, sweat, blood and hard work. (Makes me wonder what the hell I was doing with my life for the past 15 years…)

These boys are so good that they don’t even have to join competitions to prove their worth. In fact, the Rockafellas’ leader Maynard JUDGES competitions and they perform regularly on television in the Philippines, and are celebrities in their own right. To become a Rockafella, you would not only have to be extremely flexible and able to do those mind-boggling flips, most importantly- you must be able to dance.

Sounds painfully obvious right? But it’s easier said than done. After all, everyone knows men can’t multi-task.

Jokes aside, you would also have to go through at least four grueling of gymnastics and endurance training every day. In addition, the Rockafellas is also the only performing group in Universal Studios Singapore to choreograph their own dance moves.

Not impressed yet?

When I went to attend their rehearsals they were in the middle of their dance routine. With the Rockafellas seamlessly integrating their slick moves into the cranium-pounding hip hop soundtrack, I couldn’t help but be amazed.

I would think that having watched so many break dancing performances on TV, this would be a bore to me.  But really, sitting just half a metre away from their makeshift stage, I suddenly knew how it would feel like to have a Pikachu unleash a devastating ‘Thundershock’ on me- I was completely electrified (in a good way of course).

I am not exaggerating.

The way the guys defied every law of gravity- whirling, flipping, and spinning (sometimes narrowly missing my face), kept me gasping at every second that I might’ve appeared to resemble a goldfish more than a human being. The way floor seemed to resonate with mild tremors when they threw their toned bodies on the ground made me exclaim ‘ouch’!

But what really, really impressed me was that throughout their entire performance, though their bodies were dripping with perspiration, their wide grins never once left their faces.

As they executed lethal dance move after dance move, they still had the energy to toy with the audience, waving cheekily at the camera and hollering with an almost child-like glee as their mates engaged each other in a ‘dance battle’.

Their love for their craft was infectious and unknowingly I began to bob along to the beat and started cheering with wild abandon when they executed a particularly tricky move. My favourite performance was one where they were like Men in Tutus but with a Hip Hop twist. It was totally hilarious but I really shouldn’t spoil it for you. It would be like trying to describe Mr. Bean- no words or descriptions could do their comic timing any justice.

A sneak preview

To be a good entertainer you need talent, but to be a great entertainer, you need a lot of hard work.

And I was lucky enough to watch them work behind the scenes.

|During their supposed ‘break’ they didn’t have a kit-kat or just laze around. They immediately reviewed their performances that they recorded engaging in a serious discussion on how they could be improved.

After their discussion, without delay, they launched into their own private freestyle practice, laughing and joking as they each tried out more ridiculous and crazy dance moves. Suddenly, seeing them so hard at work, I felt a warm fuzzy sensation growing in my chest.

Never had I seen anyone love their work so much. As Maynard told me, “If you love what you do, you would want to spend all your time doing it and improving yourself. Like if you like studying (I don’t! I objected), you would want to spend all your time studying."

Simple, yet words that ring true. Before this blog post reduces into a mush of gooey Chicken Soup for the Soul-like musings, let me end off with this simple sentence.

The Rockafellas are awesome.