Admiralty Park

Have you heard about the Admiralty Park? If you have a fb account, I am sure that you have read about it. So did I. The park is free and boast 26 fun slides! It already sounded like a kids heaven to me.

Last Sunday evening, we dated my brother's family to the park before dinner. I thought it would be great for the kids to run around before dinner.

We arrived at the road leading to the park and were shocked to see the row of cars that were parked illegally alongside the road. When we went past the park, we saw how crowded the park was. Daddy Lim attempted to find a legal parking lot and it was far away from the park. There was a long q to the tiny miserable car park beside the Park. Eventually, he dropped us and drove off to a nearby carpark and coffee shop for a coffee.

I felt like I was in USS waiting for fireworks just that it was bright daylight. Seriously, it was that crowded. We didn't have a clue where to start bcos the crowd blocked out majority of the playground.

My brother heard how crowded the park was and decided to give it a miss. We went ahead; we were afterall at the park.

The kids tried the above structure together with 200 other kids. The climb ended with a mini slide. Next we headed to the roller slide. There was a Q for the slide! While the kids Q for the gentler roller slide, I queue for the more popular and steeper one on behalf. I am definitely not the only parent who did so. I tried the steeper one with the kids and it was actually quite fun. My only worry was having my shorts caught in the roller and ripping my shorts. Luckily, no such misfortunate happened.

We saw the the super steep silver slides. The below picture was taken from the internet and I wished it was this empty.

It actual fact, the queue was super long. The kids climbed up to the top while I waited at the bottom. I told the kids to stick together.

After waiting for like forever, Lil Shauna came running to me and said that she lost Zaky. Zzzzz. She said that the queue for the slide was super long and they decided to abandon the queue after a short wait. They started making the descend and the next moment, Zaky was missing.

Looking at the crowd, I had no idea where to start looking. I asked Lil Shauna to wait at the bottom in case Zaky came looking for me while I went up to look for him. It was basically impossible; there were kids everywhere. I got Popo and wanted her to wait together with Lil Shauna. When we headed to where she was waiting, Zaky was with her. Phew! Apparently she saw him climbing around somewhere near. He was obviously not worried about being "lost".

I had 2 very upset kids - Zaky didn't have enough fun while Lil Shauna was upset about having to stick to a non-coperative Zaky who was running amok. We decided to leave the park but after the last roller slide. Daddy Lim was activated from wherever he was to come pick us.

Overall, the visit was a disappointment bcos it was so crowded. I cant even tell or see where are the rest of the slides. I have seen fb friends who posted videos of their kids playing in the empty park. Obviously, weekend evening is a horrible time to visit the park. I would love to go back on another better timing to enjoy the park. I am sure it would be a much better experience then.

Mummy Lim