Following my preceding post on the nomnoms at my new go-to place in Hong Kong, I’ll share the entertainment options I’d checked out when I visited Dragon Centre in this post!
Did you know that they actually house an indoor roller coaster on the uppermost floor of the mall!? Unfortunately, it is not in use anymore, dang. However, the leisure doesn’t end there.
Sky Fantasia is the arcade on the 9th floor of Dragon Centre. Bring out the kid in you with the array of game machines like air hockey, basketball games, Happy Rainbow, claw machine, pirate boat and even a Transformers game etc.
My friends and I had a whale of a time here!
There’s a whole list of games you can find listed here: http://www.dragoncentre.com.hk/sf/Amenu.htm
This girl here may be terrible at arcade games, but she muddled through and even walked away with prizes!
Yup, they have a Sky Rink on the 8th floor! You get to ice skate on real, 17,000 square feet ice.
I have friends who are passionate about ice-skating, unfailingly suggesting outing locations at The Rink @ JCube, lol. If ice-skating is what you’re into, give Sky Rink a try! It may be somewhat smaller compared to the one in Singapore, but the contrast is insignificant. This place is a whole lot more private and quiet.
I can’t ice skate to save my life; I was moving around like a snail stuck to the wall the entire time. Oh well since I was there already, might as well make my money worth it with a picture!
Check out the competition trophies the instructors and students won!
NEED to specially mention the inexpensive ticket prices! It ranges from SGD$9-$12 for an ENTIRE DAY. Where can you find these sort of prices in Singapore!?
Moving on, my friends suggested we go to Namco Purikan. Located on the 6th floor, you’ll find an entire shop of purikura/neoprint/photo sticker machines! *.*
I can’t recall the last time I actually stepped into a similar machine. Dragon Centre totally made me relive my childhood days again that day I was there. I remember purikura machines being the ‘in’ thing during my younger day... I still have embarrassing blast from the past photo stickers hidden in my secret stash. >.<
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The best thing about Namco Purikan? You can cosplay in their costumes on display! Most of them are free, if not you can fork out slightly more for the more glamorous outfits. I tried the Japanese kimono at an additional HKD$20, which I found relatively reasonable.
I picked their newest machine called the Usagi! Instructions were mostly in Japanese, which I stared blankly at. * cue Jackie Chan meme (well, since I was in Hong Kong...hahaha) *
As I struggled to keep up the masquerade of understanding all that Nihongo, a staff kindly came to my rescue! She was also the one who assisted me in donning the kimono I’d chosen.
I couldn’t believe my eyes - this machine has natural make up mode!!!
You can select your level of makeup and all. Me being me, I settled for the extreme level, even on top of my already heavy makeup.
To my surprise, the pictures came out well! I bear resemblance to a doll, almost unreal. If I didn’t mention, people would’ve probably mistaken me as an actual Japanese mei mei, laugh die me. WHAT IS THIS MAGIC!?
If you’d like your photos to last longer, you have the option to have them laminated, which I did.
That’s all for play! In the next (last) post, I will share the part on shopping. Trust me, you’d wanna read because Dragon Centre has good and cheap buys!
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