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Trans Studio Bandung

Theme Park Guy Rating: 3.53.53.53.5
Date Visited:
February 15, 2014

Review

Bandung looks like Cambodia, with Hong Kong style shopping malls in between. Starving cats on non-existing sidewalks, surface cables galore, shanty homes, waste water channels, and then... King Kong, Gucci, and Chanel.

I won't attempt a socioeconomic study of what went wrong here, so let's take a look at Trans Studios Bandung on its own merit: and it's surprisingly great! Situated inside a first-rate shopping mall, the indoor theme park sports a Universal Studios-like atmosphere (the future Universal Studios Moscow may look and feel like this), with meticulous theming throughout, a thrilling outdoor roller coaster, and a superbly atmospheric ghost train, one of the best I have ever encountered. Everything went right in here.

...And everything went wrong out there: once you leave the gleamy mall behind, it's back to the reality of starving cats, surface cables and shanty homes. What would you do with your Chanel bag there?


Trans Studio Bandung mall and theme park Trans Studio Bandung mall and theme park

Love me!! Love me!!

An honest opinion An honest opinion

Universal Studios-inspired facades Universal Studios-inspired facades

Done well! Done well!

Trans Studio Bandung indoor theme park Trans Studio Bandung indoor theme park

Magic Corner section Magic Corner section

Harry Potter, without the glasses Harry Potter, without the glasses

Great theming all around! Great theming all around!

Ghost train entrance Ghost train entrance

This inconspicuous ghost train... This inconspicuous ghost train...

...is one of the best and most atmospheric I have ever encountered, anywhere! ...is one of the best and most atmospheric I have ever encountered, anywhere!

Mayan-themed flume ride Mayan-themed flume ride

Jungle Cruise ahoy! Jungle Cruise ahoy!

Marvel 4-D cinema attraction Marvel 4-D cinema attraction

It's just a mediocre ride It's just a mediocre ride

Featuring all the superheroes you can think of Featuring all the superheroes you can think of

Autopia for the kids Autopia for the kids

And here's the equivalent... And here's the equivalent...

...to Disney's It's a Small World! ...to Disney's It's a Small World!

Roller coaster Roller coaster

The only ride that lets you breathe some (fresh) air The only ride that lets you breathe some (fresh) air

King Kong, with coaster in action King Kong, with coaster in action

The reality beneath the gleamy mall The reality beneath the gleamy mall