NTUC Downtown East is an entertainment hub located in

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, Singapore. It is 147,000 square metres in area and was officially opened on 5 November 2000. It is run by NTUC club. It provides

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and

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for families and youths. It competes with the two Integrated Resorts, especially

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Attractions

Various types of entertainment features are being provided in NTUC Downtown East. Such features are shopping, arcades and others. The attractions include:

E!Hub

A five-storey leisure and entertainment hub, named E!hub, was opened in early 2008. E!hub's main features include: *eXplorerkid, the largest indoor family park in Singapore *nEbO City, a combination of

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, gaming and cafe.

Wild Wild Wet

Wild Wild Wet is the largest-operating

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in Singapore as of January 2024, which features a 3-storey high raft water slide (known as Ular-Lar) that is the first of its kind in

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. Wild Wild Wet opened in June 2004, 4 years after Downtown East's official opening. Currently competing with

's Adventure Cove Waterpark, part of Marine Life Park, Wild Wild Wet has a total of nine water slides, and many other water attractions, one of which was sponsored by

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for a period of time. It also has a 18-metre slide called Torpedo. The riders would slide down at 70 metres an hour.

Escape Theme Park

Escape Theme Park was

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's largest outdoor theme park until

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took its position in May 2010. Opened in 2000, it operates on Saturdays, Sundays and gazetted school and public holidays. Its slogan is '360 degrees of fun', and had a total of twelve operating rides. It closed on 26 November 2011 due to declining business and the site was used for a bigger Wild Wild Wet and Costa Sands Resort.

Accommodation

In 2015, a 5-storey resort and hotel combination accommodation, D'Resort, was opened. It was built over the former location of the Escape Theme Park and comprises 387 rooms.

References

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