What’s it like to stay at the new container hotel at Downtown East’s car park?
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What'south it like to stay at the new container hotel at Downtown Due east's car park?
The recently opened SG Hotel on Wheels (SHOW) in Pasir Ris is the latest pick for those looking for a quirky staycation. Here's what to expect.
A family lounging outside an SG Hotel on Wheels room in the evening. (Photo: Try Sutrisno Foo)
27 October 2022 07:35AM (Updated: 27 October 2022 09:19PM)
A new option for your next staycation has rolled up at a automobile park at Downtown East in Pasir Ris. And information technology takes the course of x shipping containers painted in pastel colours.
SG Hotel on Wheels (Evidence), which is being touted as Singapore's first roving container hotel, is a pop -upwardly concept by local events company Ultimate Entertainment Singapore and LS Modular, a container customisation specialist. Information technology will be docked at the Begonia car park until Mar twenty, 2022. Later on that, it will motion to a new venue that has all the same to exist announced.
These rooms, or equally the hotel calls it, SHOWRooms, come in two configurations: xx-footer rooms with a queen-sized bed and a bathroom, and 40-footer rooms which have a "living room" space, a kitchenette and an adjoining bedroom. No two rooms are the same – they have been designed differently based on themes like "industrial chichi" and "safari paradise".
Located just along the principal route, and within walking distance of Pasir Ris MRT station, Evidence has seen a potent response from couples and families with immature children. The hotel said its 40-footer rooms are fully booked all the way until most of December, with the bulk of its guests being families treating their kids to a mail service-exam holiday.
Prices first at S$239 per dark for its xx-footer rooms and S$299 per night for the 40-footer rooms. The larger rooms can suit a maximum of 2 adults and 3 children while the smaller ones can take up to ii adults and one kid. Barbecue pits and bicycles are also bachelor upon asking with a deposit of S$50 and S$20, respectively. Just fully vaccinated adults tin book a stay. And each booking comes with a pair of complementary Wild Wild Wet tickets and discounts to experiential workshops conducted at the hotel's grounds.
Despite the standardised look the containers have on from the exterior, the respective rooms tin can exist a earth of difference on the inside – from the choice of tables, downwardly to the faucets in the bathrooms.
It is well-nigh hard to believe that all these rooms were the result of simply dolling up the insides of the same kind of containers. If anything, it goes to prove SHOW's designers are able to see versatility inside the confines of a blocky shipping container.
Comfy BED WITH A CONTAINER VIEW
But what was it really like staying in one of these rooms? I got invited to stay in a xx-footer container room and this is what an overnight stay at the "retro mambo" room was similar.
Check in started at 3pm at a reception counter, which was also located in a container near one corner of the car park. As the staff took me to my room, I couldn't help but exist reminded of a trailer park – the containers were arranged in a staggered row, each of which saturday on iv large concrete blocks supporting its weight.
If you're worried about privacy, you shouldn't: The reflective drinking glass door and window of the containers hateful no one tin can see inside (at least during the day), although it after did take some getting used to knowing in that location were people sauntering just exterior.
Inside, I was greeted with a queen-sized bed, some complementary gifts on the table, a closet and a bathroom.
And it was much roomier than I expected, with more than plenty space to throw down a yoga mat. I could lower the shades to block out the light, but keeping it up just made the room feel like less of a clasp – even if the view was simply of other containers.
In terms of security, each room has an electronic lock; yous can fix the password at the reception.
I was also told that at night, neon-coloured LED lights illuminated the site. And indeed, it was quite the sight at dusk, when the unabridged compound transformed into a kind of low-cal exhibition bathing the containers in a fluorescent glow.
Merely what else was there bated from the instant light show? I saw some families heading out for dinner, some on bicycles. I planned on chilling out under the stars on the lounge chairs outside the room only it rained earlier in the day then information technology was off to go dinner instead.
Before it was time to hit the sack, I thought indulging in some TV wouldn't hurt. Mounted on the wall at the pes of the bed, the room's smart TV comes with Netflix and Amazon Prime. Alternatively, you lot could just switch the lights off and gaze at the outlines of neighbouring container rooms. Thanks to the rainy weather, the LED lights coming through the foggy window gave the room a slight, sultry glow.
In terms of sleeping comfort, the bed's overnice enough, the air-con works, the duvet's cosy but pillows were too soft for my liking. Information technology's basically pretty much similar sleeping in a regular hotel – except for that small detail that you lot're really inside a container in the eye of a motorcar park.
Carnival RIDES NEXT DOOR
The next day, I took a walk around the site and spotted some Uncle Ringo carnival rides sitting in the lord's day. The hotel staff told me that they simply got their license to operate the rides and prepare inflatable structures for children but have yet to firm up plans amid the fluid COVID-19 situation.
Hopefully, things will exist upwards and running soon. One guest, Mohd Rudyman, told me he decided to book a stay with his wife and three kids, since the nearby D'Resort@Downtown Eastward was yet closed to the public and operating as a community care facility.
"We came hither to survey the area and we saw that in that location was going to exist some carnival surface area merely we did not expect that the carnival was not going to open up yet," said Mr Rudyman.
That said, he was also pretty impressed by the concept. "It's something new (fifty-fifty though) the layout (of the room) is pretty similar to other places we've been to, with the beds and the kitchen."
He wasn't the only guest impressed. For Sofinah Yusope, who stayed with her family unit including husband Hisyam Muztafa and three children, the kitchenette at their twoscore-footer room was a nice feature.
"The kids loved information technology because there was Youtube (on the TV) and Netflix, which is hard to make it other hotels. And having cooking utensils, it made it convenient for the states to cook," said Mdm Sofinah.
Mr Hisyam added that rooms being located outdoors at a car park was also an added perk, "because we cycled from our home (in Tampines), it was very convenient to park simply outside our room."
Their family had booked their stay in October to care for their kids to a staycation while school was out during the PSLE marking days and to avoid the peak-menses cost rates during schoolhouse holidays in Dec.
Given the price, location, and concept, tin a dark in 1 of SG Hotel on Wheels' SHOWRooms be the platonic staycation for yous?
The SHOWRoom per se can exist a claiming for restless types decumbent to cabin fever if you choose to just be in your room throughout your stay and society in food.
But why would yous? If y'all're up for an adventure, you can stroll through the nearby mangrove boardwalk, cycle at Pasir Ris Park or walk at the beach. And while I didn't go the chance to during my invited stay, you should take reward of nearby Wild Wild Wet and the experiential workshops on offer.
Without the trappings of regular hotels such as room service, hotel breakfast, a gym or a swimming pool, booking a stay at a SHOWRoom is really more of a novelty experience.
But if you're running out of staycation options and willing to pay for something unique, spending a night in a container pop-upwardly in a car park is certainly unlike.
CNA Lifestyle stayed at SG Hotel on Wheels at the invitation of Ultimate Entertainment Singapore. Guests tin book a stay at https://sghotelonwheels.com/
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Source: https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/travel/container-hotel-downtown-east-pasir-ris-286142
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