I-City, U-turn

Well, as with all things in life, it would never 100% perfect. One hope that these inadequacy when pointed out were taken in stride. But I doubt if any of the people running the i-City attraction do read this blog. But I sure hope those planning to give it visit does, so as to better inform them on what to expect.

First of all, be prepare for a hike. Unless you were super early, or you were actually a VIP, during a crowded night, there would be some walking and climbing involved. Unfortunately at some of area, there were no railings or even proper steps. Some of the climb can be stee and should it rained, could be slippery. Maybe proper set of steps were needed towards the open car park area during peak times. So, if you were with children, or the elderly, take extra caution. Also imagine the muck you would be stepping into should there be heavy downpour ...... most of the area you would be stepping into were still barren.

The lack of signage was also typical of any of these local attraction. So far, only those around the Tasik Perdana and Sunway Lagoon have maps. Could actually follow. There wer no leaflets, nor clear signage pointing towards any of the attraction. If there rare some, they did a real nice job of hiding them away from us.

The above point were made worst with the lack of staff member to give any meaningful assistance to the visitors. The parking arrangement was best described as haphazard. After paying the RM10 parking fee, there were no instructions to follow, except "Jalan Terus", which ended up in a queue, and worse still, people cutting queue. A set of big sign posts - preferable in bright neon colours to blend in with the attraction - would be welcomed. Failing that, some attendants who knew how to direct traffic would be nice. I ended up confused in the end, finally finding a spot in the middle of a big open space. Luckily I parked near thee trace as those deeper were triple, if not quadruple-parked, plus some clown blocking the entrance. When we exited, we had cars driving from the opposite direction on our lane! And it was a double carriageway.

Talking about attendant, instead of sign posts warning us which area we can enter and what we should not touch, we had rude security guards, whistle in mouth blaring away to keep off list and to stay away from certain area. A sign would be great.

One thing peculiar about 1Malaysia, was the ongoing development. We do not like to maintain stuffs, but love to maintain - after all, most of the lucrative projects were for building not maintaining stuffs. Those were left for non-cronies. Same goes here. As I mentioned earlier, the venue was expending, and they were in the middle of building a monorail system to transport visitors around the park - which I was sure would not have any signposts lat as to where to alight from. They were practically welding the place while the public we're lingering around, complete with cranes and other heavy machinery. God forbid would there be mishap, then we would be entertained with finger-pointing, botch inquiry or two, followed by invitation for MACC to step in to investigate before a Minister or two announce on TV3 that work should be suspended - for a defined period of time of course. the had all day when the place was empty to carry out these works. Why when it was crowded?

I was sure these complaints would have been familiar to the management. I hope steps we're taken to remedy these as trust me, they had an attraction worth harping on about. A bit more management savvy, and they would have a sure win. If they organize the parking and the routing were better thought of, I wouldn't mind paying an extra RM5 of the entrance fee.