10 March 2012

The House of Dancing Water, City of Dreams Macau

One of the main reasons we went for a 2D1N sidetrip to Macau from Hong Kong is to watch the highly acclaimed show - The House of Dancing Water (水舞間), at City of Dreams, Macau.

The story is simple - a brave stranger encounters and falls in love with a beautiful Princess, who was thrown into a cage by her evil stepmother-the Dark Queen who is finally defeated finally by the stranger & the Princess.

The uniqueness of the HKD2 billion production is the stage pool that holds a record-breaking 3.7 million gallons of water, equivalent to 5 Olympic-sized swimming pools, which can lift or descend to make the stage dry or filled with water.


The City of Dreams (新濠天地), along the Cotai Strip is owned and managed by Melco Crown Entertainment and has 3 hotel properties - Hard Rock Hotel, Crown Towers Hotel and the Grand Hyatt Macau. 


The super stretch limo welcomes us as we alight the shuttle bus at the main entrance.


Some of their shuttle buses are wrapped with the House of Dancing Waters promotional visuals. 


Once you step into the City of Dreams, the Casino Entrance welcomes you, and you will be mesmerized by the Vquarium (virtual aquarium) surrounding the Casino Entrance, where aquatic life and mermaids appear to wish you well. 

Directional signages leading you to the Casino can be found everywhere around the City of Dreams. 

Hard Rock Hotel Macau is one of the hotel property housed in City of Dreams. The hotel main entrance gives you a feeling you are walking into another world. Welcome to the world of Rock'n'Roll!


The lobby is relatively small, but the design of the reception area is very unique, especially the backdrop which definitely captures everybody's attention. 
"Hello... I love you, won't you tell me your name?" by The Doors from their 1968 album Waiting for the Sun was released as a single that same year, reaching number one in the United States. A very appropriate sentence to choose, since all guests checking in would have to tell their name to the receptionist. 


As with all Hard Rock Hotels, pictures of celebrities and their guitars or concert clothes would be displayed around the hotel premises.  


The chairs for the King and Queen...


The lift lobby area


We bought our tickets for The House of Dancing Water through their website as you get to choose your seats. If you purchase through a travel agent, you would only be given seats pre-allocated to you.


The ticketing area where you can purchase tickets on the spot, or collect your tickets which you purchased online.


Our tickets to the show - I'm so excited to watch the show!

On the next day, we went back to the City of Dreams to watch our long awaited show! As we have already checked out from Galaxy Macau, we brought our luggage along, and left them at the baggage deposit area. When we arrived at the theatre, who would to know that my camera battery went flat on me (>.<) Well I guess maybe it's a sign to tell me that I should protect the privacy of the show and that you should definitely go watch the show for yourself!  

Pictures are allowed, but no flash, so I still took a few shots with my handy iphone. 


The stage setup before show starts.

The boat scene. The stage is now filled with water as performers perform acrobatics and jump down from the boat into the water. 






The House of Dancing Water is a must watch if you have some time to spare in Macau. Be mesmerized for a full 90 minutes with the state-of-the-art theater bringing you a spectacular journey through time, showcasing dazzling costumes, special effects and record breaking acts never seen before in a theater.


House of Dancing Water Stage Map and Prices

* Visual taken from http://thehouseofdancingwater.com


Show Schedule

Mon, Thurs, Sat, Sun - 5pm / 8pm
Friday - 8pm
No shows on Tuesday and Wednesday


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