Sanrio Hello Kitty Town in Johor Bahru Malaysia is the first Hello Kitty theme park outside Japan.
Operating hours: 10am-6pm, Daily
Sanrio Hello Kitty Town boasts a four-storey entertainment center and theme park with activities, rides, live shows and interactive attractions featuring all of your favorite Sanrio friends.
See how Hello Kitty lives as you’re invited to step inside the Hello Kitty House, equipped with her very own kitchen, bedroom and living room and bathroom. Join a show at The “Purrfect” Stage, where Sanrio Friends Little Twin Stars and My Melody entertain the family with live performances daily. Burn off steam at Friendship Land, home to themed rides, playground and walk through attractions. Later, stroll on over to Wishful Studio, where everyone can join in workshops like jewelry making, cookie baking, manicure parties, see a doll factory and participate in costume parties.
Birthday time? Little Hello Kitty fans can invite their friends for a very special birthday celebration within Hello Kitty Town’s Strawberry and Apple Party Rooms.
Weekender...yes, please! Sanrio Hello Kitty Town Malaysia is only 20 minutes from Singapore, and only 10 minutes away from LEGOLAND Malaysia!
Watch a LIVE PERFORMANCE of Hello Kitty here.
There are 7 activity sections of Wishful Studio in Sanrio Hello Kitty Town, and you can only enter each section once:
Hello Kitty Cookie Studio
(collectively all these are located in what is known as “Wishful Studio” but it has different doors and queues for the various activities): you are given a plain butter cookie to paint, once done you get to eat it or take it home. Only 16 people are allowed at a time.
Hello Kitty Nail Salon
the boys will roll their eyes at this one. They will give you nail stickers and nail colors for a DIY nail painting session. You can spend as much time here as you want and wait for your nails to dry.
Hello Kittty Jewelry Making Studio
you will be given a plain silver neckchain and get to choose one (1) charm from the range of charms in the room.
Hello Kitty Dress Up and Costume Studio
Adults and kids costume are available here. They dress you up in these costumes and then take a pic of you against a green screen, where various Hello Kitty background scene will be added post-production. Taking the pics are free, but you need to pay to get the prints. We paid RM140 for a total of 6 prints, each comes with a cardboard frame and the soft copy can be downloaded from its website within a month.
Hello Kitty House
Cuteness overload! This is what it says – the house for Hello Kitty. You can take photos everywhere.
Black Wonder
This is a simple “treasure-hunt” maze. You are given a lantern containing a black light. As you enter, you need to place the Black Lantern in its place under the touch screen computer – a series of questions will appear and you need to answer these correctly. Clues are all over the place. Once done, a logo will appear. This will be the same logo that you need to find inside the maze, there will be 5 additional sections inside the maze and when you solve the puzzle at each section, you will uncover one alphabet that will form your password. When you finish collecting all 5 alphabets, head to the exit and type in the password. If you are correct you will get a certificate of completion. It is not THAT complicated but the instructions can be confusing. Just ask the park attendants if you are stumped and they will help you. Our password was KITTY; but it can be any of the 5 passwords depending on what logo (or “black symbol”) you are assigned to.
Hello Kitty Doll Factory
They have closed down this section and move it into the gift shop. Basically you need to buy a doll (RM89) and then put in stuffing, dress it etc. The doll comes with a gift certificate (see pic at the top of this post). This one is a limited edition mini Hello Kitty Doll that was produced for the opening, only 2,000 pcs are available. In time, there will be a more comprehensive doll making facilities and accessories but at the moment this is the only doll available.
When you have completed all the stations in Hello Kitty Town, your card will look like this:
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Sanrio Hello Kitty Town,
The Little Big Club and
Thomas & Friends
Level 3: Thomas & Friends
Level 2: The Little Big Club
Level 1: Sanrio Hello Kitty Town
The Little Big Club hosts well-loved characters from HIT Entertainment, including Bob the Builder, Barney, Angelina Ballerina, Pingu and Thomas & Friends. Kids can explore 6 interactive play zones equipped with games, rides, soft play areas, and more. Dress up and get a dance class from Angelina Ballerina, build a house with Bob’s ‘Can-do’ Crew at the ‘Build it Zone’, singalong with Barney the dinosaur at his play house, visit the igloo with Pingu and of course, choo-choo along with Thomas and his interactive rides.