Changi Airport is one of the best airports on the planet. And, excitingly, Changi Festive Village is back for another season of festive cheer. Wonderfully, visitors can immersive themselves in enchanting candy-themed activities at the airport.
Step into a realm of candy to celebrate Christmas from November 4 until January 1, with some candyland attractions extended until March 31, 2024.
Changi Festive Village 2023 invites you to explore a whimsical world of candy through a variety of interactive zones including Candy Wonderland, a Candy Carnival, an all-new Candy Snow House that will transport you to Lapland to make sweet memories this season.
Here’s the best things to do at Changi Festive Village 2023:
1. Candy Wonderland
The showstopper is Candy Wonderland at Terminal 3 Departure Hall. It features a cuddly 5-metre-tall bear, a 7-metre-tall rotating cupcake Ferris wheel, pink sprinkles, and a candy cane lane to wander into sweet delights. Meanwhile, there are buskers, juggles, live bands performing festive tunes on selected evenings.
Each evening, there are spellbinding snow and light shows daily to add to the magic. These take from at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on Monday to Thursday, and 7.30pm, 8.30pm, and 9.30pm over the weekend. Additionally, you’ll be able to meet-and-greet with dinosaur mascots, dazzling fairy stilt walkers, and Santa himself on selected dates.
Of course, visitors can capture cute instagrammable pictures at festive installations. Candy Wonderland is on until January 1, 2024.
2. Candy Snow House
Go a frosty adventure at the all-new Candy Snow House within Candy Carnival. This iconic winter house is a utopia of snow and ice, featuring carved ice sculptures that glow, majestic reindeer-drawn sleighs, and three lane, 5-metre long snow slides and ice luges to zoom down.
The snowy paradise also offers unique games like snow bowling, mini golf, and basketball on a course made of ice, as well as skating around on a snow scooter. Certainly, you’ll feel as if you’re in the Artic. Candy Snow House is opened daily from 12pm to 10pm until March 31. Tickets cost $18 per person for one hour playtime.
3. Candy Carnival
Candy Carnival is located at Terminal 3 Level 1. It boasts a number of candy-themed games and rides, from bouncy castles to candy-style go-karts, virtual reality gaming, and more until March 31. Lucky visitors can win themselves huge plushies and other exclusive prizes from claw machines.
Meanwhile, there are delicious carnival treats such as nachos, corndogs, and viral Korean cheesy pancakes to satisfy the hunger at the carnival. When you’ve exhausted all the fun here, you blast back to your childhood in the basement of Changi Airport. It boasts more than 30 carnival games and rides where children can climb abroad a candy-coated trackless train for some extra fun.
4. Festive Glamping
This year’s Candylicious Night at the Airport sees the return of a popular overnight camp at Jewel Changi Airport.
From November 25 to December 23, sleep in candy-themed tents for a 2D1N stay with family or friends. Spend the day playing candy-themed activities, eating treats, or taking part in workshops such as edible chocolate art jamming by Changi Experience Studio. When you’ve finished your day activities, cosy up in your tent, play board games, and create unforgettable memories at this unique camping experience.
5. More Attractions
Other unmissable attractions include fun interactive pop-ups such as Micky Loves SG, Candyland Toy Shop, and BT21 which are the ultimate photo spots, exclusive shopping deals, children’s activities, as well as eating your merry-little-heart out at a range of food stalls at the airport.
Plus, the festivities will be online so you can experience a virtual version of Changi’s festive candyland on Roblox: CandyVerse. There, you can hunt for toys, build avatars, and try to win prizes or rewards including tickets to the real-life candy world.
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6. Christmas tree at Jewel
Be sure to catch the majestic Christmas tree and snow fall at Shiseido Forest Valley when it returns this month. Normally, a 16-metre-tall Prudential Singapore Jewel Christmas Tree, pops up against an alluring backdrop in the park.
Certainly, Changi Festive Village is an unmissable attraction this season. Learn more about Changi Festive Village.
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