Monday, November 19, 2012

Taking a Taxi from Singapore to LEGOland Malaysia

Singapore-Johor cross-border taxi fare


You cannot take a regular Singapore taxi across the border to LEGOland Malaysia. Instead, you must use a cross-border taxi. So, this is what we did:

1. 5 minute local taxi ride from hotel in Clarke Quay to the Ban San Street Taxi Stand, next to the Queen Street Bus Terminal -- SGD$7

2. Cross-border taxi from Ban San Street stand to LEGOland -- SGD$70 for 3 adults and 2 kids
  • 40 minute ride to Woodlands checkpoint, driving against rush hour traffic
  • 5 minutes to stamp passports for exiting Singapore
  • Drive across causeway into Malaysia
  • 10 minutes at Malaysian immigration
  • 25 minute ride from immigration directly to LEGOland
  • Note: The concierge told us we'd have to transfer to a local Malaysian taxi after crossing the border, but our driver was willing to take us all the way to LEGOland.
We asked the driver to come back at 6:30 p.m. (half an hour after closing that day) to bring us back for another SGD$70. Joy of joys! I must have tipped him enough because he was waiting for us when we exited after a long day of fun. I didn't see many other taxis queueing up, so I am very glad that we had one booked.  He drove us 90 minutes back to Ban San Street where we had to transer to a local Singapore taxi to get back to the hotel.

Round trip, it ended up being SGD$154. We had door-to-door service and much more flexibility with when we wanted to depart and return than if we had taken a shuttle bus or tour bus.


Singapore Flyer - LEGOland Round-trip Shuttle
WTS Travel offers on-line booking and payment for their shuttle bus. In Low Season, there are 4 departures/returns each day. In Peak Season, there are 5 departures/returns per day. One way trips from Singapore to LEGOland are also an option. You must choose your times when booking.

Packages include the transportation only or one or both LEGOland parks plus transportation. Depending on the season, prices range from SGD$20-30 per person for round-trip transportation only. They sometimes have discounts on park admission. WTS accepts PayPal for the payment. Book at least a week early as the buses fill up. I have not tried this service myself but am keeping it in mind for our next trip. Click here to make a booking. The company also has a shuttle from Singapore to Hello Kitty Town/ Little Big Club in Johor.


Finally reaching LEGOland Malaysia.

Related Posts:
Building a Day of Fun at LEGOland Malaysia
Asian Landmarks at LEGOland Malaysia Miniland
Flashback to LEGOland California

44 comments:

  1. I want to go there someday! Nice place!

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  2. Thank you for sharing your experiences, good and bad! It's very helpful for me, a mom of 2 kids planning our first trip to Legoland! Wish us luck :)

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  3. Thank you soooo much. This will help us a lot. After reading your comments, i finally decide to book in a tour company. Hope to have our trip nice and easy.

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  4. I am planning something very similar and your post is just so helpful.
    Did you have trouble finding a taxi to fit 3 adults and 2 kids?
    ( I have 2 adults 3 kids ).

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    1. We squeezed all 5 of us into a regular taxi for all trips. So, it was no problem finding one.

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  5. do you have the taxi's contact number who brought you to the legoland?

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    1. I don't have a phone number. He was just the next taxi in line when we went to the cross-border taxi stand in Singapore.

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  6. Thanks for this post. Now we have an idea when and what limousine taxi service to hire.

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  7. We went there in April by hiring a private limousine which can sit up to 6 people. It cost SGD$190 for round trip, picking us up and dropping off directly at our hotel (near the flyer). Very convenient especially when you have small kids.

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    1. Hi, we are travelling to singapore very soon and would love to visit legoland (I am just finding it difficult to find a reasonably priced transfer company) and was hoping you could please let me know the name of the company that took you? Thank you :)

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  9. If you want an exclusive transportation going to Legoland, try the legoland Malaysia transport of Porter Xpress. They are one of the best in Singapore.

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  10. Hi. Are the kids free or did you have to pay $10 per kid too? Thank you!

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    1. Since it was $70 total one way, I think we were charged $40 for the trip plus $10 for each of 3 adults and the kids were free.

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  11. Thank you for sharing your experience. It is very helpful. My family will be visiting legoland malaysia this June for my son's 7th birthday.

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    1. What a great celebration! Happy Birthday to your son. He is a great age to enjoy LEGOland.

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    2. Hi, its me again we did not able to visit legoland last june because of the haze. Instead we visit it on my wife's birthday last September. I should say my family enjoy the place very much especially my son. If you don't mind I would like to share how we we're able to visit the place on this link how to get to Legoland Malaysia from Singapore.

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  12. Hi, hope you dont mind... may i know how old your kids are? I thought taxis ate strict in singapore and they only allow max of 4 passengers in 1 taxi..

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    1. My kids were 13, 9, and 7 years old at the time. We didn't have a problem with all 5 of us in one taxi.

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  13. Hi....we are going to legoland thisnjuly from singapore. If we take this crossedborder taxi, must we disembark at the immigration? Thankyou

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    1. We stayed in the taxi and just handed the passports out through the windows. Immigration stamped it and passed it back to us through the window. Did not have to disembark at all.

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  14. Hi we will go in singapore next month, and I'm with my friends,all of us are about 18-20 yrs old. I'm thinking if we should go to lego land, I just wanna ask if are we going to enjoy there? Or it is just enjoyable for kids?thanks!:)

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    1. If you are looking for high thrill rides, you will NOT find them at LEGOland and would probably be happier with Universal. The rides are better suited for 2-12 year olds although they certainly let adults on them. Looking at the LEGO models of Asian landmarks takes 45 minutes to an hour if you are interested in looking at details in each scene. See my post "Building a day of fun at LEGOland Malaysia" linked at the bottom of this post for more information.

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    2. Thank you for your response and advice!:)

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  15. Cool, I am looking for the information to go LEGO island.

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  17. Singapore is beautiful place to visit, every one want to go there for enjoying. I also planning to visit there, your experience will be helpful for me, thanks for sharing your memorable memories.

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  18. Thanks for the write up. Since we had a bit more flexibility in our plans, we decided to head over to the flyer and chance buying same day tickets. We got there at 9:30 on a Friday, bought our 3 tickets, and were on the bus 10 minutes later. It could not have gone smoother.

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  19. Hi, I agree with you that a private hire gives much more flexibility than a coach, especially since you get to decide on the time and location for departure. Furthermore, you save time because you won't have to alight and queue at customs. However, a 7-seater should cost less than SGD 200 for a return trip. You must have been overcharged!

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  21. Hi,actually I'm wanted to bring my gerl to legoland but I do not is there any promo going on if I stay d hotel for 3 day 2 ...if yes pls,wat is the price like?thank u with u guys could me....:d

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  25. Hi, A trip to lego island looks very worrisome. It has to pass cross border country. But taxi is an affordable mode of transportation in all countries. Hope taxi will help customers who are traveling in this area.
    Thanks for this post.

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