Hi bro currently in Genting. Will return to SG tmr and come back Genting on 25th April.
Here's a brief FR of my experience that can hopefully help everyone who are looking at traveling to Genting and /or Malaysia in general.
I departed SG on 14th Apr nite (10.30pm), bus came at around 11pm and we left for custom. Reached SG woodland custom at about 11.40pm and it was deserted, with only a handful of people crossing the checkpoint. Immigration formalities was completed in less than 15mins and we headed to JB custom. There was a slight jam on the causeway due to the number of cars looking to clear the Malaysia checkpoint and we reached the immigration complex slightly after 12.30am. Immigration clearance on the Malaysia side was smooth as well with no one asking for our mysejahtera and/or nortarise vaccine cert (thou we completed all formalities as requested pre-departure and have our vaccinated status updated to "fully-vaccinated" on our mysejahtera app.
After clearing immigration, the journey was extremely smooth and we made a slight detour to drop off passengers at Berjaya Times Square before heading up Genting. We arrived in Genting at about 4.50am and stopped at the "new bus terminal" located at Sky avenue.
- Experience in Genting
1. Majority of shops at sky avenue have unfortunately not survived the pandemic (~50% of the shops are not opened)
2. Practically no one checks your mysejahtera status (yes even for entry into the casino), thou everywhere is affixed with the QR code for you to scan if you so wish (exactly like Sg)
3. Table games have a set limit of players (e.g 6 players/table for roulette) and dealers will turn away anyone as long as the table have reached max cap.
4. Majority of those at Genting are local Malaysian with Singaporeans making up at most 30%. Seems like singaporeans are still quite apprehensive towards travelling to Malaysia despite the lifting of almost all measures as long as one is vaccinated. In terms of crowd, I will put it at about 60-70% of pre padenmic.