Our marble bathroom had a nice bathtub, bidet toilet, and shower, and was replete with eco-friendly and biodegradable bath amenities. It even had premium filtered drinking water!

Unfortunately, our second room was not ready and we had to wait another hour past check-in time for it. I guess the guests the previous night must have made a big mess...

While waiting for our room to be ready, we decided to go and enjoy our Exclusive COLLECTION Club Lounge Privileges. We were entitled to this as guests who booked the suites! Perks included access to the COLLECTION Club Lounge at level 5, where we got to enjoy all-day refreshments.

We were also able to enjoy an afternoon tea session for two from 2.30pm-4pm. It was basically a free-flow high tea buffet, but due to Covid-19, we had to be served by the staff.

I found the savoury items to be so-so, but the sweet desserts were quite delicious! We could come down for this high tea session every day during our stay, and the menu items for each day were different.

The living area had a sofa, dining table, and coffee table with a Nespresso coffee machine and TWG Tea.

There was also a comfy workspace with a Herman Miller ergonomic chair. I was quite excited to try the branded chair at first, but in my opinion, it wasn't that comfortable!

The Singapore Marina Bay Suite bathroom was slightly bigger than the Lifestyle Room's, but also with a separate shower stall and deep bathtub. I always appreciate a bigger bathroom as it is much more comfortable to do your business. Unfortunately during our stay, our toilet was clogged a few times and we had to call someone to come and fix it for us.

My favourite part of the suite was the vanity which had a large mirror, nice lightning, and a Dyson hair dryer! Yes, I've never used a Dyson hair dryer in my life so I was super excited to use this.

We also had a large private balcony, and the view was spectacular! Seriously looks like i jumped into my screensaver.

I got myself a Negroni while my boyfriend got a Mimosa. We were really living the life!

Just when we thought that was all to be served, the waiter came with more desserts in his hand. I actually liked the hors d’oeuvres desserts more than the high tea.

After the food was digested and the alcohol left our cheeks, we decided to hit the fitness studio. The gym was large and you could access it using your key card. It was also decked in floor-to-ceiling glass windows so kaypoh aunties could peer in and check you out.

Right beside the gym was a spin cycle studio, and it looked really cool! We didn't see anyone use it during our stay, but we did see some guests engaging in a HIIT session at the workout room beside it.

After sweating it out, we went to the swimming pool. We actually visited the swimming pool twice - once in the afternoon to suntan, and once at night so we could see the pool's glowing lights.

If you don't know what 'glowing lights' I'm talking about, this is what I mean!

Our stay also came with a daily buffet breakfast at Peppermint from 7.30am-10.30am. It was crowded every morning so we had to come down early to get a seat. Although we came down late on the second morning, it so happened that there were some seats in these birdcage pavilions soooooo we sat in them!

We loved sitting in the birdcage pavilion as it was nice, quiet, and away from the crowd. It was like we had our own little space.

The breakfast buffet was not bad - the food is a hit or miss. There were common breakfast foods such as scrambled eggs and sausages, as well as porridge, hashbrowns, and ham. I personally liked the dim sum the most.

The Peppermint restaurant also has food for lunch and dinner, and we basically had all three meals there. For dinner, we called room service. The dishes we got were the Chicken Salami And Pineapple Pizza (S$24), Singapore Lobster Laksa (S$36), and Spicy Prawn Aglio Olio (S$26). The lobster laksa was fantastic, but boy, it was expensive!

I enjoyed our staycation at PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay because of the many perks that we got to enjoy, which made it a special stay. Of course, there were a few parts of the stay that were not very pleasant; for example, the floors can be thin and you could hear kids running around upstairs at 2am. It's also very noisy most of the time since it's family-oriented, so kids are everywhere at the pool, the restaurants, and the lobby. There was also lots of construction going on while we were there, like heavy drilling and knocking. If you're hoping for a quiet, romantic staycation with bae, I don't think this is the best place to visit.

But as you know, it doesn't take much for me to like a staycation, and I was happy enough with the rooms and the free food. I guess you can always try to book a staycation here during non-peak periods for a more enjoyable time!

That's all for today, see you next post!