So a trip to Universal Studios Singapore, on Singapore’s resort island, Sentosa, in company with both Vagabond Kids and one rather hungover Vagabond Dad, was pretty much a must-do.

For a small park — space is at a premium in Singapore — Universal Studios has some mighty fine rollercoasters. The Revenge of the Mummy, which whirls, swirls, jump-stops and reverses you in pitch blackness through an Ancient Egyptian cod-horror maelstrom, rocks, as indoor coasters go.

But Battlestar Galactica, the world’s tallest dueling rollercoasters, makes a serious candidate for best rollercoaster ever. You pick your side: human or Cylon.

Humans travel seated. And FAST, reaching speeds of up to 90kph on the kind of descents where you drop fourteen storeys in a second, and your stomach tumbles after you to meet you at the bottom. The sort of acceleration that, quite frankly, isn’t good for the heart.

Cylons ride suspended. Through vertical loops, a zero-G roll, and some low, fast, adrenaline-fuelled corkscrew turns that had everyone screaming fit to burst.

Having tested each side of the ride three times, and narrowly passed the barf test, we convened an informal rollercoaster panel.

Between us, we’d visited parks in the US, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, the UK and France. And we think the Cylon side of Battlestar Galactica is officially the best rollercoaster ever.

If you’re in Singapore, I highly recommend you stop by: during the week, outside school holidays, there are hardly any queues at all. (And if you like wild rides in general, check out this fairgound ride we found in Borneo.)

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