It provided entertainment and leisure to people, catering especially to the middle and lower income groups of citizens in the past.

Before the Shaw Brothers could make any interventions to their newly acquired park, the Japanese took control over Singapore during the second World War.

The park was then converted into a Prisoner-Of-War (POW) camp that held captive the Australian soldiers from the Allied Forces.

There were a vast array of game stalls and shops in Great World as well, such as selling toys and children's clothes.

The park attractions included four Shaw Brothers-run cinemas named Atlantic, Canton, Globe and Sky, a nightclub called Flamingo.

A handful of park attractions like the ferris wheel, carousel, and roller coaster rides were popular especially by the young kids.

Different themes like African, Spanish, Egyptians and Wild West were implemented inside the toilets accompanied with ornamentations all around the mall.