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ECRL Kota Bharu to Gombak 2026: Opening Date, 16 Stations, Journey Times and What We Know About Fares
The East Coast Rail Link's first phase, Kota Bharu to Gombak, is targeted to open for passengers in mid-December 2026. Fares have not been announced yet: MRL says the Transport Ministry will set them, with ticket sales targeted for November. Here is the route, the journey times from test runs, and what to ignore on social media.
Tanjong Jara Resort MATTA Residents' Package: RM799 a Night With All Meals for Two, Still Bookable After the Fair
The MATTA Fair ended on 6 September, but Tanjong Jara Resort in Dungun, Terengganu is still selling its MATTA Fair Residents' Package on its own booking engine: RM799 a night instead of RM1,299 for a Bumbung Room with breakfast, lunch and dinner for two, for stays to 31 March 2027. We priced it against the resort's other rates for October, the last month before the monsoon break.
Bukit Merah Waterpark RM23 Is Back: Salam 7 Negeri 4.0 for 7 States, 19 Oct to 19 Nov 2026
Bukit Merah Laketown Resort has replaced its northern-only Cheq Oghang Utagha 5.0 offer, which ended on 18 October, with Salam 7 Negeri 4.0: the same flat RM23 waterpark ticket for an adult or child, now open to Perak, Penang, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang ID holders from 19 October to 19 November 2026. The gate price with MyKad is RM40 adult and RM30 child. It is walk-in only, ten tickets per ID card; everyone else can buy the Gempak Holiday online ticket at RM30 adult and RM25 child.
Laguna Redang Year End Promotion: RM638 a Head for 3D2N With Every Meal, Boat and Snorkelling Trip Included
Laguna Redang Island Resort has put the last four weeks of its 2026 season on a separate, cheaper rate card called the 3 Days 2 Nights Year End Promotion. Check-ins run from 7 October 2026 and the last check-out is 1 November. Two adults sharing a Standard room pay RM638 each instead of RM758, a child is a flat RM438 instead of RM638, and a Deluxe Sea twin drops RM450 a head. Buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner, the return boat from Kuala Terengganu and a snorkelling trip with adult gear are all inside the price. We priced it against the resort's own regular package on 12 September 2026, room type by room type, and read the surcharge calendar and the refund clause that most people never open.
Pacific Deepavali Sale 2026: Mailer to 11 November, Hampers From RM75, 10kg Rice From RM29.99, Weekend Sale 22-25 October
Pacific's October Great Value Promotion ended on 21 October. The new 24-page Deepavali Sale mailer runs 22 October to 11 November 2026 with Sweetkiss and Kise hampers from RM75, 10kg rice from RM29.99 and up to 80% off in the department store. A Weekend Sale and Pacific Grocer Value Promo run 22 to 25 October, and Dr.P and Drypers diapers are on promotion to 11 November. Member prices are only RM1 lower this time, and the 58th Anniversary Shop & Win winners are still unpublished.
Resorts World Kijal's RM740 Turtle Weekend: The Package Price Never Moves, the Room Rate Does — Every Remaining Friday Priced
Resorts World Kijal in Kemaman, Terengganu is selling a package called Be A Seaturtle Superhero: three days and two nights in a Premier Seaview room, daily buffet breakfast for two, and a one-time release of two baby turtles on the Saturday morning. It is RM740 nett for SkyCard or Genting Rewards members and RM800 for everyone else, and it runs Friday to Saturday until 31 October 2026. The package price is fixed at RM400 a night. The plain room-only rate for the same Premier Seaview is not. Only three Fridays are left: 16, 23 and 30 October. We re-priced all three on Genting's own booking engine on 14 October 2026, and on every one the package is the dearer buy: the bare room is RM305 a night for the 16 October weekend and RM336 for 23 and 30 October (the Saturday night alone is RM367), which puts the package RM190 or RM128 ahead over two nights. Here is the arithmetic, what the turtle release actually involves, and the two Kijal alternatives worth pricing against it.
SOGO Sale October 2026: 32nd Anniversary Sale to 11 Oct, Up to 60% Off Fragrance at SOGO KL, and Crazy About Home to 25 Oct (Members' Day Ended 6 Sep)
SOGO's Members' Day Sale ended on 6 September 2026 and has not come back. Checked on 8 October 2026, SOGO's own sale index shows what's on instead: the 32nd Anniversary Sale at all four stores to 11 October (Versace L'Homme 100ml RM132, Jeep polo and jeans 2 for RM132, ironing board RM32), three fragrance and beauty clearances at up to 60% off on SOGO KL's 7th floor to 11 October, Crazy About All Things Home at every store's Home Department to 25 October, and a members-only supermarket week to 11 October. There is no extra-points day on the index this month. The full Members' Day record is kept below.
Mesra Mall Kemasik, October 2026: Free Health Checks to 10 Oct, Mesra Run Race Day, and Secret Recipe's RM16.90 Weekday Lunch
Mesra Mall in Kemasik, Terengganu has one mall-wide event in October 2026 and it ends this weekend. Mesra Run 2.0, its Hari Sukan Negara fun run with the state youth and sports department (JBSNT), closed registration on 30 September and runs 5km and 10km on Saturday 10 October from 6:30am; kits are collected at the mall's Sport Lobby until 6pm on 9 October. Free walk-in blood pressure, BMI and glucose checks with Klinik Kesihatan Kemaman and Hospital Kemaman run 12pm to 5pm to 10 October. The mall's 1 October drop added a Secret Recipe weekday lunch set from RM16.90 and TMC dinner sets tagged RM20 to RM30. The next drop is due 15 October. The RM350 Merdeka T-shirt ended on 8 September.
Berjaya Island Deals After Merdeka: The Taaras Up to 60% Off From 1 Nov, Tioman 3D2N RM1,450, Langkawi RM938 Package
Re-checked 25 October: every Redang Island Resort and Berjaya Tioman seasonal offer stops at 31 October, The Taaras moves to up to 60% off for stays 1 November to 28 February, Tioman's Snorkelling Getaway (3D2N from RM1,450 nett) runs to May 2027, and Langkawi has a RM2,318+ New Year's Eve gala. Berjaya's 69th Merdeka Specials are over. The island extra 10% closed on 31 August, and Berjaya Langkawi's RM450+ Celebrate Malaysia in Nature package stopped selling on 16 September. We re-priced every property on its own booking engine on 17 September. Langkawi's new Nourish Your Wellbeing package costs RM938 all-in for two, with a vegetarian dinner and a spa treatment, and the cheapest flexible room there is RM574.75. Redang Island Resort sells rooms at RM285 a night direct, The Taaras is 35% off for mid-October, and Berjaya Tioman's End-of-Season Sale runs to 31 October.
Best Family Beach Resorts & Island Getaways in Terengganu 2026
8 real family stays in Terengganu, from Perhentian, Redang, Lang Tengah and Kapas to drive-in Dungun, Kijal and Kuala Terengganu, with 2026 own-site rates (Kapas family bungalow RM695/night, Laguna Redang 3D2N full board from RM578 per adult) and which ones stay open in the monsoon.
SOGO Kuala Terengganu Beauty Hall, Late Oct 2026: The Versace Deal Is Over and the Deepavali Trussardi at RM196 Is KL-Only
As of 21 October 2026 SOGO Mayang Mall, Kuala Terengganu has no dated fragrance price of its own. The Versace L'Homme RM132 ended with the 32nd Anniversary Sale on 11 October, and the one fragrance in the Deepavali Price Bonanza (16 October to 9 November), Trussardi Women EDP 90ml at RM196, is tagged for SOGO Kuala Lumpur only. KT does get We Are 32 Deals (up to 70% off selected brands, to 25 October), six Bonanza items, free Deepavali packets from RM150 and Atome's RM10 off RM150.
8 Best Nature & Outdoor Adventures in Terengganu (2026)
From boat-only waterfalls tucked inside Malaysia's largest man-made lake to a 270-million-year-old limestone cave and a night-time firefly cruise through mangrove creeks, here are eight currently-operating nature and outdoor adventure experiences across inland Terengganu — spanning Tasik Kenyir, Hulu Terengganu, Besut, Dungun and Kemaman, with zero overlap with the state's island resorts or Kuala Terengganu's city sights.
IZO at SOGO, October 2026: No Buy 1 Free 1 Running — RM49 Long Pants, RM19 Tees and RM69 Shirts in SOGO's Deepavali Price Bonanza (to 9 Nov)
There is no IZO deal at SOGO in October 2026: the Buy 1 Free 1 ended 9 August and IZO's website and Facebook show new sweatshirts and shirts, not discounts. What casual-wear shoppers can use instead is SOGO's Deepavali Price Bonanza (16 Oct-9 Nov): RCB Polo long pants RM49, Dapper tees RM19, DP plus-size shirts RM69, plus free Deepavali packets on RM150. Store-by-store tags, worked RM examples and the fine print.
7 Best Food Spots & Local Specialties in Terengganu (2026)
From Dynar Lekor, the Bukit Tok Beng family's cheese-keropok offshoot in Buluh Gading, to Batu Burok's legendary nasi dagang breakfast queue and Kampung Losong's keropok-and-satar village, here are 7 real, currently-trading spots serving Terengganu's signature dishes in 2026 — with opening hours and closed days.
SNAILS KIDS at SOGO Kuala Terengganu (Mayang Mall): What's There Now & the Live SOGO KT Deals
SNAILS KIDS, the children's line of Malaysian apparel brand Snails, has a counter at SOGO Mayang Mall, Kuala Terengganu. Its RM19 opening sale ended 6 August 2026, and the RM32 Cuddles kids' sets went with the 32nd Anniversary Sale on 11 October. As of 21 October: We Are 32 Deals up to 70% off to 25 October, six Deepavali Price Bonanza items to 9 November (none for kids), free Deepavali packets on RM150, and the tenanted-counter catch.
8 Family-Friendly Things To Do in Kuala Terengganu City
From the newly rebuilt Pasar Payang market and Southeast Asia's largest museum complex to the glass-floored Drawbridge skybridge and a river cruise past Pulau Duyung, here are 8 real, currently-operating family attractions inside Kuala Terengganu city itself — no jetty required.
Terengganu with Kids: 8 Island & Mainland Family Getaways (2026)
Redang, Perhentian, Lang Tengah and Kapas all shut for the monsoon - so here's when to go, what 2026 packages actually cost, which jetty each island uses, and the Kuala Terengganu and Tasik Kenyir backups that stay open all year.