We drove to Universal Studios for the day. I had never been here, while Z had been there a few times before. I was a little apprehensive going on all the rides so I ended up skipping a couple which Z did by himself. When we arrived we went straight to the Studio Tours which Z says usually has a long line up. It took us about 10-15 minutes to get on which was very reasonable. The tour was really cool. We got to drive around the various sound studios, got to see parts of the set from The Grinch, Desperate Housewives, War of the Worlds, and many other facades of building which were part of many movies including the City Hall from Back to the Future. We experienced a 3-D Jurassic Park meets King Kong production, a Mexican flash flood, an earthquake in a subway station, and Jaws attacking a scuba diver and then trying to attack us. The tour was really cool. Z is always thinking ahead and planning out the best way to maximize our park adventures. He figured our best bet was to enjoy the lower park area first because most people would explore the upper part at arrival and then make their way to the lower part. On the lower part we did the Transformer 3-D ride; which I'll admit I was unsure about because I didn't know what to expect. I don't like the unknown, but I ended up enjoying the ride. Z did the Jurassic Park ride himself because I didn't fell like getting soaked and he also did the Mummy Ride; well I don't know anything about the movie and just the name of it didn't sound appealing to me. We stopped in the NBC Universal experience and got to see some artifacts for different movies including the Delorean from Back to the Future.
After some lunch we head back to the upper part of the park and watched the Special Effects show which provided some insight on how some of the special effects in movies are done. We enjoyed The Simpsons ride, Shrek in 4-D and I got my picture taken with Donkey and Shrek and Fiona. We also enjoyed the Water World show which is an action packed show based on the movie of the same name. We saw and got our picture taken with Scooby Doo and gang. All in all it was another fun filled day even though I chickened out on experiencing a couple of the rides.
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