So we are in the city of the movies. I am going to Universal Studios to learn a bit about how they make the movies and TV series. We are a bus full with 50 passengers keen to find out their secrets.
We first drive towards Los Angeles city before turning onto another freeway towards Hollywood. Yes, I saw the signs for Rodeo Drive, Sunset Boulevard, and others, We also saw the sign on the hill, but were not real close. In front of Universal they have a gobe turning around. It cost US$84 to get in, but that covers all the rides and shows.
Lorna and I decided on the Studio Tour. We were seated in a Trolleybus with open sides. The bus went past some of the houses used in 'Desperate Housewives' and some western movies, and many others that I am not familiar with. We also drove through 'King Kong' where we were attacked by dinosaurs, experienced earthquake, and a flood where some of the passengers got wet. It was all very realistic. As we came past a small dam there was a shark jumping out of the water. A bit further on we saw a man carrying a woman and put her in the booth of a car. (from the movie Psyco).
After the Studio Tour we decided on some lunch and stopped at an Italian place, Louie's Pizza and Pasta where we had beautiful Lasagne. The best I have had. We then walked around a bit checking out the souvenir shops and tried not to buy too much, but a couple of items followed us home. Later we stopped at the International Cafe for a cup of coffee.
Our next adventure was 'WaterWorld' where the 10 first rows were marked Wet Zone where it turned our the spectators got drenched from time to time. We went 2 rows further up and managed to stay dry. It was very action packed with water scooters doing sharp turns and a large wave soaked the first few rows. A couple of boats were also part of the show and people falling (jumping) from tall towers. Also and explosion where one of the towers fell over into the water.
We only had an hour left so we went outside to have a look
at the Universal City Walk. Here there were more shops and cafees. After
walking through we returned to where our bus would come to pick us up and saw
two bridal parties, one white bride and one in hot pink. When the bus arrived it
had to park a little further along and 2 couples were missing so the driver had
to go back and find them, then we were off towards home.
image from google images
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