LA - Universal Studios

Third weekend - we went down to Los Angeles. 6 hrs drive.


Universal Studios.




OK, I personally think that this Universal Studio should introduce new items every now and then. Hey, come on, the rides were still Back to the Future? Terminator II? All were very ‘mild’ and outdated liao leh. I nearly dozed off while sitting inside there, especially the Terminator II and Shrek. Not to mention the Van Helsing House, not scary at all.
All those rides were not chi kek at all except the new one - the Mummy ride. This one ah, you waited for 25 minutes, but you ended up having the ride for < 2 mins only. Very spiral chi kek type but SUPER short leh!

What I enjoyed most was the Studio Tour – You really got to see exactly where their moviemaking scenes were. How they changed the spots to suit different movies. Hmm...how about the shooting scenes of that housing estate of the Desperate Housewives?! Hehe… and you got the chance to see how they created the flood (and this one spoilt my camera man! The lens turned foggy for the rest of the day coz it was splashed by the flood loh), the Fast and the Furious Close Up – how the car being ‘feng’, the collision and disaster scene in a LRT tunnel, the fire scene and etc etc.

Another one that I enjoyed was the Backdraft – showing you how the fire & explosion scenes/ effects were done. All were automated.

The 'All you can eat' pass - DON'T BUY oh pls. Inside there got a lot of other restaurants selling cheaper food and more tasty ok. For this 'All you can eat' pass, only got 3 restaurants associated with it.We nearly missed our dinner as we did not aware that some of the associated restaurants were closed at 6.30p.m. When we finally reached the last one, we were told that we could only take one round. HAR?!

We should have gone to Sea World in San Diego instead of this. :p