By Beemerboyz803
This past Thursday,
I was able to go to Universal Studios Hollywood for the first time in seven
years!!We took the long walk from the parking lot, through
the CityWalk, to the front entrance of the park.
First thing we did was the Studio
Tour. We enjoyed it, because most of the movies we like were filmed on sets on
the Tour. Unfortunately, our Studio Tour could not access the sets from How
the Grinch Stole Christmas, Desperate Housewives, War of the
Worlds, and Psycho (which we were really looking forward to) because
a "top-secret" project was being shot there. Our favorite sets from
the tour included Back to the Future's Courthouse Square (IT IS NOT THE
ORIGINAL SET!!! It burned down in 2008.), the Collapsing Bridge, the King
Kong scene,the subway station scene from Earthquake, the "part
the waters" scene, and the flash flood scene from the Mexico set. After
leaving the Studio Tour, we caught glimpse of a construction site to the right
of the Studio Tour's entrance. It is also shown at the end of the movie we have
provided. We're positive most of you don't know what it is, but we're sure that
it is a magical addition to Universal Studios!!! (WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER)
Next, we headed to the park's three
most-popular attractions, all on the Lower Lot. First things first, we boarded Revenge
of the Mummy: The Ride. From the videos we've seen, it didn't look that
scary. You might not deal with our reasoning, but we...were...WRONG. We were
immediately scared with the fast drops, the launch, the portion of the ride
where the vehicle is attacked by scarabs (Egyptian beetles), and the backwards
launch.
After leaving the Mummy show
building, we then walked across the path to probably the park's most famous
attraction, Jurassic Park: The Ride, based on the movie series about a
dinosaur park on Isla Nublar. Weirdly, we both sat in the front row with our
friend (who we were going with), and hardly got wet.
Also, we spotted RACCOONS on the ride, just before entering the big show
building. Everybody in our boat seemed confused, like, "Oh, my God!"
or "That's not supposed to be there.". Overall, the ride was fun.
Next, we headed to the park's newest
ride (until April 2014), Transformers: The Ride 3D. The ride was
amazing. It kept me on the edge of my seat. Some portions of the ride were
scary in our opinion (again, please don't ridicule our reasoning), but the ride
was overall fun. Then, despite our hatred, we foolishly boarded Mummy again.
But the second time around wasn't so bad. In fact, we could deal with
everything just fine.
Afterwards, our last ride (or should
I say, show) was Waterworld. I loved every bit of it, from the fire to
the water to the suspense. It was so cool!! After the show was over, it was 6:00 (the park's closing time) and we headed off
to dinner and then home.
A Despicable Update: We didn't mention this during this post, but construction on
the park's new attraction, Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem (based on
Universal's popular 2010 and 2013 films), is almost over. The Gru House was
visible from the Annual Pass Center and the park's exit area, and construction
seemed nearly complete, with the exception of the surrounding Super Silly Fun
Land and several portions of the roof. For those of you who are going to visit
the park anytime soon, this attraction (also at Universal's Orlando park) will
open on Friday, April 10, 2014.
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