Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Universal Studios

I love Universal Studios- I think seeing how some of TV/Movies are made is really neat. It always amazes me how something so small can be turned into a whole city for a movie. I love the shows and tours ;) Mike & me
Jordan, Cassie, Ashley, Patrick & Max

Right inside Universal Studios was a fountain with bronze statues of a director, camera man and 2 other film people. After a few minutes one of the statues started to wave, he was real. It was fun to see peoples reaction when they figured it out- people watching is always fun on vacation! Our 3 superheros were all there to protect us, just in case an evil villan was there- Patch and Ashley planned it and I had no idea when I dressed Max that day. Grace was sad we we left her Super girl shirt home.

Curious George spent so much time with my kids. They watch him every morning and seriously were in love with him. After pictures he took the kids by the hand and led them back to his park for them to play.
While we were sitting in the play area we kept hearing this shooting noise, I got up and looked through a window and saw this huge room where kids were playing-it had two levels and thousands of little soft balls. You could gather the balls and put them in bins and guns and vacuum them up to shoot people- some you could control and others came out wherever they wanted.
Max loved to shoot the guns and Grace spent most of the time picking up balls and vacuuming them up. Mike said she's just like me and couldn't stand the mess in the room- I can't help it! They really would have stayed there all day, we had to remove them by force!
We watched the Shrek 4D show which we all liked and then headed down to the lower lot. While we were waiting for my family to ride a big kid ride the Mystery Machine drove by- My kids LOVE Scooby Doo, they were in heaven! (The bottom left picture was snapped while Scooby was with Max, I turned around and Shaggy was totally hitting on Daphne! Look what happens when friends not around!)

For the record, I hate Spongebob- I can't imagine a more annoying character. It goes back to my Convergys days and just my luck my kids like him. We rarely watch it my house because I can't stand it so bad!
They had a new Simpson ride, Grace was tall enough and it was one of those virtual roller coaster rides that throws you all over the place, she rode with Ashley and Patch and so she had to be brave- I thought it had some funny commentary, but the ride itself wasn't my favorite.
Mike and I rode the Mummy Return ride and Jurassic Park without the kids and then we all took the hour long tour. What a good day!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Oh my gosh how FUN!! I hope someday soon we go there! I love all your posts :) What a fun trip!