We are going to Universal Studios Hollywood! Another YAY!
We asked Hammond to help me purchase the Front Of Line tickets so that we do not have to spend time queuing up for the rides there. It cost us 80USD per Pax.
I've been to USS with Angry Smurf 4 times since its opening, usually when we feel that the queue for the rides are too long, we asked about the Express Pass ticket, most of the time its about SGD$75.00 and we always walk away after asking cos we felt its too expensive! However, i feel that 80USD per pax for the Front of Line tix in USH is all so WORTH IT! LOL.
Our morning call today is around 515am, gotta meet the group at around 8am after we have our breakfast.
I thought that we will be going straight to USH early in the morning so that we have more time there as the coach will be picking us up in the evening at 630pm to head back to the hotel.
However in the morning, we are actually going to drive down to downtown Los Angeles to see the Famous Chinese Theatre and Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Our OOTD. Matching Mickey Mouse T-Shirt we bought at Disneyland Yesterday
Our Front of Line Pass! YAY! NO QUEUING FOR US 4!
Hammond passed us the Map to USH. and im shocked! Shock that USH only got a few rides... :S
Driving along Beverly Hills, Hammond was showing us the house of Madonna and Marilyn Monroe, its pretty cool that Hollywood area actually have tours that shows pple where all the famous actors and actresses stays. LOL. too bad im with a tour group otherwise im sure gonna sign myself up for the Local tour to see where the Famous pple lives!
Hammond was telling us about Beverly Hill area where they actually have their own police station, meaning to say that with a call, the police have to arrive within a few minutes.
Paparazzi's are also always seen acting like a resident and jogging around the estate so that they can get first hand insider scope about the celebrities they are shadowing. hahahah!
I was asleep while Hammond is telling all us this on the coach and im surprised i actually remember some of the things he said despite i m sleeping, so its true that your brain is still taking in information when one is asleep.
The house of Madonna
The tour bus that brings you around Hollywood to see where the Celebrities lives!
The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
THE MOST LIFELIKE WAX FIGURE EVER!
THEY MADE SHREK LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE IN THE MOVIES! LOL.
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA
Headed to Universal Studios after our short tour at Downtown LA.
The Universal Studio Globe looks like some broken piece of metal.
Singapore one is actually much nicer.
We exchanged for our Front of Line Pass at the Main Entrance...
SAY YES TO NOT QUEUING UP! even though only once per ride la! also SHUANG LIAO!
I do not know what time the park opens, but we arrived around 10am and its already packed with people.
七早八早，人山人海了。
We Deviated from the tour group cos we are the only ones that purchased the Front Of Line passes, so no point queuing up with them.
Universal Studios Hollywood is divided into 2 Lots.
The Upper Lots which have all the shows venues.
The Lower Lots where all the Rides are located.
We headed straight for the Studio tour at the Upper Lot.
The queue for the studio is extremely long but the wait time is only 25min.
Later down in the day, we saw the waiting time to be 120 minute!
The Studio Tour is superb!
DO NOT MISS IT FOR ANYTHING IF ANY OF YOU GOES TO USH!
After the tour, i realised that so many Hollywood Movies uses fake backdrops and the effects are real cool!
Glad that we manage to experience it first hand!
Managed to get onto the front seats for the tram that is leaving as that is last 2 seats left. HAPPY!
Tram drivers giving us introductions of all the areas we passed by.
The Sound Stage where The Voice is filmed at.
The Street where they Filmed Jim Carrey's 'Bruce Almighty'.
This is the street where Bruce carried his dog and ran out onto the pathway as the dog is peeing along the way.
The Cityhall building featured in Back to the Future.
Never watched that movie before though.
This street is featured in some parts of Man of Steel and Captain America!
The streets they make to film movies are cool!
First you see a very old english street but right after a turn, its a totally different stretch of streets.
After the tour of the streets they filmed so many movies in, the tram went into a dark room, for our 3D King Kong experience!
The King Kong 3D experience is way too cool to describe!
i did not expect that to a be simulated 3D ride...
how cool it is for such a long tram to be moving & jerking around after parking onto the tracks inside the dark room.
Ah Kong saving us all from the Man-eating T-rex that is attacking our tram.
All the photos are blurred because the tram is too shaky.
After the AMAZING King Kong 3D experience, the tram moves on to bring us around the rest of the studio.
Parking along the sides of the driveways are cars used in movie blockbusters like Jurassic Park, the Fast & Furious Franchise, The Knight Rider and Flintstones.
Right after seeing the SUPER cars parked alongside the driveway, we are brought to this stretch of streets where they filmed dunno wad movie.
Looking just like a normal street, but with the click of a button, its starts to rain, and soon CAME A FLASH FLOOD!
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| Still looking Normal! |
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| FLOOD LAI LIAO! |
After experiencing how a flash flood looks like, we moved forward to a short stretch of road where some parts Skull Island is created.
The Boat seems REAL on Film, but its actually only the size of an average human lying flat.
COOL SHIT!
Now, we are taken into an underground train station.
Where an Earthquake occurs!
Fires broke out.
Water pipes burst.
Train breaking in 2.
真的很 COOL!
Next, if you watch Jaws, you will find that Amity Island area familiar.
Its actually just a small pond.
Fun Fact : the Shark Created for JAWS actually sank to the bottom of Atlantic Ocean during their first filming. LOL. The other Sharks created are always not working. so its actually quite tough filming the whole movie of JAWS with faulty fake sharks.
After JAWS filming area, we passed by the houses of the woman in Desperate Housewifes!
Watch Grinch perform after moving to the street next to where the Desperate Housewifes stays...
So they live next to Grinch.
After the Happy Performance by Grinch and frens, we drove by the Set of The Psychos.
Dunno what movie also but its actually a movie screened many years ago.
The Psycho Killer trying to dispose of the body of the woman he killed.!
HE SAW US!
Walking over to KILL US!
RAN AWAY from the Psycho Killer and came to a Plane Crash Site.
The Plane Crash site is Spectacular.
They used a real Boeing 747 plane and destroy it to make the plane crash seems real.
Even the destroyed seats inside the plane are crafted with details
After the 1 hour long Studio Tour, we sure had a TRAMTASTIC MORNING!
Time to have our lunch before continuing our day in USH.
Fried Chicken for me, Chicken Salad for Angry Smurf.
I have been eating FRIES EVERYDAY.
Angry Smurf have been eating SALAD EVERYDAY!
OK!
Right after our lunch, we have to do the usual thing.
Find the smoking area.
We wanted to watch The Waterworld show after lunch but USH has only 1, ONE SMOKING AREA IN THE PARK! which is located at the Lower Lot where all the rides are!
The Upper Lot and Lower Lot are connected thru escalators.
Its a long long way down from the Upper Lot to the Lower Lot, so we decided to take the rides first before going back up to watch all the shows available.
First Ride of the day. RIGHT AFTER OUR LUNCH.
Ride : Jurassic Park - The Ride
This Ride seems just like any other water rides which brings you around Jurassic Park where you get to see all the dinosaurs. Nothing scary.
EXCEPT IT DROPS 7 STOREY DOWN AT THE END OF THE RIDE!
Me and Angry Smurf are sitted at the first row!
Both of us had a GOOD SCREAM DOWN THE STEEP SLOPE! LOL!
Next attraction of USH, Revenge of the Mummy Ride.
We decided to skip this ride thinking it is the same as SG.
At the end of the day, Serene told us about the ride and we are glad we skipped it.
In USS, the Mummy Ride actually goes backwards a little, and continued going forward.
In USH, the whole ride goes backwards!
Heng we nv play, if not i might shit in my pants. and my back issue would probably come back again with the the bumpy against the back of the seat.. LOL
Ride : Transformers The Ride 3D
The Transformers ride is exactly the same thing as USS, but still enjoyed it as it is the first time Me & Angry Smurf gets to sit side by side for this ride. Thanks to our Front of Line pass.
Back in SG, we always go by the Single Rider line cos the waiting time is always more than 1 hour.
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| we look like Cyclops |
After our 2 rides, we queued for Ben & Jerry before going back to the Upper Lot to catch some shows first.
First show we watch is The Waterworld show.
Similar to the one is USS but with more stunts and effects..
After the show, we have to wait 45min before the next show time for other shows, so we just walk around while waiting for the time.
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| Take before with them in USS, so USH also must take one pic. |
20min more to the Furry Actors show.
Angry Smurf decides that he need to buy some coffee.
While he is queueing up for coffee, i decided to queue to take photos with the Minions! BANANA!
This photo looks like those photos Private Investigators would capture of their target.
Photos with the Minions! YAY! but only one photo per group allowed. :(
Wanted to hold the hand of the minion but too big for me to hold! so Grab one finger also can!
Time for our Furry Animal Actors show.
After watching the show, im amazed at how animals can actually all be trained if we spend time doing so!
The trainers for the shows actually trains Dogs, Cats and Parrots. sound normal right?
THEY also train PIGS, RATS, EAGLES, BIRDS & CHICKEN! INCREDIBLE!
After our 25min Animal Actors show, its time for my afternoon tea break.
Got myself a Cup of Popcorn before going to watch the Special Effects show.
After our last show of the day, we went back down to the Lower Lot to play the last ride USH have to offer.
Ride : The Simpsons Ride
The Simpsons ride is another 4D simulation RollerCoaster ride.
After The Simpsons ride, its time to eat some BIG TURKEY LEG before going out to gather.
Angry Smurf has been wanting to eat it since Disneyland yesterday.
The Crooked Xmas Tree
Bye Universal Studios Hollywood!
We had fun!
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| Dejected Mickey Smurf |
No doubt, USH is very big and they have a spectacular Studio Tour, but still, i felt that USS is actually better.
Probably because USS is newer and it has more rides!
Nonetheless, i still had a day of fun at USH! There will be new rides coming back in Spring 2014.
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