This was a great day. Our 3rd full day in L.A. It's started pretty exciting too. We were awoken just before 6:00am with a fire alarm and it as getting yelled at us through the P.A. System to evacuate the building. Jodie & I just had time to grab the passports, kids and wallets and get out....... Pretty hairy stuff, until we found out an employee in the kitchen burnt toast which set the alarms off.......
Not to worry it got us up early to eat and take off through the legendary L.A. traffic north to Universal Studio's. It was a great day full of exciting rides and shows with the animal actors show proving to be one of the hits of all the family. I got to be an extra in the Special Effects Show, which we have on video. I will post when we get to Utah.
I had been to Universal Studios before so I was concerned if it was going to be boring, but no, the kids made it come to life. They have a new ride/attraction here Transformers 3D. This is the whole new generation of amusement park rides. It was unbelievable. It has only just opened this summer.
I have two bad parenting reports to make on this day.
1. Genna was scared out of her wits on the Mummy ride a forward & backward roller coaster. She never wanted to go on it again.
2. Courtney got the living daylights scared out of her in the House of Horrors. Literally to the point of tears. Jodie did too. I was doing the brave thing and waiting outside with Genna. This attraction has real live actors dressed as all sorts of horror characters who literally jump out and scare you. They had guys with chainsaws and everything. It took poor ole Courtney a while to settle down after.
We went to nearby Universal City a large shopping mall next to the park and did a spot of shopping and had dinner @ the "Bubba Gump Shrimp Company" made famous in the movie Forest Gump. When then headed to the car park to drive home.
The excitement of the rides carried on outside of the park for us too, with me getting pulled over by a L.A. Police woman, for apparently running a stop sign !!!!!! I didn't see it and she let me off with a warning. Why the Aussie cops don't do that???
Tamzyn has taken to photography quite well, and the photo's on this post are from her camera. Enjoy, tomorrow we do Disney's California Adventure.
Not to worry it got us up early to eat and take off through the legendary L.A. traffic north to Universal Studio's. It was a great day full of exciting rides and shows with the animal actors show proving to be one of the hits of all the family. I got to be an extra in the Special Effects Show, which we have on video. I will post when we get to Utah.
I had been to Universal Studios before so I was concerned if it was going to be boring, but no, the kids made it come to life. They have a new ride/attraction here Transformers 3D. This is the whole new generation of amusement park rides. It was unbelievable. It has only just opened this summer.
I have two bad parenting reports to make on this day.
1. Genna was scared out of her wits on the Mummy ride a forward & backward roller coaster. She never wanted to go on it again.
2. Courtney got the living daylights scared out of her in the House of Horrors. Literally to the point of tears. Jodie did too. I was doing the brave thing and waiting outside with Genna. This attraction has real live actors dressed as all sorts of horror characters who literally jump out and scare you. They had guys with chainsaws and everything. It took poor ole Courtney a while to settle down after.
We went to nearby Universal City a large shopping mall next to the park and did a spot of shopping and had dinner @ the "Bubba Gump Shrimp Company" made famous in the movie Forest Gump. When then headed to the car park to drive home.
The excitement of the rides carried on outside of the park for us too, with me getting pulled over by a L.A. Police woman, for apparently running a stop sign !!!!!! I didn't see it and she let me off with a warning. Why the Aussie cops don't do that???
Tamzyn has taken to photography quite well, and the photo's on this post are from her camera. Enjoy, tomorrow we do Disney's California Adventure.
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