Day 3 – Universal Studios
(Please proceed reading at your own risk as this post is heavily loaded with pictures. There are 60pcs of pics, cropped & photoshopped into 18 collages to save bandwidth).
Last night in the plane, I had 2 hours of sleep and today, I hit the sack at 2.30am and woke up at 4.30am. Dang! I know I’m in deep trouble but I can’t help it. My eyes just won’t fall back into dreamland. Remember Lawrence dogs? He heard me walking in the room and came scratching on my door. Hehe… i just sat on my bed and giggle. He’s so alert and cute. Good thing Lawrence house is equipped with wi-fi. I get to clear my mail and moderate whole lots some comments to kill time.
We signed up with a tour agent for Universal Studios. US$70 (RM245!!!) per person for the entrance fee plus transport.
Once we are in the park, the first thing you do is hop on the tram for Studio Tour.
Get on the tram and it will bring you around Universal Studios for some tutorial like how films are made. Stage 25, etc, is like a big warehouse. Majorities of movies are shot in the warehouse with makeshif rooms inside.
Let me show you a bit of the tutorial.
What you see on TeeVee is fiction. The car doesn’t drift. It was attached to a…. dunno what they called that.
This is how they made floods…
1. All you see is dry river.
2. And the lightining began to strike and the rain falls down.
3. Suddenly the water started to gush down. Remember, you are in the tram watching all this. It’s amazing.
4. The floods came crashing at the river banks.
5. It then flows back into the tunnel where the storage are and it was then repeatedly used to show audience.
6. It takes minutes for the flood to happen. If you are there, don’t blink your eyes. Soon the water dries up again.
The making of fire/explosion…
Some of the tutorial went in my right ear and goes out thru my left ear 😳
The making of…
Everything is from control of a button. Small pond with miniature ship. When our tram reaches, the pond was split into half. That is when Moses split the Red Sea and walk across. Too bad, the Ten Commandments never make thru our teevee. All thanks to our censorship board.
Crops that are left behind from scenes…
Please bear in mind that all these pics are heavily photoshopped into collages for viewing pleasure. For example in the 2nd picture, the logo is not there at all. I photoshop them there.
There’s so many things to see but so little time. We don’t have a leisure walk in Universal Studio. Not even have proper lunch.
All I ate is a piece of some kind of deep fried batter. There’s strawberries dressing underneath and topped with whipped cream. They are superb.
Other than taking pics with cartoon characters, we have to rush thru shows. All types of shows – pirates and even animal shows.
Not sure if Lessie in the pic above is the actual Lessie that filmed the movie Lessie. Hmm… Lessie, Jessie, Lessie, Jessie, Lessie, Jessie. It rhyme!
I find marvel heros in leotard a bit crappy especially when that “thing” is bulging up. So obvious can die lidat! I don’t watch Dora nor a fan of hers. I took pics with Dora cos Princess like Dora 🙁 . It makes me wonder, if Princess saw this pic, will she get even more sad and jelous?
If you happen to be in Los Angeles,I would highly recommend you Universal Studios. This is a place that you must visit yourself to see all the amazing things that happen behind tube. Most of the time we go “wahhhhhhhhhhh” “oooOOOOooo” or “I seeeeeeeeeee”.
I saw this apple coated with chocolate.
It reminds me of Albie licking the red apple candy in Paris *jeles*. I’ll forgo this for the time being and scout for apple candy instead.
It’s the begining of spring when I was in LA. There’s flowers everywhere.
They are so beautiful and lovely. I’m sucker for flowers.
Ok. That’s so much as what I can show around Universal Studios. Too many things to see and do + Too many pics to take and show = Too little time in hand. I have tones of pics to share. It’s impossible to show them all here.
We soon met up with Lawrence again for dinner at 6pm. Like I say, he’s such a humble person. He insist on paying during meals which makes us a bit uneasy and paiseh. But when we get our chance to pay during breakfast, he say he’s not a breakkie type of person 😡 . We never get any chance to buy him meals.
What’s for dinner?
We eat almost anything that is served. Lawrence learnt fast. No point asking us what we want. Just order! I can say he’s good with food and know what’s best. This is not the best pizza I’ve ever eaten but this is my type of pizza. Thin crust. BBQ sauce makes the pizza even more yummilicious. Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino – You must try them! It is very very creamy.
By then, Lawrence announced, “You better take pictures of the pizza and show them to Mona. She’s buying you this meal.”
OMG! I almost wanna cry then I hear that. Mona is another friend of ours. We are all from the same hometown. I was supposed to meet up with her too. Unfortunately, she was schedule for a surgery on the same day I arrived. She called from her hospital bed shortly after we had finished our bites. It makes me wanna zoom off to her hospital and give her a big bear hug. Thank you Mona for this meal. Make sure I repay you when you are back in Malaysia. *snif snif*
It’s so freaking cold out there yet you can see folks queuing up for Cold Stone Ice-cream.
Lawrence make sure we try them before we are freeze to death on the street. What’s special? They slap a scoop of ice cream on a slab of stone and work them out by mixing nuts, fruits or candies of your choice. The ice-cream is already very yummy by itself. I don’t see why a slab of stone can improve the taste. *brrrrr…. we definitely gonna froze to death this time.
On the way home, we saw In-N-Out Burger.
On their menu, they have only 3 type of burgers 😉 Got the hint now? Can you imagine with only 3 type of burgers and their business is still blooming, you can tell that their burgers must’ve taste very very good. Lawrence again insist we must try their burger. Altho I’m so full, I just have to give them a try. I’ll have that for supper. Maybe? Do I have to tell you how good it is? It’s heaven! I love the thick and crunchy lettuce. I’m dying for greens actually. lol.
So much for pening down the whole day of event in words. Half of the time, I really dunno what I’m crapping about. 😳 See you tomorrow in Disneyland 😉
Go back to read Day 2 from LAX to Walk of Fame
Proceed to read Day 4 in Disneyland here