Universal Studios

This morning we got up on time and were able to have breakfast in the hotel and it was good - no frozen dinners.  We got to Universal Studios around 9:30 and it was not too hot.  Of course that did not last long.

The first show we saw was Shrek 4D.  It was fun to feel all four dimensions.  We then walked to the New York area and all the store fronts looked as if we were in New York.  Linwood tried to take my picture on the steps of a book store but the camera would not work.  It was the same place I took a picture of Rebecca when she and I went to Disney World and Universal in 1994.  This place has changed so much since then.  Linwood enjoyed several of the storefronts.



I remember TVs like this.

You can tell he likes these vacuum cleaners.

Next was the San Francisco area.  

Here we saw Disaster movie being made.  The 'director' picked 7 people out of the audience to participate in shooting different scenes.  We were then put on a subway car to film another part.  Of course this is where the earthquake happened and the flood.  It was cheesy but fun.

Fourth of July on Amity Island was next --------JAWS

I am happy to say that on the boat ride we killed the shark.  There was a lot of noise and a lot of water and a lot of Jaws coming out of the water.

In the Kidszone area we were able to help ET get home.  We rode on bikes (5 in a row) connected together.  We rode up in the air and pass the stars to help ET.  We did enjoy this ride.

Hollywood was next



 I think we enjoyed this section the best.  We was the Universal Orlando's Horror Make-up Show.  They showed how make-up artist use special effects in horror movies. 

We also spent some time in the Lucy Tribute.  They had lots of pictures and articles.  We ate at Mel's Drive In.  In the parking lot were old cars (most were from 50-60s)

The large park area was decorated with pumkins and more pumkins.

We had a wonderful time but we were so tired when we returned to the hotel.  I took a long nap and then we showered and went to the Crab House for dinner.  It was very good and of course we ate too much.