For the start of our tour in USA, there wasn't a personal tour guide to show us ard and pick us up at our hotel.. But e tour agent in Sg did helped us arrange our itinerary for e trip..and booked 1-day tours with e local tour company(L.A. Greyline tours), to bring us to attractions in L.A. that we wish to visit =)

We took a shuttle bus(just outside our hotel) to Greyline, where we exchanged our vouchers for tix to board e Greyline Coach to Universal Studios =) There were many pple as e coach company offers lots of 1-day tours to attractions in L.A. It's very convenient and e interesting part is, their drivers would act as e tour guide to drive u to ur destination and also 'entertain' u on e bus. They can really talk for Hours throughout e bus ride... telling u abt e places that we passed by along e way.. ;p


Universal Studios Hollywood

So after dropping us off at Universal Studios and getting our admission tix for us(making sure that all of us went in), e driver told us e timing to meet ltr in e evening, and then he went off =)

There wasn't many pple at Universal Studios that day.. and after getting e map of e place, I realised..there wasn't many rides as I was expecting either. =p

Take a look at e Parkmap of Universal Studios Hollywood

It's divided into 2 parts, the Upper Lot and e Lower Lot. and they were connected by several escalators coz e height difference was quite big.. they were 'far apart' in terms of elevations. haha. So be sure to complete e upper lot first before goin down to e lower one ;P

Althou there wasn't many rides, but this made our routes around e themepark simpler too, coz we hav a lot of time to go for e rides and shows there ;P And e first & most highly recommended one we went to was Shrek 4D. =) it's showing a short adventure of Shrek and friends trying to rescue Princess Fiona from e Dead Lord Farquaad.. a continual story after Lord Farquaad died(eaten up by e dragon) and he came back as a ghost to capture Princess Fiona.. ;]

This 4D ride was quite fun coz besides e 3D effect u see from ur 3D glasses, e seats are all 'equip' with surprises thru e ride.. u can Feel the actions ;P The seats moves(just some tilting up and down, nt v. vigorous..) and of course..experiencing water sprinkled on ur face or something tickling at ur ankles.. =p

Then e next one we went to, and also my Favourite ride at Universal Studios... is the Simpsons Ride !


The colourful set looks great and made it looked fun too.. ;D haha


The ride was fantastic !.. probably e best ride at Universal Studios ! =D

I enjoyed it so much despite all my screamings throughout e ride. haha! It has got 'roller coasters' in it, which is smth that I will NEVER try. But it only 'seemed like' a roller coaster. Not exactly one =P Cause it's all in the form of Animations for everyth that u see... =p And of course with all e 'movements' that goes together.. ;D

before e excitements starts, we were first brought into a room where we saw smth like a 'carriage'(but with no wheels..) with 4 seats in front and at e back(juz 2 rows only). Then we were told to place all our belongings(those dat could fall off during e ride) at the side of e room. At first I thot, if this 'carriage' moves, that means it goes through a track or smth, then how would we possibly get back to e same place ltr to pick up our belongings ? Hmm..

Then as e gate infront opens up, and when e lightings were all switched off into a complete darkness, I could sense that we were being Lifted up, outside of e room, above e ceiling... hehe. And e ride begins ! we were brought into another 'world' and it's all animations around us. Just like inside a big theatre and e screens are all around, surrounding us... infront, at e sides, and even looking up to e ceiling..~ It was really cool.. And so it made e whole ride seemed real.. goin up and down e roller coaster, e track that broke into half and made us plunge down onto e 'ground'.. and then being picked up by Giant BB Maggie and she 'sucked' all of us into her mouth like a pacifier...;P -moving in and out of her mouth.. ;P haha! It was totally fun !



And next before goin down to e Lower lot, we went for e Studo tours.. =D it was a very longgg tour of 1 hr and..45mins. But it was interesting looking at e movie sets and how they created those effects we seen in movies like flooding and explosions..






Movie set from Steven Spielberg's Film War of the Worlds ;)


Travelling down to e Lower Lot of themepark..

Then we went down to e lower lot.. a much smaller area than e upper lot coz most of e shops and eateries are at e Upper Lot. And we only went for 2 attractions down there..- 'Special Effects' and 'Revenge of the MUMMY Ride'.


Going for the Mummy Ride... x . x

Special Effects is like a workshop explaining to u how they created effects using advanced technology.. And Mummy Ride is a roller coaster ride indoors. The speed was amazingly fast~ and it went backwards somemore ! = . = really scary.. a bit 'too much' for me but luckily it was a very short ride.... =p

I Wanted to try e Jurassic Park ride too but I dint wanna get wet.. and I was also interested in e House of Horrors ! But..I dint dare to. =X timid wendy. hehe. yupp. I dun even watch horror movies.. so betta nt. I scared I might experience heart problems ltr.... =p

With that few attractions in Universal Studios, it's actually possible to go and experience All in a day.. but because I was with my parents, they totally depended on me to bring them ard. If i was with my friends or bf, I dun mind goin for all.. even for e House of Horrors, *Peer pressure is all I need. haha! that is if my fren is interested and jio me along for it. But then when it comes to my own decision, I might not go.. =p

For the start of our tour in USA, there wasn't a personal tour guide to show us ard and pick us up at our hotel.. But e tour agent in Sg did helped us arrange our itinerary for e trip..and booked 1-day tours with e local tour company(L.A. Greyline tours), to bring us to attractions in L.A. that we wish to visit =)

We took a shuttle bus(just outside our hotel) to Greyline, where we exchanged our vouchers for tix to board e Greyline Coach to Universal Studios =) There were many pple as e coach company offers lots of 1-day tours to attractions in L.A. It's very convenient and e interesting part is, their drivers would act as e tour guide to drive u to ur destination and also 'entertain' u on e bus. They can really talk for Hours throughout e bus ride... telling u abt e places that we passed by along e way.. ;p


Universal Studios Hollywood

So after dropping us off at Universal Studios and getting our admission tix for us(making sure that all of us went in), e driver told us e timing to meet ltr in e evening, and then he went off =)

There wasn't many pple at Universal Studios that day.. and after getting e map of e place, I realised..there wasn't many rides as I was expecting either. =p

Take a look at e Parkmap of Universal Studios Hollywood

It's divided into 2 parts, the Upper Lot and e Lower Lot. and they were connected by several escalators coz e height difference was quite big.. they were 'far apart' in terms of elevations. haha. So be sure to complete e upper lot first before goin down to e lower one ;P

Althou there wasn't many rides, but this made our routes around e themepark simpler too, coz we hav a lot of time to go for e rides and shows there ;P And e first & most highly recommended one we went to was Shrek 4D. =) it's showing a short adventure of Shrek and friends trying to rescue Princess Fiona from e Dead Lord Farquaad.. a continual story after Lord Farquaad died(eaten up by e dragon) and he came back as a ghost to capture Princess Fiona.. ;]

This 4D ride was quite fun coz besides e 3D effect u see from ur 3D glasses, e seats are all 'equip' with surprises thru e ride.. u can Feel the actions ;P The seats moves(just some tilting up and down, nt v. vigorous..) and of course..experiencing water sprinkled on ur face or something tickling at ur ankles.. =p

Then e next one we went to, and also my Favourite ride at Universal Studios... is the Simpsons Ride !


The colourful set looks great and made it looked fun too.. ;D haha


The ride was fantastic !.. probably e best ride at Universal Studios ! =D

I enjoyed it so much despite all my screamings throughout e ride. haha! It has got 'roller coasters' in it, which is smth that I will NEVER try. But it only 'seemed like' a roller coaster. Not exactly one =P Cause it's all in the form of Animations for everyth that u see... =p And of course with all e 'movements' that goes together.. ;D

before e excitements starts, we were first brought into a room where we saw smth like a 'carriage'(but with no wheels..) with 4 seats in front and at e back(juz 2 rows only). Then we were told to place all our belongings(those dat could fall off during e ride) at the side of e room. At first I thot, if this 'carriage' moves, that means it goes through a track or smth, then how would we possibly get back to e same place ltr to pick up our belongings ? Hmm..

Then as e gate infront opens up, and when e lightings were all switched off into a complete darkness, I could sense that we were being Lifted up, outside of e room, above e ceiling... hehe. And e ride begins ! we were brought into another 'world' and it's all animations around us. Just like inside a big theatre and e screens are all around, surrounding us... infront, at e sides, and even looking up to e ceiling..~ It was really cool.. And so it made e whole ride seemed real.. goin up and down e roller coaster, e track that broke into half and made us plunge down onto e 'ground'.. and then being picked up by Giant BB Maggie and she 'sucked' all of us into her mouth like a pacifier...;P -moving in and out of her mouth.. ;P haha! It was totally fun !



And next before goin down to e Lower lot, we went for e Studo tours.. =D it was a very longgg tour of 1 hr and..45mins. But it was interesting looking at e movie sets and how they created those effects we seen in movies like flooding and explosions..






Movie set from Steven Spielberg's Film War of the Worlds ;)


Travelling down to e Lower Lot of themepark..

Then we went down to e lower lot.. a much smaller area than e upper lot coz most of e shops and eateries are at e Upper Lot. And we only went for 2 attractions down there..- 'Special Effects' and 'Revenge of the MUMMY Ride'.


Going for the Mummy Ride... x . x

Special Effects is like a workshop explaining to u how they created effects using advanced technology.. And Mummy Ride is a roller coaster ride indoors. The speed was amazingly fast~ and it went backwards somemore ! = . = really scary.. a bit 'too much' for me but luckily it was a very short ride.... =p

I Wanted to try e Jurassic Park ride too but I dint wanna get wet.. and I was also interested in e House of Horrors ! But..I dint dare to. =X timid wendy. hehe. yupp. I dun even watch horror movies.. so betta nt. I scared I might experience heart problems ltr.... =p

With that few attractions in Universal Studios, it's actually possible to go and experience All in a day.. but because I was with my parents, they totally depended on me to bring them ard. If i was with my friends or bf, I dun mind goin for all.. even for e House of Horrors, *Peer pressure is all I need. haha! that is if my fren is interested and jio me along for it. But then when it comes to my own decision, I might not go.. =p