Universal Studios

We had a fun day at Universal Studios today. However, it started off an little unexpectedly. First, we had parked the car near an ants nest and when we went to get it, we found a bunch of California natives that we didn't care to meet. We spent the next 45 minutes going through our stuff in the van, shaking out all the loose things and killing as many ants that we could find. I looked in Jeff's van, which was parked close to ours, and saw ants in there as well. I let Jeff know since they were at Disneyland but I haven't heard how his extermination process went. Needless to say, I parked the van in the middle of the parking lot today so the ants can't get to it. After the ant episode, the trip to Universal Studios took over an hour and 15 minutes to go the 40 miles due to traffic.


Once at Universal Studios, we had a great time. We hit most of the attractions without much of a wait. We went on Jurassic Park first thing and got really wet. I knew that the ride had a huge drop but I didn't mention it to the kids. I figured what they didn't know wouldn't hurt them....


One nice thing about the park is that they did a really good job at keeping people cool. There were misters everywhere and shade in the lines and fans at other places. We really didn't feel as hot as we did yesterday at Disneyland. The other thing I discovered is that the park sits on a huge hill. You take 3 or 4 elevators down to part of the park where Jurassic Park ride was at. Anyway, below are some pictures and a video (if I can get that to work)

After the Jurassic Park ride

The flood on the Studio Tour

Rylee and Jarret overlooking the city

Waterworld show. The guy falling is on fire.

Below is a video I took with our camera. It may take a little for it to load.

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Day 4