Universal Studios, Day 1, Jan 5/08

Today was our first day at Universal Studios. What a day. We started out with the Shrek 4D show, that was pretty awesome.

Then we went on the Studio Tour, that was pretty neat to see sets from a ton of different shows and movies. The we made the first mistake of the day, we went on the Simpsons ride. Now I dont do motion similated rides, and I didnt know this was one of them, but Chris egged me on, and he had a point, it had been almost 10 years since I went on some of these that made me sick, so I should give it a try. holy crap, worst ride ever for me, but the kids loved it! So now Im nauseaus for the rest of the day. But I cant say enough about the Waterworld show, it was awesome, and a must do when we do our second day.

Then we did this awesome Special Effects show, that all 3 kids got to be a part of. Showed how green screens and sound effects worked.

We then headed to the Backdraft show, pretty cool, but you really need to be in the front row and we werent. Then we all ran over to the Mummy Ride, we all love the movies. But let me tell you, whoa what a ride, fast and in the dark, and backwards, I lost my headband and Chris caught his glasses as they flew off his head. Needless to say another one the kids loved, but not for me. Chris didnt like the second ride, he hit his bad arm pretty hard.

We then got dinner at the awesome Univeral CityWalk. Back to the hotel and so very excited to get back to Disneyland tomorrow, we even get early entry first day!!!