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Universal Studios Hollywood- Universal City: Part 3

Part 3 is finally here! If you haven't already read the earlier parts yet, here are the links for your reference: Universal Studios Hollywood- Universal City: Part 1 and Universal Studios Hollywood- Universal City: Part 2. As stated earlier, Part 3 is about the long wait for the Studio Tour, the Studio Tour itself, and beef stew and wonton noodle soup at Garden Cafe- Arcadia. After planning out our schedule for the rest of the trip, we decided to go for the Studio Tour, even if it would be a two hour wait. Besides, it is after all the main attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood! A sea of people were waiting in line. Well, you could basically skip the line if you had a VIP pass, but that would be an additional 100 dollars per person approximately. I'd rather spend that on a nice meal somewhere instead . Even just reaching the Studio Tour sign took almost 15 minutes. Not a very good outlook for sure. At least the water misters were on full blast. To make people n...

Universal Studios Hollywood- Universal City: Part 2

Continuing from part 1 (click * Universal Studios Hollywood- Universal City: Part 1 * to read it), we went from playing various games to Waterworld, which Universal Studios describes as "a tidal wave of explosive action" where "the hit motion picture comes surging to live in a spectacular tidal wave of death defying stunts, awesome explosions and an ocean of thrills!" And it was most certainly an entertaining and amazing show. Inside, things were getting onto the mood. Heroic music was playing, and employees dressed in costumes were getting ready. Then... The employees started to have some fun by spraying people who haven't sat down yet. And yes, I was in the wet zone! The show does get wet in some situations due to the quick stunt moves by the ships, which sends water flying all over to the wet zone. If I hadn't covered the face of the person, you'd see his face looking towards the employee, who was basically trying to act if he did not spra...