Sunday, October 19, 2008

My Trip: Day 5 - July 22

My brother and I went to Universal Studios again. My brother complained that no water had sprayed on him in the Shrek 3D movie the day before, so we watched that 3D movie again and he finally got water sprayed on him. We went to the following attractions on that day: the Simpsons Ride, the Waterworld show, the Terminator 3D movie, and the Animal Actor show. I was very surprised about the design of the Simpsons Ride. At first I thought it would be a real roller-coaster-like ride, but it later turned out that we were locked in a room indoors in which the car kept moving and rotating to simulate the 3D effect, with a projector screen in front of us. It was an exciting ride, but it made me dizzy, haha. My little brother loved the Waterworld show the most. He was particularly shocked by the scene in which a small plane suddenly fell onto the "sea" in front of him live! I was a bit disappointed by the Terminator 3D movie, which was not as good as Shrek, as well as by the Animal Actor show, which was not as good as the animal show I saw at the Hamilton safari in Canada. We finally waited on the line for almost an hour to play the Jurassic Park ride AGAIN. It was worth the wait, even though we would get wet again!


As a side note, I brought my brother to a place where we ordered crepe for lunch. This was the first time my brother tried crepe. He seemed to enjoy it!


Before we headed back to our hotel, I drove to Staples Center as a result of my brother's urge. He is an NBA fan, and he desperately wanted to see LA Lakers' arena. He took some pictures, but we stayed in our car because there was no free place to park. I didn't really care though because I am not an NBA fan, haha.