Universal Studios- Friday, July 3, 2015

Today, we got up really early and drove to Universal Studios, which is north of Los Angeles.  We had parked and entered by 7:50 am.  We bought our tickets and went directly to the Minion ride, which Emma loved.  Next we rode on the Jurassic Park water ride.  We did not get very wet though.  The third ride was The Mummy ride.  It is a roller coaster ride.  Emma hated this ride and Anna loved it.  It was dark and full of skeletons. Emma said she liked it when Daddy goes with us, so she can stay with him.  Once again, another reference to Daddy, who is very missed.
After this ride we decided to go on the Studio Tour ride.  The wait was about 45 minutes, but the new effects that were added are awesome.  There is a Fast and Furious experience and a Godzilla experience that have been added since we first came here.  After the tour, we ate in the Simpsons' Springfield at Cletus's family restaurant. Emma liked her chichken but Julie and Anna felt a little sick.  We next proceeded to the Shrek 3D movie which was a 60 minute wait in the heat , but it was cute.  Lastly, we show the Waterworld Stunt shoe that had stunt people from NCIS and even Divergent.  We loved the show, but the heat started to get to us, so we decided to go thorugh some shops in Citywalk.  The girls each bought something at Hot Topic.

We then got the brilliant idea to watch Jurassic World at their movie theatre, since it was filmed at lot #12 in this studio.  It was a way to cool down and relax.  The movie was great and all of us enjoyed it.  However, when we came out we decided to leave and head back toward the hotel since it was after 6 pm.  When we arrived in Anaheim, we decided to eat at Denny's on Katella Blvd.  After dinner, at about 9 pm. we headed back to the hotel and all fell alseep.  It was another great day but we were exhausted.