I finally caught up on some sleep last night so I'm feeling almost human this morning.
I was up early, showered etc etc and in an Uber on the way to Universal Studios by 9 am. I've been there previously in 1984 and again 2011, but this time I'm doing it in style. I purchased a VIP pass and BOY!! Does that make a difference.
I have to say that the weather was absolutely perfect but I did miscalculate on one thing. I thought there would be less crowds on a week day but apparently today is Columbus Day so there were a LOT of people there.
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| Universal Studios |
Arrival time was 9:45 and the VIP experience started with a lovely breakfast.
Great grub!!
There were 10 of us in our group being led around like we were on a school excursion, by Joyce. Now if you travel all the way to the USA to go to Universal Studios you would expect to meet some Americans .... right? Wrong!! Five of us were from Brisbane and two from Sydney. Crazy.
I had a wonderful day enjoying some of the rides. Some that, in retrospect I shouldn't have. The breakfast and lunch were so good I may have over indulged and rumour has it that I ate two desserts. Luckily all this food stayed where it should.
Lunch was in the Moulin Rouge and was excellent.
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| Moulin Rouge |
It was all you can eat and served up by this lovely chef and his Pasty cook. No no pastry........ he was definitely PASTY.
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| Head Chef |
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| The pasty cook? |
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| A smorgasbord of all you can eat so I tried a bit of everything |
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| Shut up!! It's only a rumour |
Before we hit the rides we were loaded onto a small bus and driven around the property department, and some of the many movie sets, both old and new and enjoyed a few "adventures" along the way. The special effects are very clever.
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| A lot of The Pirates of the Carribean The Curse of The Black Pearl was filmed here |
The rides were amazing. Some of the waiting times for mere mortals were 35 to 40 minutes but being VIP's we just glided by, straight to the front of the queue. Actually it was a bit embarrassing so I tried not to make eye contact - like any normal VIP lol
The best attraction was WaterWorld. This was a live show and there was so much action going on with boats and jet skis and a plane and fighting and a damsel in distress and fires and noise. An assault on the senses but just terrific. Unfortunately you aren't allowed to take photos. I was glad we were sitting up high because the first few rows got very, very wet lol.
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| We had to almost tip toe past the Will and Grace studio because they were taping and no, we didn't get to see them :( |
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| The actual area is 415 acres. Yuge!!! |
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| Harry Potter |
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| More Harry Potter |
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| Not Harry Potter |
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All in all it was a fabulous day and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Was it worth $400 for the VIP ticket? Yes, most definitely because it was just for me. I guess it would be different for a couple or a family but it certainly made the day special for me. Also, if you add up all the half hour waits to get onto the rides with normal tickets then I think I got more bang for my buck.
At the end of the 7 hour day my feet ache and I'm pleasantly tired. Left over Chinese for dinner and then bed. I will sleep well.
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