Tuesday, December 6, 2016

California 2016: Day 6 (Universal Studios)

The highlight of Day 6 of our trip to California was visiting Universal Studios. Probably the lowlight was getting there as traffic was CRAZY. As much as I liked growing up in California, I think the traffic alone would prevent me from ever living there again.

I'm not sure if it was because Marilu bought our tickets online, but we were able to enter the park an hour early to visit the newest area, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. We've been reading the HP books with Lucas over the last couple of years--currently on #5--so it was fun for him to experience the magic firsthand.




After Harry Potter, we made sure to head straight to all the "big" rides. As a result, we didn't have to deal with much in the way of lines, and we'd gone on 90% of the rides (some twice) before it was even noon. The lineups were pretty long in the afternoon, but by that point, we'd been on just about everything we wanted to see.

In sticking with my theme of visiting breweries while in California, I had to get this picture in front of the fictional Duff Brewery from The Simpsons.


A nice picture of Lucas and Marilu with a Southern California backdrop (complete with smog in the distance!).


At approximately 45 minutes, the lineup for the Despicable Me ride was the only long wait we had. The rest of the rides were ones we either walked right on or waited, at most, 5 minutes. Definitely one of the best theme park visits I've had--from an efficiency standpoint.



Being a long-time fan of The Walking Dead comic, I had to visit the new TWD attraction at Universal. Worry not, Lucas and Marilu went on something else while I did this.


Probably the best picture of the day.


The end is in sight: only 2 more days of California pictures!

1 comment:

Mom/Grammy said...

Those were all great pictures. It sure sounds as though Universal is a great park to visit. You all looked like you were enjoying yourselves. That's "haze" not smog. What kind of Californian are you?