Universal Studios!

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One place the boys were super excited about going to while in Hollywood was Universal Studios. We spent all day there…and when I say all day, I mean ALL day! Open to close. It was worth every minute. (LOADS of pictures!)

We first headed to Hogwarts…which is the Harry Potter area. Absolutely amazing! The castles were breath taking and the stores contained products you would actually see in the movies. What a fun area! If you are a Harry Potter fan (or not) you will love this area!

Had to get some Butterbeer. There are two kinds: frozen slushie and a regular drink. We, of course, got one of each. Oh. My. Yum.  SOOO good! My favorite was the slushie. Tasted a lot like cream soda!

A picture by the conductor at Hogwarts Express! He was so fun!

A few of the wands in the wand picking ceremony.

Second, stop…Krustyland in the Simpson Section!

We all rode the Simpson ride which 3 out of the 4 of us loved. It is basically a virtual reality ride. The “car” we were in moves, shakes, bounces, etc. while a video is all around you. I closed my eyes the ENTIRE ride, tired to find a happy place, counted to 100 and prayed to get off. As soon as I got off…Dramamine. Can you guess which one of us did not like the ride? The boys actually rode it a second time (vomit)

Off to Minion Land! I loved everything about this area!!

We saw the entire family, but not all at once. So cute!!

We rode the minion ride, which was also virtual reality. I was done after that ride.

At this point, we went for lunch and the Universal Back Lot Tour…sooo many pictures of that, I am just going to stick to rides for today’s post.

Sam and Jason went on the Jurassic Park water ride. Jack and I wold have gone but the 85 foot drop at the end stopped us.

Waiting to see the boys drop out of the dark hole!

Can you spot them in the very back row…right side?

The boys headed off to Shrek 4D, which I found out I could have done. Its a 3D movie, which become 4D with water sprayed on you and things under your seat. No…instead I decided I could go through the Walking Dead maze. Please remember as you read this story, I have never gone through a haunted house in my entire life.

See Sam contemplating how fast he could run if a zombie just may happen to walk out of the attraction? He went to Shrek.

I had watched this attraction on YouTube and thought…I can do that! I’ll tell you what…It’s a whole different story inside the maze and in the dark! And being the first “haunted” place I had gone through.

You have to turn corners and you do not know what it going to happen around the next corner! I was looking at some shelves through a door and a zombie slammed up against the door. I peed. Yep. I am owning it. I peed.

For the rest of the maze, I hung onto Jason’s shorts. My thought process was that I will put him between me and the zombies, BECAUSE the zombies come at you!! He saw one (I did not) and he slooowed down his walk on purpose…so it would come out at us! Really!! Who does that?

Once we walked out, we got the giggles so bad. Jason had to turn his shorts around. Why do you get the giggles so bad after you have been scared to death?

When the park closed, we headed to a nearby restaurant for dinner. We were so tired, that we couldn’t even think about what we were to do the next day or what time! We just wanted to eat and go home!

The boys passed time looking at all the pictures from the day.

We so wanted to leave and go home, but wouldn’t you know it, our waitress came out and said, “We know you have been here all day, so we decided to give you s’mores on the house!” Yay. Thank you. Any other day, we would be excited.

But as you can see, we took advantage and had s’mores. Sam was really enjoying his! 🙂

Finally back to our room and the boys went straight to bed. I mean, changing clothes while walking to bed and they were out!!

This is the next morning, trying to get them up. I turned on the lights and neither boy moved!!

Once I got them up and going..off to Paramount for a back lot tour!!