Today was another touristy (some might say tacky - it really depends what you're into) day for us in the land of make believe we know as Hollywood. Today, we went to Universal Studios. Luckily for us the weather held out and although there were some dark clouds as the day wore on, the sun still shone and there was not a drop of rain.
As it's winter the place was not packed which was great for lining up for everything. The longest we had to wait was about ten minutes and often we could just walk straight in. One of the first things we did was the Studio tour. You sit in a tram type bus type thing that drives you around the sound stages and outdoor sets with a tour guide giving commentary along with showing videos about what movies were done at particular sets. A lot of them are recognisable but close up they do lose a bit of the magic because they don't look as good in real life. But that could be because they are not all being used and so aren't 'dressed'. We went down Wysteria Lane (from Desperate Housewives) and that looked great as it was all set up. We were at the studios on the weekend which is kind of good but also kind of bad. If it was a weekday we might have seen some stars there filming but if they were using particular sets (like Wysteria Lane) we wouldn't have been able to look at that if it wasn't the weekend.
There were lots of other great things to see such as special effects and a show with animals from the movies (which was super cute), not to mention the shops.
One really odd thing we saw (and I'm pretty sure they weren't meant to be there) were deer. Yes deer. Three deer randomly walking along one of the roads of the back lots that we had taken on the studio tour. Very bizarre.
The food left a lot to be desired but then that's to be expected at this kind of place.
All in all a fun day was had by all.
Just trying to see how many times I could fit the word 'all' in a sentence.
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