Universal Studios, by Elizabeth

Boxing Day in 2014 was my favorite day ever because on Boxing Day we went to Universal Studios.  Before we got in we had to wait a long time. We saw the gates all open because we were the first people there. I saw a mascot called Po from Kung Fu Panda. Then we went on the first ride. It was a Transformer ride. On the ride you have to fight and escape one of the bad Transformers. Then we went on the Accelerator. It spins you around. That was all in the Sci Fi section of Universal Studios. Next we went to the Egyptian section. The first ride in that section was The Revenge of the Mummy. I went on it and I would rate it 'R' for Restricted. It was the scariest ride ever. We also went on Treasure Hunters which is a ride in a pretend jeep that shows a bunch of Egyptian stuff. It also showed pretend animals. The animals were leopards, crocodiles, and scarabs. Next we went to the Lost World section. It is based on the movie Jurassic Park. There is a Jurassic Park in the Lost World section. In Jurassic Park we went on the Rapids Adventure. There was a very long line-up. It was about an hour wait. Right before we got on the boat, it closed down because there was a mechanical problem. We had to wait another 10 minutes for it to be fixed and then finally we were able to go on the ride. It was really interesting. First, you are a bunch of tourists looking at dinosaurs but then the dinosaurs get out of their cages and begin attacking the boat. You go up an elevator and there is a dinosaur over your head. Then you go down a waterfall and get very wet and then the ride is over. It is very fun. Next, we went to the Far Far Away section. It is based on the movie Shrek. We went on the Shrek 4D Adventure which is basically a short movie about Shrek that is 4D. Then we went on Enhanted Airways which was a normal roller coaster. Kate and I went on a small ferris wheel and we all watched the show Donkey Live. The next section we went to was Madagascar which is based on that movie. We went on a Merry-Go-Round and the Madagascar Crate Adventure where we saw all the characters from the movie. Then we went to Hollywood. It is where we saw Lights Camera Action to see how movies are so realistic. It was really interesting. After that we saw a show about Christmas with a lot of dancing.

Walking towards the Revenge of the Mummy ride

Just outside of Far Far Away

In front of Shrek's house