Universal Studios, by Kate

As the Universal Studios globe went around and around the crowds waited patiently for the gates to open and to be able to go into Universal Studios.  As you entered, Kung Fu Panda would greet you and you could take a picture with him.  After, you could enter any ride you wanted including some rides you get wet on.  My favorite ride was called Revenge of the Mummy.  It was about where a mummy tried to escape and it wanted a book.  I kept my eyes open the whole time even though it was very scary. After, we went on some other rides. One of them was called Transformers. In this ride, you were trying to escape from the evil Transformers.   It was a ride in 4D because a Transformer threw water at you.  It was so cool.  Another ride was where you got in a boat and you try to escape the floods but you go in an old abandoned research station.  There were also dinosaurs along the way. 

There were little "cities" in Universal Studios:  Far Far Away, Madagascar, Si Fi City, Hollywood, New York, Ancient Egypt, and Lost World.  In Far Far Away you got  to watch a 4D movie of Shrek. There was also a roller coaster that tipped everywhere.  In other "cities" there was a Merry-Go-Round, the Accelerator where you go around and around, a ride called Treasure Hunter where you ride a buggy and get to pretend you are Howard Carter. There was a tube ride with dinosaurs, a ride called the Canopy Flier where you go high above the park.  The ride Battlestar Galatica was closed down because there was problems with the ride.  In New York there was a ride called Lights Camera Action.  It was a movie scene set in an old boat house.  There was a category 5 hurricane.  It was scary. There were no rides that I know of in Hollywood.  Universal Studios was really fun.        

Aimee and I on the Treasure Hunters ride

Roller coaster and castle at Far Far Away

Four of us in front of the Universal Studios globe at night

This is not at Universal Studios (but it looks like it should be). It's a picture of me running to one of the pit stops (Fullerton Pavilion) when the Amazing Race was filmed in Singapore last season (it's my favourite TV show)