USA Day 2 - Universal Studio Hollywood (B)

Continuation from USA Day 2 - Universal Studio Hollywood (A)…

The first ride that we went for was Jurassic Park: The Ride, a river-raft ride through a dinosaur-infested jungle. You'll want to wear your rain poncho for the 85-foot plunge finale to escape from the ferocious T-Rex! Look at us, totally drenched!!

Photo ops with characters from Revenge of the Mummy

Entrance to Revenge of the Mummy, an indoor roller coaster which races through the dark at 45 mph past exploding fireballs, raging mummy warriors and swarming beetles with sudden launch, forwards and backwards motion. Warning: This is a super exciting ride!! Not for the faint hearted. Free locker is available to riders to store their belonging for the duration of the ride.

Photo ops with Bumblebee Autobot

Entrance to Transformers: The Ride, a motion simulator ride consists of vehicle-mounted motion platforms and super-size 3D projections of various Transformers characters. We entered a vehicle and found ourselves in the middle of the war zone with Optimus as the Autobots attempt to protect the AllSpark from the Decepticons.

USA Day 2 - Universal Studio Hollywood (A)

Started our Day 2 trip with a visit to Universal Studios Hollywood - a combination of a working TV and movie studio and a movie-based theme park!

The famous Hollywood Sign, perched high atop Mount Lee, the tallest peak in Los Angeles.
Photo taken from Hollywood and Highland Center.

Zoom in on the T-rex dinosaur that broke through the roof of Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum.

Direction:
1. Take Metro Red Line train from Hollywood and Highland Station to Universal City Station
2. Follow the crowd to exit the station
3. Cross the road
4. Wait at the bus stop on the right side of the road for the free shuttle bus up the hill to Universal Studios. Frequency: Every 10 to 15 minutes

Universal Studio Hollywood bus and entrance

We produced our universal-print-at-home-tickets (each ticket priced at US$76.00 = SG$96.52) to enter the park and picked up a map and show schedule guide on the way in.

McDonald Fairy Tales Hello Kitty Toys

Cute Hello Kitty plush toys by McDonald are back!!
Gotta collect all 6 designs in this Fairy Tales series =)
This will mean that I must have one lunch at McDonald every week, so unhealthy hor!
Sacrifice my ‘health’ for Hello Kitty toys, oops!

• Wizard of Oz -- 30 May till 5 June 2013
• Little Red Riding Hood -- 6 June till 12 June 2013
• Frog Prince -- 13 June till 19 June 2013
• Ugly Duckling -- 20 June till 26 June 2013 T
• Singing Bone (Limited Edition) -- 27 June till 3 July 2013
• Witch (McDelivery only) -- From 30 May 2013 onwards

Purchase Hello Kitty plush toy at $4.60 each with purchase of any Extra Value Meal at McDonald.
While stocks last.

UPDATED
Close up photos of Hello Kitty Lion

USA Day 1 - Los Angeles : Hollywood Blvd

Itinerary and photos of our holiday trip to USA in Oct 2012. Enjoy!

What a big difference in luggage sizes for our 18 days USA holiday trip!
Smallest luggage = SY; Medium = AH; Largest = AG

LAX arrival hall

Boarded FlyAway bus at the airport terminal and bus took about 30mins to reach Union Station. Gotta alight from the bus, join a queue to buy bus tickets ($7 per pax one way, payment by credit card only) and give bus tickets to bus driver to claim our luggage. What a strange arrangement! I can ran off without paying any fare if I don’t have any luggage with me…

Flyaway bus and our lady bus driver

Interior of Metro Rail train

Hello Kitty x Tokidoki figurines

I want these cute Hello Kitty figurines!!
Esp the Unicorn Kitty, Apple Kitty, Cow Kitty and Scotter Ride Kitty. So cute!

Time to head down to the nearest 7-Eleven store and grab a couple now. Or all 10. *evil smile*
Whoever has extra stamps from 7-Eleven MUST pass them to me yah. Thanks in advance =)

How to redeem:

• Collect 6 stamps and get 1 figurine for $3.90
• Collect 18 stamps and get 1 figurine for free
• Purchase $4 to get 1 stamp
• Purchase selected products to get additional stamps