Monday, we went to Universal Studios. It was a lot of fun. My favorite rides were Shrek and the Mummy. The special effects presentations and Studio Tour were also really cool. We started with the upper lot, then did the lower lot, then finished the upper lot. I was surprised that I liked the Simpsons ride since I never watched the show and don't really like what I've heard of it. The Mummy is an indoor roller coaster and was so much fun we rode it twice. The back lot on the Studio tour was fun, too, since I've never seen real movie sets before. We saw the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo, Biff's car and the Lyon Estates entrance gates from Back to the Future (we didn't get a picture, though), the set used to arrive at the island for King Kong, the Bates Motel from Psycho (which included a creepy actor stuffing a fake body in the trunk, then walking towards the tour bus with a knife), Whoville from How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the plane crash from War of the Worlds, the set for part of the parade in the Princess Diaries 2, and the shark used in Jaws. We also saw Wisteria Lane from Desperate Housewives, which actually is a real street on the back lot and has all the characters' houses on it. I don't watch the show, so I couldn't tell you whose house we saw, but we got pictures of all of them. We also saw a crew doing a live production, but we didn't see any actors and we don't know which movie they were filming. Universal also offers several live-action shows, my favorite being the show based on the movie Waterworld. Here are some pictures.
The Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo! Not that this picture should really need a caption.
The set used to film the arrival to the island in King Kong. It really is that small, and there are ducks living in the pond that swim around the boat. It's actually quite funny.
Part of the set used in the parade in Princess Diaries 2.
Whoville from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. This set is about 1/4 mile from the Bates Motel.
Plane crash from War of the Worlds. Ironically, this set is directly behind Whoville.
Plane crashing through the wall in the Waterworld show. It had real actors playing in it, so it was well done. Was I the only one who saw this movie?
On Tuesday, we went to the beach in the morning since it was finally sunny. It rained Monday night, so the sand was wet when we first went out there, but it warmed up quickly. We both got a little tan and I got a sunburn. For anyone who doesn't know me and the sun well, I have to get sunburned if I'm going to get any color to my skin. Therefore, I don't get a tan very often. But it was nice to lay in the sun. Greg played in the sand and water, but I mostly laid on the beach and read a book. Tuesday night we went to the Newport Beach LDS Temple, which is very small but very, very pretty. It was a different experience than I am used to since I live near Salt Lake City.
Newport Beach, CA LDS Temple
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