First of all, can I just say... Moses and I strategically invested in some fancy popcorn today. Never, in all my life, will I ever get my chops round something so delicious. I'm going to quote word for word my reaction after the first mouthful: 

"That, is f***ing exquisite." It made me pull a facial expression I never knew I had. 

Anyway... So now you know. 

Kinda skipped yesterday... as that was more of a failed planning day. We fancied taking a trip up to Canada... but because we were being too, jeffin SPONT about the excursion... the prices have bitten us. So we may need to change our game plan. 
Ended up getting our Cool-J on Santa Monica Bay for a bit, and watched the sunset. I really liked one of the bar advertisements: 

Quote of the Day 

"Our beer is colder than your ex girlfriend's heart"
 
Today however...
 
Woke up pretty early like a productive little worm, and decided to use the Banana Bungalow gym facilities. Oh. Oh okay... As basic as a cheese roll. But still... gotta crack on, if you wanna get strong. So whipped out my guns and hopped to it. 

Left for Universal around 11am. Using public transport here is worse than Brighton. I thought the 700 was slow??!! Jeeez... So after a couple of hours of bus hopping, like lost rabbits, we arrived near the entrance to Universal Studios. Not far from the bus stop, no not at all... just a small trudge to the very, friggin pinnacle of Hollywood. Phore! But we made it. Eventually. 

We're through the gates... First things first... 

THE SIMPSON'S RIDE

Was spec-bloody-tacular. The ride was a simulator. It was a good one too. Not some crappy Boy Scout pleaser you'd find at an Air Show. No. This was the works. Universal got smart with their gadgets and spat out a nice, tidy creation. There was a little story within this ride too. Basically, Side-Show-Bob was hating on Crusty and the Simpsons clan, in a big way. We got thrown about a fair bit, and even took a trip into Maggie's moosh... It was wet, and smelly. 

After that, we strolled past the Kwiki-Mart and dived in to this 'Special Effects' sneak preview show. It was awesome. There was this chubby guy presenting, and he showed us how they create gory, blood, splatter effects, how to make people look like they're flying, running away from monsters, all sorts! The fact he was picking people from the audience made it tons more entertaining. Got some pretty cool snaps and videos from that. 

I didn't rate the Jurassic Park ride. I think that was their excuse to indirectly piss off people who stupidly chose to hop on that ride. Me and Moses being apart of that unfortunate group of people. 
They seemed to find any excuse to just dribble freezing, cold water on to you. Even the dinosaurs looked tragic, poor things. So, yeah...Unless you're in serious need of a rinse, or they decide to knock it down and rebuild something worth getting wet for (ay? You what?) ... Don't waste your time. 

RANT OVER. 

Transformers Ride was exhilarating. So much metal in your face. I felt like I had motorboated a razor blade. Although the ride was awesome, I didn't enjoy being in the middle of some massive, Japanese, family outing in the queue. This dude was full on nestling his nose in my hair... Not just once... Continuously throughout our queue waddling. Weird. We then saw some of the props used in movies which was pretty cool. My favourite was the 'Back to the Future' car. 

The last thing we did was go on a tour around all the movie sets. They had sets from so many different movies...

• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Desperate Housewives
• Jaws
• War of the Worlds
• Dilemma video - Kelly Rowland & Nelly
• The Grinch
• Van Helsing 

They're just a handful... I found it really interesting. They even showed you how they change the weather, using sound ... and water. SMART. 
Absolutely loved today. Particularly enjoyed mocking the spooky clowns in the Halloween, Zombie section... 

Almost forgot to give a shout out to the popcorn... Peanut Butter and Chocolate flavour... Was the t***... And don't you forget it. Check out the other mental flavours... The joint was called 'Popcornopolis'.

 http://www.popcornopolis.com/about-us/
 

Quote of the Day

"Have a TRAAAM-TASTIC day... Have a TRAAAM-TASTIC night. Just watch your step as you leave the TRAM, and everything will be alright."