As well as being a theme park, Universal Studios is all about movie production. I was living in hope this was going to be more than bouncing from ride to ride with Dylan. It nearly was. Nearly.
Whilst we were waiting for the first ride, we got talking to a loud American employee who just “looooved” Aussies. He talked to us about all the things he and the rest of USA knew about Australia - riding kangaroos to school, eating vegemite by the spoonful, and watching Home and Away.
He suggested we go through the Walking Dead exhibit. This turned out to be one of the scariest 2 minutes of our lives with zombies jumping out of hidden doorways at us and generally scaring the you know what out of us. Kayla had made the brave (and ultimately correct ) decision to not go in and waited outside for us.
Then the rides started and Dylan’s adrenaline climbed quicker than the speed of the lift in the Guardians of the Galaxy.
After many rides later I finally got time to give my heart a rest and we went into the “Water World” shoe where they have a full on production with explosions, jet skis and other powered boats. With the perfectly timed sound affects and the staged fighting, it was easy to see how movies can be made in a confined space yet appear to be across miles of area.
It gets dark at about 5pm, and with the park closing at 6, we were still able to be treated with an amazing display of festive season lights and decorations
