Universal Studios - New York & Hollywood

Monster Rock at Pantages Hollywood Theater was most enjoyable.  The 20 min rock-n-roll musical featured infamous Universal monsters like a mummy, frankenstein and dracular and the singing and dancing was just spectacular.  Lots of singing and toe tapping coming from me as most of the songs were from the 80's.  The finale was this one, ready to sing along and tap those drumsticks in the air?
Sometimes I feel I've got to,
Run away,
I've got to,
Get away from the pain you drive in the heart of me,
The love we share,
Seems to go nowhere,
And I've lost my light,
For I toss and turn,
Can't sleep at night.....

which of course is Tainted Love by Soft Cell.

With love from Singa,

Sue.

Universal Studios - Far Far Away

The land of Far Far Away showcases lifestyles of the rich and fairy taled. The Attractions include the Shrek 4-D Adventure, Enchanted Airways junior roller coaster and the Magic Potion Spin, which is a fantastical ferris wheel for children.
The Shrek merchandise at the Fairy Godmother's Potion Shop was quite extensive.  I was very tempted to purchase a Puss in Boots plush, but the eyes were all wrong.  Puss had crazy eyes instead of sad eyes.
There was quite a selection of iced slushies on offer in the gift shop.  I wanted to go for a normal flavour like strawberry, but it wasn't frozen enough.  The young guy was kind enough to give me a sample of every flavour of slushy.  I didn't have the heart to tell me I no longer need to quench my thirst after all the samples, so I bought the Guava one, hmmm quite refreshing.

 

With love from Singa,

Sue.

Universal Studios - Madagascar

The Madagascar Attractions are King Julien's Beach Party-Go-Round and Madagascar: A Create Adventure.
Loved the detail of the Madagascar characters on the carousel with their crazy expressions.
The Madagascar: A Crate Adventure is a river boat ride with the 4 lovable charcaters, Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria.
The Penguin Mercantile gift store had lots of assorted keepsakes inspired by the many characters of Madagascar including plush hats, key fobs and T-shirts. 
Dining options included the Casa Del Wild for South East Asian dishes, hot noodles and curries or you could grab some take-away at Gloria's Snack Shack.

With love from Singa,

Sue.

Universal Studios - Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt has two attractions - Revenge of the Mummy and Treasure Hunters. 
The Revenge of the Mummy is an indoor roller coaster ride that plunges you into total darkness as you come face to face with warrior mummies and scarab beetles. 
Children at Treasure Hunters can drive their own desert jeep through an abandoned Egyptian excavation site.
Archaeology fans can shop at the Carter's Curiosities gift shop and there are lots of replicas of historical artifacts discovered from ancient Egyptican ruins.  

With love from Singa,

Sue.

Universal Studios - Sci Fi City

The main attraction in Sci Fi City is the roller coaster ride called Battlestar Galactica.  Battlestar Galactica is the world's tallest pair of duelling roller coasters with several inversions, a zero-g roll, a cobra roll, corkscrew, vertical loops and near collisions mere centimeters apart.  The best thing though is you get to choose your side - Human or Cylon, being the different coloured tracks.



With love from Singa,

Sue.

Universal Studios - The Lost World

The Lost World is divided into 2 themed areas - Jurassic Park & Water World. 

There's a Dino-Soarin ride where children can pilot their own Pteranodon and a Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure river raft ride that takes you through primeval dinosaur habitats and you get wet.  Water World was a live show, which I didn't bother with.

Jurassic Park was my favourite Universal Studios attraction.  The streets were lined with die cast metal dinosaur heads and the 2 dinosaur statues were absolutely huge.  Each attraction has their own gift shop/s and Jurassic Park has Dino-Store and Jurassic Outfitters. The Dino-Store was filled with Dinosaur plushies and other dinosaur themed novelty items like pens and mould kits and the Jurassic Outfitters had lots of hats, clothing and phot frames.  The Dinosaur plushies were so cute, but I resisted to urge to buy a Steg.     

  

With love from Singa,

Sue.

Hershey's Chocolate World

And for the chocoholics, there's Hershey's Chocolate World.  Similiar in size to Candylicious, this store has hundreds of different Hershey's & Reese's products, mostly edible, but some novelty.  Walking through the store, the aromas of caramel, chocolate and peanut butter was quite overpowering, but given the number of people inside getting their chocolate fix, others didn't seem to mind.  The two characters were kind enough to pose for me whilst I took their photo.

 With love from Singa,

Sue.