Monday, April 22, 2013

Universal Studios

A friend of a friend of mine happens to work at Universal Studios so we just happened to come across some free tickets last week.  Good times!

Mostly.

Well, I don't really have any pictures because we were only there a few hours and I didn't bring my camera.  We were there for the All American Rejects concert.  A band that I remember listening to with my sister in the car while we went joy riding drove responsibly to and from church activities that my parents were always aware of.

In person... these guys were not so good.  Or maybe just the sound quality of the stage killed it.  But the band was difficult to hear and the main guy (I love the band, but honestly have no clue of any of their names) looked just... gross.  Disheveled hair in a wife beater all sweaty and unshaven.  He slipped a time or two saying a swear word and made some jokes about "Oh, oops, family park..."  Great.  So professional.  Ah well, I guess bands just aren't professional.

Man, I feel like I'm talking like an eighty year old.

Anyway, the rides were fun!  We rode MIB.  It's one of those rides where you get a gun and you shoot the aliens to boost the score up.  The average of our ride vehicle was around 356,000.  (six people in the vehicle)  Sami's score was 126,500.  I would have made fun of her... but my score was 7,800.  Yes, only four digits.  Not six.  Not even five.  Shut up.  I suck at those games.

We rode the Mummy which was my favorite.  Incredibly well done roller coaster with a surprise and a twist.  And there was a ride/show thing that was hilarious where they get members of the audience to participate.  Sami and I felt like snobs picking apart and judging every ride and all the details assigning points between Disney and Universal.  It was definitely a good time.  We did all the awesome rides except the really huge roller coaster.  I guess I'll just have to save that for next time!  It's really nice to visit other parks and get that "fresh" theme park feeling of something new again.

But I still love Disney.

And that was my awesome Saturday in Universal Studios.  How awesome was your weekend?

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