We spent the day at Universal Studios, Hollywood, one of the oldest movie studios which is still actively used, in fact they bill themselves as being the world's largest movie studio. The modern tours here started in 1964 and eventually grew to include the theme park. Now they have other locations such as Universal Studios, Florida. The attractions have changed over the years to keep up with the movies. Its different than my last visit in 1987. The studios have been damaged by fire, nine times over the years, not a good safety record.
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| Universal Citywalk |
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| At the Globe |
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The first thing we did was to go on the 45 minute long Studio Tour where you ride a tram through real sets. There are sets for city street scenes, westerns, and small towns and movie sets for films like Psycho, Jaws, War of the Worlds, etc. Lots of great movies were made here.
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| Styrofoam sets |
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| Flash Flood |
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Amity: Home of Jaws
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We used to have one of these.
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| Tram Smashed by King Kong |
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| Norman putting a body in the car at the Bates Motel |
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| Flash Flood |
We went on some rides next to avoid the crowds later in the day. It got very full. We went on Shrek 4D, Jurassic Park, and Revenge of the Mummy. The Mummy ride was an indoor roller coaster, that went forwards and backwards. Thank God we did not have lunch first.
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| Yes, we got wet! |
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| The Stowaway on Apollo 13 1/2 |
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| From the low budget movie "Rain Women" |
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| We Love Lucy! |
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| Scooby Doo! |
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| Without the sidecar, I am Steve McQueen, with the sidecar I am Sargent Shultz |
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| Ida with Mr. Bean |
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| Thinking of a Career Change |
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| Waterworld |
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| Blues Brothers |
In the afternoon we did the shows: Water World, Special Effects, and part of the Blues Brothers. Before heading home we had dinner at Buca de Beppo in the City Walk,
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