A Memorable Time at Universal

This year Julian and I planned our first official vacation with quite a chunk of time off. In the past we have always went to visit my family in Oregon for trips, but it was time to take a real trip. (Of course, my parents moved to California, so we still got the family time in). On day one we visited Universal Studios. This was lucky planning on our part, because besides the new Virtual Simpsons Roller Coaster, the infamous Universal Studios Tour ride was the highlight of our time there. I say “lucky” because the big Universal Studios fire started two days after our day there, destroying many of the sites we got to see. We strolled down the Desperate Housewive’s Wysteria Lane, drove through the wreckage of War of the Worlds and King Kong, viewed the set of Truman Show that was ironically meant to look like a set and parked next to the Back to the Future Cars. I hear the tour bus wasn’t shut down for long though. Even during repair time, they had it back up and running.

Photo opportunities are often at Universal Studios – Aidan had a fun time climbing into Jaws’ mouth. You can see all the pictures (including those from our entire trip) here.

I keep finding myself saying “On our next trip to California…” Well, on our next trip to California I’d like to tour MGM and other studios. They don’t have the popular theme park like Universal, but you can arrange tours of them as well.