Dinosaurs, Mummies & The Simpson's?

When Brian and I planned our trip to Disneyland I added on a day at Universal Studios and also a Medieval Dinner Show as a surprise to the boys. I was so excited about Universal Studios. It had been more than twenty years since I was there last. It was fun but one thing is for sure it seemed a lot bigger when I was a kid.



We took the tram tour first and the boys got to see all the sites where many of their favorite shows and movies were filmed. I was very excited to see Wisteria Lane from Desperate Housewives. While on the tour, our tram had to stop and we all had to be real quiet because they were filming a scene from Ghost Whisperer close by.



One of the first attractions we went into was the House of Horrors. This is a 15 minute walk through haunted house. I remember it from when I was little and I knew that scary things would jump out at you and touch you. I made Brian go first of course. We made it about 100 feet into the attractions and both boys were clinging onto me for dear life. When we passed an exit the boys and I decided to use it!



One ride we did make it all the way through was the Jurassic Park water ride. It was a fun ride with a pretty good drop at the end. It also had a lot of the scenes from the movie in it. Brian and I rode it once and the boys decided on a second go around.



The Mummy roller coaster was described in the brochure as the scariest indoor roller coaster ever made. It wasn't that the ride itself was so scary it was the effects. You go through the ride which was mostly a few hills and a couple of turns, you stop and then you see scarabs crawling all over the walls and then it fells like they are crawling on your legs. It really freaked me out the first time. After the bugs you do the ride backward. It was a good ride. We all rode it twice.




Another great ride was the The Simpon's ride. It was a virtual roller coaster. Kinda hard to explain. You sit in a row and are lifted up in front of a green screen. You feel like you are going up and down and side to side. At one point in the ride Maggie the baby is exposed to radiation and grows really big. She picks up the "roller coaster" and sticks it in her mouth like a pacifier. You can smell baby powder and when she spits you out you actually get wet!



After Universal Studios we went to the Medieval Dinner Show. As you go in you are given a crown of a certain color. That is what section you sit in and also what knight you are going to cheer for. Unfortunately we were given the knight who is the
"bad guy" So of course he kicks butt all the way to the end, but he dies because he is bad. The boys loved the show and believe it or not they enjoyed the food. They even took a picture with the green knight when the show was over.


All in all the trip was a success. I truly enjoyed going to Disneyland at this time of year. I never had been there around Christmas time. All the Christmas music and the decoration were amazing. I would love to go back and do it again, just give me a few years to save my money up!