Universal Studios 2009 was a success! It was an very bittersweet success. Hard to believe this is the 4th and final Universal Studios trip I’ll be going on in high school. I can’t believe I’ve gone to every single one of these trips since 8th grade. I was getting sort of worried, because when we arrived at the park, Monica was having problems getting the tickets for all of us, but everything straightened out and we were released into the park like the pack of animals we were. The first stop was the House of Horrors, which scared the buh-jeezus out of every single one of us, like always. We all ran out screaming and laughing and came face to face with the lovely Vin Diesel. Photo op had arisen *wink wink*
The second stop was Terminator 2: 3D, which is something we always manage to miss out on every year… except this year! LOL @ “kinves… and stabbing weapons.” I still get a hoot out of that!
Third stop was the much-anticipated Simpsons Ride. I really wanted to see what it was all about, and hot damn. We were all completely blown away! That ride is most definitely a major upgrade from the Back To The Future Ride. You can just tell from the looks in our faces just how much we loved it.
After nom nom noming on some delicious Cinnabon, our entire group (which included Kim, Victoria, Vico, Fernando, Jessica, Yvonne, Ruben, Jeffrey and Ximena) made our way down the never-ending series of escalators to the lower lot… with the pre-Jurassic Park and Mummy ride adrenaline already pumping in our veins.
We had our rounds on the Jurassic Park Ride and the Mummy Ride a few times each, and all with failed attempts to drag Ximena and/or Vico onto Jurassic Park. There was literally one point when we all tried to drag Ximena on Jurassic Park -carrying her and everything- but still a fail. Major props to Yvonne, who is known to be terrified of dinosaurs to toughen up and get on Jurassic Park! Definitely a great Yvonne-moment milestone. Before heading back to the upper lot, we all got some group pictures with one of the most legit-looking Beetlejuice characters I’ve seen.
We hit up the backlot tram tour before getting food from City Walk and heading on back to the bus. Everyone was already pretty drained by the end of the day, and the bus ride was about 3 hours because we got stuck in Friday evening traffic.
