What happens in .... Stays in....: Universal Days and Dodger Nights

Having survived the LA bus system, and working it like a pro, we found ourselves at Universal Studios on day 3 of our trip. Today 2 became 3 when we met up with our new Adelaidian friend Deani who had the great fortune of sitting next to us on the plane trip from Fiji to LA and happened to be staying in the area for a few days. So we trapsed off into the Univers-al Studios. Whilst waiting oh-so-patiently in the queue we spotted our first Celeb... Wayne Brady from Who's Line is it Anyway and American Singing Bee.

Serena, being our tactical planner for the day, directed us in the area at the back of the park. Good thinking - less people in the queues! So Jurassica Park it was, as it was also WET! We got drenched right through to our knickers! In order to dry off from our first adventure, we headed to the Mummy ride. No mum, this is not one that was designed to make kids pick up their clothes, wipe their hands etc but it is the Mummy from Egypt. We decided that this was our favourite ride so far although Deani looked a little green at first. Other things seen were Shrek 4D (3D 10 minute show where the seats move, you get sprayed with small amounts of Donkey snot and feel ghosts on your shoulder) and the stunt cars from the Fast and Furious - see the video link below for performance.

Our last but not least thing to do was to take the 1 hr studio tour by open air bus. We saw the 'shed' where many films were produced but the best was trundling through the sets and streets of such scenes as Wisteria Lane (Desperate Housewives), Bates Hotel (Psycho), total devastation scene from War of the Worlds, Jaws, and got the full run down of the changing of scenes and sets used from one movie to the next. After pepperoni pizza, nacho cheese fries, hamburgers and plenty of Churros we headed home on the 8:30pm bus - like pros! What a day - sooooo much fun.

The Celebs hit the red carpet

Deani and Heidi get stuck into the Churros

Watch out for the Donkey Snot!

Dudu dudu dududududududu - SHARK!

Carlos and Gabby's House on Wisteria Lane

We covered almost the entire park

The Fast and Furious Cars perform at their best

After a lazy day crashed at Nick and Karina's, Nick came home in the late afternoon and introduced us to the world of STUBHUB.com. This is the BEST website in the world! Ok maybe a bit of exaggeration but still it is great. This site is where you can buy discounted tickets to any sporting/concert event in the US at discounted rates as people are wanting to sell ones that they previously bought and no longer want - legitimately. So on we went and purchased seats for the Dodgers game that night at what we thought was a bargain... $50 each in row 7 oh so close! It wasn't till we got there that we realised how good these seats REALLY were. Not only were they close, they were in box seating and included ALL FOOD!!!!! And of course we took advantage of this fact and even had 2 serves of icecream... well Serena did! The night was topped off by the fact that the Dodgers won. Great entertainment and much to Nick's and Serena's disappointment, no flyballs headed close enough to us to catch them however Karina and Heidi were ready to duck really fast!

The best seats EVER!!!