Universal Studios Hollywood (California)

This review is solely about the Tower of Terror 'coaster', in Disney's Hollywood Studios (formerly Universal Studios) theme park, in Orlando Florida. To give it its full title, it's called "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror". If you're old enough, you may have seen The Twilight Zone, an American TV show hosted by Rod Serling which originally aired between 1959-64. I'm not old enough to have seen the original, but I remember enjoying the re-runs of this 'horror' show in the UK while I was young. This ride centers round the Hollywood Tower Hotel, a fictional hotel featured in a specially commissioned mini-episode of the Twilight ...  Read the complete review

Universal Studios - Hollywood Universal Studios in Hollywood is the largest film and television studios in the world. It is also a larger than the one I went to in Australia. To see the shows and the whole area properly it would take two days. I only took one day to go around it but I wasn't going on most of the rides available. We decided to do a tour to the studios from our hotel with a company called VIP Tours. To be in the park all day it cost $89 for an adult and $75 for a child. One American dollar is equal to 0.57 United Kingdom pounds. This price was transport to and from the park and entry into the park itself. Once inside the park you can do as you ...  Read the complete review

Who Needs Mickey Mouse? ======================= When we were in LA we had the choice of whether to go to Disney World or Universal Studios. Never being big Disney fans we went to Universal. Of course I can't comment on how good Disney World is we definitely do not regret choosing Universal for our day. The park opens at ten and we were in the relatively short queue at the entrance with our tickets, after our fingerprints were taken we were in. Being a weekday the park was reasonably quiet although it did pick up as the day progressed. We decided to go on the studio tour first to leave us the rest of the day to explore the ...  Read the complete review

***Background*** I don't want to repeat myself too much here, as this information is in the Sea World review too, but as it is applicable to both I think it's only fair that I include a little refresher in case anyone hasn't read it. Before going on honeymoon, my hubby and I decided that the main attraction we would visit whilst in LA was Universal Studios. This was mainly because my hubby is a total film buff and really wanted to see the Studio Tour rather than the many rides at the park. Anyway when we looked online we could see that there was a special offer that would enable us to get to this park and Sea World in San Diego for unlimited visits ...  Read the complete review

My wife and I have visited Universal Studios about four times now, we have been to the one in Florida and the one in California. California is a little bit smaller than the Florida one but it's still a brilliant day out. On the 14th of October, we will be flying out there again, that's if it's safe, and we probably will visit Universal Studios again. The park is quite big, it has some brilliant rides, like Back to the future. You firstly go in a lift, there are screens in the lift showing a quick movie clip. You then get into the car from the movie, about six people can fit into the car. You get strapped in, then all of a sudden it seems to ...  Read the complete review