Universal Studios Hollywood theme park in Los Angeles California

It's a 100th Aniversary Celebration in Universal Studios Holywood. I was surprised about that. I never knew that Universal Studios in Los Angeles California got 100 now. Only Universal Studios lets you ride the movies and go behind the scenes of a real working movie studio. Experience movie magic at it best. The studio theme park has rides like Shrek and Jurassic Park. Various performances occur throughout the day. Get an inside look at the movie sets and uncover the secrets of legendary films on the world-famous studio tour. Explore all Universal Studios Hollywood rides, shows and attractions like Transformer: The Ride-3D, Studio Tour, King Kong 360 3-D, Revenge of the Mummy – The Ride, Shrek 4-D, Jurassic Park — The Ride,The Adventures of Curious George, Terminator 2: 3D, WaterWorld, Special Effects Stage, Universal’s Animal Actors, House of Horrors, The Blues Brothers, Characters in the Park and many more.

Universal Studios is a mixture of live action shows and rides. Visited on a Sunday on 7/22/12. It got really crowded in the afternoon.

Pros: Three good rides, Transformers, the Mummy, and Jurassic Park. Two good shows: Waterworld and the Studio Tour.

OK: Animal Show and Terminator 2-D and Special Effects Show.

Bad: The Simpsons ride. Made me motion sick, otherwise would have been just so-so. It is a virtual simulator ride that suffers compared to Transformers.

Shrek 4-D. Basically watching a 3-D film with additional effects. I think I fell asleep.

Front of the Line pass. Is it worth it? I think only if you have a limited time to view the park and you get there late. If you get into the park by 8 AM, then you basically can do all the rides. It doesn't get really busy until 11 AM or so. The negatives of the Front of the line pass is that you only get to do the ride once. The positives is that you really do cut to the front of the line. Just as enjoyable as the ride is cutting past 1 hour of wait. We got the pass and it was good since we got to ride the rides twice. We did not use the pass in the morning, but used it when it was really crowded.

For the shows, you also get to cut in line, but I think if you got in line for a show maybe 10-15 minutes early, you got a good seat. The only "show" where this does not work is the studio tour.

Note: for the Mummy ride, you are limited in what size bag you can carry onto the rollercoaster. If it is larger than a small rectangular pack, then you have to put it in the free locker by the ride, which can be hard to get too.

If I were to go again, this would be my plan of attack:

1) Get to park prior to opening and do the rides. Hit the Simpsons ride if it is open first since that is a slow loading line.

2) Do Transformers, The Mummy, and Jurassic Park. Multiple times.

3) Maybe around 10:30 , do the Studio tour. You will probably have a wait.

4) Go to Citywalk and get lunch after the tour.

5) Do Waterworld, Terminator, animal show, special effects, Shrek show depending on timing.

If you were able to buy the online tickers that allow you to go 2 days for the price of one. I would consider leaving early and coming back again another day and doing the studio tour earlier.

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