Day 3 | August 15th

Today was a brilliant day. We had so much fun at Universal Studio. Ashleigh was so excited to be going to her first theme park in the USA.
We had another slow start to the day, sleeping in to 9am and breakfast at the hotel due to lack of time. We got a car to Universal Studios and arrived about 12pm and it was sooooo hot. No sea breeze like at Santa Monica.




There were so many people and so many queues but as the day wore on a breeze picked up, which we all appreciated. We started with the Terminator 3D show, which has a different ending to the one I saw 15 years ago but still very similar.




Then we did the Studio Backlot Tour, which was fantastic. There was so much to see and so many surprises, especially the King Kong 3D show by Peter Jackson. It is so amazing, so real and scary!




We then did the Waterworld show, which is not a dolphin show in case you were wondering (isn't that right Scott)! That was also amazing and lucky we didn't sit in the splash zone, some people got very, very wet!




Our final ride of the day was the Jurassic Park ride. Ashleigh was so keen to go on this ride after I told her how I got so totally wet last time I went on it. We all went on the first ride and it was so much wetter through the ride than I remember last time. And at the end we came down the water slide and got absolutely, totally soaking wet and Ashleigh was in heaven. After screaming at the surprise she was laughing and smiling with joy. She loved it so much she didn't want to go on anything else she just wanted to do it again. So, Scott took her and I got some great photos of them at the end. That was totally the highlight of Ashleigh's day but she also enjoyed all the other rides.




We stopped briefly at the shop for a souvenir on our way out before the car picked us up at 6.30pm.
And this was my favourite photo from the day.




When we got back to the hotel Ashleigh and Scott went for a swim....they were both already wet.....before we went out for a late dinner at a local pizza place.
Another late night for all but trying to get to bed earlier so we can get up earlier in the morning and start our day before the sun gets too high.
Scott and I both loved the excitement and enjoyment on Ashleigh's face at all the rides we went on.....so totally made the day!!!