Week 3 – Thursday/Friday

Well, I don’t know if it was a case of being spoiled by DIsneyland, or the fact that I’m coming down with a cold, but Universal Studios was a complete let down.
Max enjoyed it, but both Cath and I felt that it really lacked… something.
One thing I instantly noticed was that at Disneyand, they seem to have done a really good job of limiting acoustic spill between rides/attractios. In other words, when you walk away from one attraction, you’re not being bombarded by the music/dialogue from that attraction as you approach the next ride down the street.
But at Universal Studios, there didn’t appear to be anywhere near the same level of acoustic isolation. So, you were constantly bombarded with a mish-mash of noises and music from various attractions all at once.
Also, Disneyland have done a great job of incorporating lots of preliminary “stuff” to keep you engaged/informed WHILE you’re waiting to get on the ride.
But Universal Studios just have these vacant areas where you’re just standing in line with nothign to read, or to look at, or whatever.
Like I said, maybe we were just spoiled by Disneyland.
I’ve been to my fair share of theme parks in my life, and Disneyland is definitely the pick of the bunch. Australia’s theme parks could learn a lot from DL.
And then this morning, we woke up to rain in Los Angeles.
Apparently, this is quite a rare event.
So, we went off a spent a couple of hours in a Westfield shopping centre.
Then, we headed off to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA. I had a personal invitation for a behind-the-scenes tour of the facility, which I found really interesting. Unfortunately, no photos from there!
And right now, I’m sitting in the departure lounge at LAX waiting a boarding call.
Those 2 weeks went way too fast.
Cheers,
Bruce.