On Thursday, we got some fruit at Grower's Direct and went to the South Coast Plaza, where we went into Sears and the Disney store. We ate chicken at Mrs. Knott's To-Go in front of Knott's Berry Farm, got a cookie from the bakery, and walked around the shops in the marketplace. For dinner, we went to the Crab Cooker in Balboa. For dessert, we got a butter toffee ice cream bar at Dad's Frozen Bananas.
On Friday, we went to Bella Terra in Huntington. We drove up to Disneyland and went to Downtown Disney. We ate lunch at the Jazz Kitchen Express, having shrimp po boys and mint juleps. We went into the World of Disney, where I bought some pins and Mom bought some antenna toppers and jewelry. Mom bought a bag of Kettle Caramel Corn as we walked back to the car. I read on my ipad, while Mom took a nap. For dinner we had crepes at La Creperie in Long Beach. We went and walked around the Irvine Spectrum Center. We had shakes at Ruby's diner for dessert. I finished reading the book, Every Day by David Levithan.
On Saturday, we drove up to Hollywood and went to Universal Studios. We walked through City Walk to the entrance of the park. We had to wait in line for 30 minutes to get our annual passes. It was 20 dollars cheaper to buy a season pass than to buy one day's admission. We saw the Special Effects show, where they showed us stunts from King Kong, Creature of the Black Lagoon, and The Mummy.
We went on the Studio Tour tram. We saw King Kong 360, where you wear 3D Glasses, watching King Kong fight the Dinosaur, and it shakes the tram. We went past the Bates Motel from Psycho and Norman Bates chases the tram with a butcher knife. I took a picture of Jaws right as the shark squirted water all over my face. They replaced the fisherman with a scuba diver as his victim. We went through Earthquake which shook the tram. We saw The Mummy sand avalanche and both Mom and I had to shut our eyes. We saw the vehicles from Jurassic Park. NCIS and The Mindy Project were filming on the back lot, when we went pass. We saw the plane wreckage from War of the Worlds. We saw Wisteria Lane, where all the ladies lived on Desperate Housewives. We saw the cabin from The Great Outdoors. We went through the parted waters and my socks got all wet. We saw the drained lake with a giant blue screen, where they filmed Inception and Revenge. We saw the cars race and dance from Fast and The Furious.
We ate lunch at the International Cafe, having soup and sandwiches. We went through the House of Horrors, which is a spook alley. I had a hard time pushing mom's wheelchair, because it was very dark and there were a lot of mirrors. They had actors dressed like the mother from Psycho, Zombies, Wolfman, Dracula, Beetlejuice, Frankensten, pop out and scare us.
We had to take an elevator and a van to the lower lot. Ryan, Sara, and I went on the Jurassic Park and got soaked. My whole left side and my face were dripping wet. We went to the NBC Universal Experience and saw costumes and the car from Back to the Future and figurines from the movies, Coraline and Paranormal.
We took the van and the elevator back up to the Upper Lot. We went and saw Shrek 4D, an animated film that rocks your seats and squirts water on you. We went through the shops. We saw the Waterworld show, with explosions and splash zones. We went through the Studio Store and Mom bought a stuffed beanie from E.T. We ate dinner at Wolfgang Puck in City Walk, I had a magherita pizza, lemonade, and flat bread chips. We watched the skydivers at IFLY. Then we drove back to Sunset Beach.
On Sunday, we went to church. We took a drive to Laguna Beach and back.
On Monday, we drove to Long Beach Airport. We had lunch in the food court, where I ate a chicken pita from George's Greek Cafe and Mom got some soup and a Banana Muffin from Sweet Jill's. Mom and I flew back to SLC. Dad picked us up from the airport and took us to the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner. Our cats were so glad to see us and kept wanting us to scratch them and hold them.
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