A day at Universal Studios Hollywood

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Written by FloPublished on 06/20/16
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"What? You've been to Los Angeles, you've been to a park, and it's not Disneyland?!""
Well, not this time anyway!
This time it will be Universal Studios.

A visit into the heart of cinema, in Burbank, the place of the seventh art, which concentrates the biggest Hollywood studios like Warner Bros, Walt Disney,... and thus Universal, which is at the same time a theme park. You'll have to count 105$ for an adult (we managed to get 95$ tickets by browsing a little bit on the net), it's expensive, but cinephile talk is worth it.

We went there on a Saturday, but the crowds for a month of May didn't seem huge (May 2014). If you manage well, there is a way to avoid waiting too long at the various attractions and shows. I'd say do everything! There are some for young and old, and even what can be like an attraction for the youngest, can bring back the older ones in childhood.

Water World, a moving show with stunts and explosions
Wet Arrival at Jurassic Park the ride

The shows are exceptional, you will find a staging of modern-day pirates breathtakingly breathtaking with real actors, or even the animals of the cinema trained to make pitres and entertain the public, great!

Here you will discover the other side of the Hollywood scenery

The attractions are of another level like the 4D cinema with the Transformers, wet with Jurassic Park... Special mention with the tour of the film sets in small train: Return to the Future (the main reason to want to make this park for me: o)), The World War, The teeth of the sea, Desperate housewives, etc... A must not miss!!

The famous town hall square in Back to the Future
Boeing 747 Crash in The War of the Worlds.

Don't miss a small building in front of "La Momie" and "Transformers", which contains treasures: Back to the Future once again in the spotlight with DeLorean number 1 out of the 3 used for the shooting, original props and storyboards, but also other accessories from other great films (Terminator...).

The famous DeLorean!!!
The DeLorean seen from behind

o you understand that I can only advise you to devote a day to Universal Studios, we deviate a little from the usual "nature" spirit of the site, but it is really worth the detour.

Here is a link to the park map that may be useful:Map of the park

Summary

    "What? You've been to Los Angeles, you've been to a park, and it's not Disneyland?!""
    Well, not this time anyway!
    This time it will be Universal Studios.

    A visit into the heart of cinema, in Burbank, the place of the seventh art, which concentrates the biggest Hollywood studios like Warner Bros, Walt Disney,... and thus Universal, which is at the same time a theme park. You'll have to count 105$ for an adult (we managed to get 95$ tickets by browsing a little bit on the net), it's expensive, but cinephile talk is worth it.

    We went there on a Saturday, but the crowds for a month of May didn't seem huge (May 2014). If you manage well, there is a way to avoid waiting too long at the various attractions and shows. I'd say do everything! There are some for young and old, and even what can be like an attraction for the youngest, can bring back the older ones in childhood.

    Water World, a moving show with stunts and explosions
    Wet Arrival at Jurassic Park the ride

    The shows are exceptional, you will find a staging of modern-day pirates breathtakingly breathtaking with real actors, or even the animals of the cinema trained to make pitres and entertain the public, great!

    Here you will discover the other side of the Hollywood scenery

    The attractions are of another level like the 4D cinema with the Transformers, wet with Jurassic Park... Special mention with the tour of the film sets in small train: Return to the Future (the main reason to want to make this park for me: o)), The World War, The teeth of the sea, Desperate housewives, etc... A must not miss!!

    The famous town hall square in Back to the Future
    Boeing 747 Crash in The War of the Worlds.

    Don't miss a small building in front of "La Momie" and "Transformers", which contains treasures: Back to the Future once again in the spotlight with DeLorean number 1 out of the 3 used for the shooting, original props and storyboards, but also other accessories from other great films (Terminator...).

    The famous DeLorean!!!
    The DeLorean seen from behind

    o you understand that I can only advise you to devote a day to Universal Studios, we deviate a little from the usual "nature" spirit of the site, but it is really worth the detour.

    Here is a link to the park map that may be useful:Map of the park

    Our opinion
    We like

    The quality of attractions

    Little waiting time compared to many other parks

    We don't like

    Entrance fees

    About us

    We are Sandrine and Flo, French thirty-somethings. In 2019 we quit everything to live our dream, become nomads and travel around the world. We left with our baby, Lena, who was only 5 months old at the time. After a first trip around the Pacific Ocean by plane and a long 3 months stay in Hawaii, we left to discover Iceland for 3 months on board our 4WD pickup truck and truck camper. Then we continued our adventure in North America.

    Today, if we can continue this adventure, it is above all thanks to our blog, Smartrippers! We created it one day in 2016, with the desire to share our good travel tips, without thinking that it would lead us there! We have developed it a lot over the years and have become experts on our 3 favorite destinations: Hawaii, Iceland and the American West. We now guide you to these destinations to help you plan the trip of your dreams!

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