Yesterday I took a trip to Universal Studios to show my cousin around. I hadn't gone in maybe 5-6 years, and was hoping that maybe it was worth the wow price of admission. I'll leave it up for you to decide.

We took the "World Famous" Studio Tour, (you know, Jaws) and found out from the brochure that there was massive improvements to the ride including Fast and the Furious, and War of the Worlds segments, so I thought, "hmm... cool!" But you be the judge, I mean honestly, some fire, dancing cars, is it really that cool?

And I don't know... maybe I just grew up on roller coasters and things, but this was just me looking at a wreck with a fog machine... Am I being too harsh? I forgot to mention that we stood in line for over an hour for this thing on a Wednesday. We even got fed up and opted for the Spanish version of the tour. Tonto.

Then we rode the Mummy Returns ride. At first we saw 'no wait time' and thought 'COOL!' But then we found out why. Its over before you really get a chance to experience it, and its just a bunch of projected ghosts and darkness. Lame.

Special Effects Stage? Eh. Shrek 4d? Eh. Backdraft? Nothing new. SIMPSONS the RIDE!!! coming soon.

So I'd say that the trip itself would've been pretty lame, EXCEPT this:

iFly. Its a wind tunnel. Pretty cool right? I thought so. Anyway this was the one redeeming part of the trip: watching esther and her cousin soaring 2 feet off the ground with their faces rippling with wind. So that's my shameless plug for the experience of a lifetime. Its not cheap (and its only a minute) but it definitely looks fun. I wonder if heaven will feel like this?

That was the trip, if you want to see all the pictures, check them out here

I'm hoping to write a korea post soon. Maybe.

One thing I cannot, MUST not leave out is this picture:

FOR ALL YOU GUYS OUT THERE WHO FEEL DRAWN TO THIS CARNIVAL GAME: LOOK TWICE! That's right, the rim is distorted. It looks normal when you look at it head on, but from the side you can clearly tell that the front part has been squished to make the basket much harder. Its funny how they don't tell you that important fact though. I'm sure some of you are looking at this and going, "I bet I can still make it..." you're a dork then.