Day 4

This morning we had a 6:30 wake up call, to head into Hollywood for our visit to Universal Studios.

It's a bit of a rush, because Universal only opens from 10am to 6pm - which seems a bit odd. We had to buy a new pass for Connick (having lost his along with his Disney pass the other day), but we at least got a discount off the retail price.

Driving into Hollywood is interesting. There are some iconic buildings to see - like Capitol Records - and of course the Hollywood sign. There are a lot of areas that look less than desirable to live in. We were held up by a four car accident on the freeway. Four crashed cars, two police, and about 14 tow trucks.

The girls again made all of us parents proud with their dancing.

Despite the limited time, we saw most of what there is to see at Universal. The studio tour includes a new King Kong segment, which is a highlight. The pick of the rides would have to be the Simpson's virtual roller-coaster - followed by the Mummy roller coaster.

The Waterworld show is impressive - though not everyone's cup of tea (not Suzy's for example).

Rachel managed to lose her purse today at Universal Studios - luckily someone handed it in with cash intact. So, that's Jesamine's phone, Connick's tickets, my hat, and Rachel's purse. We are fast becoming known as the loser family. Oh, and I just realised that I deleted all of today's photos off our memory card without downloading them. Lucky we hadn't taken any more photos, so the files seem to be recoverable. In fact ... yep ... I've got them back. Phew!!!

It feels like we've done so much less today - but I guess it's still been a pretty full day. The fireworks finished a while ago, so I know that it's after 10pm.

Tomorrow is our first "free" day. I believe there'll be some shopping, and then into Disney for some queuing.