HOLLYWOOD, HERE WE COME-PART 1
Saturday saw me and AG (a pal of mine from my GE days) make plans to go the entertainment capital of the world, Universal Studios.
And since my trip, I have to say this. This is one attraction that truly lives up to all the hype surrounding it.
We didn’t actually get to see it all, but what we saw, we liked. We liked so much, we bought annual tickets so we could go again, sometime in the distant future.
“AG” was trying out his best Antonio Banderas voice all the way to L.A. I threatened to use ear plugs(which I had handy in my purse from my air show) if I heard yet another rolling rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. He could repeat entire dialogues by heart!! I did get back at him by playing one of my all time favorites “Pehla Nasha” from the old Aamir Khan starrer umpteen number of times until he threatened to evict me from the car.
Imagine “AG”’s glee when one of the photo ops set up in the theme park was that of an Antonio Banderas look alike, along with his beautiful wife Catherine Zeta-Jones. And “AG”, stuck by a sudden bout of shyness, actually walked past. I had to twist his arm to make him go pose so I could take a picture. He went up, oh so politely, to CZJ and asked, “Could I have a picture taken?” To which CZJ replied, “ Of course, you can.” “In fact, I would be insulted if you didn’t.” (This with the appropriate Spanish accent and all.) She also added (to Antonio) for good measure, “He looks just like you.” To which my smartass friend replied, “Yeah, only a foot or so shorter.”
Of course, there was a tussle as to which rides we were going to get on. “AG” of course wanted to go on all the scary ones. So after a round of “The Mummy Returns”, Van Helsing’s Castle, Terminator etc etc.; I was heartily sick of all the horror stuff. Yeah, I understand Halloween is around the corner, but hasn’t anyone heard of an overkill?? And if that wasn’t enough, I got spat on by the dinosaurs in the Jurrasic Park ride. Yuck!!!
Worse, pictures are clicked at the scariest part of the ride, and you can buy them as souvenirs. Being the scaredy cat that I am, I came out looking scared to death and yelling my head off while “AG” came out looking as cool as a cucumber with a beatific smile on his face. GRRRRRRRRRR, life is just not fair sometimes.
To even it all out, I insisted he come along on the “Shrek” show. He came, muttering all the while about silly females and fairy tales. I had all these visions of flowers, birds and all things beautiful. But horror of horrors, this show had Shrek running around in graveyards with all kinds of scary stuff happening. It was just not my day.
The day ended with both of us forgetting where we had parked the car. After umpteen rounds of the parking lot, and each accusing the other of being the stupidest person alive, the car finally found us and soon we were on our way home. Tired and happy and a wee bit sad, at having a great day end so soon.
And since my trip, I have to say this. This is one attraction that truly lives up to all the hype surrounding it.
We didn’t actually get to see it all, but what we saw, we liked. We liked so much, we bought annual tickets so we could go again, sometime in the distant future.
“AG” was trying out his best Antonio Banderas voice all the way to L.A. I threatened to use ear plugs(which I had handy in my purse from my air show) if I heard yet another rolling rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. He could repeat entire dialogues by heart!! I did get back at him by playing one of my all time favorites “Pehla Nasha” from the old Aamir Khan starrer umpteen number of times until he threatened to evict me from the car.
Imagine “AG”’s glee when one of the photo ops set up in the theme park was that of an Antonio Banderas look alike, along with his beautiful wife Catherine Zeta-Jones. And “AG”, stuck by a sudden bout of shyness, actually walked past. I had to twist his arm to make him go pose so I could take a picture. He went up, oh so politely, to CZJ and asked, “Could I have a picture taken?” To which CZJ replied, “ Of course, you can.” “In fact, I would be insulted if you didn’t.” (This with the appropriate Spanish accent and all.) She also added (to Antonio) for good measure, “He looks just like you.” To which my smartass friend replied, “Yeah, only a foot or so shorter.”
Of course, there was a tussle as to which rides we were going to get on. “AG” of course wanted to go on all the scary ones. So after a round of “The Mummy Returns”, Van Helsing’s Castle, Terminator etc etc.; I was heartily sick of all the horror stuff. Yeah, I understand Halloween is around the corner, but hasn’t anyone heard of an overkill?? And if that wasn’t enough, I got spat on by the dinosaurs in the Jurrasic Park ride. Yuck!!!
Worse, pictures are clicked at the scariest part of the ride, and you can buy them as souvenirs. Being the scaredy cat that I am, I came out looking scared to death and yelling my head off while “AG” came out looking as cool as a cucumber with a beatific smile on his face. GRRRRRRRRRR, life is just not fair sometimes.
To even it all out, I insisted he come along on the “Shrek” show. He came, muttering all the while about silly females and fairy tales. I had all these visions of flowers, birds and all things beautiful. But horror of horrors, this show had Shrek running around in graveyards with all kinds of scary stuff happening. It was just not my day.
The day ended with both of us forgetting where we had parked the car. After umpteen rounds of the parking lot, and each accusing the other of being the stupidest person alive, the car finally found us and soon we were on our way home. Tired and happy and a wee bit sad, at having a great day end so soon.
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