Universal Studios! Pay for a lot, ie, every little entrance is often an opening to another place where you can try different games or buy souvenirs. Now, they aren’t all the same souvenirs! Unlike at most Chinese tourist destinations where it’s the same thing over and over again. Little rain, cloudy, nice Clean and tidy. Rides had some dust on them, but still looked well maintained. Why tribal drums for Jurassic Park? Not like there was much music except for the birds, bees and bone crunching. Earth’s first attempt at life was literally massive monsters that would eat just about anything. And where is all the foliage? Burgers with ketchup? Why not vegetables and steak? Twelve hours at the park! Full run down: -Minions & Despicable Me -Jurassic Park Raptor Discovery - a guy dressed in a raptor suit -Decipticopter - Transformers roller coaster -Optimus Prime was out, but that was a 40 min wait -Kung Fu Panda x2, water ride and lantern ride -Harry Potter area - tried the Butterbeer (root beer with some sort of cream topping) and then one of the rides, Forbidden Journey -Jurassic Flyers -Back to Despicable Me -Back to Harry Potter for the other ride, Flight of the Hippograff -Harry Potter light show -to the souvenir shop to see if they had a good coffee cup! Nothing! Not even a magnet! Overall? Would go again. Get the express tickets, as it will save your time and legs. Hey you can donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA *** Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com And on Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-The-Audio-Blog-of-Steven-Sirski-00acfe344e164bfab191d3cddf6952b2?pvs=4 Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.com Language vlog on YouTube.com/@stevenslanguagevlog Have a good week!
00:00 Introduction and Initial Impressions 00:59 Journey to Universal Studios Beijing 02:57 First Impressions of the Park 05:36 Exploring the Minions Area 07:12 Waiting in Line and Distractions 11:40 Jurassic Park and Raptor Discovery 14:42 Transformers and Decepticopter Ride 19:03 Kung Fu Panda and Souvenirs 23:12 Branded Content Disappointment 23:32 Exploring Harry Potter World 24:28 Forbidden Journey Ride Experience 25:57 Dining at the Hog's Head 28:31 Jurassic Flyers and Express Tickets 29:03 Food Observations and Health Concerns 31:50 Final Thoughts and Recommendations 41:17 Conclusion and Farewell
