Less than a year ago, I blogged about my experience at Universal Studios Singapore, when I visited Singapore with my classmates to attend an international advertising conference. I had such a great time, and I felt bad that my family wasn't there to experience it with me. I'd never thought that they would finally get a chance to see Universal Studios, this time at Hollywood, for the Los Angeles leg of our US trip.
As you may know, Los Angeles is home to world-renowned theme parks, with Universal Studios and Disneyland being the most popular. A trip to Los Angeles wouldn't be complete without dropping by any of these theme parks. We were initially deciding between Disneyland and Universal Studios, but settled on Universal Studios instead since we've already seen Hong Kong Disneyland twice anyway, and we figured there wouldn't be much of a difference (but we know the one in the US is much larger). Disneyland, too, is a bit too, well, kiddie, and my now 12 year-old brother was no longer as excited about Disneyland, unlike in April 2006 when we first visited Hong Kong Disneyland (he hasn't turned six yet at the time). After these considerations, we thought: "Universal Studios it is!"
From our hotel in Chinatown (not really a good location--I'll probably explain some other time), we walked to the Union Station several blocks away. We then took the Red Line Metro to the Universal City station, where we crossed the street to the trolley pick-up point. From there, it was a 10-15 minute trolley ride up the hill to the Universal CityWalk (a shopping and dining area outside the theme park) and the Universal Studios theme park itself.
