Such a lovely place, such a lovely face!
Driving into LA was kind of surreal as we started to see signs for Hollywood, sunset boulevard, rodeo drive and Beverley hills. We were on a mission though and as soon as we arrived at our hotel (unknowingly situated in the heart of 'Korea town') it was laundry time!
After we were feeling clean again we were off to our first ball game! The LA Dodgers v the Washington Nationals. The game was somewhat one sided and not in the favour of our newly adopted team! It was still fun to be at and the atmosphere was very exciting, especially when the med crew came to the aid of a poor gentlemen who didn't quite catch the rouge foul ball that made its way up into the stadium!
Hollywood was next. We wandered Hollywood Boulevard for a while, checking out the stars on the pavement and the hand and footprints of the stars in the concrete (..these places do have real names but can't remember them!) we then took a bus tour of the stars homes and saw the house from ironman, jack nickelson's suspended tennis court, and a bunch of other mansions all packed into the 'it' area where all the stars like to live! We spotted the iconic hollywood sign a few times, took a drive down rodeo drive and past the hotel clifornia , where the eagles actually wrote the song!! We ended the day strolling through Madame tussads, hanging out with the stars and then spent the evening watching the stars roll up to the red carpet at the Star Trek premier!
From then, everything just seems like a blur as the days were spent trying to fit in all the theme parks LA has to offer! please remain seated and keep your arms and legs inside at all times until we come to a complete stop.
First on the list was Universal Studios where we were taken on an interactive tour of the studio, home of a few classics like war of the worlds, jaws, King Kong, desperate housewives and the worlds largest outdoor green screen! Attempting to fit as much as possible into our day we went on the Jurassic park ride, the mummy roller coaster, transformers and the Simpsons ride (so not worth the 45minute wait!) we learned about special effects in films and saw the shrek 4d show and of course, the world famous water world show!
We then Rushed over to Warner Bros studio for our VIP tour! The tour was a little more personalised then the universal tour as we were taken around the sets as a small group and told a few secrets, tricks of the trade and of course a few movie and TV sets and props! The highlights on this tour being our visit to the set of the Big Bang theory and the car garage which was home to all the bat mobiles (including those from the dark knight films), the mystery machine, a car from Austin powers and Harry potter and much to my excitement, the nerd herd car from chuck! Other highlights of the tour were the costume museum, where we were sorted with the sorting hat from Harry potter ( I into Griffindor and Rhys into Slytherin), the props museum (home of a pair of $2M chandeliers) and the central perk cafe from the set of friends ! It was a huge movie filled day and we both went home feeling like we should watch more movies.. If only there were more hours in the day!
The next day was the day I had been looking forward to since I was a little girl...Disneyland! We were pretty overwhelmed after walking into the theme park and sat down with the park map and a coffee to plan our day! We walked out with 'first time' badges and the knowledge that it was unlikely we would be able to see everything but we were going to try and make a dent in it as best we could! The whole park was done so well and they even had stories and films playing while you were waiting in line to get you ready for each of the rides! We definitely would've enjoyed it a whole lot more if we were a few years younger, but we had a ball and it made us feel like kids again!
Highlights included, meeting Mickey Mouse (!!), space mountain ride, shooting laser guns with buzz light year, riding jeeps through the Indiana jones ride, the classic rides oike the dumbo planes and the teacups, and of course the night time parade. We hadn't timed our visit on the right day to see the fire works over the castle but the parade was well worth it! It was another huge day and after 11 hours at Disneyland we drove through to Santa Monica and wished upon the stars knowing that with the magic of Disney "anything your heart desires will come to you!"
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