We woke up early again to get ready for our second day at Universal. This time we were gonna hit up the "Studios" side! Today was also the 5th day of our vacation, which means it was more than half way over with!
We cabbed again, and soon enough we were in. We headed off to the right first, so the first ride we hit was E.T. Adventure! This ride was also pretty outdated (but what do you expect from E.T. really, lol). I liked how it was set up like you were riding a bike! The queue here was actually pretty sweet...it was themed so that you felt like you were outdoors at night! The ride was odd though because you went to E.T.'s home planet and there were a lot of creepy aliens and things not actually in the movie.
We also noticed pin booths selling Universal themed pins around this area and we were like EEEEEWWWWWW. Who would ever start a Universal lanyard?? Blahh.
So then we both really had to use the bathroom but we couldn't find any anywhere. We ended up wandering around aimlessly for a bit until we decided to backtrack to the bathrooms we think we remembered seeing back in the kid's section. Well apparently they only have kid's bathrooms in the kid's section and they were just so comically small, it was like using a doll bathroom. Lolzz. Did the trick, however!
Then we rode the Simpsons ride! Well, you know, after waiting in line for a good hour. WORTH IT. Loved, loved, LOVED this ride! Even the "preshow" room was awesome! I don't even watch the Simpsons and I was LOLing out loud at everything! And it was just such a fun ride!
And then Patrick saw this and got really excited and had me take his picture. The one of two pics I took this entire day!
Woop woop Scooby...
Clearly I am not as enthralled by prop vehicles.
Then it was time for Men in Black ALIEN ATTAAAAACK. Seriously, hated this ride. I mean, the theme was cool and it was well done and all that, but it's one of those freakin shooter games. Give me a laser gun and I'm literally useless. Of course Patrick got some ridiculously high score, and being the extreme, go hard or go home competitor I am, I was not happy that he whupped my butt. AND OH YES, HE WHUPPED IT. Like, what is it with all men and these type of games? First time on Buzz and this guy maxed out, and there I was with my -726. #pout
We then went to check out Fear Factor: Live! Woooooooo. Basically, a live action Fear Factor where guests can actually perform. Naturally, I wanted to audition immediately after watching...because it was that spectacular. I mean, you get to wear this super hawt black spandex outfit while getting swung through the air over flaming cars while throwing raw squid to a partner. Why everyone there that day wasn't in line for auditions was beyond me.
BUT OF COURSE, right at the start of the show Patrick had to drop my new iPhone, and we just HAD to be sitting on one of the very highest bleachers, and my phone just HAD to drop like 100 ft and land on the dirt below us. LOL. Buuut a nice employee fetched it and promptly returned it to me and it was basically fine, so I wasn't too upset.
We watched the show (in awe), and we both decided to immediately audition right after! We signed up at a booth and they took us in right away! The first round was a game of simon says, haha. Thankfully we both made the first cut. The second round was answering a bunch of questions like "why do you want to be on the show?" and "what is your biggest fear?". The interviewer warned us not to give answers like, "BECAUSE I'M A WINNER!" and "LOSING!", but people still did anyway. Sheesh. Patrick was cut here. I don't remember our answers but obviously mine were good enough to move on to the next round, lol. We then had to basically sign our lives away and fill out a bunch of papers with our sizes and what not.
So while this was all happening, I guess P talked to an employee about how long they were gonna hold us for the interview process. And allegedly this said employee told him a couple of hours. Well this ended up being a huge problem in a couple of minutes.
Unfortunately, I did not make the final cut (even though I was soooo sure I was in!). Sad times, woooomp. I was also very surprised at their choices of those to be in the show, but I won't get into that. All I'm saying is that it wasn't very fair! Anyway, us losers were asked if we would like to eat a blended smoothie of fish guts, meat and dead bugs. I said no thanks and peaced!
I walked back over to where all the other auditionees' fams and friends were waiting to look for Patrick, but he was no where to be found. I looked around the area for about 5 minutes, calling his name, before I started to get a little frustrated. Like, the audition was almost over, why couldn't he have just waited for me? And the best part was that he had all of our bags, including my phone. I plopped down on some decorative planter rock and waited. And waited. And waited. Everyone else in the area cleared out and soon I was pretty much alone. I started to pace back and forth along the stage entrance. I didn't want to go too far, in case he came back and I missed him. It had been around 30 minutes at this point and I was getting pretty angry. Like, why would he just leave?? Without telling me or anything?? I widened my pacing and strayed a little further out, where I passed a booth of bored looking, young employees. I told them my dilemma and asked if there was a payphone somewhere I could use to call my stupid boyfriend. One of them just let me use their cell instead. So, I called him...no answer. Called again...no answer. I was literally fuming at this point.
The employees were really nice and consoling, though. After a while of continuous calling and waiting, I decided to part ways with my new Universal friends and look for him myself in the other direction. I headed towards the right and passed Fear Factor again to continue the way we would have went if none of this crap had happened. I almost got to the disaster ride when the employee came running after me. Apparently, P had called back. I guess he didn't answer the call or something, or they hung up on one another, because I had to re-call. NO FREAKING ANSWER. I felt like a mom who had lost her 5 year old. We waited some more, and he finally called back to pick up to me screaming at him. I told him to meet me in front of the Fear Factor building ASAP! I thanked the employee profusely for helping me, and we parted ways.
I waited another 15 minutes or so outside of Fear Factor, and he finally appeared. I was fuming!!! I went off on him, yelling about how long I waited and how he should have told me he was leaving and at least left me my phone and yada yada yada. He apologized, and explained that an employee apparently told him that they were going to keep all auditioners for at least another couple of hours, or something like that. UGH. I WAS SO MAD. But okay, it was a miscommunication or whatever it was, and we were together now so might as well forget it and move on. After all, we had been getting along really well these past couple of days (a good change from the rocky start of our vacation) and I wanted that to continue. BLAH HUMBUG.
MOVING ON!
We then talked about how sad we both were that neither of us got selected to do the show and how we both really thought I'd be in. We actually couldn't stop talking about this for like, the whole day haha. We were really upset about it!
Next ride on our list was Disaster! It was kind of like a much better version of the Studio Backlot Tour. Yes, it was now Universal: 1, Disney: 87927382482647826472864726492492716371284432.
The line was suuuuuuuper long for this ride, gahhh. But we finally made it and it was awesome sauce. Basically, you're put onto a subway train type thing while the world around slowly starts to literally get every disaster type thing thrown at it. And the whole idea is that you're making a movie trailer or something, so you gotta react to your surroundings. It was so much fun! And the finished video at the end was so hilarious, haha. Definitely a must do!
! At least there was cheddar cheese soup which could solve all of the problems of the world.
