‘Hollywood dream’ rollercoaster – Hollywood nightmare more like!
On Friday my man skyved of school (shhh) and we sneaked away to Universal Studios Japan – a surreal expanse of movie sets and theme park rides near Osaka. I am totally terrified of roller coasters but made myself go on most of the rides and surprised myself by actually loving some of them!
Waterworld
It was refreshing to be in a little piece of America for a day, although it has definitely been Japan-ified (Hello Kitty everywhere)…
Some of the rides are based on really old films, and it was quite freaky to listen to the Terminator ride with it’s wild guesses as to what incredible far-flung future technology would look like – it predicted online education (e-courses) and video phone calls (Skype)! Thank goodness the robots haven’t quite made it yet…
That car from Back to the Future
Such a good day of being alternately scared and elated, laughing a lot and having fun.
The amazingly realistic ‘Amity Village’ from the Jaws ride
