Your Guide to getting the best from your USA City Adventures
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Saturday – June 3rd, 2023 Finally, we had saved the best to the (almost) last- we were back at Disneyland ready to celebrate 100 years of Magic! We had booked our first park Reservation for Disneyland of course, so that our 1st day at the park’s would open with the sight of Walt, Mickey, and … Read more
Saturday – May 27th, 2023 Today was to be a day that would tick ZERO items off our bucket list. The road closures that had caused so many issues on the way in would now REALLY bite as we needed to cross the Siera Nevada Mountains as we headed for Vegas. The current closures meant … Read more
Friday – May 26th, 2023 Today was a mixture of success and failure. It started really well, but then went pretty wrong and our attempts to remedy the situation, also failed fairly hard. Our main aim for the day was to spend the entire day hiking around the park and generally taking in the magnificence … Read more
Thursday – May 25th, 2023 Leaving Napa Valley We have had a wonderful few days in Napa Valley. This part of the trip is definitely going down as one of the real highlights of our travels. Wherever we go in the world we always look to visit a Winery even when we are not in … Read more
Knott’s Berry Farm is one of California’s best theme parks. The fairly small location is Anahiehn California, only a few minutes out from Disneyland packs an incredible punch into its fairly petite footprint. The Park has a lot on offer with its Replica Ghost Town, Mining and Forging exhibits, great restaurants, model trains, and Carriages, … Read more
The Secret Life of Pets is Universal Studio’s newest ride at the Hollywood location. The Ride is a little out of the norm for Universal and is more akin to the dark Rides found at Disney parks. The Ride Tech is pretty low end and the ride relies more on intricate and detailed theming. It … Read more
Based on the successful and in our opinion very good Movies the Revenge of the Mummy Ride is a highly themed, technologically sophisticated indoor dark coaster that is much applauded within the industry. Our Revenge Of The Mummy – The Ride Review takes a ride on this highly decorated coaster and explains why we find … Read more
There are only two Rides in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal Studios Hollywood and With the Forbidden Journey is a fairly intense thrill ride there is only one ride for younger kids. The worry is this is just a token coaster to appease the parents rather than a worthwhile addition, Find out … Read more
After Universal’s rather Expensive Purchase of Dreamworks Studios, they set about finding ways to utilize their newly acquired Characters and Brands. The Dream Works Theatre is one of these streams and is set to change the Featured Characters regularly to coincide with new releases and keep the experience fresh. So in this review, we take … Read more
The Despicable Me Films introduced the world to the Minions that duly became a firm fan favorite of Both Big and Little kids alike. This makes Despicable Me the perfect family attraction for most ages. We take a look at one of Universal Studios Hollywood’s premier family attractions in our Despicable Me – Minion Mayhem … Read more
