3 Hrs @ Universal Studio - PDC 2003
This was the best lighter side of the PDC!! On Wednesday evening all PDC attendees were invited to a bash at the LA Universal Studios. The entire studio was open only for the attendees with the expception of some rides being closed. Food and beverages were on the house along with some dancing...
This was some breakout and the themes were very interesting. I had just enough time to see the Mummy Returns, Terminator 3D and Shrek 4D themes and each one of them rocks in their own way! Terminator and Shrek were 3D movies with effects integrated into the seats too, so when someone rides on a horse or hits into a rock, you feel the jolt too. The most interesting thing was the special effects of these themes which are packed into 6 - 10 minutes of the show. For example, in Terminator, a new T model (not UDDI!!) is introduced. For those of you who have seen Terminator - II, we have the T-1000 a new model of the future made from liquid metal. In the Universal Studio theme we have T - 1 million, an even more powerful enemy (shaped like a scorpion), that has all the same features of the lower end model (talk about compatibility :-)) This model tries to attack our famous Arny and since we all were asked to were polarized glasses, you can see the poking happening right in front of your eyes and sometimes its scary. The best part was when the enemy is destroyed by the usal stunt, which is to release liquid Nitrogen on the metal, thus freezing it. Arny uses his famous 3 words: “Asta LaVista Baby” (not sure if I got the spelling right) and then bombs the whole place. This causes the enemy to disintegrate and at the same time water sprouts were released all over the theater and that a cool feeling!!
Again, I could be but impressed with the logistics of the whole show and did some purchases of Woody Woodpecker... Overall, time well spend and enjoyed.