Ohayou, Japan! (Day 2)

(c) Keshav Das Manalo.

Ohayou! I'm back for the continuation of my previous blogpost in Universal Studios (Japan), our 2nd day for this trip. ICYMI, here's our Ohayou, Japan! (Day 1) blog. 

So after exploring the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, we went next to Jurassic Park next, since our friend, Con wanted to ride the rollercoaster there. Since the boys don't want to have a ride anymore, we decided to split ways and just message each other after the ride.

We passed by Jaws and Amityville on our way to Jurassic Park.

And here we are now. Yey! 😍

This was the queue in the "The Flying Dinosaur" rollercoaster ride which wasn't even the 1/4 of it. Damn it. Haha. We were on queue for 2 hours, because this ride was so in demand. LOL. Oh and may I just share that.. that day, there were so many Japanese students in USJ! Fieldtrip yata nila. Pagkakataon nga naman. 😉

Too bad, I don't have photos of the ride, mainly because, cellphones/GoPro aren't allowed in the ride. Even your scarves, head gears, ear muffs aren't allowed either. Well, there's a high risk that these stuff I mentioned might fall since the whole rollercoaster ride was really WILD! Haha. 

If you want to experience it virtually, you may click this 1 minute video of it.

But if you're lazy to do so, here are 2 of its photo:

Ideally, the rollercoaster feels should be like this:

You're being carried by a flying dinosaur, literally. Hehe.

VERDICT: IT WAS ONE HELL OF A RIDE! To this date, it's my wildest rollercoaster experience yet. The whole ride only lasted for 2 minutes but heck, I was so nervous the first few seconds of it. I really felt that I was going to fall! Haha. Kasi naka-dapa ka lang the entire ride. Takte talagaaa! Hahaha. The most exciting part of the ride was that you're like floating while on it because it's not the typical rollercoaster where you'll going to sit. Hahahahuhuhu. I don't even know if it's a good or bad news for you. 

Anyway.. here's our aftermath picture. 😬

After the ride, we met up with some of our friends who were just in the Jurassic Park area. Yey! We did some catching up of where we've been to, kung anong mga napuntahan namin, kung nakapaglunch na ba, etc. (ANG CICLINGY POTEK. HAHA.) 

And speaking of lunch, Con and I haven't take one yet. That's why we decided to leave our friends a bit and fill our stomachs with food. Hihi.

Late lunch time at Amityville Landing Restaurant and our beautiful view. Hihi.

Gotta compliment this restaurant for these cute packagings. Hihi.

Then, we went back to the resto for the 2nd time around because apparently, 2 of our guy friends haven't eaten their lunch yet. Haha. (Sorry, JM & Shav! Hindi namin alam ni Con. Tee-hee!)

In between our late lunch here in the restaurant, kwentuhan galore lang ulit kami of what happened to all of us nung nagkahiwa-hiwalay kami. Haha. Also, JM and Shav have shared their amazing Space Fantasy experience. HAHAHA! Shocks. Naalala ko na naman. 😂 Videos of it are in my Instagram Highlights which I made exclusively for "close friends" a.k.a. 12 people only in IG. Hahaha. If you wish to see it, just DM me, ocakes? 😉

After eating, we decided to go to Jaws.

VERDICT: It was a cool experience! It felt like being in the movie. Nakakagulat ang mga effects, in fair! Also, you'll realize that it's such a pretty good film production.

The next attraction we went to was - Hollywood.

We watched Shrek in one of the cinemas here. And it was okay lang, boring I guess? Hehe. Most of us even fell asleep while watching it. 😂

Moving forward.. we went to Space Fantasy next para ulitin ang kahindik-hindik na experience ni Shav and JM. HAHAHA! 

VERDICT: AMAZING RIDE! As in! No lies! 😬Feeling ko, may rollercoaster sa universe. Haha. Ganun yung feeling ko. Sobrang amazing talaga, as in! Planets and heavenly bodies! Gusto ko pa naman yung mga ganun. Hayyy.. my Interstellar heart! 😍✨

It was so cute of this ride too because the USJ staff will ask you to do a photoshoot first before entering the ride. 

And as for us, we just wanted to have our own copy of the picture that's why we have this:

Ain't we cute? 😬 Charot!

After Space Fantasy.. RJ, Con and I went to The Flying Dinosaur, so RJ can finally experience it! Hihi. Being the adrenaline junkie that RJ is, this ride shouldn't be really missed. 😬

Here we are in line! 😬

Like the usual, no cellphones allowed while on the ride. Hence, no more picture. Hihi. Also, it was super cold already when we went for round 2! That it was so hard to get our hands off our pocket. Haha.

What happened after was - we rode the Jurrasic Park - The Ride (in water) which is like the Enchanted Kingdom's Jungle Log Jam. Hehe. But this ride I'm talking about was super thrilling! There was even a moment where we entered a closed warehouse and everything went dark, we didn't even know where the ride was heading to and a huge dinosaur was waiting to eat us. LOL. Ang saya sobraaa! Ang unpredictable pa kasi you wouldn't know if pataas ba or pababa na kayo. Hihi.

RANDOM PHOTO: Appreciation post for that side chair beside the toilet bowl. Haha. IDK its real purpose. That's why I just placed my backpack there. Haha.

Then, when we got out of Jurassic Park, that's the only time that I saw our friends' messages to me. Awwwe. 💕 They were telling me to go back to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter because of the amazing light display. Too bad, I missed it! Naknampucha! Busy kasi pumila sa rollercoaster eh. Hahaha.

Anyways.. I still went there to chance upon it. Of course, the light displays were already gone. But at least, I got to see Hogsmeade and the Hogwarts Castle at night. 😍✨

Here's the Hogwarts Castle beaming its beauty. ✨

While the 2nd to the last attraction that we went to was the Universal Wonderland.

I asked my friends to take a photo of me here to show this to my mom. Hehe. Thanks, Con & RJ!

So many Snoopy all over the plaaace! 😍

And Hello Kitty too!

And can't this cupcake ride be any cuter? 😬

Hindi ko alam kung anong trip namin, pero sumakay kami ng carousel. Hahaha.

Ayos pa ba tayo dyan, RJ? 😬

After riding the carousel, umisa pa ulit kami ng rollercoaster - Hollywood Dream! HAHAHA. Sobrang cool nung ride na yun, may sounds yung upuan. Haha. Sobrang saya! Bilang we love music, nakakatuwa lang. Pero grabe yung halukay sa bituka. Minaliit kasi namin masyado. LOOOL.

Then ito naaa.. palabas na kami ng USJ. Pramis! Haha. Arabic feels! Hihi.

Then a few more photos before we bid goodbye to USJ. 😢

Thank you, USJ! You were hella fun! 💕

OMG. Mo's Burgerrr!

Cutie! Little Osaka shop.

Byieee, Harry Potter! Until we meet again! 😭💔

And it's really goodbye, USJ! We're heading to Dotonbori now to have dinner.

Welcome to Dotonbori my beloved reader! Hehe.

Awww. Me loving the Christmas lights! 😍

Ztoh ko yung nasa harapan pa yung backpack ko! Wala ka sa Pinas uy! 🤣

Guess where we are having dinner?

Ichiran, beybeh! Haha.

So.. this is how you order food in Ichiran.

VERDICT: 3/5.

Whyyy? IDK! LOL. Maybe it was the selections I made in the paper before they prepared my order. But for me, Mendokoro Ramenba was way better! Kahit nga yung favorite ko na Ramen Kuroda eh. Anyway, that's just me! We all have different tastes after all. 😬

Then without further ado, we are nearing our hotel already. 

And that's all folks!

See you again in my next blog and thank you for reading! 💕

JAPAN DAY 2 EXPENSES:

(in Philippine Peso)

425 - Sirius Black folder/poster

350 (estimate) - Butterbeer

500 - lunch

450 - Ichiran

300 - Lawson

TOTAL: 2,025

Cheers,

Dona