DirtyGlassEye
Coming to a close
I've talked a bit about Universal Studios Japan, or USJ, in previous posts. But up to this point I've only ever talked about Super Nintendo World, which is one of the hotter places to be in the park right now. But after posting 4 shots from within that land, I promised my next USJ post would be somewhere else in the park.
Shockingly, this park ranks among the top 3 most visited parks on the planet, second to only the Magic Kingdom parks in Florida and California. How in the world does it top the other Disney parks, much less the Universal parks in Orlando? I learned USJ has a lot more seasonal events then the American parks, and as you might expect, it's anime themed, and the Japanese are normally suckers for that (I mean they invented it why wouldn't they be?)
Later in the day, I was in Amity Village waiting for my express pass for Jaws (which is one of my favorite Universal rides ever, it's unbelievably executed here but I'll talk about that another time), and I looked out over the lagoon. I saw a sunburst on the right and a multicolored sky on the left and an incredible foreground with everything in it. Amity, New York, and the flying dinosaur. Beyond the park walls but within sight, was the Tempozan Bridge, and just barely peaking out in the back is the Tempozan Ferris Wheel. This view had everything.
In editing I enhanced the shadows and gave a pink tint on the sky to help bring more of the colors out. Love how this is a more distinct look for a Universal park, your only obvious hint is the Jurassic Park visitor center in the back.
For being the 3rd most attended park in the world the crowds at the rest of the park (for the most part) didn't reflect that status. At most times of the day other ride lines were manageable, I've seen worse in the US (and at Disneysea and Fuji Q here in Japan). I'd recommend skipping the expensive express pass and instead hopping into single rider queues whenever you can (I was dumb enough to buy one). After I was finished touching this up, I realized I bracketed this photo and I already had another shot that looked almost exactly like this, so I came all this way for nothing. This is the edited shot, I gotta feel some sense of accomplishment for spending hours fixing this up.
Coming to a close
I've talked a bit about Universal Studios Japan, or USJ, in previous posts. But up to this point I've only ever talked about Super Nintendo World, which is one of the hotter places to be in the park right now. But after posting 4 shots from within that land, I promised my next USJ post would be somewhere else in the park.
Shockingly, this park ranks among the top 3 most visited parks on the planet, second to only the Magic Kingdom parks in Florida and California. How in the world does it top the other Disney parks, much less the Universal parks in Orlando? I learned USJ has a lot more seasonal events then the American parks, and as you might expect, it's anime themed, and the Japanese are normally suckers for that (I mean they invented it why wouldn't they be?)
Later in the day, I was in Amity Village waiting for my express pass for Jaws (which is one of my favorite Universal rides ever, it's unbelievably executed here but I'll talk about that another time), and I looked out over the lagoon. I saw a sunburst on the right and a multicolored sky on the left and an incredible foreground with everything in it. Amity, New York, and the flying dinosaur. Beyond the park walls but within sight, was the Tempozan Bridge, and just barely peaking out in the back is the Tempozan Ferris Wheel. This view had everything.
In editing I enhanced the shadows and gave a pink tint on the sky to help bring more of the colors out. Love how this is a more distinct look for a Universal park, your only obvious hint is the Jurassic Park visitor center in the back.
For being the 3rd most attended park in the world the crowds at the rest of the park (for the most part) didn't reflect that status. At most times of the day other ride lines were manageable, I've seen worse in the US (and at Disneysea and Fuji Q here in Japan). I'd recommend skipping the expensive express pass and instead hopping into single rider queues whenever you can (I was dumb enough to buy one). After I was finished touching this up, I realized I bracketed this photo and I already had another shot that looked almost exactly like this, so I came all this way for nothing. This is the edited shot, I gotta feel some sense of accomplishment for spending hours fixing this up.