California Ride Share Experience

My ride share experience in California!

Upon arrival, we took a taxi from the John Wayne Airport to Candy Cane Inn. The taxi driver was old, and it was the least enjoyable ride we took. With a tip, it cost $70USD($98.05CAD). I believe I only tipped $10.

When we took Lyft from Candy Cane Inn to John Wayne Airport $35.22USD($47.37CAD), big difference…

We went to Universal Studios Hollywood for one of the days. The day before I checked the approximate cost on Lyft and on Uber. Lyft was roughly $50USD and Uber was roughly $60USD.

We were picked up at 8:30am and got there at 9:47am. The fee including a $20 tip was $69.68. I tipped high as they drove for over an hour!

On the way back from Universal Studios Hollywood, I tried to order a ride at 6:30pm(on a Friday) and it was rush hour!! I checked Lyft and almost had a heart attack with the insane prices. 

I switched to Uber and found one for slightly cheaper and jumped on it. $89.96USD with a $25 tip as we were in the car for closer to 2 hours!

As someone who lives where they don't have these ride share options, my tip if you find yourself in that situation is to find something to do for an hour and wait.

Super Nintendo World - Universal Studios Hollywood

 

Friday, January 13, 2023

This is the day all my dreams came true! The funny thing is, had we not missed our flight and rescheduled our trip by a day we would not have come to Universal Studios Hollywood and been a part of Super Nintendo World’s opening!!

The land opened for technical rehearsal on January 12, 2023, without any notice!

The land is amazing. It’s small but there is so much detail that it is absolutely perfect.

We got a picture with Mario and Luigi, who talk unlike normal characters. Princess Peach also makes appearances. I haven’t heard of any other characters yet; however, I hope they have a Yoshi.

Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge ride… I have mixed feelings about it. If it was just me riding it, it was amazing! However, my daughter was just barely over 40” and there were a number of problems…   

1. When they measure the children’s height they have a piece of the castle sticking out right under the line so that they can’t lean against it. It makes it extremely hard to tell which kids are actually 40”.
   
   
2.  The ride probably should be for 42”+… not because it is a crazy ride but because it is very hard to see over the steering wheel to enjoy the ride and the headpiece!
   
   
3. The headpiece… it was fine for me, but I was there with my 11-year-old twins and my 3-year-old. One of my twins has a very small head and my 3-year-old has a decent size head. Neither of them could keep it on during the ride. My 11-year-old was in the row in front of me losing her S*** the whole ride.

All that aside, it was an amazing ride and 2/3 of my children wanted to go again(not the 11-year-old that had issues).

We didn’t try any food, but it looked pretty cute.