 Hey friends today, I'm hanging out at Universal Studios Orlando It's the first time that I'm visiting in the new year 2021 I am so excited to ride some rides eat some food and just enjoy both parks. So Let's go do this I'm actually here with my friend Jackie Super enthused. I like that Universal Studios hat It is very fancy And it's gonna be a fun day and I'm excited because there were so many new things that I actually haven't seen yet So now we're gonna explore them all. I think we're gonna start on Universal Studios side first and then hop on over to Ireland's adventure a little bit later on One thing I haven't been able to do is try Everglades doughnuts in Disney Springs But if you have which one's better is voodoo doughnut better or Everglades? Let me know in the comments what your pitch is This is a weekend actually it's Sunday and the park closes at 7 o'clock during the weekday It closes at 5 so it's hard to justify coming out and just hanging out for a little bit But at least on Saturday and Sunday we get a little bit longer That's why I decided to come out normally I don't come out on the weekends, but today's a great day I'm happy I'm here Before we journey into the park a little bit farther I want to stop into the today cafe grab a little snack and maybe a beer or coffee Depending on what they got going on in here. I've never actually gotten anything from here before It's always super busy, and you can't sit down on the inside, but take a look at it now Like there's plenty of room you can just sit down and enjoy Wow look at all of that This looks amazing. I Don't know what to get look at that Napoleon. Oh Wow so many amazing things. Oh Maybe a little tiramisu, but I'm gonna get some tiramisu, but I do like the cakes. That's like a macaroon cake. I Decided on getting the tiramisu Along with the nitro cold brew because it just looked so delicious And I'm gonna give it a try and sit down and enjoy a little bit in here Look at that. Isn't that beautiful? Wow? I don't know I was just I really loved tiramisu and the way that they had the like ladyfingers actually standing up I thought it was gonna be very good and then the nitro cold brew This is looking real good It's always great to start your day off with some coffee I feel like I'm doing like double coffee because I got a coffee dessert or a coffee snack and then a nice little cold brew I'm gonna dive into the tiramisu. I'm excited to see how this like falls apart. Oh boy. Oh This is gonna be so good. Look at that Oh boy, I love tiramisu As I sit here and drink my coffee and eat my tiramisu I also see hello kitty out there saying hi to everybody Look at that. It's just kind of hanging out on a grassy knoll This is an amazing tiramisu. I am like wow I like that I can like literally get the little ladyfingers out and actually eat them one by one and then add like the cream and Coffee moves to it. Very cool. I definitely would get this again This is the first time I've been here at the today cafe and just by the tiramisu I want to try more so next time I'm coming back Now that we're all coffeeed up. It's time to get moving I'm excited for the day especially now that I've had some nitro cold brew and some tiramisu Look at the wait times everything seems so slow man in black 10 minutes the Simpson rides 65 minutes What is happening there? Those wait times are a little funny How could the mummy be a 20 minute wait and the Simpsons is 65 minute wait? I don't know if I can believe it or no way see they're saying Hollywood rip riding 15 minutes the Simpsons 65 and Then Gringotts only a 25 now can't be The Beetlejuice music that just gets you in the mood, right? Like we're walking and we're just like do-do-do-do-do I think we're gonna head on over to the mummy that recently reopened after being closed for a while I'm so excited. Like I said, I love this ride. It's one of my favorite roller coasters of all times Look at this fancy fella in the Macy's window over here. I Really like his hat Because there's no filming allowed on the mummy we're gonna have to put the camera away in the locker and then we'll just catch up as soon as we get done And now we are back Let me tell you something that is a great way to kick off the day Some of the rides you can film on here some you can't that is definitely one of them and it's just so exhilarating I absolutely love that ride. I definitely like I said one of my favorite roller coasters We're gonna move along, but I want to stop in the Rosie's Irish shop because you know St. Patrick's days just around the corner and maybe they got some cool fancy things for this coming year. I Love the Finnegan shirts. I wish that they actually have like a long sleeve one That would be really cool and they even have some nice Finnegan's hats Black is definitely better. These are really nifty and then of course some more Guinness and Just different Ireland apparel. This is a really cool shop Even some shenanigans evil shenanigans Another thing I'm excited for is not only St. Patrick's Day But for Mardi Gras to come to Universal Studios and you know what they're starting to put up the tents for them And it's actually in places. I didn't think they would actually celebrate the Mardi Gras area Now I'm not sure if Jackie knows I'm recording her Because she's taking a selfie, but these are tents for Mardi Gras right here and they're all the way over here by Fast & the Furious Almost in Kings Cross It just seems so strange that they're here The other day I was dining at Tepanido when I was hanging out in the Japan Pavilion And I noticed that they closed their Pickle Pearl section, but here Universal Studios It's actually still open. I wonder if they'll let me ring the bell, you know Sometimes they like ring the bell and they celebrate when you find a pearl. I'm not gonna get a pearl, but I want to just ring the bell I'm gonna ask. I always get excited. I asked so funny. I'm like, can I ring the bell? I have no idea why ringing a bell just brings me so much happiness I really like doing it, but have you ever seen the backside of Jaws before? Look at that, you can see his underbelly Well, we were heading that way to go ride the Hogwarts Express, but it's 50 minutes So I think we're just gonna go back out and walk over to Ireland's adventure. It's gonna be much quicker We want to get over there before the sun starts to set. It's beautiful out and it's probably gonna be an amazing sunset The birds are attacking. What are you getting at? What are you having in his mouth? A quick stop to Finnegan's before we make the jump over to Ireland's because we got to visit our favorite pub Here's to you Perfect Perfect booth right here. I love it. We're like literally on the bar When was the last time you were gonna say you can actually drink at the bar at Finnegan's? This is the only way you can drink at the bar at Finnegan's. I think I'm gonna get myself a good ol' heart But I would love to get an Irish coffee now that I see that they make the espresso here I love Irish coffees, but sometimes when you order them you actually get just like a pre-made coffee drink I love it when it's fresh It's so funny because I was asking if that wheel actually spins and she went up and spun it for me Trip to the bar restroom Now I feel like I'm ready for my journey over to Ireland's adventure. I love Finnegan's It's seriously just such an amazing atmosphere. Nothing like a harp and a little live music. It's really good It's only about a 10-minute walk from Universal Studios to Ireland's adventure That's why we much rather take the walk than wait the 50 minutes for the Hogwarts Express And it's actually very nice out so you get to look at some really fancy stuff And I'll show you some of those on the way over The Hogwarts Express is a fun ride that gets you back and forth to the park But when you walk over there, it's so beautiful because you get to see the hard rock and you get to see the chocolate emporium And also we're brownie actually running and also piece of the Berlin wall Right behind the hard rock is where the piece of the Berlin wall is and I just you know Sometimes like to come up touch it and be like hey, I touched the Berlin wall and then just go about my business There it is I love rock and roll. I just touched the Berlin wall Crazy isn't it? Right here Universal Studios Orlando It's just a cool little thing. I know a lot of people mention it But I absolutely love it because I'm such a history person and that's such an iconic history piece and Right here is one of the very unique restaurants at Universal Studios the Tutsum chocolate emporium Now we're not grabbing anything to eat but to give you a run around and see all the cool things that they have in the grabbing go area They've got some really good deals going on actually a flash sale 50% off candy. That's really awesome. And then of course Valentine's Day is coming up So, you know a lot of chocolate's gonna be sold here But seriously look at all the amazing little desserts. I love it in here I mean, I could probably eat one of everything look at a little teddy bear That's a gingerbread s'mores cocoa bomb Four different flavors Here is one of the other flavors as she said this is the peppermint cocoa bomb. Look how beautiful that looks Coconut like cocoa bombs have really got popular recently. I love them. I haven't tried one yet though They have amazing things in there not only just like sweets. They have good food, too I've done there plenty of times and I enjoy the burgers or steaks. Everything's really actually good Now we're in Islands of Adventure. I would say that was way less than 10 minutes I know I threw that number out there earlier, but I could say probably a four-minute walk Beautiful Islands of Adventure and it's actually looking really good for wait times that we walked in Dr. Doom is 10 minutes Spider-Man 30 Kong is 30 Hogwarts Express went down to 45, but Hagrid's is still at a 60 minute wait. Holy moly And now I need to get some sanitizer Thank you Watch out for the high gamma radiation area a Fun little nod for any of the Marvel fanatics out there Actually the artist that did all of these paintings or pictures of different characters His name is Adam and he wrote Adam in every single person and it's kind of like a hidden thing And I'm trying to find them all but it's actually very challenging like I can't find Adam anywhere I do man. It hit me so hard, but but a bing a D a nm Wow It was hard, but it literally just stood out like a sore thumb And then on the picture of the top it says it on his shoe Adam a d a m Since I'm sitting over in the Jurassic Park area enjoying the music I decided to get a Pursuedo Sioux Pale ale and this is made just for Jurassic Park area here. That's really awesome, huh? Pursuedo Pursuedo Should I tell him guys should I tell him please? What is it? Pursuedo Sioux Since we're heading into Harry Potter. I think I should finish up my Pursuedo Sioux Pursuedo This will always be one of my favorite parts of Universal Studios. I love Hogsmeade I love Diagon Alley too, but I don't know just something about staring at Hogwarts Castle It just gets me so I don't know I can't really say whether I like Hogsmeade better than Diagon Alley I just know I'd like seeing the castle. I mean honestly who doesn't isn't that beautiful? Looking at that sunset happening behind the Hogwarts castle makes me want to actually go ride Flight of the hypocrite because you get pretty amazing views from up there, and it'd be a little fun ride I absolutely love this. It's a little tiny roller coaster kind of like a kid's coaster, but it's really fun Look at this. We got pumpkin Hagrid right there I'll look at Hagrid's hut right here, too. Look at that Look at that view. Oh boy. We're going. Oh wow. Oh wow That was such a fun ride Honestly, I know it's made for kids, but I love it and I think it's really cool They actually hit the corners and turns really quickly. So I mean even though it's for kids I still think it would be really thrilling for them The park is actually gonna be closing very shortly So I think we're gonna make our way out of the park maybe grab something to eat on the way out But man, I'm having such a great day and that sky is beautiful Wow Skull Island, rain of Kong. Anybody else super excited for Converse Godzilla? I've seen that little tiny bit of a trailer on HBO Max and I am so pumped for that One thing I can say about Universal is they got seeming so right with this ride. It is magnificent Look at that in there from the fire to all the different faces It is amazing The pickings were pretty slim inside the park, so we're gonna make our way out to City Walk Hopefully grab something to eat at one of the restaurants out here. There's a lot to choose from a Couple of good selections that we have our NBC grill and then also we have vivo and cowfish and Margaritaville So we're gonna see which one has the lowest wait time because whenever the park is closing all of the restaurants at City Walk usually get much busier because that's where everyone's heading is on the way out And I think we're heading to cowfish the sushi burger bar. This is my first time inside here. I'm excited Wow, it seems so festive here Very nice They have such a big menu here and a good combination of sushi and burgers and Even a couple of things that are sushi and burger together One of the burgers is a not Elvis Presley where it's a pound burger with peanut butter and fried bananas on it That sounds interesting, but I need something to actually put in my belly today So I'm gonna get the dynamic duo which is like a pork belly or short rib and a burger short rib and a burger Sounds pretty interesting along with my dynamic duo I decided to get the Brussels sprouts and they look amazing I mean they had a whole bunch of stuff to it as well So fun fact about these Brussels sprouts is they actually have tuna flakes on it that actually looked like they're moving But it's the heat that moves and do you see it moving? They're moving on their own It's so like trippy to see that actually Now the burger is here. I absolutely love those Brussels sprouts But something is on top of my burger that I was not expecting and I'm gonna try it. I'm gonna give it a go This is the dynamic duo and you can see I got the short rib on there with the burger But then it also comes in a little sushi on top I'm gonna try the sushi and then Jackie got the bento box Cowfish bento box and it's got a mini burger with sushi and sweet potato fries. That's very fancy. Yeah, it is, right? Yeah, don't put this in your beer I am not a big fan of sushi in fact, I've only ever had it once before But I'm gonna give this a go And I'm gonna eat it just like I pulled it out of the burger Oh boy It was just a veggie roll nothing to go crazy about but it was on top of my burger But now I gotta get to the good stuff. I gotta get to the burger Absolutely amazing, but take a look at this up here. I thought those were fishes, but they're flying cows I love it in here. The food is great. The atmosphere the music very cool But now I think we need to be moving along. This was such a great experience I absolutely loved it here, and I'm definitely gonna come back and try that peanut butter banana burger. I have to And I think we're gonna take the fancy elevator down. Oh It's so bright Look it And with that, I think I am done here. It's so much fun hanging out Universal Studios I know I can't film much on the rides, but I really rely on you know Basically my experience and I try to like portray it and how I have fun at Universal You know what I'm saying? Oh, I have so much I always have a great time. I just talk and talk and talk So I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it. I'll see you next time. Bye