 Hey friends! Tonight we are hanging out at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Christmas is just four days away so I wanted to come out and show you guys what the parks are like and also I got a dining reservation at 50s primetime cafe so I figured we'd ride some rides, eat some food and have a merry Hollywood Studios kind of day. Anyhoo, let's go do this. Christmas week is definitely one of the busiest weeks at Walt Disney World so I'm not too sure what we can get accomplished but I am intrigued to see what the wait times are gonna be at some of the attractions and at least we got a dining reservation at 50s primetime cafe. I've been craving a nice chicken pot pie and I hear they have a really good one. It's been really cold here in Florida the past couple of days. The temperature has been getting as low as the 30s and 40s and they even issued a falling iguana warning. That's whenever the temperature gets so low the iguanas stiffen up and they fall out of trees so I think a nice hot chicken pot pie sounds really good. My birthday was two days ago and I had such an amazing time. My friends actually threw me a surprise party at the boathouse and it was awesome. I didn't make any videos I kind of just chilled out and relaxed for the day but I had a great birthday and thank you guys for all the amazing birthday wishes. I really felt loved. I want to go check out the wait times for the attractions but I do want to point out that genie plus is $25 for today. $25 and I'm not gonna be buying it because as of right now 2 p.m. there are no lightning lanes available like I think there might be a couple of for Star Tours and maybe the Frozen Singalong but that's not until like 7-8 o'clock tonight. Looks like Star Wars Rise of the Resistance is 150 minute wait. Smuggler's run is 85 minutes. Oh Rock and Roller Coaster is 125 minutes. Tower of Terror is 125 minutes. Mickey and Minnie's run away where away is 105 minutes. Basically almost everything is over a hundred minutes or over an hour. Everything is over an hour except for early and swirling saucers. That's 50 minutes. I just counted it up and there are five attractions with a hundred plus minute wait time so that is a very busy day and there's not many attractions here at the park itself. I don't even I feel like between Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom those are probably the two parts with the least amount of attractions but Hollywood Studios makes it easier because they're so close to each other and I don't see ourselves getting on a lot of rides. I can spend all day here and not ride anything. I just enjoy being in the parks and especially during the holiday season but I still want to try to ride something at least. Maybe we'll be able to do Toy Story Mania or if I could pick any ride to ride today like it would be Tower of Terror or Slinky Dog Dash but I don't want to wait two hours for it. I think we're just gonna evaluate the situation after we have lunch. It's just about that time to check in at 50s Prime Time Cafe and maybe some of the wait times will go down. Usually sometimes they will drop down after 2 o'clock because some people is gonna be park hopping but we'll just see right now I gotta get myself a chicken pot pie. It's time to head back to the 50s and this restaurant is such a fun restaurant. I actually wish I brought my mom and sister here. I think they would enjoy it a lot and they've got like great different entrees. They have Aunt Liz's Golden Fried Chicken, a sampling of mom's favorite recipes where you get some chicken, some pot roast, some meatloaf, all the fixings and I was interested in trying Grandpa Jean's Chicken Pot Pie. Like I've never had it before but I really want to get it. It sounds I mean like I said it's kind of pot pie weather and also maybe some chicken noodle soup. Won't mind some chicken noodle soup and some pot pie. The food itself here is kind of mid. I mean I'm kind of excited to try the chicken pot pie but like the chicken's good, the meatloaf's okay but what you're really paying for is the atmosphere. It is truly awesome in there. You do go back to the 50s and the cast members that are taking care of you interact with you. They yell at you to put your cell phones away and keep your elbows at the table and if you eat everything you get a little sticker that says you join the clean plate club. So you get like a clean plate club and I just love it. It's a real fun time. The restaurant itself is themed like a 50s kitchen and a 50s living room. Look at this in here. It looks so cool and they even have like a family of the day. It's the first family that comes in and they get their photo taken. It gets printed out and put on the fridge. December 21st, 1952. I really want to be the family of the day though. I'm just going to show up myself and just be here. The first family day just me. Some of the tables are set up just like this and you get to sit down and watch TV and it's my dream to actually own one of these televisions where it says Disney and then WD here. Like if I can get anything from like any of the parks I think I would want this. I think it would be, it'd be a life goal to own that. But how cool is this? Let me know if any of this stuff looks familiar like you would see it hanging at your house or your grandma's house. Now that we are at our table I decided I am going to go with Grandpa Jean's pot pie but I just found out they don't have the chicken noodle soup anymore. They have tomato soup so I'm not the biggest fan of that so I think maybe just the pot pie but I do I'm gonna miss the chicken. You know like sometimes when you branch out and get some like different items you're gonna miss the ones that you normally get. Gotta eat your vegetables. She literally just fed that man his green beans and I think that is hysterical. I better make sure I eat all my vegetables. I also decided I'm getting an Arnold Palmer and it is my responsibility to set the table. I'm gonna set the table for myself so I'll put this all together got my forks and my knives. I don't want to get yelled at and there we go perfect. Since I'm not getting any appetizers I might actually get the peanut butter jelly milkshake which is a classic here. I'll get it for dessert though because I'm only drinking milkshakes beforehand. Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh and here it is Grandpa Jean's pot pie look at this they actually just added this back to the menu and I love it it's like a little garlic flaky crust on top there lots of filling oh I'm kind of happy I got this and I hope I won't be disappointed because I do want to try that I am gonna miss the fried chicken. Here we go time to dive in. I'm gonna take a little bit of the crust get a little bit of the chicken gotta get something a little bit of everything in one bite it's a little too big of a bite so I'll take some of that off here we go so good wow my favorite thing about this pot pie is that it's baked in a buttery flaky a buttery bakey a buttery a buttery a buttery a buttery bakey flaky crust baked in a buttery flaky crust baked in a buttery flaky crust if you guys know you know that is one of my all-time favorite viral videos and it just cracks me up all the time but it is so good like I love this so much and I like the peas the chicken very good definitely gonna be a proud member of the clean plate club it's really fun just sitting here eating food and watching like old Mickey cartoons and also like old 50s sitcoms like Dennis the menace was on here and a lot of other really cool ones that's excellent look at these tongue marks I didn't have to wash this plate I did good clean plate club the president we're looking for a new one oh I volunteer is trivial clean plate club look at that the president of the clean clean plate club I feel honored yes I'm gonna get a lot we got to get your outfit together a pair of sewing isn't my thing yes so you're now the president of the club I'm gonna wear this the rest of the day well I really think you should because everyone's gonna know you ate all your vegetables and then they'll come up and they'll be like yeah he was a good boy so even let you stay out after dark time even though you're supposed to be home in the street like come on cuz it's perfect look at that sweet oh there you go everyone's gonna know who you are all day Julia I'm gonna keep this forever look at this so awesome cousin Quinn was probably the best server I have ever had in my life she was so amazing and it's such a memorable experience like I couldn't just stop watching her interact with everybody and I loved it so much the pot pie was phenomenal I did miss my friend fried chicken but you know sometimes you got to mix it up but can you imagine if they added like that chicken pot pie like grandpa jeans pop pie to the mom sampling that would be like epic and I skipped out on the milkshake because I think maybe we'll go somewhere else and get some dessert there's a lot of cool Christmas themed treats around the Hollywood studios and might as well do something I want to walk around and wear this all day but I don't want it to get ruined because I really do love it so much so I might buy a bag I might just go ask for a bag and put it in there for safekeeping but look at that president of the clean plate club I knew I'd be the president of something I'll just keep wearing it for a little bit I really do love it though I think it's so cool and it really just shows like the magic of like Disney parks like that is such an amazing interaction people talk about like going up to meet you know their favorite characters and stuff like that but like it's so awesome how impactful like just like some of the cast members at work in the restaurants and inside the stores and how much they can actually improve someone's vacation or make their day and I love that sadly it looks like things didn't get better it actually got busier rise of the resistance is at 160 minute wait tower of terror is at 160 minute wait now Mickey minis is still at a hundred I wonder what slinky dog dash almost slinky dogs at 140 and smuggler's run is at 115 so it didn't work in our favor I still want to walk back to Toy Storyland just in case maybe the wait times aren't what they actually are and I would really love to ride slinky dog dash Woody's got his Christmas scarf on and also they're showing off a little bit of the construction for Woody's round-up barbecue they actually released a couple of photos on the inside this is gonna be the new sit down restaurant in Hollywood Studios it's gonna be like a barbecue themed restaurant and let me know if you guys have seen some of it's literally gonna be right here and I'm excited I mean they need another sit down restaurant here but I don't know if it's gonna fit like what they need I feel like they need like maybe upscale restaurant they only have the brown derby to go off of I honestly feel like every other park has multiple like upscale sit down restaurant except for Hollywood Studios they have the brown derby and I wouldn't consider sci-fi or fifties or Hollywood and Vine or Mama Melrose or Woody's round up to be upscale so like I feel like they need to add one to the you know the list I mean honestly just think about it like at Animal Kingdom they have Tiffins and then they also have what you will call it Tusker House I would consider Tusker House an upscale that kind of establishment even though it's character dining because it's like a little bit different food you know I mean it's definitely a culinary experience looks like the standby line is actually coming all the way out onto the bridge here so that is not a good sign it says 150 minutes and I believe it but I really do want to ride Slinky Dog Dash it's so much fun especially with the jingle bells oh the line is so long they actually sent out the toy shoulders to actually do their drumming to keep people occupied as they wait but they're actually in the queue doing that for a minute and I really thought about it I was like I want to ride Slinky Dog Dash but do I want to dedicate three hours to this line right now three hours and I think I'm gonna pass I think I'm gonna pass on the three-hour way what I can do is sneak in the Galaxy's Edge and use my single rider hack on Smuggler's Run and I bet you at this time of the day like especially using the secret passageway it might only be a 10 minute wait I think we're gonna do that I think we're gonna go see what it's like Smuggler's Run along with Rocket Roller Coaster have single rider lines a lot of people know that but they don't know that Smuggler's Run actually has two separate single rider lines and one of them nobody knows about I'm gonna take you guys in and show you what I'm talking about but I'm not too sure how effective it is today especially because of how busy it is like today is an extraordinary like busy day and we'll see I still think it might do us good right now the standby wait is a hundred and five minutes hundred and five minute wait and we're gonna try the single rider line try our secret passageway and we'll see what it ends up being like the long wait or not but here we go we're at an end it is now officially 353 353 once you go in the single rider line you keep walking until you see a staircase and it's straight on but right to the left there's another staircase that a lot of people miss and that actually takes you up to the attraction too right here it is you just keep walking in and you'll see you'll run into some people up here yep see this is where the line starts but if you go back this way and you go up this staircase fingers crossed look at this bada bing two minute wait two minute wait now of course because I did a single rider line and I didn't wait I walked right on I'm gonna be the engineer so I'll be sitting in the back so if you are looking for that covenant pilot spot I would recommend doing the standby line but look at that seriously looks like I got a nice bunch of recruits we've got to get three coaxium this time three all right I love that ride and I love being engineer I know a lot of people don't like it but I love being like teamed up with like a family and especially that family because they were so fun they never wrote it before so we were talking about it beforehand and they were asking what they should do and I'm like just press lots of buttons and then I told the dad I'm like just pull down on the lever whenever I say punch it and I don't think he was realizing it and I think he was just too busy trying to focus on steadying it out but that was so much fun and I love being like the hype person you know I like it come on we got this come on we can do it I think it's awesome now I think I'm gonna start making my way down sunset try to find a nice little snack I know that they have a brownie a Christmas brownie that I told was told it was really good but I want to see what else they have you know since we didn't get a dessert at 50s or should I stop at baseline I mean I do love baseline but I don't know if they got any good snacks there other than a whole pretzel but I do love the pretzel here I was traveling to sunset and then something caught my eye and I think I'm gonna go for it it's something I haven't had in a very long time I decided on going with a classic funnel cake they actually have two different types here they have a strawberry topping with soft serve and then they got the glimmer and shimmer funnel cake but they told me they don't have any of these golden cookies so I'm gonna opt just for the strawberry topping and soft serve vanilla ice cream and I'm kind of excited for it I mean $7.29 for a plain one and then an extra $1.20 you get ice cream and strawberries so made sense to me but I haven't had a funnel cake in forever holy moly I truly underestimated what I was getting myself into when I said I wanted a funnel cake how does this thing only cost $8.29 it is massive this is big enough for a whole family look at this look at how thick that is oh my lord I am so shocked right now this has to be the biggest funnel cake I have ever seen in my life and I cannot wait to try it I'm gonna give you my head for comparison without making a mess it is it's huge and we're gonna dive in here we go there's definitely a good chance I'm gonna be walking out of here covered in powdered sugar look at these strawberries look at this and you can't wait for this you gotta dive into it as it's crispy and hot oh it is too look at this because it gets soggy fast no one's got time for soggy funnel cakes have a holly jolly Christmas it's the best time of the year wow this is gonna be a miracle if I can finish all this I don't think it's gonna happen I'm trying but this is this is a lot of funnel cake maybe I have to tip over this ice cream timber there we go I'm gonna gonna do my best not to get powdered sugar all over myself or to eat the funnel cake because I just dropped it off my fork also I recommend taking some of the pieces from the side and then adding some ice cream to it because underneath this ice cream that's just all soggyness right there but it's still very good like it the combination of everything floating together is really good the faster you eat this the better so you got to eat it quick before it gets all soggy I'm telling you I hate to say it but I think I'm calling it a defeat this was just so much like I mean I did a good portion of it but I just can't finish it that is a lot of funnel cake right there and I can't save it it's already pretty much soggy so I think I did a good job with the powdered sugar too I might have a little bit of strawberry in my beard though but look at that nothing and I love how these Roosevelt sweaters don't stain like I spilled some of my coffee on me the other day and I just rubbed it off with a napkin and it disappeared these are so I love them I'm obsessed now I feel like I've come up with a very spontaneous decision since it's so busy here at Hollywood studios and we're not going to be able to ride any rides unless we wait three hours I think I'm gonna do a little change up and make our way over to the other studios universal studios because I want to see that one last time before the holiday season is over I mean I'm sure the holiday season carries on into January but I still want to go see it one more time before Christmas and I think we're going to just leave now and make our way over there it's probably going to be dark by the time we get there but it's only about 20 minutes from here so it's not too you know not too far of a drive one last thing before we actually make our way out we got to see the little Christmas cavalcade look at this Santa's coming and we got the reindeer too got the best seat in the house too look at it's snoping it's snoping it's snoping in Hollywood happy holidays Merry Christmas I'm not too sure how much I'm gonna film once I get to Universal but I always like bringing you guys along with me when I go journey you know to other places when I'm out filming and plus I have my express pass because with Universal you get your express after 4 p.m. so we're gonna be able to ride some more rides there and just like that we have made it to Universal Studios look I like how they have the Christmas colors up here at the Universal Cinemark that's actually really nice but where's the Universal sign it's still MIA and it definitely looks like it's crazy busy here holy moly the park is still open for another three hours because it closes at 9 p.m. and this is a lot of people actually leaving right now it's like a sea of people just coming our way but that makes it even better so that means the parks might not be as crowded it's kind of fun that we are able to go to both studio parks here in Orlando in one day even though NGM Studios opened up first in 1989 Universal opened up in 1990 but Universal was thought of first Michael Eisner just rushed to NGM Studios just to be able to open up before Universal opened up but this was the original you know studio park technically the thought of it is the original studio park for Orlando originally a lot of Disney's MGM Studios was actually going to be a part of Epcot which is kind of funny isn't it but then when there was talks of Universal opening up a Florida park they decided to just go all in on their own studio park I love coming to Universal during the holidays though and I haven't been back since I was here with my maja and we got to meet the Grinch it's funny I called her maja starting to feel like Austin Powers your father your father oh father we've got some Christmas elves out and about look at this did we just I think I just missed the parade maybe oh no the parade usually at like five o'clock but I do want to go see the Christmas tree so I think we're going to head down that way I'm not even sure what you would call them snowflakes snow angels I mean but they're really fun and like I said we're gonna go down to see the Christmas tree I'm just in time for the little Christmas lighting show here this is so fun and festive look at it whoo look at that this is definitely the girdiest tree out of all the theme parks I have to say she's a beaut Clark and good tradition first stop probably would have to be finnigan to get myself maybe a harp or an old-fashioned and then I want to make my way down to E.T. I love it in here and I love the live music too very funny it's always a good time in finnigans people are enjoying themselves dancing getting up on stage singing Christmas music and I decided on a little harp a little harp and now some E.T. look at all these Christmas decorations though I love this and also I hear the little street sweep we're coming by because they usually shoot off tons of confetti and snow whenever the parade comes by so then they have like this little machine that kind of cleans it all up like a big vacuum well there it is look at that doing its job this is all the stuff that I was telling so they shoot this off on the parade and that big vacuum kind of sucks it all up E.T. is one of my all-time favorite rides but I do have to say that I kind of was smelling different smells in there like different smells from what I'm used to smelling of course the bromane but I was picking up some H.A. Gen vibes and also some Pandora vibes it was very confusing to me like I was very shocked oh we just caught the tail end of the cinematics spectacular here it's so pretty actually walking through here too all the lights and everything park is closed on this side I think I'm going to try to make our way over to islands of adventure though and with that I think we are done here today I didn't film much here at Universal Studios only because I mean you can't film on the rides but I had a lot of fun we ended up going and riding E.T. I did Jurassic Park I did Spider-Man Kong and it was great like we got a lot done in just a little bit of time got to see the holidays a little bit before Christmas time and I'm excited I'm going to try to do a couple more videos before Christmas maybe hit up Magic Kingdom I wish I was able to go home and see my mom and sister but with the move and adjusting with Bracey I don't want to leave her I don't want to make her feel like alone so I think I'm just going to stay and maybe plan a big trip for January or February for my mom and sister and I think they would appreciate that too so I hope you guys enjoyed the video I enjoyed making it we'll see you next time bye