 Hey friends today, we're hanging out at Disney's Hollywood Studios I'm continuing my journey around to the different Disney parks for the new year 2022 I wanted to come out and ride rock and roller coaster and slinky dog dash today I feel like I haven't rode rock and roller coaster in such a long time And we also have dining reservations at the Hollywood and Vine because they switched over to their newest seasonal offering Which is the silver screen dine, and I'm so excited to see Mickey Minnie all dressed up any who's Let's go do this Today is January 11th, and it's not my first time being in Hollywood Studios for the new year 2022 I came here a couple of days ago with some friends, but I really didn't explore much So today we're gonna go over like all the different wait times attractions and maybe see if there's any new food items I'm not planning on buying the genie plus service today We're gonna use a single rider line for rock and roller coaster And then we're gonna do standby for slinky dog dash and see how long it actually takes Our reservation for the Hollywood and Vine isn't until 3 30 But like I said, it is the silver screen dine And I'm so excited because you see Mickey and Minnie and all of our favorite pals all dressed up And I like that they change it out for every season's like they had Christmas Halloween Summer spring and now this is like the silver screen one. It's not more of a seasonal offering It's kind of like their regular like set up that they would have without the holiday season I think we're gonna head straight down to rock and roller coaster first And like I said, we're gonna use a single rider line there if it's open It's been closed for like weeks at that like weeks at a time and I didn't even check so I might be walking down here Just to get disappointed, but I guess we'll find out It is super busy here today, and I'm not even sure why it's a Tuesday, but look how crowded sunset is I mean, there was a lot of people actually out and about If there is one thing that I can wish for for the new year 2022 here at Hollywood Studios It would have to be the return of Phantasmic. I really missed that show, and I hope they bring it back It's probably one of my favorite like nighttime shows because you just get to sit down Relax listen to music and it's amazing. You get to see all the characters and hopefully they'll bring it back Maybe in the new year. Who knows? I'm not too sure what is the hold up for Phantasmic They did bring back Beauty and the Beast at the theater of the stars, and I think they actually just let out a show That's why it's so crowded here. Look at the mass amount of people right now Either they let out a show or a show is going in, but holy moly We're gonna have to duck and we need to get over to rock and roller coaster I'm pretty positive that Hollywood Studios is the only part that has two single rider attractions You can do rock and roller coaster and smugglers run over in Galaxy's Edge I don't think any other part has two like single rider lines test track at Epcot and Everest at the Animal Kingdom and also kind of like Space Mountain Magic Kingdom But it's not really a single rider line, and I think that's all but let me know. Maybe I'm wrong I'm pretty sure I'm pretty positive though Good news is I'm pretty sure rock and roller coaster is open But the wait times are super super long right now The Tower of Terror is sitting at a 50 minute wait and look at this queue This is all people waiting in line to actually ride the Tower of Terror So I can only assume that it's gonna be a long wait to get on rock and roller coaster especially since it's been closed for the past a week and Maybe the single rider line might be actually very long. Who knows? Oh, oh, I think we are right wait time is 70 minutes 70 minutes, so we're gonna see how long the single rider line is gonna take I mean no matter what I don't think the single rider line is gonna be longer than 70 minutes Like there would be no way if that's the case. What would be the point? You have to be warned single riders parties will be separated to experience this attraction Wait time may be as long as the standby queue hopefully not 70 minutes Wait a minute, we can't leave these people here like this weekend. Oh, come on. You know how we feel about our fans Well guys, what do you expect me to do send them all with you? Wait a minute, I love that idea. I've got some backstage passes. Today is a lucky day. We got row one I feel so lucky that we got the front row You can have that on your hand. Yeah first-time rider here, so I told him it's gonna be okay. Oh, they just shut me out Thank you We got this buddy was so awesome I love rock and roller coaster and it wasn't a 70 minute wait It's probably like 20 minutes and the kid that I got to ride with it was this first time and he was definitely a little scared so I was talking to mop actually why we were waiting for our stretch limousine to come and Let him know like it's all indoors. It's dark. You won't even see what's happening and Yeah, he loved it So it was really fun to get to ride with somebody who's never rode it before and if you play not coming this ride Does shut down a lot So if it is open go ride it when you can because if you wait it might close and it might not reopen for the day Now let's take a look at the other wait times here at Hollywood Studios rise of the resistance is a hundred and five minutes Smugglers run is 55 minutes Toy Story Mania was 75 minutes Mickey Minnie's runaway. We're always 75 minutes It seems like a very busy day, but I didn't see Slinky Dog Dash, but that's where we're headed next Slinky Dog Dash Oh Zoinks I just found out Slinky Dog Dash is 90 minutes 90 minutes, but I feel like we committed to it It may be when we get down there. It's not going to be so long So we'll assess the situation once we get in Toy Story Land As we were making our way down to Slinky Dog Dash I wanted to just take a peek see at Mickey's runaway We're away and it says 75 minutes, but it does not look like it's a 75 minute wait Like the queue is basically only like three switchbacks over here And I've waited in like a 60 minute line And I was like waiting all the way over here and then ramping all the way over there But I don't think that looks like 75 minutes. I don't know I don't know if I want to test that out. Maybe we should come back and test it out But it might be busy later. We might have missed an opportunity here, but I rather try to do Slinky Dog Dash When you come to the parks often you kind of get like a sense of what a wait time is actually like And that does not seem like 75 minutes, but we'll see we're gonna come We're gonna go do Slinky Dog Dash and we're gonna come back and we're gonna see hopefully the line doesn't grow And you'll see like I'll show you where the line is now And if that's 75 minutes, we'll see what the line is like later when it's probably gonna be much busier so right now two switchbacks 75 minute wait and when we come back later We'll see how long the wait is like if it's right here and it says 60 minutes Then that is definitely not 75 minutes, but a little experiment and we'll see we'll test it out when we do come back around Now Mickey and Minnie's runaway railway does have a cheap lightning lane It's $7 you could just purchase it and you can cut the line and go straight through the lightning lane But we're not gonna do that today Especially if we think that the weight is definitely lower than it is and it kind of makes me sad because I feel like we should have wrote it Then we sure wrote it when it was looking like that One of the things I always like to check out is the new movie billboards that they put back here Usually it's a current like movie that they have going on West Side Story and then home alone home sweet home alone What does everyone think about the new home sweet home alone like reboot if you watch it Let me know I haven't seen it yet, and I don't know if I want to Another thing that I'm excited for for the new year 2022 is maybe an announcement of the new restaurant They're building here in Toy Story land I don't know if it's gonna open in 2022 But maybe they'll give us a time frame or when it will open and it looks so so cool Right next to the big Woody is where the roundup rodeo barbecue was supposed to be It's right behind this green screen here, and it was initially set to open in 2020 But because of all the delayed construction, it's not open and there's no official date But here is the concept art right here the roundup rodeo barbecue I am so excited for a nice restaurant here at Hollywood Studios I feel like restaurants of Hollywood Studios are really like hard to come and it's hard to get reservations here, too And plus who doesn't like barbecue? I mean barbecue Toy Story Land. I feel like that's a great combination. Oh No guys 110 minute wait from right here 110 minutes outside Toy Story Mania. Oh Lordy I Really believe slinky dog dash is probably the hardest Lightning lane to get with the genie plus out or the genie plus service. Oh, here comes linky right now Definitely the hardest I mean all the other ones are individual lightning lanes that you can purchase but not slinky dog Dash you actually have to get it through the genie plus app You have to pay the $15 and I feel like it sells out faster than any other genie plus ride So if you plan on coming to Hollywood Studios and you want to get a lightning lane for slinky dog dash and rise of the resistance You have to pay probably $30 a person and you have to book them first thing in the morning But you have to literally book them the second you can get them because like I said This is hard to get and rise of the resistance just sells out like it sells out immediately We have officially hit the hour mark and they just said that you may see an increased weight to your current wait time That's insanity. Isn't it? Oh boy. We're almost there. We're almost there What do you guys see the hidden Mickey right there on the top right corner? You see a hidden Mickey and it's above the two army troopers like Parachuting down and the reason that hidden Mickey is there is because that's where the water tower that used to be here at MGM Studios used to be used to be right here. That's a little fun fact for you Also, this is one of the attractions here at Disney World where you don't need to have a mask on well Mask or actually optional so you could wear it or you don't have to wear it the choice is up to you And we're finally on the ride yatsy I'll lose this and the Sun is super bright Slinky dog dash in the back is so much fun and that was a long wait Like it was pretty true to its nature. I think I lost track of time, but it was definitely over a hundred minutes and It was fun to actually ride but now it's time to eat like I woke up an appetite sitting in there and like thinking about like Hey, we're gonna go to dinner right after this I wanted to see if I get one more ride in before we actually made it over to Hollywood and Vine But that's not gonna happen. Our reservation is like right now So we're gonna head on over there and maybe we'll do a ride after we might do some things afterwards You know just have a little still like fun at Hollywood Studios I wanted to come out and see if the line actually went down a little bit since we actually came and rode But it's still a huge line. It's still over a hundred minute wait As we're making our way out to Hollywood and Vine We are passing Mickey and Minnie's Runaway and I want to show you what I was talking about before Because it really did happen Just about two hours ago when we are heading down to Slinky Dog Dash We walked past here and this is exactly where the line was and the wait time was 75 minutes And you remember I was saying there's two switchbacks And this is literally the same exact queue and guess what the wait time is right now 50 minutes 50 minutes same exact queue as we passed by before two hours ago was the same queue and 75 minutes, but do you see how things work like that? I told you it was definitely not a 75 minute wait It just seems like now we're trying to get accustomed to seeing what the lines are like with the lightning lane I mean because honestly everyone's still kind of new to the Genie Plus It takes probably at least a full year until you get the hang of things and even out with operations too And it's only a couple months old like Genie Plus just came out not even like six months ago It is time for our dinner reservation I'm excited to see all of our characters like I said dressed up for the silver screen Also, you can see Roger Rabbit silhouette in the window up there because that's the Eddie Valin Private detective agency and I guess we're gonna check ourselves in and then look over the menu a little bit Here is a look at the menu It is $55 for adults and it's $36 for children and the food is kind of always the same They do switch up the desserts sometimes for the different seasons But the thing that changes for the seasonal like time is like the characters outfits the music the dances and some of the decor on the inside and For $55 it is all you care to enjoy Salad bread service and then the entrees you can get all you care to enjoy as well So if you order the beef tenderloin, you can get as much beef tenderloin as you want And I think I've had everything here except for the spice rub pork loin. So I think I'm gonna try that today I think it'll be a little fun adventure and Then maybe a s'mores pie for dessert Oh, wow, there's Mickey right there I'll dress up in his suit and look at the photo drop like the backdrop they give you as soon as you walk in It's really really pretty these kind of look like the 50th statues right here. I like it a lot Included in the $55 you get soft drinks and hot beverages to say and get coffee or tea And I haven't had an orange soda in forever and I didn't even know they served on started here. So hmm And like before I was telling you I kind of already know what I want to get So I ended up getting the spice rub pork loin and this looks so so good And I got it with the smashed potatoes, which is basically just potatoes smashed with some olive oil And it comes with a bacon peach chutney and then a smoky mustard barbecue sauce And it looks so so good doesn't it? I mean holy moly and this is all you care to enjoy too. I really I'm excited to try it I don't think I've ever had it before and you can see the crust right on there. So that this is gonna be good Hi, here we go. We're gonna grab a piece of it now You could get a cheese polenta with this but I really do love the smashed potatoes I think they're so so good. I also love the stuffing here, too. They have a good turkey dinner I just wanted to try something a little bit different Wow This is so so good and I love the Peach and bacon chutney like that is so so good the barbecue sauce is good and the potatoes are good and basically all this is is just Potatoes smashed up with olive oil and it's actually a healthier option with the potatoes like this and I like it This is actually one of the better dishes that I've done here before Obviously you guys know this silver screen dine I told you think that change for the seasonal right now They're playing Star Wars music in here and I think that's kind of cool and they'll play different movie songs and stuff like that and I can't wait to see how the other characters are dressed up I've seen Mickey and Minnie and they look fantastic, but I don't know about goofy or poodle. So I think they're coming up soon Hi, Minnie. Hi Happy to see I love the new dress. Yes, it looks fantastic. Oh, thank you That is amazing. Oh, I'll give us a tour. Thank you. We got a nice little twirl. I love it Oh, the shoes are fantastic too and the bracelet. Yep, I didn't notice a bracelet until now it matches the shoes right there Yeah, you're you're the best you are the best Thank you so much Minnie. Yes. Thank you Bye If I was to rank all the food items at the Hollywood and Vine I think I would put this in like the number two spot I still love the beef tenderloin is my number one But I think this is better than the roasted turkey dinner. I'm really shocked and I really do love it This might be my new go-to Oh, here comes Pluto look at his hat. Oh wow fancy Look at Pluto I love him in his little hat there and he also has a star like on his collar there That is really fancy Right now they're playing my heart will go on from Titanic and I love it I think that's so funny. No, it's not like the actual song like it's not Celine Dion singing It's like just a melody, but it really fits into like the silver screen and dying. Oh My lord here comes goofy and look at his outfit. Oh He looks the best. Oh, I cannot wait. This is so awesome Look at him. Oh man. I love it. I love everything about it I'm gonna see if I can get a photo with them Now it's time for the dessert and take a look at the s'mores pie here. It looks so good I think I've had this before you got a little toasted marshmallow up there Some chocolate mousse and some graham cracker crumbs and it looks so good Like I said, it's kind of like a deconstructed pie, but I think we'll dive right in I'm not too sure how I can even go about eating this because you kind of want to get a little bit of everything I'm one bite, but I don't know how to do that because it's kind of like deconstructed. Oh, here we go Maybe we'll pull pull apart the Mushroom there. There we go. Oh my god. Just call it a mushroom And here we go It's very like rich I didn't think the chocolate was gonna be that rich because it doesn't look like dark dark chocolate, but it's okay I like it. I think I like the lemon cake or the vanilla creme brulee better, but it'll do it'll do Look at those shoes I like your shoes Hollywood Mini's recipe for the perfect day includes lots of fun And time with friends looks like it's going to be a perfect day Well, we got to see Goofy and Pluto and now it's time for Mickey and Minnie And we saw them when we were actually coming in except for they were going back when we were coming in and I can't wait I love Mickey in his little suit Or is it Mickey in his little tux? Look at that They're also playing the circle of life right now, so I thought that's funny. I just think I keep on putting out all my favorite movies He's walking around like the boss Well, that was awesome I mean the food there is kind of like, you know, yeah, but the experience is phenomenal and Minnie always steals the show I mean it is mini seasonal dine, but Minnie always steals the show. She is so fantastic I love it every time I come here I get excited to see Minnie the boy that she actually interacts with the guest or even interacts with me and when you're done Actually eating they give you a Hollywood and Vine card where you actually get their autographs on it So that's always a nice little keepsake they get to take home with you And look at that Goof was also really dressed up nice Goof was looking very fashionable Now I think we're gonna make our way back down sunset and maybe do the Tower of Terror I wouldn't mind catching the Tower of Terror for a sunset since we're gonna be walking down sunset. I think that sounds really nice I feel like I didn't really do like a full dining review for Hollywood and Vine I did do like a full dining review a multiple times today I just wanted to touch base with the different characters the music that they're playing because the food is like I said It's always the same food and I've been there probably at least six times in the last year And if you want you can see some of the other videos during the different seasons and they're a little bit more in-depth This was mainly just to show you all of the silver screen like costumes for the characters and the music and it's really fun I have to pick Halloween as my favorite time to go though because they do do special Halloween desserts And I'd like the way the characters dress up like for their Halloween best. You know what I mean? As we're making our way down to the Tower of Terror take a look at this awesome photo pass opportunity They have the Hollywood Tower hotel luggage here that you can actually get a photo with and I am so excited I am definitely doing this Look at that. Do I just pick it up? Oh, okay. I Feel so fancy. I love it so much Take one, pop it, that's 40, that's 30 That literally made my day scene that luggage. I think that is so awesome. What an amazing photo pass like prop I'm happy that they're actually bringing photo pass props back out for the longest time They were just like the signs but Disney used to have some amazing props And I was actually thinking about some cool like photo things here at Hollywood Studios And I remember like two years ago, maybe three years ago Dr. Strange was doing meeting greets here like Dr. Strange was doing a meet and greet They also had a spider-man area there and I remember there was a daily blue daily bugle like newspaper vending machine So there was a lot of cool things here at Hollywood Studios, and I hope they bring a lot of those back. Oh Wow, well in the time that I took me to take some photos It looks like the queue is outside again 15 minutes though. It's a lot better than earlier and look at that I'm so excited to ride now I'll go this way, don't I? Yes. Thank you I'm hoping that we're still gonna be able to catch the sunset from up there I don't know what I like when the elevator doors open up and you get to see out and see all of Hollywood Studios and During the sunsets beautiful and also when the lights are just turning on and it's still daylight out That is also beautiful or when you see it during the fireworks, but they're not doing fireworks They're just doing like flares at the moment, but that is also beautiful And the line's moving pretty fast like I said it said 50 minutes, but I don't think it's gonna be 50 minutes I mean we started off in like that back corraled area where the groundskeepers shed is and there was one switch back And now we're almost at the front. I Love the queue music here at the Hollywood Tower hotel listen to this All right made it in it's time to mask up and catch an elevator ride It seems kind of bright in here. It's never really this bright usually like it doesn't it seem really like bright It's not too dark. You can see all the cobwebs Party one fancy. Thank you Left to right left to right only That is so good And I love when you're with a big group of people that are just like so like pumped and that's what that group is Like that whole entire elevator was just full of excitement and it was awesome I'm sure I don't know if it came into focus. I've been having issues whenever we get up there Everything is like out of focus and I tried to set it and fix it, but it never worked, but I had a lot of fun Now we're gonna make our way out and Somebody messaged they wanted to see the Tower of Terror gift shop So I want to show you guys a little bit of it and also did you guys know that there was plans to put a Little Tower of Terror bar in here The Tower of Terror gift shop has a lot of cool like Halloween merchandise Of course tons of Tower of Terror merchandise and ears, but they also have Nightmare before Christmas Haunted mansion a lot of good stuff. I love this right here I actually got this set of jars about a couple months ago, and it's got frogs breath in it frogs breath in Wormsworth But I love it in here and also a fantastic shirt Also another really cool thing to point out. They have a Halloween window on display all year round here at the Tower Hotel Look, isn't it so cool? It's got pumpkins in it and you can shop the world all over at the exclusive Tower gallery And I love it all the pumpkins all the mummies. I Don't know if it's set to be just Halloween, but I kind of just associate pumpkins with Halloween I'm like ah pumpkins Halloween This though right here. This is what I would love to be at the tip-top club. Look they look so fabulous. I Would love to join them one day. Oh Look at it out right now. It is so beautiful and that was definitely not 50 minutes That was definitely a lot quicker than 50 minutes, and we still got some daylight not for long though. I Would say only about another 10 20 minutes, and it's gonna be dark outside But this right now, this is what I was talking about when the lights start turning on and it's still daylight out so beautiful Now let's walk through the shops and see if they have any cool merchandise, and then we're gonna call it a night Take a look at this cute sweatshirt right here feels good to be home. I like this actually It's not like the best material, but it's $40. It's the itchy material Oh My ward look at this Baymax Spirit Jersey, it's like a spirit Jersey hoodie right here, but this is the coolest thing I've ever seen I want it so bad. Wow. This is so cool $79.99 I might get this are these emperor new groove pajamas Holy moly where's all this good merchandise coming from they must have just released some of the stuff because I've never seen any of This before the pajama bottoms look so comfy $49.99 and then look at that, but I want that spirit Jersey That Baymax spirit Jersey is probably gonna be mine soon. Just wait. I bet you in the future You're gonna see me pop up wearing that very max spirit Jersey. I am so excited. I love Baymax It's one of my favorite movies, and you don't see anything in the parks anymore Ever since they took him out of Epcot, and he was one of the best meet and greets I hope they bring Baymax back because that was amazing Also take a look at this really awesome 50th anniversary Cinderella look at this. I don't think I've seen this before. I think it's really really nice It's got a little 50th anniversary wand right there. Oh, there's only a thousand or 10,000 Oh, there's 10,000 of these so it's one of 10,000. I don't know how expensive it is though Might be a little 129 dollars. Holy moly And with that, I think we are done here today. I had a lot of fun today. It was a very long fun full day Fun full day. I kind of like that Slinky dog dash was an extremely long wait and it kind of took a lot out of me Like I felt like just kind of a little tired afterwards I mean it was a long wait tape, but it was fun to ride the ride and Yeah, I still think it's really hard to get a lightning lane for slinky dog dash You know what I mean a rise of the resistance I didn't have an opportunity to buy it if you go in the app and you keep on checking back and forth things come available So when somebody cancels a lightning lane reservation or any other reservation It actually pops back into the system and somebody else can pick it up So there was an opportunity to buy rise of the resistance, but I didn't want to pay $15 for it You know what I mean? And I didn't want to wait 120 minute line either so it's kind of like But when you're on vacation, it's a different story any who's I hope you enjoyed the video I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time. Bye And look at this on the way out we get to say bye to Donald Duck So we got to see everyone today Mickey Minnie Donald goofy and Pluto. What a nice little treat