 Hey friends today. I'm hanging out at Universal Studios Orlando. It is spring break So the crowds are going to be super busy But I wanted to come out because it was a beautiful day Maybe ride some rides eat some food and definitely get some drinks. So let's go do this I guess it's a good sign seeing this many people leaving the park, but I'm sure there's a lot more people inside the park Regardless of the wait times and how busy the parks are this weekend or this week has just been so beautiful And it kind of just makes you want to get out and go to a theme park You know what I mean? You ever get those feelings where you're just like man. I'd love to go walk around a theme park I definitely had that feeling today And even though we know that it's very crowded and the wait times are going to be extremely long I want to try to show you guys that you can make the best of the day Even during the busiest times of the year Now I'm not saying I'm gonna ride all the best rides or have the coolest Experiences, but I am gonna make it the best of what we got like you know what I mean? We know what's crowded We know there's ways around actually beating those crowds There's attractions you can do that don't have long waits and there's experiences that people just don't know about so I Figured today would be a perfect opportunity Just to have a relaxing day at Universal Studios on a busy week and Since it's actually still Mardi Gras you can catch beads You got some beads Up the copper start to the day is definitely a quick pit stop into Finnegan's to grab ourselves Some fuel fuel to fuel us through the park and Finnegan's is the best spot for it in my opinion Luckily the grab-and-go section is open. There's normally a line, but not today. Lucky us This is especially a good time to come because it is St. Patrick's Day weekend You know, I already celebrated our Raglan road So why not come over here to my second favorite little Irish spot? And because we're dealing with large crowds there is a little secret alleyway over here Well, it's not really a secret but it's a good spot to get out of the crowd So you can take your mask off drink your beer without actually being crowded by a bunch of people. I Love it back here. We got the whole alley to ourselves We get to listen to some music and just relax and enjoy a harp on St. Patrick's Day weekend It's a very hard to find like this empty space on the busiest week at the parks So that's why I appreciate it so much so far only about three people have walked through But I think they were just confused if you've hung out here before you know what I'm talking about It's nice to just get get tucked away a little bit We're gonna move out of our little alleyway there and try to explore around and see if we get on a ride Depending on the wait time cell because like I said, I know it's already gonna be busy But there are a select few attractions that even with our express pass I know that we could probably get on fairly quickly. So we'll test out and see which ones those are Fast and furious supercharged definitely is not one of them a 100 minute wait I don't know if I can ever condone the fact of waiting a hundred minutes for fast and the furious I mean, it's an okay ride, but a hundred minute wait I mean, I would much rather get in line for like Gringroth's or something like that Crazy, I think we will check to see what the wait time is for men in black Hopefully it's not too long of a wait and we're gonna use our express pass, but this is a ride I've been really wanting to ride for for some reason. I don't know why I Absolutely love all these posters they have inside the queue here the universe in you What do they eat? What do they want? It was a 60 minute wait and because of our express pass We got on with just a five minute wait mainly because they have their own loading sign So this is the standby and then the line that we're in is express it actually has its own loading station So that's what makes it quick My friend Erica came up with the win at the last second But it was really cool that we got on within five minutes and their queue is like one of the more preferable queues for Express pass I highly recommend if you only got a day or two here get an express pass Especially during the peak season it went from a 60 minute wait to a five minute wait. That's pretty impressive Some rides though are just not as lucky like for instance the Simpsons ride right now It's set at a 90 five minute wait But if you were to use your express pass on this you would still be waiting probably 30 35 minutes And that is like way too long for the Simpsons People ask me all the time What like rides can you handle with the screens and I can honestly say the Simpsons screen ride Is probably the worst like right up there with the Arctic ride at SeaWorld It's really tough so if you're motion-sensitive and you don't like screens that is definitely a no-go for you trust me But it does have one of the best bars actually in this area I love stopping in the mose to get a duff and even a flaming moe There's Barney It is so cool in here the flaming moe is a non-alcoholic beer But the duff beer is actually like beer beer and you can watch Simpsons like reruns on the TVs kind of just like how the TV would be in moes It's just a really cool atmosphere Sometimes it gets very crowded inside moes, but right outside moes There's a little secret spot that I'd like to go to get away from the crowds All the hustle and bustle is up there and hardly Nobody down here nice and relaxing and you get to just kind of hang out with the ducks and have a good time And look at the birds Doesn't that duck look so majestic the way it's going through the water with the sun reflecting and all It also has amazing music down here You would think it would be like a Simpsons music, but it's not just really chilled and relaxed and today's such a beautiful I see a duck creeping up on me I get very nervous, so I like looking at the camera. I could see who's kind of creep up behind me. I see you ducks Cheers Look at this view though, isn't it amazing get to get a grand look at all of Universal Studios and that helicopter in the sky Time to move along though And I think we're gonna maybe a loop around Springfield and see what's happening on the other side there It's very very busy today But like I said, the important thing is to make the best of it to make the best of the day that you got Whatever circumstances they may be Maybe a quick walk through Central Park. It's a nice night for a walk. Mind if I join you? It's so beautiful over here, isn't it? Honestly, I don't spend much time walking through Central Park Usually I only come over here to watch the Universal Cinematics spectacular, but it's so beautiful Nice little walk. I mean, it's not like the Central Park, but I kind of enjoyed this Now I think we're actually gonna head on over to Islands of Adventure The other park here at Universal Studios and because it's a very busy weekend or a week They actually have the walkway open so we can just kind of like hop over there very quickly But on our journeys over we notice Universal Studios are busts and homers out Saying hi to people Well, it is dancing The Homer dance The walkway is located right next to Despicable Me So you don't actually have to go off to City Walk and like make your whole entire way over They have a little sign directing, but this is only if you have the park hopper You can see the sign is right here tells you Islands of Adventure And we're actually gonna turn right down here and we're gonna go into like a little backstage area But we are gonna have to scan our tickets and look at Despicable Me Holy moly 100-minute wait That is insane. This is a good ride especially for the kiddos, but These wait times are very very long Look at this time to cross over look how they say that are you crossing over? Hello Thank you Good to go And now we're gonna continue right on into Islands of Adventure and I think it'll take us out by Seuss landing It's really fancy. You've never been back here before Yeah, she's never done Halloween hornites either so she doesn't know about all the backstage fun Yeah, they're not so Halloween hornites I Think we're gonna hop in line for the cat and the hat ride now I haven't actually been in the cat and the hat ride for quite some time and I don't think I'm allowed to film So we'll wait and see but I'm gonna check to see what the wait time is and how quick it would be for us to get On with our express pass So it looks like it's a 10-minute wait, but we are still gonna use our express pass This is one of those rides where I absolutely love if you like dark rides like snow white and the haunted mansion You're probably like this ride It's also Erica's first time riding this ride You're gonna love it Look how sad they look and they actually look worried because their parents are gonna come home at any second And we know what kind of mess the cat and the hat made Then the cat came right in he was up to no good so we ran after him just as fast as we could That was so much fun and it literally was a no man away There was a walk on actually and I don't know why I said haunted mansion I would more put this like a mr. Toad wild ride snow white like a classic little dark ride very fun It's definitely a treat It is really awesome that the parks are both open till 10 o'clock Recently we've been seeing like the park closing around like five and six o'clock So we get to enjoy the best of both parks. I Think a good pit stop up to the annual pass holder preferred dining area above Confiscos Maybe we can catch up the velociraptor coaster running. I love it in here. It's very cool Oh got a sanitize Thank you Fancy got to climb up the steps and here it is Look at how nice it is up here, right? And you take a look down from here. That's where we just walked in the cat in the hat fancy that You can either dine inside or outside. We're definitely dead outside because it's a beautiful view from up here This is the inside dining area, and it's actually all decorated from Mardi Gras at the moment, but outside Just can't beat that view Get a little velociraptor coaster right there. Oh I love it Take a look at the menu. You got a scan here, and they've got some really really good food Udon noodle bowls sweet and sour sticky ribs chilled tuna noodle bowl But honestly, you want to see what they got for drinks as well because I know they have some special drinks here Oh, yeah, we got the bourbon Jim beam bourbon Then they have coca-cola cranberry juice what and then a watermelon lemonade the Confiscos margarita Mornings in Bali. These are all very fancy Oh and just as we were sitting here. It looks like the velociraptor coaster is testing at the moment So we're gonna be able to see it make that beautiful loop right now And here it goes look at that Wow It would have been nice if the Hulk actually went at the same time I Think since we're up here in this fancy little dining area might try something new maybe a little pad thai now I've had pad thai before And I think I liked it a lot so I don't know if I'm gonna like this one You really can't judge something after you've only eating at once because different places make like that a certain entree a different way So we'll just see we're just gonna wing it Wow, and here is a look at my pad thai. This is something else. I would say I was not expecting all of this very very fancy Oh, I'm excited to try this pad thai actually got a little shrimp a little bit of chicken a little bit of the noodles and oh Yeah, I Really really like the chicken on here and the shrimp the noodles I don't know. They're not like the same noodles that I got before With my pad thai that I had just that one other time, but they're do they're good Also to go along with my pad thai I got an orange blossom pilsner and I like these cups. They're like little fancy cups very delicious But with that delicious quick snack I think we're gonna move along and take a look at the sunset happening right now Right over Hogsmeade right there. Isn't that beautiful? Wow. I love it Now I think we're gonna head back into Seuss landing I want to do the train ride because I was really really happy with the way the sunset was looking So I think that if we do Seuss's like train ride We're gonna get some amazing views of the Hogwarts castle, and I'm excited for that trust me Just look at how beautiful that is and it's gonna look even better from this track right there Wait time set 25 minutes, but looks like with the express pass. We're gonna walk right on Oh, and there it goes Oh It actually might shock you to know that we've only been here for two and a half hours So two and a half hours. We've already rode three rides had three different drinks and a sit-down dinner I feel like that's very successful on what is the busiest week of like all Oh I'm so excited to see hopefully we cut this beautiful sunset G is for green We'll get to that. Oh candy skies right ahead That's right Oh, maybe just for the old Do that all day look at that I sing on top of a cake And Jay is for jumping right into a lake At the new Magoo zoo you'll find King Kirtchoo Lording it if you happen to see a sign for a village called MNOP Oh is for opposite north and south going Zaxes stubbornly stopped unbudged in their tracks is P is for perfect a day at the beach That was beautiful and we were able to catch that like cotton candy golden hour sky. I loved it It's always such a fun little ride. It's like the people mover of Universal Studios. I feel like Starting to get a little bit dark out. We could see the fire is turned on I'm excited to just hang out over here though, and it's gonna be nice to see it at night I haven't been over at Universal Studios or Islands Adventure at night for quite some time now We're gonna proceed right into Hansmead. We're gonna check on Hagrid's but if Hagrid's isn't actually You know fully at capacity then maybe a little bit of ride on my favorite ride here the flight of the Hippogriff I love it. I love the flood of the Hippogriff. Oh Very very crowded, but it's okay because in the previous video if you guys seen when I came here and ate at mythos I do have a secret spot where you can get out of the crowds here or two So I'm like showing you guys like where people get full of anxiety because I know a lot of people that really don't like Walking through these crowds like this, and I know how it is. So that's why I'd like to show you these little spots It looks like Hagrid's is at capacity so no more virtual lines and not letting anyone go into the standby so maybe we'll actually just pop in grab a drink and Hang out at one of my little favorite conor spots over here to get away from these crowds. I Love all the different beers they have in here, and normally I get the deathly hollows, but they're out so I'm gonna get hugs head-only Now we're gonna take our beers to our little hideaway spot over here and just enjoy a little bit of the sounds from Honeydukes Got our own little Honeyduke spot Sometimes people like to leave little gifts in the back here and look at that We have I think we found something here Look at that. Yeah, you found me I am a hidden treasure for you to keep or rehide your choice post a picture to the Facebook group Universally crafted or you rocks when found and have a magical day How awesome is that should be hide it or keep it? Let's hide it. Yes, we're gonna reshare the magic here Erica found another one look at this Congratulations, you found a wand may it help you own your magical studies. This is yours to keep or rehide Which ever you decide it's like you're in Seuss landing again. Yeah, we have to rehide it Please post a picture on Facebook This is great Super cute. I Don't know if you're gonna hear an echo or not But we're just sitting down Drinking our beers and relaxing. We found some wands and I think we're gonna actually hide them But I want to hide them very Difficultly so if you guys actually end up coming to Islands of Adventure and if you find these wands Please tag it in the Facebook group. That's on the little paper But also, please send me a message you can send it on Instagram or Facebook or even comment here because I would love to see if one of you guys actually found it. That would be really nifty Okay, so Erica's gonna go back here and hide one of the wands. Hopefully this is gonna be a good spot. Yes Okay, good. Good. Yes. That's a good spot and this is right outside three broomsticks So if you end up finding that on the other side of three broomstick There's like a little a little tiny narrow pathway then let us know let us know And then the other one is actually gonna be right here in the exit of Hagrid's Yep. Oh That's a good spot No one's gonna find it there Now I think we're gonna move along and if you can't hear the sound you can try to guess where we're going next Right next to Hogsmeade. I mean everybody knows the path. We gotta go back over to Jurassic Park now. I Absolutely just love walking through these archways. I have no idea why it just sends like such euphoria through my body I'm like Jurassic Park And there it is Velocic coaster summer 2021 So fancy, isn't it? I Am super excited for the Velocic coaster. It just says summer 2021 so we don't really have an opening day, but hopefully soon I mean, I'm really excited There's a lot of great new rides coming to Walt Disney World and Universal Studios Which one of you guys most like excited for you know me got Ratatouille Guardians Tron Velocic coaster a lot of good things happening here in Orlando I Think we're gonna actually go on spider-man It's only 25 minute wait, and I betcha we can get on express in like under 10 minutes Earlier I might have mentioned like if you don't like screen ride you would hate the simpsons But I think this is one of the better screen rides It's very very good and not too like you don't get too nauseous not at all I do feel like they need to update their office space though. Definitely in the early 90s Oh Yeah That was so much fun, I absolutely love it And with that, I think I am done here for today We're gonna see Hulk take off in the background and pick the perfect spot, but we had so much fun I got a lot accomplished and we've only been here for I think four hours total So we got to ride I think four rides We got to have a couple drinks meet some characters and also sit down and dying at a very nice restaurant I feel like that's a successful day at Universal Studios during spring break So I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time by And it looks like a very big crowd working their way out of Universal Orlando for the night You