 Hey friends and good morning. We are at Universal Studios today It is the first day for the annual pass holder previews and I am so excited to get back in a theme park Let's go do this It is 8 20 a.m. Our check-in is at 8 45 on Universal Studios Orlando side and so far The crowds are looking very light actually. I don't know how that's gonna be in a couple minutes though It definitely seems very peaceful here, and you can see they have the water taxis up and running because the resorts are open Oh, and in the background we could see rip rotting rotting. That is awesome And as we peek over we can see we're getting a little bit of gathering here But it's not as bad as I really predicted. I thought it was gonna be super busy today And it looks like they're bringing out the welcome float That's really cool. It's a welcome float It's time. We're actually gonna be Going in now, and I'm excited to see if we're still using the fingerprint scanner Good good Thank you And just like that we are back in another theme park I am so happy and good to know it out that you do not use the fingerprint scanner In fact all they did was scan our key. That's awesome Just to be back in a theme park like I said, it's just so exciting And look at there is nobody down this way We kind of just have our freedom to walk around now it officially doesn't open till nine o'clock to pass holders But we're in a little bit early and I'm just loving it. I'm already learning. I'm loving the music. This is great No, this is absolutely fantastic And look we finally get the front facade of the born spectacular That's my first time seeing this actually wow so many new things coming And if you notice they have the six feet separator or the little stickers That they actually put on the ground here so that whenever they have a performance on the stage here that they have marked off already But I don't know how me and josh got so lucky, but we are literally standing here with nobody around us That's a little crazy. Isn't it? I mean there's no better way to social distance than right now We are in a theme park and I would say there's not a single person besides us and probably 100 feet Wow This is great One of the cooler things that they're actually doing is the virtual line experience where you can join a virtual queue Kind of like rise of the resistance So since it's only 852 and most of these actually open at nine We're going to try to do it like rise of the resistance and see if we could just get a virtual spot real quick And we're coming up on the first line of the day actually This is the first time I've seen anybody lined up for anything And it's right here to get some amazing pictures No, I'm just kidding. It's actually to get on the Hogwarts Express. So look at that If that's what the line for the Hogwarts Express is going to be then We need to check out doggone alley. Oh, man They legit have Spacers for the telephone booth. How awesome is that? My favorite part. Oh boy Oh Hello Wow, it's not that bad I'm a little I'm a I'm a lot shocked. This is awesome. I love it As you can see the social distance separators to actually get into the gift shops Because you know, it's going to be busy. But look at that lined up right down doggone alley I am so happy to be back here now and it's awesome because it's kind of like this right now We get to experience that before it kind of gets a little chaotic And it's just I'm just very grateful very very happy And I think I'm going to celebrate by getting myself a butterbeer but wait Oh boy I don't think it's actually spit in fire Maybe so that it doesn't cause a gathering inside doggone alley that would make kind of sense So I guess let's get back to the butterbeer and josh is showing some good sanitizing Thank you So now that we have our butterbeer a good question is is where can we go sit down and drink it? I just talked to one of the team members and they told me that they do have some benches outside Where you can drink your butterbeer, but if you just pull over to the side and as long as you're socially distancing yourself You can actually just take your mask off and enjoy a butterbeer or a snack So I kind of have the perfect spot where I'd like to do that Right up on these steps because every time I've ever come here They were always crowded. So we're going to socially distance ourselves And sit on the steps and drink the butterbeer josh Oh, there it is So I guess just the 9 a.m. Burst was a dud so we are we've got fire And I got too excited being in Diagon alley that I forgot to try exactly at 9 o'clock, but so far the virtual lines are open So I'm going to select this one. I'm going to scroll down I'm going to reserve a spot and look at that. We can literally go to gringots at 9 50, which is literally What 30 minutes from now Just that yeah, huh and you can slide up and add how many guests you'd like and then reserve the spot Barabang barabong awesome Mask back on because I'm all done with my butterbeer and I think we're going to move along here and maybe head on over To one of my favorite universal studios Orlando attractions of all time But before we get there, I think I'm going to take a run through the leaky cauldron to see What they have set in place for social distancing whoop I could see all the different separator spots They asked you to sanitize before you approach Look at that If you come in here and you're actually going to get something you can get a beer to go But if you were dining in you go and you get seated at a table Someone comes over you place your order VIA the mobile ordering app and they bring it right to your table And they have the mobile qr Ordering right there so you can pull up the menu place your order and then they bring it right to you They aren't spacing out the tables though. They are sitting back to back one thing I did notice But that's not a requirement here in Florida because we are in phase two But two weeks ago, they'd have to see every other table I did grab myself a good old beer just for educational purposes only I want to show you how it works, but Now we're going to move our way over to AT Well, every time I say I'm about to head somewhere something else comes up. That's very cool And right now I want to show you guys a special little spot where you can go Take off your mask and enjoy It's right here and it's called the u-rest area You can just come in here remove your face covering and just Kind of just take a breath a breather. Yeah, so We're just going to explore a little bit in here. It looks very pretty. They have tables umbrellas even some fans Men in black has got a five minute wait. Oh, I'm sorry. We moved along from the u-rest area Forgot to say that but it's important to point out the wait times just so you could see what it's going to be like So far the crowd still seemed very quiet and it is almost 10 o'clock. Can you believe it's only been an hour? We haven't done anything except for Looked at things and stood around a little bit. I got a beer Yeah, and I keep on telling everybody we're going to go to et Haven't made it there yet, but we're on our way And here is the other u-rest area in central park. I could tell you I like this one better already Only because of the views there's absolutely no shade But I love it in here. This is nice How relaxing you can just kind of hang out socially distance yourself And just enjoy take you off your mask One thing I really want to be honest about is this is like the ultimate test with the mask in the park If you can compare this to city walk in disney springs when they first open It's not even close to the same thing because the amount of distance you're walking is already triple You know, I mean, we've already walked through city walk halfway through universal studios already So, uh, that's a lot of you know, I mean a lot more to take in than just doing the common areas at disney springs and city walk Here it is the et ride doesn't open till 10 a.m. Though so we're gonna wait it out because we only have two minutes to go peeking in you can see The six feet separators inside the queue here But we'll actually get to see in a couple seconds. This is going to be our first ride and after this we have a virtual Wait, we have a virtual pass for gringot. So it's going to make a lot of sense and Look at that. Oh wait. Are we open? Oh All right everybody, we're just getting a few things ready if you're waiting in the stand by queue just head on down That's the left side for me. Thank you Oh boy No name Welcome home. My name is Nate. Sorry Oh This is all I wanted to be So because we are social distancing there's going to be five of us and we're all going to actually get our own card I'm one and it's Bianca prince charming dev jackie super enthused josh. Walt Disney world couple and aging mr. Morrow Sanitized, thank you. Thank you. You guys get you scored it. I didn't get squirted yet. There you go There you go. Very good Very good That was everything and more I am so happy Et is one of my favorite rides of all time. It was really cool. We got to ride it with some friends and just have fun It was great. I was so happy Also really cool to point out the animal actors is actually still running I didn't think they would be doing shows, but they're doing them today 1145 is the first one Look at that and our first look at social distancing meet and greets right here Social distance video You got staying out of trouble. Look at that. I don't know. I don't know. Is your ride open I'm gonna go ride it No, it's up. I'm not riding that ride And look setting up social distancing for meeting greets with the night bus That's really interesting We decided to head back over to gringot because we did set up that virtual pass for 10 20 But we were running a couple minutes behind et didn't open up exactly at 10 So we're gonna see if they'll still let us use it Um, we're about 10 minutes late. So we'll see And it looks like we are gonna ride But before we have to actually put our stuff in the lockers one at a time So josh is in there and then i'm gonna go in next And uh, of course no filming on the ride. So we'll let you know how it goes when we get out And when we come back out things definitely got a lot busier around here I want to point out publicly the most important thing about riding the rides at universal studios and especially gringots The biggest thing and the the most difficult thing was Actually getting your stuff in and out of the lockers. I felt like that was Pretty difficult actually You can only go one at a time per locker section And it's backed up into the hallway itself not too long But I mean if you have a family they have to go out and you have to wait And I could see you waiting like 20 minutes just to get your stuff out of the locker So I feel like that's going to be a very big challenge Especially here not so much at disney because they don't use the locker system as much Maria Hufflepuff Jenna griffindor Now will you guys officially sorted into those houses? Stop spreading the news That was perfect Sorry josh New york We need to escape Josh is actually heading out that's what that whole musical number was about And we're going to head to the islands of adventure. He is going to check out some more of the stores up front And uh, I don't know. I think we're going to take the Hogwarts Express And uh, see how the line is there actually And it actually looks like there's no line Before there was a line when we first got here, but now it seems like it's just open So it says virtual line passes only but there is no virtual line And right now it's waiting at a 55 minute for standby So I don't think we're going to take the good old Hogwarts Express Some more Social distancing Meet and greets happening here Oh, hey What's going on Shrek? Missed you too Oh man, we look alike I think I hope not. Yeah, we both have bald heads And we just saw Shrek but now Optimus Prime is going to be coming out and Like all the other meet and greets this one's different though because it's kind of the same way it was before You stand in that red little area Optimus Prime is going to be right here So it's kind of awesome. I'm excited Uh-oh Optimus Prime Oh, they shut the music off Welcome freedom fighters. Yes My name is Optimus Prime I am an autonomous robotic organism from the planet Saturn And Autobot for short We had to take a second here. I had to find a place to just park it And take off the mask now, you know that they have those rest areas in the park like near central park and over by fear factors to Per park. So either here or islands of adventure, but I just needed to relax a little bit. I had a little Bud Light Now I'm sitting down relaxing with Jackie. It was almost impossible to get into the restaurants Impossible like there was a wait after wait after wait and that's okay because We know that we expected it But after this I think I'm going to check out and see if I can get one of those fancy universal annual pass holder mask Think I'd like that One thing I definitely wanted to get before I left was one of these universal annual pass holder mask And they're selling them three for 15 and they have this other one like this And also one that says love is universal. I went with two of these ones and this one. So I'm excited to test them out And yeah, I like it a lot. I like it a real lot. It's really nice Yes, it fits very good. It's not very like Like, you know, I like it Yes, this is good. Okay good. And as the rain comes down, I think I'm going to call it a day Uh, Jackie's not she doesn't care. She said it's rain doesn't bother me anyway And she's heading over to islands of adventure me though. I think I had a lot I had a lot of plans for today and I think I got most of them accomplished. So, uh, I think that's it. I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it We'll see you next time. Bye