 Hey friends tonight. We are hanging out at Disney's Hollywood Studios There are tons of new beverage and snacks all around the park And I wanted to come and show you some of them on top of that It has been super busy in the parks And I wanted to show you what some of the summer wait times are like so I figured we come on out Ride some rides eat some food and have a beautiful Hollywood Studios kind of day Anyhoo, let's go do this It is a hot and humid July day and it just stopped raining If you plan on coming to Disney in the summertime Know that it rains like twice a day But once it stops you're usually good for the rest of the night And I'm excited to hang out and ride some rides today On top of showing you some of the new food and drink offerings they have around the park We also have dining reservations at the restaurant A lot of people will say is the worst restaurant in Disney's Hollywood Studios And I'm excited to eat there I don't think it's that bad but a lot of people say it's definitely the worst But there's something we need to do first and I'm so excited to show you guys I had to stop and get one of the free birthday buttons Because today is Bonnie's birthday My sister's birthday and I'm sad that she couldn't be here today to celebrate with me Bonnie couldn't get off work to come down and visit me So I asked her to pick a park and a ride and I would go there and ride it And she said Hollywood Studios in the Tower of Terror So in honor of Bonnie's birthday before we get to the food and some of the park updates We're gonna go ride Tower of Terror Because my sister wanted me to ride Tower of Terror I bought Genie Plus for the day and we're on the new system where the Genie Plus is different prices per park And today it was $24 to buy Genie Plus at Hollywood Studios And the first thing I got was a lightning lane for Tower So we're gonna head right on over there I'm also gonna be checking out the Indiana Jones themed bar for the first time I haven't been here since it reopened And I'm so excited because they have a fedora old fashion there And it's called the Den of Destiny Which I think is amazing So it's gonna be cool, we're gonna check that out later on as well I'm so happy I ended up getting the lightning lane for Tower of Terror Because the standby wait is 75 minutes And look at the line, it's going all the way outside of the queue So it's definitely an accurately, like, accurate standby wait time I told my sister since she couldn't get time off of work to come down to Florida to celebrate her birthday That I was gonna take her to Disneyland for her very first trip to Disneyland for her birthday So hopefully that'll happen soon As soon as she gets the time off, we're going to Disneyland The last time I was at Hollywood Studios They let me go into the lobby of the Tower of Terror And I was allowed to take photos and video And it was cool because I could just walk around I took a photo in front of the fireplace It was awesome But I'll add a couple of videos in so I can show you in case you missed it Because it was seriously one of the highlights of my life is coming in here Oh my lord We're going into the lobby now This is incredible This is too cool It seems like a little dusty They let us in the lobby The girl was awesome, good choice Bonnie And I can't believe they turned the lights on How awesome was that? I've seen them do it once before So they might have just turned them on real quick for some reason But it would have been awesome if they just kept them on I would have loved to see a lights on ride through the Tower of Terror Especially once we got down to the bottom of the shaft That would have been really cool But now it's time to keep moving along And I'm happy the rain is staying away It's actually turning out to be a beautiful day at Hollywood I'm hoping maybe we can book another lightning lane Because I don't want to just spend $24 and only ride the Tower of Terror But that depends on the wait times and the availability So we're going to go check and see what the wait times are looking like right now Here is a look at some of the wait times in the park Like I said, it gets crazy here in summer Rise of the resistance is 140 minute wait Smugglers run is 85 minutes Look at this, holy moly Toy Story Mania, 90 minutes Slinky Dog Dash, 130 minutes Star Tours, 45 minutes for Star Tours 50 minutes for Meet Disney Stars It's definitely a very busy day It looks like there's no good lightning lanes to actually pick right now They're all unavailable So we're going to give it a couple of minutes and see if something pops up We're going to keep refreshing, I'll show you how you do that And in the meantime, I think we're going to head over to the Indiana Jones Bar We made our way over to the Den of Destiny, Indiana Jones It's my first time coming here And I met up with my friend Promise Promise Hope It's my first time coming here too And I'm already realizing great minds Think alike Happy birthday, Bambam I feel like I should put this one on It's fancy Oh wow, I guess we're all celebrating We're all celebrating, let's do it I'm excited This used to be the old gift shop for Indiana Jones Like the actual stunt show And now they turned it into a little lounge And I like that They've got rare antiques and refreshing libations And it's all inspired by the daring explorers Indiana Jones Look how cool it is in here I'm going to show you, they have a lot of props in here That I think are awesome I got the glass cases Look at that Of course you've got to have an indie hat And an indie rope A whip, indie whip, not rope And yeah, we're going to grab a drink I'll look at some of the drinks They have the adventurous margarita The weathered fedora Which is kind of cool Then they have a non-alcoholic green tea drink And some IPAs and weed ales Very fancy, I ended up getting the old fashioned And I immediately approve Because it's a single cube And that's the only way an old fashioned should be made Of course I had to get the weathered fedora I feel like this was literally made for me And I'm so excited to try it It looks like they put a little garnishing on top there So cheers, cheers to the fedora It is amazing That is a good fedora right there I mean, good, good old fashioned This is actually a really good old fashioned I think they're pre-made, aren't they? Yeah Yeah, it really is It's a decent old fashioned, I like it And the hat is not included I can say I am officially a fan of the Indiana Jones bar Because at least they did something with that area For the longest time, like I said, it was just a gift shop And then it closed during COVID and never reopened So I just don't like seeing unused space Especially in Disney where they can create something magical For everyone to enjoy Why let something sit abandoned And now it's time to move along And we're gonna go meet a character A character who happens to be my sister's favorite character Now she didn't ask me to do this But I knew you would want it, Bonnie I knew you would want this We are heading into the celebrity spotlight And we're gonna meet Olaf This is my sister's favorite character And it's a 25 minute wait But honestly, this is one of those wait times I know is not true It definitely seems like it's a five minute wait And if you wait till later on It'll probably be a walk on Usually there's never a long wait for this And it has a lightning lane option But it's not really worth it It's actually a zero minute wait In summer In summer Olaf in summer Especially with a zero minute wait Come on in Let me show you your best pose Okay Oh, a cross like this Hi, Bonnie! I wanted to come say hi, Olaf My sister, it's her birthday today And you are her favorite snowman Yeah! My sister's Bon Bon, Bonnie Yeah, she loves coming to see you She's been here before But we just wanted to stop in And smell the delicious sunscreen That usually is in here It always smells like sunscreen in here Right? Yeah, you gotta protect yourself Against those harmful sun rays You know I know you're very delicate Very delicate Well, thank you Thanks, Olaf My sister says hi Fancy Have a great day Bye It was nice to see Olaf I'm still kind of shocked That nobody's in there waiting to meet him Like when we walked out He was just lingering there Just standing there waiting Like standing in his little sun His little beach His tropical island Just sitting there waiting to dance And yeah I think it's time to make our way to dinner Grab a little something to eat At the restaurant I was talking about And I'll show you right now Mama Melrose's Restaurant Italiano This is the restaurant I was talking about This Italian restaurant tucked away In the back of Grand Avenue And this actually gives me Old NGM Studios vibes I love this restaurant a lot The food You know, a lot of people aren't the biggest fans You know In fact, I think this is a more hated spot Than Tony's And I like Tony's But we're gonna try some new Some new things I've eaten here before But I'm thinking about mixing it up A little bit And they do have some new menu items On the menu itself They've got like the charge strip steak Which everyone says that steak Is actually pretty good They've got the shrimp campanelli Mama's Italian pasta Spaghetti and meatballs Chicken Parm All of the good stuff And the desserts That's what I'm excited for Because I think they have A mini cannoli trio Yeah, look at this They have a cannoli trio So it's orange cream Caramel butterscotch And a traditional cannoli So I know what I'm getting for dessert I just gotta figure out what I'm getting As an appetizer or entree Honestly This definitely is a restaurant A lot of people will say Is the worst restaurant in Hollywood studios In fact Some will even say it's the worst restaurant On Disney property But whenever I go to restaurants I really like to kind of like Judge it or like rank it Off of like total package You know So I want to see the theming In the restaurant The atmosphere The location The food The desserts And the drinks So for me honestly I really love the theming of this place It's really cool I'm back to it a little bit And now I'm interested in the dessert menu Now I've had the answers before But I've never explored the desserts And the desserts actually look phenomenal How come I've never seen this before Look at all these desserts Like I already mentioned the mini cannoli trio But they also have colors of Italy cheesecake A blueberry frangipan tart Gelato Lemon sherbet Terra masseuse Cherry chocolate cake And mama's cookies to go Mama's cookies to go A box of cookies to go How awesome is that I've never realized how amazing This dessert menu actually is The backstory behind the theming In the restaurant Is mama Melrose wanted to open up a spot Where she can show off All of her culinary skills And being here in the back lot She just gathered all the unused movie props And put it together And made a nice little area To cook food for all the actors And actresses and directors And it's kinda cool Because it's a little bit Christmasy Tons of props inside there And I just like it I like the atmosphere a lot The restaurant itself has an open kitchen Where you can see the chefs Actually preparing your order back there And look at it How beautiful it is in here Look at I love all the lights This is so cozy I like it a lot We have a late arrival coming here Kristen's joining me, I promise Out of all of my times coming here I've never sat in a booth before And look at all of these old school MGM Studios pictures With Roger Rabbit in it Look at this Wow This is so awesome I would hang these in my house Not even kidding There's a little Mickey right there Wow, this is too cool I love Roger Rabbit And a little Tom and Jerry too I like it I love the fact that All those pictures are right behind me Honestly, how cool is that? I love Roger Rabbit I want to see more of him in the parks In fact, I can't wait to go back to Disneyland And ride the Roger Rabbit Well, ride his ride in Toontown My sister's never been there So I hope she's excited As an appetizer I decided to get the Minestrone And look at this soup It looks really good It's definitely a lot of noodles and beans But we also ended up getting The flatbread pizza And they make this dough in-house They have a really nice oven I want to show you guys We'll go back up But look at the undercarriage here Look at that Look at that little crust there A little char And then Kristen and Promise Both got... What did you get? All the fried things All the fried things Fried mozzarella Right there We'll save you a piece of that mozzarella The calamari No, I'm good I'll try the calamari though I'm going to try the pizza The calamari and the soup The soup Alright It's time to get into this soup I'm sorry I was just laughing a lot Because Kristen is Literally exposing me over here About my thumbnail She basically already called me out And was like Hey, I bet your thumbnail Is going to be a picture of you Holding a button With Bonnie's name on it Wishing her happy birthday And by the Thumbnail this video She's correct So We're going to dive into the soup Get lots of the noodles in there Some of the beans, you know Got to get it all Some fresh zucchini Mmm Good soup It's so going It's so good The main event has arrived And I ended up getting the charred strip And It usually comes with a macaroni and cheese But I opted out for some vegetables And they told me I can get Some zucchini So I got some zucchini And then this right here Is pancetta Pancetta It's like Italian bacon And it comes in the macaroni and cheese But I asked for it on the side And I already took a piece And I love it But we're going to cut into the steak Not much char on there though I did, I mean it's advertised as char And I asked for a Pittsburgh But I don't see any So we're going to give it a go I'll still see how it tastes, you know Right It's time to dive into the steak here And it comes with a little sauce on it It's called a chianti Chianti Chianti Red wine Mmm Chianti I've heard that before I think it's silent to the land So we're going to cut into this A little bit Like I said I wish it was a little bit more charred I asked for an extra char Let's see But we're going to give it a go The steak would definitely be better If it was charred up The way that I think it was supposed to be I haven't tried the chianti The chianti Or the sauce But I can tell you I love the pancetta Probably more than I like the steak And I'm a big steak fan You know, I like rib-eyes Rib-eyes are the most I'm a rib-eye guy I'm not the biggest fan of strip loin So without it having the char It really doesn't It won't rank high for me But the pancetta That's a different story This is 9 out of 10 right there And I get a whole bunch of it Now it's time for dessert And I'm excited because I've looked over the dessert menu And there was a lot of great options on there That I knew that I would like One of them being the box of cookies But sadly They don't make them anymore Like they said I would have gotten the box of cookies to go Because I just want to see what it's like And instead I've got something good I got the cannoli trio And I think it's going to be awesome I can't wait to try the orange cannoli And overall this place Like I said, it's not the best food I do like the atmosphere I mean, it's hard to sit here And kind of remember The fact that Olivia Newton-John And Roger Rabbit Are lighting the Christmas tree That's the lake behind you Like how cool is that? Look at that It looks like our desserts have arrived And I went with the cannoli trio And that one comes with an orange Like an orange cream cannoli A traditional cannoli And then I forget this one I think it's caramel butterscotch Yeah And they actually look really cool Looks very pretty And then promise You end up getting The colors of Italy The colors of Italy Oh, I like that Very fancy And then Kristen Gatti Tiramisu Tiramisu Tiramisu Tiramisu Tiramisu And that looks good too Is that like a gigantic lady finger Outside of the tiramisu? I just like it Wow The desserts are looking good Alright We're going to do a little speed round Testing all of the cannolis I cut it up into three So we can share them But I figured I'd just do it real quick We'll try the orange one first Look at the little tiny cannoli bite I like that a lot Now for the butterscotch one That one's pretty good too And now for the traditional one If I was going to rank the mall I would probably go the orange one Then the butterscotch one And then the original one I like the mall They were definitely different And it's kind of cool How did you guys like your tiramisu? Or did you like your tiramisu? It was like okay It's not horrible But compared to the rest of the meal I thought it was one of the better things We tried today Well that was nice To have a little dinner at mama's The food isn't the best there I do like the ambience I think it's very nicely themed I like the story behind it I wouldn't say it's the worst restaurant In Walt Disney World I would say it's probably the worst In Hollywood studios though I mean once I play back everything You know what I mean Sci-Fi diner I think mama's might have better food Than sci-fi But the atmosphere in sci-fi is better And there's not anything That I think is worse than that here Now in the whole entire Walt Disney World There's a couple of restaurants I can think of That are definitely worse than that But that's another day That's another story Another video Now we got to keep moving along And keep on enjoying our day I don't know how much time we have left Here at Hollywood Studios But we're going to make the most of it And if not We're going to head home See Gracie And see what else we get into For the rest of the night While we are back here By mama Melrose I wanted to show you Some of the things that we lost During the pandemic That sadly we haven't gone back yet And one of them being the It's a wonderful shop This is like the Christmas shop here At Hollywood Studios This closed down And never opened up again Look it It's just empty in there And then also This used to be like a Nightmare Before Christmas store This was stage one company store This closed down And hasn't reopened Except for like special events I know sometimes they'll do like The May the 4th in there And stuff like that But used to be an awesome Cool store And with all of these Buildings not opening back up Mama Melrose being the way That it is I betcha that It's not gonna be too long before This is rethemed and changed I betcha I see it coming soon They might keep Pizza Rizzo Cause it fits with Grand Avenue And the Muppets over there But what about all of this I mean they gotta do something Remember before I was telling you Like you know You have to do something You can't leave These abandoned spots Like empty When you can be putting Something in there That makes people happy Even just open the shop back up I would love that Hey uh You got the dough? We got the cheese I don't know why I thought that was so funny Hey uh You got the dough? We got the cheese Outside of Indiana Jones The rescue rangers Are meetin' and greetin' That's kinda cool Because usually that was Something that you would Have to come to like A Moonlight Magic to see And now they're here all the time And he ends up the door On just like you did earlier Oh fancy Whoa it's the real boy and his dad Wow both of them together That's too cool Come on Papa Quits here at Hollywood Studios for the day And start making our way out to the car And then go home and see Gracie girl now I feel like I did Bonnie Proud I wish I could have gotten more rides in Because I spent $24 on Genie Plus But there's none available Like Slinky Dog Dash completely sold out Smugglers run That was so gone too I could buy an individual lightning lane For Rise of the Resistance But that was $22 So that means I would have spent Almost $50 just for a tower And Rise But that wouldn't have been Until part close anyway So that wouldn't have helped me anyway And now it's time like I said Go see your little Gracie girl There's nothing better than driving Under a monorail to get home Look at that And speaking of that We're about to drive underwater too Because we're going under the connection Between Seven Seas Lagoon And Bay Lake Look at that I'm looking for a little Gracie girl Has anybody seen her There she is Whoa there he is You wanna go for a little walkie Huh Did you tell Aunt Bonnie Happy Birthday I know you're a dog You can't talk But if you wanna know Where you going I don't know why she ran away like that But also I'm not too sure If I pointed out to you guys That I got a new Wally Roosevelt shirt on Look at this Isn't this so fancy I love Wally These are coming out soon There's a whole collection Celebrating the anniversary And there's a link in my description That'll take you to my Personal collection page With Roosevelt's So if you wanna buy the shirt When it drops Just check the link in the description But come on Grace Look at her hanging out there What are you doing Come on little one What'd you do all day today huh Huh Just hung out Be a dog Is that what you did Yeah Yeah you're a good girl What are you doing Are you just laying down on the grass I'll lay down with ya I'll lay down with ya Yeah that's what we do Huh He's laying down on the grass Chilling out What a good girl Just chilling on the grass with my dog People would be walking by Wondering if there's something wrong with this dog Look at her face Who's the pretty princess You know honestly I really do have the chillest dog in the world Gracie is just so chill like this Look at her When it's just me and her It's just me and her She loves it And with that We are done here today I had a lot of fun at Hollywood Studios Sorry I did not spend much more time there It was very busy Very hot out Very sweaty Crazy world Lots of smells And we could only get Tower of Terror done Then we got to have dinner But we did get to see Olaf at least I was like trying to talk promise to Kristen Hopping on Star Doors with me But that was like a 30 minute wait Like it was crazy busy today But overall I had a lot of fun It's my sister's birthday Happy birthday Bon Bon Can't wait to hang out with you And as soon as you're ready We're going to Disneyland So I hope you enjoyed the video I enjoyed making it We'll see you next time Bye