 Hey friends today, I am hanging out at Universal Studios Orlando to celebrate Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras Today is the actual day It is Mardi Gras time and we've been celebrating all the different festivities for the past two weeks But not on the actual day. So let's go do this The perfect place to start our Fat Tuesday Experiences right here at Fat Tuesday with maybe a 190 octane. Oh, this is so good I absolutely love the drinks here If you stopped the Fat Tuesdays here on City Walk, what is your go-to drink? I know the 190 octane is like the strongest drink But they have a lot of other selections and it's nice to see because some people like really stand by these They absolutely love this stand The 190 and that's the one our top seller with our strongest drink grain alcohol with OJ and orange punch and then you got the cat 5 hurricane eye candy strawberry peanut colada And then the margarita for the serious margarita drinkers Dome with a mixture of eye candy and cat 5. Look at that. Bada bing Look at this beautiful drink. I was gonna get the octane But I really like the combination one is like a cotton candy and then a little bit of strawberry This is the way to start And a perfect spot to come enjoy right here on the stoop stoop kids sitting on the stoop cheers Oh This is a beautiful drink on a beautiful day. Look at it out there. Blue skies and I love it Now I think it's time. We're gonna head into Universal Studios I really enjoyed my Fat Tuesday daiquiri though But there is a lot of good Mardi Gras experiences waiting for us just inside the park So we might as well just head on in now. I Can actually hear the music as we're walking in I Like how I'm walking along with the music And it also looks like it's a little bit busy over there it is a Tuesday So you would think the crowds would be a little bit softer But it's Fat Tuesday and because of that the park is actually open later than it normally would be Universal has been closing at five o'clock, but today it's open until seven, which is awesome Luckily I've got a friend to hang out with today because Mardi Gras is better with friends I mean everyone knows that and Who better to have than miss new Orleans herself Jackie super Look at you. You actually blend in with the float perfectly Very fancy Other than food and drink another thing that goes hand-in-hand with Mardi Gras is live music And they have a lot of cool live music offerings here this year Look at everyone they're so happy dancing I Like the dancing of course we're also gonna be getting some beads I had at least like two or three brought with me today But I plan on getting a little bit more because they're tossing them out all over the place. Oh Have some beads I'm ready ready. I'm ready Champion happy Mardi Gras. Oh, this is so much fun. Oh Forever, huh That's the way the queen of Mardi Gras right there Don't mind if I do well, they're not fitting on my head. Nope. I got a hat on Look at this Gator though. He's definitely got a lot of beads Man, I miss actually riding these floats and throwing beads out to people. Oh, I wish that happens again soon. I Think I'm just gonna keep the bead on my hat I think it's a good spot for it and that way it doesn't wait on my neck a little bit Let's see. Can he do this? Right on the hat. Let's see if he can get it. Oh, I Think I'll hop on over to the crepe company because they're doing a special Mardi Gras crepe and I think that would be fun. I love crepes and I love Mardi Gras So the best of both worlds Here is the Mardi Gras crepe. It's the creme brulee Red wine poached pear vanilla pastry cream toasted almonds caramel and crispy sugar topping That sounds amazing. Doesn't it and look they're making up the crepes right in there Very fancy Look at that. He's rolling up my crepe as we speak fancy, I Love it. I Think it's super cool that they actually make the crepes to order in there Like they're actually just grilling them up and then stuffing them right in front of you Isn't that the coolest look at that This looks so amazing the only thing I'm a little a little concerned about is the red wine pears But I'm sure they're gonna be delicious. So we're just gonna dive in I'm probably gonna make a mess here, but That is so good. Wow So you can see the pears in there. They're kind of soaking in red wine. It's really really awesome, isn't it? I Think eventually you got to pull the crepe out and start eating it from the bottom So that's what I'm doing, but it is very hard to eat especially while you're holding a camera doing it one-handed I don't suggest doing either of those Now that I had my sweet crepe which was actually phenomenal I think I'm gonna hop on over to Canada right here and get myself some short ribbed poutine I think that sounds amazing. Doesn't it? This looks so amazing. Look at that. I like how they have the little Canada flag right on there Oh, I almost lost my fork But I love short rib and I love french fries. So this is a perfect combination The short ribbed fries were absolutely amazing. I love the actual short rib That was like probably the best part the french fries were I mean, they're french fries, but that was really good Now I think we're gonna get a ride in and since we're over here by ET I think we're gonna go ride ET. I love ET Earlier today. I actually got my universal Orlando annual pass holder magnet and I thought about you know keeping it But I have a lot of magnets on my car So I want to actually leave it in the park and I think I'm gonna put it right back here and either somebody Comes and picks it up or it just stays there regardless. It looks good. It looks like it's a part of this Now it is time for ET. Is that 75 minutes? 75 minute wait. Oh, okay. Well, we're yeah, we're going this way. Thank you Thank God we got the express pass 75 minutes. It does look pretty long though. Look at that Holy moly is one of my favorite rides such a classic, but as I was actually leaving I noticed my AP magnets gone already so either a team member picked up the magnet and was just like hey That doesn't go there or someone picked it up and says oh, I want this but it is gone though Look at that. It's gone. So I bet you it's either found itself a new home Or like I said, maybe a team member just picked it up and tossed it, but oh well Might as well keep the celebrating going on. We're gonna head on over to the Simpsons area You notice they're still playing the Mardi Gras music in Springfield, which I think is awesome And maybe grab ourselves a duff beer Right in good old moes Drink orders only. Oh, I see you This is definitely the best place to get a beer. Don't you agree fancy pants? Fancy pants Cheers! Happy Mardi Gras! Happy Mardi Gras on Springfield! I love duff beer. It's really actually very delicious and it's brewed exclusively for Universal Orlando And they actually have an October fest that's served like during the Halloween season. That's phenomenal But either way, I do just like to get a duff light. Very good. Keeping it classy. Keeping it classy at moes Now we need to continue along on our Fat Tuesday celebration I like how when we come out of moes, it just immediately turns Mardi Gras It is such a beautiful night. Look at this view Holy moly This is what I love about Universal Studios One of the stands that I really wanted to try last time we were here for Mardi Gras was the Cuba stand Because they had a Cuban coffee and I love coffee and I think it's pretty strong So I think I'm gonna get one of those to actually get to go with maybe a beer. A beer and a coffee sounds perfect Right here the Cuban coffee $3.49 but we do have this little fancy lanyard. So we'll use that to actually get it. I Decided on getting the Cuban coffee like I said, but I bought this with my own money because it was $3 and instead of Using my punch. I bought my Bacardi with my punch because that's $8. So it makes sense to get it. So we got the Bacardi 8 and it's eight years old and Salute. Fancy They say, delicioso, delicioso. Good, very good. Oh I did good So the Cuban coffee I've had espresso before in the past, but this is like way different because what's inside of it? Vasito Cafecito, I don't know, but yeah, it's very strong when you take a sip I felt it actually like kind of rushed through my face and I liked it a lot very very good Look how amazingly bright the floats are actually at night though That's so magical isn't it and it's right outside fast in the furious So it kind of fits in perfectly with the light scheming like this is literally a perfect location for this float We have to move along because hopefully the jambalaya stand is still open We have like about I think 23 minutes before the park closes, but I definitely need to get jambalaya in me It's my favorite thing to eat during Mardi Gras It's still a very festive atmosphere though in here You see a lot of people really dressed up for Mardi Gras this year, and that's awesome. I like seeing people being in their festive spirits Unfortunately, it looks like all of the boots actually closed at 6 30 So they're gonna be able to get that jambalaya, but I'll be back. I've already had it once and I'll probably have jambalaya tomorrow. Honestly, I'm being upfront. I love jambalaya. So we're just gonna move about our day One thing I really missed about Mardi Gras this year was not being able to throw beads out to people So luckily I got a couple beads that I can spare and I got a friend who's willing to catch them Be tossing One more here we go You want some beads you want some I think he wants the beads everybody I think he wants them. Oh Look at him. He's got like shackles on Now I think we're gonna head out to city walk because we want to see what festivities are doing out there The park is officially closed and they already have a fat Tuesday. So they have to be celebrating a little bit I mean, it's a perfect day for this because it's their day a Lot of people are actually out on city walk celebrating as you can see this one stand right here Is actually using the Mardi Gras menu of all the different drinks from the stands inside the park And you can use your lanyard on it So they have like from Belgium and the Bahamas and even the king cake milk punch Maybe I might get that but it's so fun to see everyone actually out enjoying fat Tuesdays on city walk And it looks like it's it's a fun atmosphere. I Think I'm gonna get the king cake milk punch. I had that last time it was delicious And I think Jackie's going with the goomba smash Goomba Mind to have like Super Mario Brothers Yeah Goomba Now that we actually got our drinks were able to sit down take our mask off And it's really cool because it's not really cool down But they have the actual patio heaters on and that is so amazing because I just like the ambience I like I like feeling warm when I don't need to be warm Look at that isn't that beautiful? Oh, and they're playing the live music over there, too I can hear it and this is the king cake punch and that's Jackie's goomba Goomba punch. This looks like it's a creamy drink, but it's not it is very delicious and very Bourbon-y like you can taste a lot of bourbon and there's always it looks like a creamy drink, but it's not it's not oh You you're good you Cheers I Can't think of a better way to actually celebrate fat Tuesday In fact, I don't think I've ever really celebrated fat Tuesday the way that I showed up and Honestly when you think about the idea about it what we want to give up and Basically what we're doing is basically just going all at it now. I have to tell you I really didn't decide to give up anything, but I still wanted to partake in the festivities of going all in I'm happy that we actually stopped the fat Tuesdays on the way in because look at the line now That is pretty intense, but of course it's fat Tuesday, so people want to get that actual drink Thank you Now we're gonna go up to the actual city walk promadon See if that Tuesdays is open up there and also the actual Paddle-Brians bar there because that was all decked out for New Orleans It's so awesome to see that this is actually open normally. It's not open on Tuesdays go figure that but today It is fat Tuesday, so we are open and look at they even have some cool lights on the ground here And they have a bigger selection than the actual quick service stand that we went to when we first walked in so I'm excited to see what they Have and I'm definitely getting something different You can see this fat Tuesday has a lot more drinks to offer They've got the electric lemonade the Mardi Gras mass the amaretto pineapple the peach Bellini So many different actual amazing drinks, and they got a lot more going very fancy There are a lot of people waiting to actually get a drink fat Tuesday is a popular thing on fat Tuesday Who would have known so I think we're gonna explore other options We've already had our daiquiri for the day and yeah, we're just gonna enjoy the rest of city walk for a little bit Maybe we'll actually jump into NBC grill and get something to eat I always like the food in here, and I also like the beer And it's just a fun atmosphere, and we might as well just go out. It's still Mardi Gras happening. I Always love coming to NBC grill because they always have good beer and also the burgers are pretty decent So today I decided to get the smokehouse burger and that comes with the pork and the brisket the burger and I got half and half fries and tots. I'm so excited definitely needed a good meal today All we had is little snacks. I had the fries and the crepe, but I really wanted a full meal Look at this food Look at that's a club sandwich. Oh, and then the smokehouse is here. Look at this fanciness This is gonna be a good burger. I'm very excited for it. Oh boy This is absolutely amazing I love it I love the mixture between the brisket on there and the burger patty This is actually one of the best burgers. I've had at Universal Studios. Wow. I am shocked. I absolutely love it though That burger at NBC was absolutely amazing, but there's one more thing we need to do before we leave and it's tradition Look at all the beads on this tree When we actually first came for the first night of Mardi Gras It was just the bare minimum beads on this tree and now it is full to the brim So we got to actually join in tradition Yeah