now we are back for our weekly universal update now the last video i came on a weekday and a lot
of you guys messaged me were like when's the best time to come to universal we're here on
a weekend normally i say to come visit universal in the theme parks April through like the first
couple weeks of may but now it's just kind of a free-for-all let's see when's the best time to
visit so i have some friends in town it's their first time at universal in a very very long time
welcome hey one of my favorite things is seeing people experience theme parks and attractions for
their first time so when you're looking at all the rides what ride do you want to ride first
oh that's curious i figured i'd start off with fast and furious because you can
only go up from here oh there's a that's not ketchup there's a blood trail oh my god well
that's not sanitary this is just disgusting this is where they're supposed to have their
family dinner in the weeds you know this is a good ride when the queue is literally empty
on a spring break weekend that's not a full year we rented it out just for you you can ride it as
many times as you'd like it's a big moment welcome to the family room it's their first time in the
family room oh first time well welcome a lot of you guys are here this is um normally where i hang
out on the mechanic in the garage but they don't really trust me enough to work on their stuff so
i get to chill out here but the party buses are pretty much ready to come pick you guys up
we're in the next pre-show room they just have us kind of weaving in and out
they don't have like the family intro and they just can't have ludacris just on repeat
oh my god they got us all here they've turned off the app game that you can play for this queue
truly a walk-on during a spring break weekend time man that's right party's over you know
how long i took the iron shirt man i'm not you're under arrest right now let's go cookie puss yeah
okay
entrance
so how was it i'm deaf what was the ride about
um they needed our help to carry i think we had a member of the rebel alliance i have no idea i
honestly have no idea definitely an experience do you agree that's the worst ride you've ever
ridden in your entire life for the amount of money they spend into this yes yes for the technology
for the upgrades i want what was it what was it before earthquake earthquake earthquake back it's
even worse in the front because like when you're looking directly towards the front it's just kind
of like a nice scenic ride the action's going off to the sides but i like that they themed the
creepy animatronic driver they put a mask on her they slammed on the brakes and i like slammed into
the window that was in front of us the blues brothers are out ready to rock and roll this
literally can't be right how is ice cream cheaper than just a durable zipper bag 80 cents versus ice
cream for 37 cents i don't think these numbers are correct it's time to become freedom fighters
this cue always gives me a headache because of like the blinking and flashing lights and
it's just so loud attention alarm will sound the battle glasses are removed from the nest facility
is
your bravery saved the planet well done freedom fighters transformers ride is great it truly
feels like you're in a michael bay transformers movie it's so much better than fast and furious
okay now it's time to ride the only remaining opening day attraction e.t her favorite steven
are you really gonna buy all these yeah why because they're awesome you look like e.t hiding
in the plush animals right now i always get a kick of looking at patrick's ankles down there from
far away i thought this was like a baby yoda flush the closer you look it's just like a weird looking
mutant turtle now back features one of my favorite movies of all time and it's great
seeing the delorean back in the day i haven't seen them do it in years but doc brown would actually
drive out into the delorean and like do a meet and greet and he had like the plutonium cases
i filmed it but i lost the memory card years ago so there's no actual footage of me like
meeting doc in the delorean but they used to do it and they actually have a marty meet and
greet but i haven't seen them do that in years either now there's a hidden little like photo op
area for the night bus that a lot of people don't know about if you come around the corner
you can take a picture right here on the night bus yeah i pointed out last time all destinations
nothing underwater all right let's get a little shot on the inside i love that you can even
see like they have a toothbrush on the bed i just imagine all these sliding around nothing
push the red button you know how like at animal cam they did like a specialty like camp out in
pandora it'd be incredible if they did like a special ticketed event where you could like sleep
in the night bus that would be so much fun what you have to do you have to tap your wand to the
brick like in the movie open sesame look what you did now the wizarding world is just like galaxy's
edge where it's like there's no video picture that does it justice you just have to see it in person
and it's just gorgeous so yeah in the little shop where you can get the butter beer here
at universal studios they sell gilly water if you don't know what gilly water is it's literally just
bottled water but they sell a special like elixir that you can add to it and changes the flavor
so fun little fact is these tops come off and they're not screwed in i dropped it i don't think
we're almost done cleaning it up all right so this one is called drought of peace i think
it's a good representation of how 2020 went so maybe this might uh you know cure peace on earth
the extra water isn't that good just kind of like your standard tap water
it smells like raspberry imagine like that blue raspberry lollipop that but like as
water they're all watching me right now look i see you all judging me over there the man in a
corner talking to himself drinking blue water i feel like you'll be better as like a fizzy soda
but it makes that the crappy bottle tap water taste a lot better the crowds have finally shown
up looks like the afternoon is when everybody comes here to universal i live in universal real
quick and i'm taking them to mythos and islands of adventure they've added the height requirement for
the veloci coaster looks like there's a little bit higher height requirement than hagrid's
the lord have mercy on these crowds and here we go mythos time we have a nice view of uh kind
of feels like we're at a zoo and we're looking in now to start off you know we start off with
the calamari for the appetizer they really went a full-on anakin on that lemon though
calamari is a little more
well done than it normally is now the bread is here now they used to always bring out the bread
to your table now because of everything going on in the world you have to literally request
the bread when you sit down order your drinks and say hey have some bread officially brought
back those lamb chops that i fell in love with last year it's time to try something new i've
never had before we're gonna try the uh beef loin medallion so it's gonna be a potato puree
sea salt roasted carrot watercress baby radishes red wine reduction and then the beef tenderloin
smells good got a bunch of the red wine reduction sauce on it weirdly enough with the first bite of
the red wine reduction it almost gives me like a beefaroni throwback to when i was a kid it's good
it's pretty tender nicely seasoned i like the sea salt on top let's see how the potato puree is that
way let's try a little carrot not as good as it normally is i would say the calamari maybe around
a seven out of ten not the normal 10 out of 10. they're a little too overdone the beef tenderloins
were good like for being 26 at a theme park at disney would be like 60 bucks it's decent the
mashed potatoes and all the vegetables were just kind of nothing special and the red wine reduction
really reminded me of beefaroni for some reason i think i'll give the beef medallions let's do
a 6.5 and i would go with the lamb burger or the lamb chops there try and ride toronto down flyers
now the one really cool thing about this queue is the view of the velocity
it's right there if you peek through these bushes you get a good view of it's probably either what
charlie or delta the raptor the efficiency of this ride isn't the greatest it's like two people per
little pteranodon and it takes like a minute for each one to go around i think they can only do
like one or two at a time so it takes a while to run it on flyers you can't ride if you've a heart
condition back neck conditions expecting mothers motion sickness to dizziness fear of heights
recent surgery i guess that's where team members can have their breaks this is to be such a cool
picture because again the velocity coaster going up and then rip ride rockets going in the loop
oh there it goes oh my god we're the next group in line i like a little ride vehicle oh my gosh
so
we're exiting through the amber mine it's interesting this reminds me of like tom sawyer's
island but this looks like a cell or something oh god oh my god oh my god that scared the crap
out of me the ride was a lot more thrilling than i thought it was going to be they have us heading
through camp jurassic which is interesting but it's kind of like a maze of where we go
the way the hogs meet is apparently closed off for not available of the velociraptor
oh my god
all right we're heading out but they added some new stuff to the universal legacy store so we
gotta check it out real quick this is the brand new thing today got some banners for
harry potter since i'm saying it's hagrid's motorbike prop rental receipt right there
okay we are back at home yes home in maryland right now we shot the video like a week ago
oh god it's just straight madness in orlando right now i'm so glad i got out of that
orlando bubble during spring break it's just it's not fun i don't know if anybody's actually having
fun in orlando right now there's just too many people too many crowds too much madness universal
hate capacity for the fourth day in a row this week main gates for disney are completely blocked
out for the rest of april probably into the rest of may it's just a crazy time to be in orlando
it's too busy i don't even know the answer to the question from the beginning of the video like
when's the best time to come i don't know anymore because with everybody starting to get vaccinated
and getting their like tax returns people just wanting to travel and get out and also with a
lot of kids still like doing online schooling a lot of the kids are literally they'll be like in
the parks and then go back to the hotel do their zoom school and then go back to the parks that's
what's going on i i wish i could have done that as a kid there's just like no rhyme or reason of why
things are busy i think this is normally like the slower time like when i tell people to come
and it's just straight madness um i think it'll be like this for the rest of the summer
into the rest of the year until disney truly raises their capacity but if they do that
it's already busy with the current amount in there i don't know what the answer is um just if you
don't want to experience crowds and stressfulness don't come to the parks but if you do um there's
still options to have a great time just be prepared make sure to pack your patience with
you because you will need it now i would like to thank morgan for donating on patreon and funding
this video guys on that note i love you all please stay safe and i will see you all on friday bye
how are you two doing today
he's sleeping