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Theme parks in Orlando are more than just parks,
and both Disney and Universal have their own hotels.
And have you ever wondered
what's it like to stay in one of these hotels?
That's what I'll show in this video.
It's like getting into a beach.
Hello from Universal Orlando Resort.
You can even get your own wand here
I'm at Cabana Bay, a hotel the Universal classifies as "Prime Value".
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Universal has four different types of hotels
ranging from economical to luxury.
And there are eight hotels in total.
They're all close to each other,
obviously, close to the parks.
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With their luxury properties, you even get Universal Express.
That means you can skip the line in most attractions at Universal Studios
and Islands of Adventure.
Not the case with this one here,
but all hotels offer early park admission
to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter,
also, certain Volcano Bay attractions,
and free transportation to the parks.
The shuttles come and go all the time.
It is really good.
That's already one of the main reasons why you'd choose one of these hotels.
Now keep watching to discover the others,
and make sure you wait until the end
to see what's new in Orlando.
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Wow, look at this, Mobile Check-In.
There's nobody in this line here.
Look at the other.
It's constantly busy, so save yourself some time.
Look at this, the key.
The keys have our names.
Cabana Bay is a lovely hotel,
and the theme here is the 1950s and '60s.
They literally go into every detail.
I mean, look at these old cars parked here.
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They even come with old suitcases inside.
I love the details.
Inside, the main restaurant is like a diner.
So cute to have this drive-in feel
And I will show you more later when I come back to eat.
No way! Do these work?
Yeah, they do.
Ah!
Have you ever had a dial phone like this at home?
Growing up in Brazil,
I had when I was a kid.
And now, let me show you the room.
The hotel room is absolutely lovely.
It maintains the 1950s and '60s feel here.
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And I loved that we got a teasing, but private view.
But the main attraction here... What is it, baby?
The pool.
- Oh, I thought you were going to say "me" there for a second.
- No, no. [laughs]
- When you bring me into the camera and say, "The main attraction."
- No, the pool. - The pool, okay.
Just to make sure, yeah.
- And there are two big pools.
A lazy river... - Yeah.
Water slide. - For you.
And the active one for me. - [laughs]
Look at the sand.
Ooh!
- It's beach-like. - Yes.
Look at this, it's so fine, like Clearwater beach.
Really nice. - Yeah, better than nice.
- [laughs]
All these buildings here are part of Cabana Bay.
Look at how many. And there's even another side.
Even that one over there that looks a little different,
it's also still Cabana Bay.
It's like getting into a beach.
Hello.
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Whoo!
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Paradise.
That feels so good.
But you got to buy these floats here, they don't rent them.
I got the cheapest one for adults which was $7 and something.
I think $7.25.
The life vests are free, though.
Anyone can just grab them here, both for adults and kids.
Look at how big the hotel is.
The lobby is over here.
Here is the restaurant.
And there are two different pools on the two different sides of the hotel.
Here is like a beach with the lazy river.
And here is this other pool with the water slide.
Both pools simulate a beach, with this entry like this,
really like a beach.
But most Universal Hotels have a really cool feature
that not everyone realizes.
And let me show you what it is.
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There is a walking path connecting most hotels to Universal City Walk,
and hence also Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios.
The walk until here was very lovely because it's like you're in a garden,
but at some point, you arrive at the main street over here.
At the reception, they told me it's about 20 minutes
to get to the City Walk.
It is a beautiful walk.
So even if you don't want to go to the parks,
but if you want to exercise, it's a good alternative to the gym.
If you don't want to do the exercise,
it's easy to just get one of these shuttles.
But Cabana Bay has an advantage that the others don't.
If you walk to the other side, you arrive at Volcano Bay,
and there's a private entrance right here for hotel guests.
We're basically still inside the hotel, and here is the entrance.
Now you can ask me about the ticket, how do you buy the ticket?
There's guest service right here as soon as you enter the park
or you can buy directly on your phone.
Over here on this side, you can connect to Universal City Walk.
And over here, you connect to Volcano Bay.
You can actually see Volcano Bay from the hotel.
At night, they have movies at the pool,
and there's even a fire pit if you're feeling like s'mores.
There is a Universal Store here.
So in case you forgot to buy anything at the parks,
you can get it right here.
Oh, wow!
You can even get your own wand here.
But also if you buy anything at the parks,
you can get it delivered directly to the hotel.
There's also a game room here.
And here's the bowling, but it only opens later.
I'm here in Orlando for a travel conference.
And another major advantage of Cabana Bay is the location,
15 minutes away from the Convention Center.
There's plenty of parking here, but it is not free.
It is paid. It costs $19.
But in the other hand, there is no resort fee here,
and resort fees are becoming a thing here in Orlando.
A lot of hotels, they don't have a fraction of what they offer here,
are now charging resort fees, so...
Okay, time to eat.
I'm back at the diner.
You got various options here inside,
from burgers to Italian and pizza, salads, chicken.
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They have different types of food,
but this burger just looked so good that I couldn't resist,
and it is huge.
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The price is the same compared to restaurants outside.
But look at this, they don't expect any tips here,
so it ends up being cheaper.
That was delicious.
So much food that I even got some leftovers.
We spent five days at Cabana Bay,
and absolutely loved the experience.
The event was at the Convention Center
with fun luncheons every day, and fun parties every night.
But the best thing was to discover what's new in Orlando.
Epcot has two great new rides,
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure and Guardians of the Galaxy.
In Ratatouille, it feels like you shrunk down to Chef Remy's size,
and you even smell the food.
The Guardians of the Galaxy became one of my favorite all-time rides.
It's a roller coaster in the dark with music.
Fantastic.
Downtown, we experienced the brand-new Steinmetz Hall,
considered one of the world's most acoustically perfect spaces.
After nearly 20 years in the making,
the theater opened in January,
and it is fabulous.
But what surprised me most was to discover a place
far from Orlando's tourist corridor called Lake Nona.
This is now the most innovative area in town,
even nicknamed the Jetson's City.
We're now gonna discover one of the newest hotels here in Orlando.
It's in an area called Lake Nona.
The brand-new Wave Hotel is considered the most
technologically advanced hotel in the world.
From windows to beds, everything here is high-tech.
Ah! [laughs]
I love it.
This is the robot waiter called Rosey.
Any similarity?
- So this construction zone
right down in front of the hotel
that's a facility called SIMCOM.
So it's aviation training. Lake Nona is going to be home
to one of the world's first vertiports,
which is a vertical takeoff and landing airport
for electric air taxis,
so effectively flying cars.
So the pilots for those electric air taxis will actually be training
right there in that building.
- And talking about innovation,
this is one of the most innovative shuttles you'll find in the world,
it's a driverless shuttle.
Look at this.
- So make sure your seat belts are tightened.
- Yep.
- There will always be someone here
to tell you where you're going.
- Is the goal that someday not have anybody on it,
you just get on?
- Yeah, the goal here is eventually to transition
those like Sam, who are working in the shuttles today
to our command center.
Is this everybody's first time riding in an autonomous shuttle?
- Yeah!
- So imagine there was nobody on board, right?
- It would be a lot difficult to understand, you know,
where do we go, how do I sit, where am I going...
But right now, you can see Sam is not driving.
The vehicle is truly driving itself.
If everybody waves over here,
you can see in the command center,
they are watching all of our vehicles around the country right now.
- You mentioned something about being the longest in the world...
- Yes, so Beep is operating the largest
and longest autonomous shuttle fleet network
in the entire country.
We started our first route for the community here
in September 2019.
- That is like a video game.
The plan is to one day have these taking people all the way to the airport.
Thank you.
The closing party was at Islands of Adventure.
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The top new attraction here is the VelociCoaster.
That's just for the bravest.
You reach 70 miles an hour here.
I settled for Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure,
which is from 2019, but still new to me.
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This is the fastest roller coaster I've ever been to.
Think about a roller coaster, this goes twice or three times as fast.
It's crazy!
This park, Islands of Adventure, is exactly what the name suggests.
There are eight islands here and you go for the adventure.
These islands are themed.
So you have Skull Island with King Kong.
You have Jurassic Park.
and, of course, Harry Potter.
- Hello! - Hello!
This is the only place in Florida where you see snow.
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And look at this, how beautiful the sunset over here today.
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I'm here right after publishing that third video in Mexico City
where I'm trying the delicious churros.
And I looked at this, I couldn't resist.
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Seriously, once in a lifetime, both here and at Epcot.
I'm so happy.
People are gonna miss you in this video, just realized that.
- Why? - Because you're not in it, baby.
- Oh! You did a selfish video
- No, no! Oh, no!
- That's okay.
- What were you doing when I was in the conference?
- Sleeping. - No, come on!
No, tell the truth, you were working.
- Oh, yes.
- Someone had to keep the business going.
- Yeah!