[laughs]
A day at Universal Studios is always full of adrenaline.
I'm shaking.
Ah!
We're totally soaked. Look at this.
Earthquake! [laughs]
But this time, we almost left the park without our most valuable item.
- Renting a locker.
It opened the wrong locker for me.
- Guess what he had in that locker?
Universal Studios Hollywood:
The entertainment capital of L.A.
- Okay, baby, $30 for parking, huh?
- That's before we enter? - Yes.
- Oh, my God.
No lunch for you. - Oh, come on, no lunch for you!
[laughs]
It's here on Universal that they shoot The Voice.
How do you decide if you should visit Universal Studios Hollywood?
Ask yourself this question: do you love movies?
If you do, this theme park is for you.
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey.
Transformers back there,
and Jurassic World.
There's no red carpet in Orlando.
- All of the Hollywood stars are here.
- Ah!
And if you're wondering... "Should I visit Universal Studios Hollywood
knowing that I've been to the park in Orlando"?
Well, let me tell you this.
This is more of an L.A. experience, do you know what I mean?
You may even see a show being recorded here.
Like right now, they are shooting Access Hollywood.
This is a show on NBC if you're not from the United States.
Orlando is pretty nice, too, I even have a video there,
but it's purely a theme park.
- One, two.
Perfect. Have a nice day.
- Thank you. You, too.
They encourage you to download the app.
Look at this, they don't even distribute paper guides anymore.
[music]
It was not the plan to start here, but as there's no line...
We just finished the Simpsons Ride. It's a 360 simulator.
And, wow... [laughs]
What did you think, baby? - Oh, you must go.
You must go. - Yes.
- Did you get dizzy? - No.
- No, but it's intense. It's very intense.
I've never seen a 360 simulator like that.
Can't shoot anything inside that's why I couldn't show.
Universal has a different layout.
There's the Upper Lot and the Lower Lot,
and it may take some time for you to go from one to the other.
You arrive here at the Upper Lot.
We're going to go down immediately to the Lower Lot,
cover everything over there and come back up here.
[music]
Here in the Lower Lot, you got three main rides,
and they are all close to each other.
Revenge of the Mummy,
Transformers back there,
and Jurassic World.
This one is unique to Hollywood. They don't have it in Orlando.
Best of all is that all these three rides offer single rider.
You can go by yourself,
not necessarily together with whoever you are with here in the park.
It saves you a lot of time.
- Autobots, roll out.
I'll get Megatron.
I'm glad we had a really good breakfast, right?
- Well, my breakfast just scrambled, twice over now.
- Be careful when you come to these rides here.
What you're doing?
- Renting a locker free for 90 minutes.
- Oh, yeah. - An hour and a half.
- You got to use the lockers here before going to the Mummy, but it's free.
- Accepted. You're accepted.
- Your souls belong to me!
- Ah!
I'm shaking.
I'm so hot now. [laughs]
- Seriously, you're shaking. too.
That was the best for me, Revenge of the Mummy.
- Too intense for the morning. - Yeah.
- You need to ease me into this.
- It's so intense.
- You go on the roller coaster, and then come back the roller coaster.
It's crazy.
Thank you.
You're already all wet even before the drop.
[music]
- Ah!
[laughs]
Oh, my God!
Look at this. We're totally soaked.
Look at this.
Seriously, look at the situation here.
- Oh, yeah. You didn't come prepared.
- No. We need to hang in the sun a little.
You get wet even before the drop.
There inside, they already throw some water at you.
Jurassic World is like the movie, "Jurassic Park."
You go for a ride in this beautiful dinosaur park.
All of a sudden, something goes wrong,
and the T-Rex is loose, it ends up right here with the splash.
And look at this, a lot of people arriving now.
When we came here first thing in the morning,
it was totally empty.
We didn't wait anything.
We just arrived and went directly to the rides.
It's worth it arriving early here.
Out of the three in this Lower Lot, which one is your favorite?
- I think the Mummy.
- The Mummy. - Yeah.
Yeah, I'm between the Mummy and Jurassic World.
Jurassic World, I like the drop,
but the Mumny is really, really cool, this roller coaster.
It's a roller coaster basically in the dark.
When you want to pick up your things,
you just come here and reopen the locker.
Come on, baby, I need to drink something.
Too much action. I need a break.
Here is something you only find at Universal Studios Hollywood:
the Studio Tour.
They have a VIP experience here, too.
- Yeah? - Yes, yes.
It should give you even more access to everything
that is being shot here.
How much? [in Portuguese]
I think it's more than $200...
- Oh. - ...or $300.
I don't know. It's expensive.
The Studio Tour is one of the main attractions at Universal
because this is not just another ride.
This is the Upper Lot,
this is the Lower Lot,
and all this is what you see in the Studio Tour.
They are shooting some series here today,
maybe we'll see something.
During the Studio Tour, you see where they film the movies,
series and TV shows,
and they even demonstrate some special effects.
So get ready.
Wow, the guide just explained that these stages here
are 98% sound proof.
That is so cool, huh?
What a coincidence that we see La Brea right here.
That's because one of the places we visited in Los Angeles
was the real La Brea.
Check out the video.
This trapped and preserved animals and plants here
for the past 50,000 years.
It really exists, not only on TV.
All the cars here from various movies.
The Flintstones, baby. [laughs]
Ah!
[laughs]
Ah!
All this was used in Jurassic Park.
Wow, that King Kong is the world's largest,
most intense 3D experience.
- Oh, no, watch out to the left
- Whoo!
Old Mexican area.
Wow!
Here, they shot 200 movies in one year.
At some point, only in this place here,
200 movies in one year.
That's because when movies were silent,
they could shoot six films in a day.
Just like that, we leave Mexico to enter Europe.
[music]
Oh!
- Earthquake. - Earthquake!
[laughs]
[crowd screaming]
- There he is.
- Oh. Tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu.
Ah!
[laughs]
- They changed it a little... - Yeah, they did.
- ... the experience. - And I always yell with a shark.
The cars here from "Fast and Furious."
This is the Bates Motel from "Psycho."
The movie was shot right here.
Simulating a disaster here.
There's an Oscar over there.
- Let go! - Let go!
[music]
- Thank you.
Wow, the Studio Tour lasts for an hour. It's really nice.
Here they also have Studio Tours in Spanish on select days.
So check in advance if you want to catch one.
Gordon has a very important tip about the Studio Tour.
- Sit at the second last car, not in the first car.
- Yes, because the engine is right there.
Did hear anything?
- No, too much noise. Engine. - [laughs]
You can hear what the guide is saying, but it is loud.
The tour is pretty cool. You go seeing all these stages here,
what is being shot, where.
You don't see the shoots, obviously, because they happen inside.
Up there, they are showing what you can't miss.
These are the newest rides and the cafe.
Let's go there, grab something to eat, and try.
Here we go, baby. Brand-new place to eat.
- Yes, let's go. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, it's good to finally be able to remove these masks here.
Here in Universal, you still have to wear a mask, even outdoors.
Wow!
Meatballs inside the grilled cheese sandwich.
Ooh.
And it comes with tomato soup.
We're here now at Minion Cafe,
trying their newest restaurant.
So how is it?
I was afraid my meatballs would fall,
so I'm eating my sandwich with knife and fork.
It is very tasty.
I feel like I made the right choice today.
Mmm.
Ah, you discovered a different use for the tomato soup, huh?
[laughs]
You know, I think he's right.
This here will go really well.
Mmm.
Wow, it is really delicious.
I'm pretty happy with the choice.
Unlike Disney, here at Universal, they don't have table-service restaurants,
so you cannot make dining reservations in advance.
But if that's what you're looking for, there are plenty of sit-down restaurants
at the CityWalk just outside.
Also, you cannot preorder from the app. That's a shame.
You need to order directly in the restaurants.
He finished his tomato soup.
Now he's trying mine. - Now, it's yours.
Wait, until I get to your sandwich. - [laughs]
Let's go.
- Banana! - Banana!
Banana! [laughs]
[music]
- Oh, wait, this guy is taking a picture. Hold on.
[laughs]
- He is talking about you. [laughs]
- I wanna make sure he gets my good side
It's another picture! - Yeah.
You're beautiful.
- That was a video!? - Yeah.
- He is talking to me.
[music]
This is the newest ride here.
The Secret Life of Pets.
Oh!
The line goes inside the house.
It is so cute.
[music]
That's us, baby, right there.
- Whoo-hoo!
- That was lovely.
It's actually a nice break from the shaking of all the other rides.
[music]
Now to WaterWorld.
- Welcome to WaterWorld. - Thank you.
Getting ready here for WaterWorld,
and it looks like we're going to get wet, baby.
- Yeah, maybe.
- I think we are in the wet zone, huh?
[music]
[audience applauding]
- Enjoy the rest of your day
at Universal Studios Hollywood!
- Whoo!
That was so cool.
WaterWorld is a stunt show with actors from a lot of well-known shows.
These are all the performers and the shows that they appeared in.
Scooby Dooby Doo.
[laughs]
- Hello, guys. Welcome to the neighborhood.
- Thank you. - If you need anything,
it's probably over there to your right.
- All right. Thank you.
- Or to your left.
And now one of the most anticipated areas of the park...
At least for Harry Potter fans.
[music]
Wow, the size of this castle here is really impressive.
All this structure here for Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey.
Yeah
[music]
Open the door!
Wow, the ride is so cool because it mixes 360
with like haunted house,
and some bunch of things going on at the same time.
But here is something to pay attention because you need to drop your bags
in the lockers also.
And what happened to you, Gordon?
It misread my fingerprint and opened up a different locker.
Guess what he had in the locker?
Yes, the big camera.
He was only carrying the camera,
they still asked him to put in the locker,
And the locker got it wrong.
- Be careful. [in Portuguese]
You're assigned a locker based on your fingerprint.
And when you return back, you scan your fingerprint to open.
It opened the wrong locker for me.
Whoo! Interesting.
So you need to know what is your real locker, your number,
and go tell someone from the staff.
But imagine, if it was the other way around,
his locker had first opened up with someone else,
not sure we'd still have this camera.
Let's go get some beer. - You mean the butterbeer?
- Yeah. - You know that that's not beer, right?
- No. - [laughs]
- Then I want different beer.
If it says beer, it's beer.
Not butterbeer, baby.
[music]
- Hello!
- Are you guys enjoying the day? Having a good time?
- Yeah. What about you?
So far so good. Excellent.
Oh, Gordon, look at that. No wand chose you.
- No? - None chose you.
- Oh, well. - [laughs]
Oh!
That's the magic wand in place.
Flexible, squishy...
[laughs]
- Oops. - [laughs]
- This one it is
I think that girl won the wand for free.
- She won the wand. - She won the wand.
- She won the wand. - Yes.
-Won the wand. That's a nice gift
for participating, right?
- Yeah. - So cool.
- I think that's why there's a busy line here.
Everybody is there in hopes to be chosen.
- Oh, yeah. Just like getting a saber in...
- At Disney? - Disney [in Portuguese].
- But they don't give you one for free there.
- No, they don't. They charge you $250.
[music]
Oh, actual picture car from "The Mummy."
That is so cool.
[music]
Bye. Thank you.
Universal is so fun.
We had a wonderful time here.
Come during low season if you can.
If you can't, at least on a weekday,
you won't find big lines over here compared to Disney.
And fun fact about Universal Studios,
This is the largest and busiest TV
and motion picture studio in the world.
More TV shows and movies have been filmed here on this lot
than anywhere else on Earth.
Very worth it coming here.
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