Universal City Walk
The famous Universal globe and this is a great place for pictures, actually
Unless you want to get all the mist over there
Ah, this entrance is so iconic
Today is Universal Studios day
and I'm here right when the park opens, at 9 AM
Did I hear right? You're speaking Portuguese?
Ahhh, welcome, welcome! Thank you!
That's a good one! Good one! Well done!
Thank you! I'm Labbie the Cabbie. Welcome to Hollywood
Thank you very much!
You're welcome!
Bye-bye!
Yeah, baby! The Hollywood Walk of Fame!
Very close to the entrance
In addition to all the traditional and super cool attractions here at Universal,
they have one that is new to me
And I've heard that there's a huge line there
Harry Potter
Wow! Look at people dress like him, in this heat!
Harry Potter is on the opposite side of the park. And that's where I'm going
This is already the London area so it should be close...
Oh wait, I think it's here
Yeah...wow!
If I did not know it was kind of hidden, I'd have never found it. There's no name outside or anything
This is Diagon Alley in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It's like a movie set
The Leaky Cauldron
It really leaks!
In the story it's a popular pub and inn
Here is a restaurant
For those who enjoy Harry Potter
this is perfect here, because you see references in details
Things from the books and the movies
That's Ollivanders, the store that sells wands and the fiction and real life
There's a huge line to get in
That magic wand was a genius idea by Universal because every kid wants one
Depending on which version of the magic wand you get, things happen
The box comes with instructions
so that you can learn the tricks
This is the ride here and look at the wait time this early
It's amazing!
I'm going for the ride
and later I'll show you more of Diagon Alley
You cannot bring bags into the ride, so there's this locker here for free
Okay, let's see how to use it
I want to rent...
Free for 55 minutes. They may adjust this according to how long the wait time is
Oh, they already assigned me one
I need to remember this number as there's no key
My fingerprint alone will open
Here, the light was flashing. Here it is
I'm going as a single rider to go faster
I really enjoyed, you know?
It's kind of an adventure with 3D
But you saw the waiting time, that it was 20 minutes?
I went in 2!
Single rider is amazing
But I also heard that there are lots of things that
single riders don't even see
It's not like "oh, you saw all the way over there". No, you don't see because it's a different route inside
I saw people looking for photos in the end
And I saw nothing of that. I didn't even take a picture
At the line I heard you go through Gringotts Bank
As I didn't, I'll go see the next closest thing
You, madam!
You may take photographs with or without flash, as well as video recordings if you must
Okay!
Did you have a question?
Yes, what currency do you accept?
Gringotts bank notes can be purchased for 10 or 20 muggle dollars
We will handle the conversion for you
Awesome!
Diagon Alley is huge. Lots to see here
Let's check out this shop
Lots of plushes
This dragon, on top of the building, is also an attraction by itself here at Diagon Alley
He's very quiet this morning. So I'll be back later to try to see him in action
Here they also have this train ride connecting Universal Studios to Islands of Adventure
but to ride you must buy the Park-to-Park ticket
I don't have time to go to Islands of Adventure, unfortunately
And I thought of buying the tickets to go to the two parks on the same day
But it's not really worth it because you have to rush for everything
But when I'm back here in Orlando, I promise I'll show you guys
When you come here and there's nothing going on
you think it's just construction, something left behind
But those guys are really good
And now...
Transformers!
[Transformer] I consider you all my friends
Oh my God, that voice!
I can't believe it! I went in one minute as a single rider. I'm loving this!
[Dora] Hello, I'm Dora!
E.T. has no "single rider"
but has short lines now, so let's take advantage
It is so cute! He's supposed to say your name in the end
but if he said Renata, I missed
It's okay! I don't think he did
And it's okay, he's not from our planet, right?
This has been my most productive day
in theme parks ever
Three rides before 11:00 in the morning
All this with no "Express". Thanks to "single rider"
But at the same time and unlike Magic Kingdom,
you can't take pictures inside as most rides are roller coasters or 3D, 4D
When you're here, Universal's app is really great
because not only it shows how much time in each ride,
what is the waiting time, but also shows you in the map
So for those who have challenges sometimes
with maps, just sometimes... right Gordon? Just sometimes...
with maps
That was my husband. He says that I'm challenged with maps
And it's great because it tracks you moving and it shows if you're going in the right direction
Look at that, I'm the blue dot here. Look at how close I am to the black dot. Now pay attention
Do you see that?
Now, one thing that I don't think is working... This ride here: Race Through New York with Jimmy Fallon
It's supposed to have a virtual line of five minutes and I want to join so that I don't wait there
Just wait in the virtual space... But look at what happens
They said that only during peak hours they use the virtual lines, so...
That's Marilyn!
Okay, let's try again
They said that only during peak hours or days they use the virtual line
So, I'm lucky, not a long wait at the moment
So let's go check it out
Nice job, nice job! While you wait for your exclusive taping of the night show starring Jimmy Fallon
Yeah, that's right, but until then we will be singing non-stop for the next three hours
Wow, they even have a wait area here
That was just the pre-show. Sorry, it's not allowed to film inside now
That is very cool, it's worth going
even if you don't know Jimmy Fallon or if you don't like his show, because the ride is way more than that
It's like a 3D roller coaster. I'm even kind of dizzy now
Talking about roller coasters
I yell together with them
I don't have courage for this one
[Musician] You guys want more or what?
Thank you. Thanks
Churros remind me of carnival rides, childhood
It's so good. I think I'm all dirty here eating this
Look at that! Lockers again
Well, here they're only giving 45 minutes free
That is so amazing, I think it's my favorite ride here
What makes this ride so nice is that it's not just a roller coaster. There's the whole set
I thought of asking if I could get in with the GoPro, but it wouldn't work. It's too dark
Universal offers something very interesting, that I just saw in this ride here for the first time
It's called "child swap". It means... Let's say you are with multiple people and you have a kid
But the kid can't ride
So someone has to stay with the kid, right?
They allow this person to wait in a separate place
And then after your group is done, you can go and ride without entering in line again
That is so cool!
There she is again
This is so cool
Let's go back to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and try to see what we missed
There's a lot going on here in this Diagon Alley
Oh, you heard that? Is it the dragon?
No... again...
I'm now frustrated with this dragon here, because I've been waiting for an hour
It spits fire and I saw it as soon as I got in, but the camera was not ready. So I couldn't register
But I felt the heat. It's crazy and I really want to capture
But now, nothing
No... false alarm...
And they say that there's no preset time, like, it's not every 15 or 20 minutes.
It's whenever the dragon feels like it
2 hours waiting!
Seriously, if you're not a true Harry Potter fan, don't waste your time.
Because I don't even know when it might go. It could be another hour or more
I'm leaving now
This "Fear Factor" here is interesting. It's inspired by "Fear Factor", the TV show here in the United States
Where people face their fears of doing crazy things and eating disgusting things
And they invite people who are here at the park to participate. I'm going to check it out, I think it's so funny
[Host] Hey, audience, are you ready?
Then let's get started in 3, 2, 1... go!
What's that?
Bye!
We love you!
Oh, thank you!
I'll take the chance to go to the rides I missed and as I cannot film inside anyways
I'll say goodbye to you guys now. I'm very happy with my day here in Universal
I got to do way more than at Magic Kingdom and that was because I arrived early
Also, I went to the rides as much as possible as a single rider
Now, I'm here with my husband and we don't mind sitting separate as long as it saves us one or two hours per ride
It is worth it. And then, in the end of the day, you're not so tired
Well, now I'd like to hear from you guys
I already know I owe you "Islands of Adventure" and I'm going to show you next time I'm here
But don't worry, I live in Texas, so it's not that far not that difficult to come back
But I'd like to know what else you want to see here in Orlando. Let me know in the comments
Thank you guys and see you next time!
E.T., phone, home
This has been my most productive day... This has been my most productive day...
This has been my most productive day... This has been my most productive day in theme parks ever
You're welcome