Welcome to another Universal Orlando podcast.
I'm Nick. And I'm Melody. And that's a cat behind
the computer. Yes. Yes. We got new cat toys today.
They were sent to us from a business. Did you
try the blue ball yet on the carpet? No. Oh.
It's loud. Ash. He's not interested. I think
he is. Because he is staring at it from behind
the computer. Okay, now he doesn't care. Okay.
Anyways, do you have any small talk? I think
that was the small talk. Small talk is already
over. Well, that was my portion of it. Do you
have any small talk? No. You're lame. That's
not a good thing. No, I'm smiling because you
forgot your own small talk, and I'm not going
to remind you. What was my small talk? Nope.
Remind me. It was going to be making fun of me,
so no. Remind me. That was a reminder. And you
still don't remember. Oh, right. Move on. Move
on. Move on. We were trying out Riverside because
we were like, oh, if you ever want to have guests
one day, we need to know how to do, you know,
group projects. How do I word this? How do we
record with other people who are in the room
with us? So we're like, okay, well, we've heard
Riverside mentioned on Distractable. And he's
a big YouTuber. He should know what he's doing.
So we got Riverside, started playing around with
it. We want to record on two tracks because recording
on one track makes it really hard to edit. So
if I make a weird noise or something, she can
edit it out. Like right now, I'm hitting the
chair against the desk and that's making her
really mad. Am I going to stop? No. Or if more
commonly, if I'm talking and Nick decides to
clear his throat. Just like that. Then I can
take out his clearing throat. Right. So that's
why you want to record on two tracks versus one
track if you're doing multiple people. So Riverside
makes it real easy where like if I want to invite
somebody to record with us, all we have to do
is send them a link and they click on the link
and it takes them right into our project. And
I think they even get the audio file when they're
done. Which is great when you have two remote
areas recording. Right. But we can't figure out
how to do it on two tracks. No. From one... Computer.
One computer. Using the Scarlet 2x2 specifically.
So if anybody knows anything, let us know. We
just want to be able to use two tracks from our
one Scarlet 2x2, one recording going in. I know,
we could always go buy that road caster thing
that I wanted. That probably won't even help,
actually. I want it because it has a mute button.
So if I feel like clearing my throat, I can just
go boop. So that is our small talk. The reason
why this episode is coming out so late is as
of this recording last week, everybody was sick.
You did it again, but that's fine. What? You
forgot why you were talking about Riverside.
I'm just reminding you because I'm nice. Oh,
right. So before all that, we plugged in our
mics. We got it all set up. Because we're trying
to figure it out. We're trying to figure it out.
and we were like, oh, let's do a test recording
and see if you can split it. And then you talk,
it shows up. I talk, we thought it showed up.
You ended it, then you listen to it, and you
only hear yourself. And you're like, oh, why
do I only hear myself? So I'm like, hmm, that's
weird. I'm like, did you plug it in? And then
you looked on the floor, and look, there's the
XLR cable just laying on the floor. Because I
didn't plug it in. And she didn't plug it in.
There. I got made fun of. We can move on now.
What is today's episode about? Anyways, so the
reason why this is coming out so late is because
last week, as of this recording, everybody in
our house was sick. I was sick. Jack was sick.
Rose was sick. You got a sniffle for one day.
I was not sick for long, but I had to deal with
all the sickness. Yes. So we postponed recording
on that week. And now it's this week. And why
are we delayed again? No, we're not. This is
just the one week. Oh, okay. So this week, we're
talking about more food. If you were sick about
hearing about food, I'm sorry, but here you go.
More food. Blame Epic Universe opening. We're
talking about Epic's food. Yeah. Socials, finally.
Oh, yeah. Socials! You can find us on Instagram
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will pod on Twitter slash X. Also, if anybody
works for the brand Circle, C -I -R -K -U -L,
you know, the brand that has those flavor pods
and you screw it into the lid and you're like,
ooh, I get 60 ounces of flavored water. It's
a big fat lie. You get like 40 ounces at most.
Well, no, if you think about it, I can drink
two that is 60. What? No, these are... 36. These
are 40 ounces. Yeah, and I could drink two of
them. Wait, no, these are, are these 40? They're
like 36, I measured. Yeah, these are 40 ounces.
You drink two of these? Yeah. Okay, fine, the
brain doesn't lie. It's just 60 ounces is not
as much as it sounds. You drink like two things.
Actually, no, it is less because you put it on
like, what, five? Uh -huh. And then the flavor's
gone by one and a half or two of these. but i
thought it was advertised you could bump it all
the way up to 10 or something like that and get
full flavor i think it is advertised like that
but oh well speaking of flavor i think i just
ran out no also if you work for the brand the
whole new tumblr style with the star is extremely
hard to get liquid out please fix that I doubt
anybody listens. Anyways, you didn't come here
to hear us talk about cats or Melody's mishaps
or sick children or circle tumblers. You came
here to listen about... Whoops. You came here
to listen about... Nick knocking stuff into the
microphone. Hope you're not hungry, because I
am certainly... Getting hungry. In the middle.
By the time this episode is over, we will be
looking for snacks. Alright, so... We are going
to cite our sources in the beginning. We have
pulled from three sources to compile our hopefully
complete -ish list of Epic Universe food. As
of this moment. As of this moment. Keep in mind,
this is pre -opening. Food items may or may not
change. I didn't look through this, so if there's
any prices in here, prices may or may not change.
No prices. Melody's saying no prices. Everything
is to be determined because they are still testing
things. Here are the sources. We pulled from
UniversalOrlando .com, AttractionsMagazine .com,
written by Blake Taylor, and MiceChat .com, written
by Terry Peters. I don't think I butchered any
of those names. You did not. They were very simple.
Yes, they were pretty simple. Unfortunately,
we did not find one from John Self. I guarantee
you if he has written one, he is going to send
it to us and be like, why did you not use my
article? And then I will turn around and say,
blame Melody. To be fair, we did try and find
one written by him because we like his work.
What are you looking at? Seeing if he wrote an
article. Did he write an article? I don't think
so. I don't see anything. Okay. Well, hopefully
he gets to write one soon, and I look forward
to reading it. Moving on. We have Ministry of
Magic. I'm going to butcher this. Cafe Lair de
la Siren. Sure. The stairs place. The lair. The
lair of the siren. Sure. Okay. Your turn. You
can read it. Oh. Baguette de dinde? De dinde.
Dined? Dined? I don't know. Close enough. D -I
-N -D -E. Oh, John's also going to get mad about
this. Oh, yeah, we suck at pronunciations. He
hates mispronunciations. That word, he hates
that. I love how you mispronounce, mispronounce.
Whatever. Good job. It's late. Anyway, baguette.
A warm, crusty baguette piled with sliced, cracked
pepper turkey, arugula, apples, and brie, topped
with mustard butter and apple butter. It's a
turkey sandwich. It's a fancy turkey sandwich.
I have not heard of either mustard butter and
apple butter. I've heard of apple butter. It's
actually pretty good. Mustard butter on the other...
I feel like it's just mustard and butter. That's
how I envision it as well. But this is just a
fancy turkey sandwich. Yes. I feel like this
will be a quick grab -and -go type item. Probably.
Butterbeer crepe. With shortbread cookie butter,
Bavarian cream, butterbeer cream, strawberries,
butterbeer drizzle, and a butterbeer shortbread
cookie. Butterbeer everything, apparently. And
I hope it actually gets served on a plate. Because
if it's served like the, so the picture, it's
like a traditional crepe where it's on a plate
and then it has all the toppings on top of the
crepe. It also looks super fancy and not at all
like the crepes in studios. Right. So I'm really
hoping it's going to be plated rather than in
a pizza cone type thing. Maybe. Ready for the
next one? Yes. Quiche Lorraine. Egg custard in
a pie crust filled with bacon. Oh. Gruyere cheese.
Gruyere, yeah. And caramelized onions with mornay
sauce and a side of berries with lavender honey
drizzle. That actually sounds really good. I
don't think I've had a... No, we hadn't. You
had a quiche before. I had a quiche before. I
want a quiche again. I really like quiches. This
is a fancy quiche. Fancy quiche. I would eat
this quiche. Would you eat your berries? Yes,
I would eat my berries. Good. Insert. I don't
know what a lavender honey drizzle is. Have you
heard the berries and cream? Yes, don't. Shush.
Continue. To those who don't understand why Nick
is laughing, I cut out. No, you didn't. Him watching
the video of the guy singing the stupid Berries
and Cream song. Nick's humor is very broken.
Shall I play this one? No. Anyways, moving on.
Unfortunately, so far there is no Berries and
Cream, but we do have a Jambon Beret. This is
ham... See? Special cheese, Dijon mustard, butter,
and a French baguette. This is not listed on
the Universal website. Correct. A lot of these,
or probably like half the foods, are not going
to actually be on the Universal website. These
are included on the two other articles that we
found. So it's a ham sandwich. Yes, with the
special cheese. And more mustard butter, but
this one was Dijon. Wow. Next. Oh, I searched
up the pronunciation of this one and I already
forgot. Boof! Oh, but then I didn't search up
the second one. Booth Borg... Borg... Borgunon.
Mm -hmm. Borgunon. Sure. Okay. Braised beef in
burgundy wine with mushrooms, pearl onions, roasted
carrots, and bacon lardons with, uh, palms. Palms
puree. I think that's like a potato puree, maybe.
Mashed potatoes. Or lardons. I don't know. Bacon
lardons. Maybe John will explain it in his post,
in his blog post. Sounds good, though. Ah, jeez.
Special salad. Fancy salad. No, you gotta say
it. Nikois. N -I -weird C -O -I -S -E. That.
C is like what has a little... It's like a squiggly
C. Yeah. It's a tuna salad of fingerling potatoes.
The weird Nikois olives, pickled red onions,
eggs, haricot verts, tomatoes, and mustard vinaigrette.
And this one is not listed on the Universal website.
Okay. We're just gonna make that as, like, a
fact every time, just in case you want to look
up the food. So, from my understanding, there
was a tasting event, and that's why this stuff
has been released. Probably also from a combination
of, uh... Team member previews. It just, to me,
doesn't make sense as to why websites don't list
everything then. I don't know. Moving on. Oh,
it's my turn. Yes, it is. The Ridgeable Plum
Juice. Apple, passion fruit, dragon fruit, and
citrus. Not listed on the Universal website.
Le Goblet Noir. That's another restaurant. Then
you have the Alchemist Platter. Okay, you're
not doing this right. Okay, all the ones that
we just read are at the cafe that we mentioned.
Now we're moving on to a new place. Try to make
it a little more obvious. You did not. Okay,
this is the Legablet Noir. Alchemist Platter.
You have smoked sausage, pickled eggs, potato,
and cheese pierogies. Beets, caramelized onions,
and a warm pretzel with German mustard and cheese
fondue. I want this. I will be getting this.
Because what people don't know is my dad makes
pickled eggs, beets, and stuff for Thanksgiving.
It's just kind of like a weird tradition thing
that he started. So seeing the purple eggs on
the picture make me happy, remind me of home.
I like pickled eggs. Ew. Moving on. And pierogi
is lentil stew. Stew of lentils, vegan bacon,
and root vegetable with artesian bread. The thing
is, is this one's on their website. Okay. Other
foods that we're going to talk about are not.
But they put lentil stew over the salad. The
salad looks prettier. Yeah, I guess. Yeah. Moving
on. You now have Bar Moonshine and Butterbeer
Cart. Ha ha ha. Say it. Brow brr. Beer brr. It's
Butterbeer. Yeah. Butterbeer served cold, frozen,
or hot. Not listed on Universal. But obvious
due to video. Yep. Because they posted the video
and they talk about Butterbeer being there. So.
Yep. Next we have Super Nintendo World. Toadstool
Cafe. We're going to start with the Mario Burger.
Beef patty with mushrooms, lettuce, tomato, and
melted American cheese on a brioche bun with
a side of truffle french fries. Sounds like this
place wants to kill me. I'm allergic to mushrooms.
Probably. Well, yes. Yes. But if you got tested,
we will know how severe. Eh, that's too much
work. Anyway. That was the Mario burger. And
due to the picture, and I even looked at other
pictures too, the bun does have the mustache
on it and the little red hat. Because I sent
my sister a picture. She was like, that looks
fake. So I sent her another picture of a person
actually holding it. So my question is, is it
like a fondue type hat? Is it edible? Or is it
like a little plastic hat? Do they take the hat
away when... Because I saw it as, like, part
of a, like, a way to hide the stick that keeps
burgers together. So my question is, so, like,
you know how when you go to Minion Cafe and they
bring out the ramen and then they pour the ramen
but then take the cool cup away? I wasn't there
when they did it, so I don't remember. Okay,
it comes in a cool little glass cup. Oh, okay.
It's obvious why they take it away, but I wonder
if they take away the little hat. It's like,
we're keeping the hat. I don't think so. It's
a joke. Oh. Obviously, you keep the hat. It's
probably a toothpick. Yeah. Expensive toothpick,
but. But then you can put it on your future burgers.
But if it is like a toothpick or plastic hat,
the price of that burger just like skyrocketed.
Yes. That'll probably be like a $20 burger. Same
thing with Luigi Burger, which is a grilled chicken
with basil pesto, melted Swiss cheese, green
peppers, and spinach on a brioche bun with a
side of truffle french fries. Again. Ew. They
had to add all the green veggies for Luigi's
Burger. Here. Okay. Mario's Burger. Beef patty.
Good. Mushrooms? I'll take it without the mushrooms.
Lettuce tomato? Fine. Melted American cheese?
Fine. On a brioche bun. Truffle fries? I'm not
a big fan of truffle fries. Luigi, grilled chicken,
great. Basil pesto, meh. Melted Swiss cheese,
don't like Swiss cheese. Green peppers, don't
like green peppers. Don't like spinach either.
Doesn't he sound like a child while he's complaining
about food? Yeah, I'm picky. Deal with it. Oh,
I get to read the next one, though. Bowser's
Fireball Challenge. One pound meatball with mozzarella
cheese and mushroom marinara sauce. and parsley
with a Bowser -inspired puff pastry and a side
of hot sauce. And now I was like, ooh, this looks
really good. It's like a ginormous meatball.
And then you say, mushroom marinara sauce. Why?
Because it's the mushroom kingdom. I don't care.
There are going to be mushrooms. I wonder if
they'll be able to do, like, an allergy thing.
I made meatloaf for dinner, and that was two
pounds of meat. That's true. One pound meatball.
That's a lot. Yeah. I want this now. I'll have
to go and click an allergy note, and then the
chef's going to have to come out and be like,
what are you allergic to? Mushrooms. And they'll
be like, go to a different portal. They'll be
like, leave. Why are you here? I'm surprised
this next one is not on the Universal website.
Piranha plant caprese. Caprese? I think. My cup.
This is tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, asparagus,
and basil pesto with greens, radish, and apple
vinaigrette. Not listed on Universal website.
But it looks super cool. If you pay anything
more than $4 or $5 for this, you're getting ripped
off. Let's count. It's rabbit food. No, no, no.
But it's pretty. So you get lettuce, which is
fairly cheap in quantity. There is one, two slices
of tomato. There is one. and a half slices of
cheese, two leaves, one asparagus stalk, and,
what is that, tomato? I'm pretty sure. And another
half of, you basically get one tomato, a slice
and a half of cheese, a handful of lettuce, I
would say, okay, half a handful of lettuce, one,
two, three, four radishes, two leaves, and one
asparagus stalk. You're paying for the presentation.
Yes, the presentation is very nice. Because it
does look really cool. And now the thing that'll
end me super mushroom pizza bowl. I'm supposed
to read this one. Mozzarella cheese, sausage,
pepperoni, and mushroom marinara sauce with mushroom
pizza crust. Why? And not listed on the Universal
website. Got it. We are not eating here when
we go. No. Well, this next thing doesn't have
mushrooms. Anyways, Yoshi's Snack Island. You
have Yoshi's Smoothie. Milk with frozen Granny
Smith apple and honeydew syrup. Whipped cream
and green apple boba. With no mushrooms. No mushrooms.
If there was a drink with mushrooms in it, then
even I would... I would force you to get it at
that point. Ugh. That actually sounds pretty
good. But that's all that there was for Nintendo
World. Moving on. Isle of Berk. Mead Hall. Thawfest
platter. Spread of chicken drumsticks in a wild
berry barbecue glaze, grilled salmon, and sausage
with roasted carrots, cipollini, maybe, onions,
Nordic fries, and side sauces. You good? Those
drumsticks look like meatballs. No, you can see
the sticks sticking out of them from the back.
Now I can. Yes, but originally they do look like
the glazed meatballs. That actually looks pretty
good. Yes. We got chicken and sausage and salmon.
This is also probably going to be another place
that I won't eat at. Lots of seafood. Well, yeah,
because they live on an island. But if we do
eat here, we can get the platter and you can
take the drumsticks and I'll take the sausage.
And the salmon. And you can have the salmon.
And I can have the french fries. And to make
it more fair, I'll give you the pickles. Jack
will have the pickles. We have learned recently
that he loves sweet gershkin. Gershkins. Gershkins.
Yep. Ow. Don't punch your mic, please. Too late.
Anyways, sullen sea sandwich. Salmon with pickled
cucumbers and horseradish dill cream on a pumpernickel.
Kaiser bun with a side of ancient garnishes...
Garn... No. Grains. With a sun -dried berries.
You're the fish expert. What do you think? Eh.
It's a salmon burger. It's kind of boring looking,
honestly. The ancient grains, on the other hand,
I keep... It looks like mac and cheese. No, it
looks like rice with veggies. Oh. Yeah, probably.
Well, I mean, that is ancient grains or garns,
you know. Moving on. Nordic harvest salad, kale,
arugula, red cabbage, radishes, and grains with
blueberries, apples, trail mix, and raspberry
vinaigrette. I will never be getting this. I
get it if you like salads and stuff, but if I
go to a theme park, I am not getting a salad
on purpose. Says the one who goes to a steak
restaurant. As a side, not my entree. No, and
then orders a $37 steak. And I get veggies on
the side. What's wrong with that? And then gets
two sides of veggies. No. Well, yes. Because
I got french fries. Fried veggies. I don't count
that as veggies. Then why'd you say two sides
of veggies? It was a joke. But even that you
get one veggie. I got that for my birthday. You
can shut up. I look at it as a cost. I'm like,
okay, I'm getting good value in the steak. I'm
getting decent, okay value in the french fries.
Well, I also panic ordered and got fries. No,
and then you get, I don't know, broccoli or something.
I'm like, hmm, how much does it cost them to
give you that broccoli? 20 cents? Whatever, move
on. Now who's holding up the episode? But you
get a bowl of mashed potatoes. How much does
it cost them for mashed potatoes? Probably a
little bit more. But then if you're Melody, you
eat your steak and you're like, hmm, I'm going
to save some for home. So you box it up. Shut
up. You box it up. And then we leave and we drive
down the road. I'm like, oh, where's your to
-go box? And you're like, shoot, I left it on
the table. I told you to grab it. No, you didn't.
I put it right in front of you. You expected
the birthday girl to grab the food? How dare
you? Yes, because I paid for it. We paid for
it. I'll remember that. Move on. I'm gonna be
butt to you on your birthday. Leave me alone.
Stormy's... No. No. Not Stormy's. Stormfly's
Catch of the Day. This is a chocolate mousse
fish on top of a fruity pebbled cereal. You're
adding extra words while reading. It's not a
fruity pebble. It's just a fruity pebble cereal.
ADHD. Yeah, but there's also a picture. Moose.
Moose. Covered in chocolate. Uh -huh. Right?
Yeah. The picture makes it look like a giant
foam fish on cereal. Like one of those peanut
marshmallow things. Do we know if this is at
a sit -down place? Where is this at? The Mead
Hall. Oh. I was hoping it was going to be at
a quick service place so I could try this. Because
I would love to be able to just walk up and grab
it and just go. Like, I'm going to have to really,
because I would like to try this when we go.
Get it as a dessert. I'm prioritizing rides.
Move on. Jacob's Grilled Salmon. Pastrami Seasoned
Salmon. Roasted Carrots. Herb Garlic Potatoes.
Oh, not again. Cipollini Onions. And Dill Fennel
Sauce. And this is not listed on the Universal
website. Looks good. Has a baked potato. Dill
fennel? Dill fennel sauce. Interesting. I like
dill. Sounds good. Moving on. Yaknog. Melted
chocolate, cinnamon, and whipped cream. What?
Reread. Melted. Nope. Oh. Malted. There you go.
Malted chocolate, cinnamon, and whipped cream.
No pick. Also not on the list on Universal. So
basically a hot chocolate with some cinnamon.
I don't know how I feel about that. Sounds good
to me. Then make it at home. You literally could.
Do we have cinnamon? Oh wait, no, it's malted
chocolate. Oh well. Next. Gobblers, mead, boysenberry,
blackcurrant, citrus, and cardamom. And this
is not listed on the Universal website. This
would be interesting. We have a blackcurrant
jam in our fridge. It's very tart. I will not
be trying it. Moving on, Dark Universe, DOS Steakhouse.
Bird on a steak. Grilled dry rubbed chicken tenderloin
on a steak with roasted vegetables and green
onion mashed potatoes. So, chicken tenders. And
according to the picture, that's a giant, like,
charred pepper thing. It is. So, before we even
knew food, I was like, we're eating there when
we go for lunch. Because we're like, oh, we gotta
pick a place for lunch. Mm -hmm. We're eating
here. Oh. Why? Because it's Das Steakhouse. It's
the fancy restaurant there. Not fancy, but, like,
I'm pretty sure this is the place where they're
gonna, like, role -play as vampires and whatnot.
The familiars. And that. Well, it's vampires
and familiars. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyways. Moving
on. This is probably what you're gonna get. No.
Darkmoor Black Wings. Spicy chili -dusted fried
wings. Oh, maybe. With smoky cheddar, charred
scallions, and soy chili garlic sauce. Served
with pimento cornbread skull. This is a skull.
And coleslaw. But I don't like coleslaw. Why'd
you say no when I said this is what you're gonna
get? The way they plate it in this picture makes
it look like a dessert for some reason. Yes.
My brain keeps thinking it's... Some weird crunchy
thing with a dark chocolatey sauce. I also hope
it's bigger portions, because right now it only
looks like there's two wings. Eh. Unless they're
big wings, which will be okay. Anyways, why'd
you say no? Well, because, like I said, my brain
thought dessert, and then I read it, and I was
like, oh, that's not a dessert. So... Good job.
I liked, I love fried chicken. Blood, in quotations,
orange chicken sandwich. Marinated chicken breast
in blood orange sauce on a black bun with pickles,
slaw, and crispy fries. Didn't you have something
on, like, a black bun? Nope. Burger King did
a black bun for Halloween years ago. No. Oh.
It's a burger. I don't think either of... It's
a chicken sandwich. Oh. No. Shut up. Every time
someone uses a brioche bun, I think burger. Anyway.
Our favorite vegan familiar stuffed cabbage,
because you know they couldn't think of a better
name. Impossible meat and cabbage in bell pepper
tomato sauce with beet bucatini. Okay. Okay.
We're not vegans. We do not. I mean, it's interesting,
but... Hopefully it's good. I would pick other
stuff before this. Because this is the first
one that I think is specifically just for vegans.
And I can't tell if it's like making, like...
pointing at a specific familiar. Our favorite
vegan familiar. You know? Maybe. Anyways, fish
on a steak. Because there are multiple steaks.
This is another one. Yep. Fish on a steak. Blackened
salmon steak. Salmon steak. Okay. Blackened salmon
steak on a steak with roasted vegetables and
green onion mashed potatoes. Not listed on Universal.
No pick. You don't have to read the no pick.
Yes, I do. Okay. Next. Bits and pieces. This
is technically another steak. Wild mushroom brisket
meatloaf on a steak with roasted vegetables and
green onion mashed potatoes. Also not listed
on the Universal website. No pick. Okay. Carved
staked steak with green onion mashed potatoes,
roasted carrots, mushrooms, and acorn squash.
Not listed on the Universal website. See, this
is what I thought I would get because I like
steak. But then I also rethought it. I was like,
this is also theme park steak. This looks like
what we had last night. Remember we had that
London broil? Oh, yeah. This looks like that.
Huh? You mixed up lemon with London. I thought
that's what it is. No, she said lemon. I thought
she said London. Lemon. Makes more sense than
London. No, it doesn't because it was lemony.
Okay. Moving on. Oh, shibboleth. Have fun. Ancient
char siu pork. Roasted pork belly with bloody
roast pork dipping sauce. Green onion mashed
potatoes. Roasted carrots. Acorn square. Square?
Mushrooms and bok choy. Not listed on the Universal
website. Neat. This is another thing that I would
probably get. Knowing Universal's portions, you
honestly could get two things. Yes, but... Also
knowing Universal's prices? Probably not. Well,
seeing as how I'm setting aside who knows how
much money for when we go, I might factory in
five or six different entrees. Whatever. Into
the budget. You better say this next one properly.
Labatacota? Labatacota. Think of it as a lobotomy.
The play on words! Oh. Okay, fine. Vanilla...
panna cotta greek yogurt brain quotations marks
with raspberries no i told you earlier i was
rushing and i forgot to fix this not on the universal
website next reaper's reserve caramel spice brown
ale clove just a clove nutmeg and cinnamon not
on the universal website no shut up Alright,
since we decided we're going to eat here, what
are you getting? We'll do semi -planing and then
who knows if it holds true in the next couple
months when we actually go. Either the black
wings or the pork. I might do the carved steak
to steak. Or? Or the blood orange chicken sandwich.
Or the bird on a steak. If you get the blood
orange chicken sandwich, that's going to be a
fun picture at least. Yeah. Show someone that
you ate, like, a burned sandwich. The poop's
gonna look crazy. Because if you have, like,
black buns, it makes the poop a different color.
What? There was a whole thing with the Burger
King black bun. Move on. Everybody was like...
No! My poop's crazy. Oh my gosh, what is wrong
with you today? The Burning Blade Tavern. The
place that I'm also looking forward to at least
seeing. We've already seen it. In person. Yeah,
fine. Hunter's Garlic Steak. Crispy cheese garlic
pretzel with garlic dipping sauce. No. Not on
the Universal website. Next. It's a pretzel.
It's a pretzel. I want it, though. It's like
I still want the Shrek pretzel. Is this a...
I'm aware of the green cheese. Is this quick
service? Do we know? No idea. Oh. It didn't look
like it was. Well, I hope it is, because that
would be an easy quick service. Maybe they focus
more on the looks, so it is like a quick service.
I don't know. Instead of making it big, it's
a small place. Yeah. So it's a quick service.
Moving on. It's also, there's one more place
to get food, the Lacey's Cottage, but on the
three websites that we looked up, none of them
listed any food at this place. Weird. So, oh
well. Celestial Park. Oh, we're already almost
done. Atlantic. You have the sea base. No. Sea
boss? Sea bass. Sea bastion. Sea bass. Nope.
That was an accident. Sea bass with carrot, mochi,
sugar snap peas, lemongrass broth, and starfruit
slices. I love starfruit. Ew. Okay, how often
do you see starfruit served at a theme park,
though? I don't look at the fruit. That's fair.
I'm like, hmm, what fruit is this served with?
And we get free starfruit every once in a while.
I could get it more often if I wanted to. When
it's in season. I usually just blow it under
the fence, make it the neighbor's problem. Just
kidding, I don't do that. What? One of my customers
has a starfruit tree, and he's like, pick as
much as you want. Yeah. Because they're not home,
ever. Yeah. So we get free starfruit. Yeah. When
I remember, half the time I just blow it under
their fence. Your mom remembers and she brings
a starfruit. So she's nice. You're not. Moving
on. No. Landlubbers snickerdoodle loot. Snickerdoodle
cake served in a beach pail with cookie butter
ganache. Biscoff sand, end quotation marks, and
gummy sharks. Our kids will eat this. Does it
actually come with a shovel? Because in the picture
there's a little pink shovel. That wouldn't be
surprised. If it comes with a little shovel,
the price of this will skyrocket again. Oh, my
word. Same thing with the hats. I just think
it's funny. A lot of people talk, because, you
know, I have kids. I see parenting videos every
once in a while, and I think one thing I've seen
multiple times is to make a safe play area with
this Biscoff sand thing. Oh, yeah. So. We should
do that. Let's not. Why? Mess. It may be edible,
but it's not fun to clean up. I'll eat it. They
can do it outside. How's that? Hmm, yes. Attract
ants. Smart. The ants are already outside. Whatever.
Moving on. King Oyster Mushroom Ceviche. Cilantro,
lime, tomato, and jicama. Not listed. On the
universe? No. This one I just wrote not listed.
Not listed on the universal website. Next. I'm
not interested in that. Passion fruit caviar,
in quotation marks. Which is weird. Chocolate
pan de jeans? Jeans? I don't know. No, not jeans.
What? You can't wear these jeans. Okay. Okay.
Hazelnut crunch and Yvara mousse. Not listed
on the Universal website. I want to know why
it has caviar in quotation marks, though. Who
knows? Grand Atlantic Martini. Dry gin. Aperitif.
Wine. And a lemon twist. Hopefully they'll actually
remember your lemon twist. Hopefully they will.
We were gypped of our lemon. On our... Agua panela.
The sweet tea. Agua panini? No. No. Agua panela.
Close. Sure. The sweet tea drink. I did not get
my lemon twist. The sugar water. The sugar water.
Anyway. Melon and herb highball. Gin. Watermelon
syrup. basil, and cucumber. Not listed on the
Universal website. Northern Lights. Vodka. Curaco.
Lemon juice. Butterfly pea blossom. Ice sphere.
That's the whole one thing. That's the one thing.
Limoncello. Limoncello. Limoncello. Limousine.
No. Something. Simple syrup. Gold luster dust.
Not. No. Not listed on the Universal website.
The Blue Dragon Pan Asian Restaurant. Tonkatsu.
Hopefully. Tonkatsu ramen. Ramen noodles and
pork broth with, uh, cashew. Cashew pork. No,
not cashew. Cashew? Unless it is cashew. Pretty
sure it is cashew. Pork. Tear egg. Shiitake mushrooms.
And togarashi oil. I know what you're getting
if we go again. I love you. I... I love ramen.
And it looks a lot like the udon bowl. Yes, it
does. Your turn. Smashed cucumbers. Dragon sauce.
I almost lost my phone again. Cilantro. Peanuts.
And the Saskatchewan dust. No. Sichuan dust.
Not listed on the Universal website. This one
was interesting. Especially when you see the
picture. Snowflake potstickers. Lacy crust pork
potstickers with dragon sauce. which is not listed
on the Universal website, read this, and I was
like, ooh, yummy. Saw the picture, and instantly
thought, what the heck is this? Because that
looks like a super light flake. It does not look
like a potsticker. It looks like a tortilla.
From this angle, it just looks like a circular
tortilla with a hole cut in the middle for sauce.
It looks like fried air, because it has the little
holes. Oh, yeah. It's just not potsticker. No.
Moving on. Passionfruit Mooncake. Passionfruit
Cheesecake. Passionfruit Mango. And Dragon Crust.
Not listed on the Universal website. I had time
again, so I was able to write it out again. Good
job. How do you say that? Cosa? Sure. Sure. Boba.
A delightful blend of Thai -inspired milk tea
and paired with coffee boba and frothy coffee
foam. I have not had coffee boba before. That'd
be interesting. I hope it's not chewy, though.
That's my only concern. Yeah, it probably is.
I like the bursting ones. I don't like the chewy
ones. Tapioca. Yeah. Chengdu Dream? Sure. Sichuan
Baiju? Curaco? Falernum? Falernum? Falernum?
Sure. Grapefruit juice? And pineapple juice?
No. Not listed on the Universal website. No pick.
Okay. Golden Dragon. Lime juice. Pineapple juice.
Cream of coconut. Jalapeno essence. Turmeric
and ground ginger, which is not listed on the
Universal website. So my question is, do they
just take the jalapeno and just... Wave it above?
That's what I think of every time I read the
word essence. When it comes to a drink, I'm like,
got it. You just like, whiff. There's the essence.
No, it reminds me of the story of the girlfriend
who... I think we've referenced this before.
Probably. She wanted... She didn't like pasta
sauce. So she's just like, I want essence of
pasta sauce. So her dad would always... Make
normal pasta, put the pasta sauce in, put it
in a strainer, wash off the pasta sauce, and
then serve it to her, and she would eat that.
So it's just noodles. Mm -hmm. That would wash.
Because she liked the essence. So her boyfriend,
for years, would just make her plain noodles,
and she thought it would be essence of pasta
sauce. Boyfriend was kind of a jerk, because
he found, whatever, not going to get into it.
But yeah. So that just makes me think, is that
what they're doing? Are they just washing off
the jalapeno? They put one jalapeno seed in it.
Probably. Anyways, the Oak and Star Tavern. Platter
with mango bread and pickles. Oh. Main dish.
Smoked ribs, pulled pork, cheddar jalapeno sausage,
or spit -roasted herb -infused chicken. Sides.
Braised greens, mac and cheese. I'm assuming
you can pick. Is that how it was on the website?
Yeah. And all the descriptions, most of them
are from the same website. So it was really weird
that they listed it out like that. Since it's
a platter, you can probably pick, oh, I want
all of this meat or I want half this, half this.
And then I want, you know, two mac and cheeses
or I want braised greens and mac and cheese.
Or you just pick one of the things from the main
dish area and you pick one of the sides. Or that.
Anyway. The Plastered Owl. Dark rye whiskey.
Simple syrup. Cherry syrup. Lemon juice. Lemon
wedges. And muddled cherries. Pizza Moon. Which
is the place you eat at. Oh. I kind of try to
make it obvious every time. Well, before... Before
what? Oh. Yes. It's been like that every single
time. Never mind. Pizza Moon. A trip to Vesuvio.
Okay, this is on the Universal website, but from
what I could tell, I could not figure out if
this is actually at Pizza Moon. But looking at
the picture, what Nick is about to read, I am
guessing that it's here. This is also why the
description of this is going to be different
from everything else. Assuming it's here, enjoy
a blend of fromage de lune, pepperoni, fennel
sausage, roasted peppers, and caramelized onions
topped with cherry peppers. Calabrian chili and
a fresh arugula. A drizzle of hot honey tops
it off. See? Okay. So maybe. For my child's palate
in me, that sounds disgusting. Miss me with all
of those peppers and onions. Okay, what about
this next one? One of my customers gave us a
pizza because I guess they had too many. Okay.
I think a customer gave it to me. I don't know.
Somewhere I got a pizza. Okay. For free. No,
just some homeless dude just came up with, like,
pizza. No. Okay. I'm not that stupid. And it
was just cheese and onions. Oh, yeah, it was
a customer. It was a while ago. Apparently, his
kid just had a birthday party, and they ordered
too many pizzas, so he came and gave us a pizza.
So for a kid's birthday party, they had a cheese
and onion pizza. Yep. No wonder it was extra.
Who gives stuff to cheese and onion pizza? That
is just... Like, I like cheese and onion on a
pizza. With other stuff. Okay, move on. Harvest
Moon Pizza. Maybe you'll like this one. Tomato
sauce. Grilled artichoke hearts. Never mind,
you won't. Nope. Divina tomatoes. And roasted
peppers with castel... Castel Ventrano olives.
See, like... And arugula. Why you gotta put on
so many veggies to pizzas? It's the Harvest Moon
Pizza. Just give me pepperoni and sausage. Isn't
that a video game? Huh? Harvest Moon. Sounds
like one. Probably. Moving on. Now this is my
kind of pizza. Brownie Eclipse. Brownie, Nutella,
marshmallows, and crust Oreo. So, not a pizza.
It looks like a pizza. It's also not listed on
the Universal website. Nope. Neither was the
Harvest Moon. I don't know if I mentioned that.
Celestiki. Another place. Celestitiki. Or maybe.
I don't know. The cat wants in. Basically a tiki
bar, but celestial. But hurry, punch. Rum, bitters,
and fruit juices. I don't know which fruit. Which
fruit? Just fruit juices. I wonder if it's just
whatever they have on hand. Bar Zenith. Meteor
Strike. Light Rum. Triple Sec. Did you do that
wrong? I copy pasted, so they probably did it
wrong. Well, they put Tripe Sec. Lime juice and
pineapple juice with lemon -lime soda, gold glitter,
and a lemon extract -infused... Raw sugar cube
meteor. Maybe on fire, according to the picture?
That would be interesting. Helios Grand Hotels.
So that is all the food in the parks. Now we're
moving on to the hotels. We actually are? We're
at one hour and one minute. It's up to you. Yep,
continue. You already said it anyway. Now we
got it. It's almost like you can chop it. Do
you want to do them or do you want to save them?
Continue, because I want this first thing. Helios
Grand Hotel. Flora Taverna. Do you want me to
read it? Fine. Tard Octopus! Ew. Eee! Oh, and
also, this was only listed on the Universal website,
so you're gonna have the flavorful explanation
of this instead of just what it is. But here
we go. This dish is a kaleidoscope of brilliant
colors and flavors. Delectable, Tard Octopus
is served with crispy herb potatoes, briny olives,
Creamy salsa verde and racisca leaves. I want
this. That sounds disgusting. I really like octopus.
When does Helios even open? I don't know. What,
you just want to go to the hotel just for the
restaurant? Do you have to stay there to go to
the restaurant? No, I want you to eat this. Okay.
It's not like it's a dare. Read the next one.
We went to a place that has octopus recently,
and you got weirded out when I ate it. It's your
turn to read. You read it. I'm looking something
up. Heritage tomato and burrata salad. May 22nd.
Oh. So, not your birthday. No. We can go for
Jack's birthday. No. Well, we can also go on
the day that we're going. I also like how I got
Islands of Adventure on my birthday because Islands
opened in May 21st. Oh. Did I get something on
my birthday? I forgot. I don't think so. Oh.
Islands opened May 28th, 1999. Uh -huh. So...
You came first. Seven days before, I mean after
my birthday. So I got that for my birthday. And
now I'm getting Epic Universe for my birthday.
Mm -hmm. It's pretty nice. You got nothing. I
got... An Apple Watch. Anyway, that's... Epic
gift. Anyway, read the next thing. I then bought
myself an Apple Watch. Yes. You piggybacked on
my birthday. You got the Series 10. Oh, my gosh.
Yes, and you got the nicer watch. Does that make
sense? And then I got the Ultra 2. Well, work
watch. Continue. I actually found out I don't
need the Ultra 2. They both have the same dust
rating. You could have gotten the cheaper watch.
Yeah, I could have. Read the next thing. But
when you... Yes, you are a but. Continue. Hold
on. Oh, my gosh. Messages. Melody, when I go
to type, my screen is so big, I have a keyboard.
Oh my word. I have a whole keyboard on my watch.
But my battery life is longer. By like double.
Hmm. Moving on. I also have a keyboard. Oh, well,
my screen's bigger. Yep, because I'm already
screwing up while trying to type on this stupid
keyboard. You wouldn't if you had a bigger screen.
Nope, stop pressing that letter. When I type,
it doesn't mess up. Oh my word. There we go.
Okay, we're gonna move on. We're moving on. Read
it. That's rude. Continue. That's not very kid
-friendly. No, it's not. So continue. Heritage
tomato and burrata salad. Indulge in this light
and refreshing salad featuring fresh heirloom
tomatoes, creamy burrata, agave walnuts. Reggiano
pesto. Delicate, delicate microgreens topped
with mostrada. Pure bliss. Don't read that last
part. Moving on. You go from that to shish kebabs.
The finest flavors from ocean and land have merged.
The tar chicken. Spice what? Nothing. Spicy harissa
prawns and pimento spiced beef are served with
a sauce trio of Moroccan herbs, rich garlic,
and tangy dacous. A word with a Q with no U after.
A whole branzino. This whole butterflied branzino
is expertly grilled and served with tangy pickled
tomato, grabici, fresh citrus, and vibrant...
It's a Moroccan herb sauce. Perfect for seafood
lovers. Interesting. It's funny because when
we went to Israel, we got a whole fish. Uh -huh.
And now you can go here and get a whole fish.
Probably. Butterflied. I don't think you get
the head. No. I don't think so either. You got
that in Israel though. Yep. You got the head
and the eyeballs. Did you eat the eyeball? No.
Maybe. I don't remember. I think you did. Probably.
That's disgusting. Okay. I kissed you. Ew. Okay.
I eat a lot of weird foods. Leave me alone. Okay,
how do you say this? I don't know. Mez? Sure.
Oh. And spreads. Oh, I don't like this word.
Nosh. Nosh on this assortment of rich baba ganoush.
Marinated olives. Mohamara. Huh? Ganosh. Whatever.
Hummus. Tzatziki. Whipped summer feta and roasted
red pepper dip, all served with warm focaccia,
pita, and lavish bread. That actually sounds
really good. Yes, because that sounds like something
we have at home a lot. We actually do have that
at home right now. Well, not the olives. Not
the olives. No, we do not have the olives. Yeah,
we have... No, wait. Do we have tzatziki? We'll
make tzatziki. Scallop crudo. Savor this. Sea
lover's dish featuring fresh raw scallops and
a sour orange vin sauce. Paired with crisp Persian
cucumber slivers, zesty Aleppo pepper, crisp
Serrano peppers, and topped with crunchy pistachios.
Okay, as someone who really does like scallops,
looking at this picture, looks like I'm paying
$50 for almost nothing. Yes. And there you go.
That's the food. Yay! It only took us an hour
and ten minutes. Which will probably be down
to like 50 or 45 minutes by the time I'm done
editing. I'm going to guess an hour. No, because
we didn't really stop that much. No, we didn't.
You're leaving it all in. You dropped your water
bottle quite a few times. Once. Whatever. What
are you looking forward to? If you pick one,
what would you go get? The thing is, is like,
a lot of places have good food, but I have...
Yes. At home. Probably. Agreed. Nice food, but
not themed, or it's not themed, but they just
don't look as cool. Did you see that Epic Universe
is now on the map? I did not. With rides and
whatnot. I did see that it was all over the app,
though, on Universal. All the things and stuff
are listed on the app now. Epic Universe is also
on the map. That's what I just said. Oh. I thought
you were talking about the regular Google map.
No. Uh -huh. And Epic is, you said it was closer
to home, right? By a mile. Woo. So, this isn't
like a circle like I thought it would be. No,
it's, looks like, what is this? It's more of
an oval. An oval is still a type of circle, if
you're still going around. It's a longer circle.
No, I thought it was going to be a nice, perfect
circle like, you know, Studios is. Because Studios
is a pretty good circle. Are you saying it branches
off in a way you didn't want? Yes. Then that's
not a circle! No, because, like, you have, you
know, you have your three fountains in the middle.
You have Heart of the Train Dragon, Super Nintendo
World basically across from each other. Then
you have to go up a little bit to get to Dark
Universe and Harry Potter. Yeah, but this is
exactly what I said. It was a circle, and then
you have to go into a portal, but then you have
to leave, and then keep going, and then you go
into one. No, I knew it was going to be like
that. It wasn't going to be a perfect, you keep
going in one direction. I thought it was going
to be a better circle, like the middle part was
going to be a better circle. Like, I could have
seen this, like, a long time ago, but I just
didn't see that. Are you just annoyed that it's
a figure eight? Yes. Okay. Oh, because you think...
traffic is going to keep running into each other
because it's not a circle. That could also be
a good case, yes. Well, knowing crowds, they're
probably going to head toward Nintendo and not
How to Train Your Dragon. Right, no. Opening
week and probably the first month, I think Nintendo
World and Harry Potter are going to be the most
slammed. With How to Train Your Dragon following
behind whatever the runner -up is, probably Super
Nintendo. It'll probably be Harry Potter most...
Busy. Super Nintendo... I'm going to have to
edit that. Yes. Harry Potter being the most busy,
Super Nintendo being close behind it, and then
How to Train Your Dragon is probably going to
be like the third busiest with Dark Universe
will probably be your least busy. Honestly, I
think Dark Universe might be more busy than How
to Train Your Dragon. Maybe. Maybe. I don't know.
We're going to have to make a planning episode.
I also am surprised that the Stardust Racers
is not as close to the entrance as I thought
it would be. Yeah. Because, like, where is Stardust
Racers? In between Harry Potter and Isla Burke.
Oh, that's interesting. Mm -hmm. I am now very
looking forward to this, though. Oh, yeah, Stardust
Racers. It's in a weird spot. I thought it was
going to be in the middle of the park. Yeah,
it looks like it's kind of... It's off to the
side. Mm -hmm. It kind of circles around Isla
Burke a little. Because where Stardust Racers
is now... I thought that was going to be the
middle of the park, which meant I thought Harry
Potter had all of that room right there to expand,
which now that's not the case. But now you can
see up between Nintendo World and Dark Universe,
there's that big plot right there that could
be used for expansions. Judging that if this
map is actually accurate and there's actually
no buildings there. I know I could go and see
bioreconstruction drone videos, but I'm too lazy.
No comment. Oh, and then there's the hotel on
the opposite side. Oh, and then did you see the
big parking lot? Ah, I like how the parking lot
is on there, too. So my question is... Well,
I mean, the parking lot is also by studios. They
show those parking lots, too. I wonder if they're
going to do, like, a moving walkway to the park?
Because this is a big parking lot. Oh, you...
Okay, I was looking at the one by the hotel for
some reason. That is a big parking lot. I wonder
if there's going to be, like, a moving walkway
to get to the park. Or if there might be, like,
a tram or something, like Busch Gardens does.
Mm -hmm. I'm trying to figure out what the circle
thingies are. Where? The road with the circles.
I think that might be bus parking. Oh, yeah,
maybe. Because I feel like that's big enough
for a bus to turn around in. Mm -hmm. And then
probably to park. That is probably it. And then,
is that preferred? The weird sectioned -off parking
spot? So I think this one, so if you're looking
at it with us, you have the weird squiggly ones
where I just said the bus parking is. And then
if you look to the left, there's like an upwards
nubbins. I think that's going to be your handicap
parking. Then I think the first couple rows are
going to be your premier parking. Then what's
the sectioned off area? There's a sectioned off
area? Yeah. Where? To the left of the nubbins.
Oh. What is that? Okay, never mind. That might
be handicapped. I think the nubbins might be
premier parking. Then everything else is normal?
Yeah. Maybe can I see it on maps? It's not going
to say on maps premier parking. No, I mean, but
like colors. Won't handicap be blue? Yeah, but
you also got to think all handicapped spaces
have to be as close to the... place as possible
so it's either not always the case at places
that i've seen though not the playground that
we play at for some reason the handicapped bots
are farther away from the gate i don't know usually
they're as close to the gate as possible that's
the way it should be anyways we've talked too
long about parking yes how long do we talk about
parking probably 10 minutes now it really will
be an hour okay yes any else thing else to add
no Stay tuned for a trip planning video in the
next couple months. Yee. Where we will actually
have to plan our trip because we've never been.
Yep. And it's going to be a... We literally don't
know what we're getting into. And if anybody
is going to a team member preview that's listening
to this and wants to take us along with your
friends and family, please reach out on Instagram.
I will go with you. I would love to see Epic
Universe early. The end. That's it. Goodbye.
Goodbye. Adios. Good riddance. Okay. Hello. You
missed. Can you stop shooting pom -poms at me?
Oh! That was a hair trigger. We have a podcast
to record. Stop being a child. You're being a
child. Sorry, people. You don't get an episode
today because all she's doing is shooting pom
-poms at my face. And missing. Alright, that's
the episode. Bye -bye. No, I'm taking this out
why Okay, stop.