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It's going to be an interesting few years, that's for sure! I think EPCOT was obviously a pretty bad fumble from what we were expecting, what was removed and reality. It's hard to call that a success. Tiana's wasn't this massive drop that people loved. So maybe all of this moving forward can help out and turn that ship around? But I also know a lot of people are upset about Tom Sawyer island now and the location of it all. So, we'll see. I think if all of this comes to life and it delivers, I think it'll be a hit. If it takes forever or gets "budget cut" then there may be some REAL upset guests lol.

When I go Tomorrow ima get the shoulder Boo and a stuffed Boo but the stuffed one is for my Service dog haha

I appreciate that 🙏 Thankfully I've found that not sitting around and letting the anxiety "win" for the day is the best thing to do. And going to Universal does tend help 😊 Hope you like the Lil Boo shoulder pal and the service dog loves the plush! haha

Yes of course! I feel like that's the iconic phrase haha. We got there maybe 20-30 minutes before the party started. Nicole was busy with work and we didn't have the ability to get up there sooner, unfortunately. No costumes this year, at least not yet lol. I didn't want to burn out the Caveman fit lol. I have another great outfit, but I have to put it together, a bit more complex than Caveman, but not TOO bad. Plus I need Nicole to commit with me on that one, so we'll see LOL. Cosmic Rays is nice, but it could REALLY use a touch up to modernism lol. It feels like it's falling behind. Was still shocked it was so empty that early. The Hitchhiking ghosts were AWESOME, I've never seen them before and they looked identical. I was shocked. I don't think I ever have, or not since we've moved down. I may have when I was a kid lol. I've seen it a few times on the people mover funny enough. We don't either, but Mirabel and Bruno were actually awesome. They were fun, had good convos and it was just a nice time actually. Thank you!

@@jocelynsantiago7154 you're not wrong 🤣🤣

Always on the move! LOL. When do you settle back down for awhile?? When you come home for HHN are you home for good? We are at 3.8k right now! It still is CRAZY to see that number. I'm always so shocked. 5k still seems like a stretch for awhile, but we'll see! There's a lot more added, too, and even MORE that we didn't cover from todays updates. They put a LOTTT out over night. Which I knew they would, but the way things lined up, I couldn't get out there. As for Ghostbusters, I heard that's the easter egg there, creative! The alley is themed to the quiet place from the updates I saw! So, that should be sweet! Wouldn't it be wild if they had like caged animals for real?! LOL Did they burn up quick? They look like they would just kind of *poof* away. Appreciate it, definitely prepared better for future videos after that heat ha.

@@Dillon.Thomas Be back home after Labor Day and then there until Thanksgiving weekend trip up to NY, then down until Easter time. Looking forward to sleeping in my own bed! We used to soak the cattails and let them air dry a bit - depending on much water they held, they would burn slow, but not that slow. Stupid stuff we did as kids in Boy Scouts. Be well.

@@Sir-Ray Oh wow, so still quite a bit of travel even still lol. Hopefully you have safe travels back and forth!

They do. But I have tried to always push through them and not feel like "anxiety won" for the day. So I push through and realize there's always the next day, always helps. Plus, like you said, getting outside is great for the body and mind. I was PREPARED for the heat this time lol, all of the drinks, funny enough the sun went away pretty quick so it wasn't too bad when I was doing the updates. There was a body in there 😯time to keep my eyes peeled next time. Most of it was exposed, but I'm sure that's why it was covered then. I was just assuming because of the fan blade, but that would be more logical for them to cover a body lol.

Ya, I've seen some people mention that, I feel like saying "POS" can be weird, but I had a few clips saying it and I didn't love it. May try again if I notice them haha.

You're not technically wrong lol

It really can, it was really bad many years ago, and now it's just random days it'll pop up, but it's gotten SOOO much better. But it truly can just pop up out of nowhere. And the best thing I've found is to just power through the day and not let it control you. So I'm glad you weren't able to tell it was a rough day out there. Making videos really helps keep my mind off of things, so it really does help. But I can tell it's rough because I just kept messing up my shots and goofing things up, but we got through it!

I'm really curious to see where they end up putting everything. We do know that villains and cars will be happening in replacement of Tom Sawyer island, and AK has the new land taking over dinoland, but I don't know about Monsters Inc yet.

That's just the life we live I guess ha. But you push through! Thank you 🙌

Thank you so much for the kind words! We really do appreciate that 💙🙏 We pride ourselves on being real, we would never want someone to "sell us" on a trip or vacation or anything like that, we'd want to know the truth. So that's always been important to us. Thank you for watching and supporting!

It's so stinkin cute haha! It works really well, even for it being bigger. Hopefully you'll have a lot of people's content to absorb throughout the season to see everything! I haven't seen the Insidious movies, so I'm not sure what to expect, but Nicole has seen at least one I believe. We'll see how creepy it is!

Thank you! I've learned to not let bad anxiety does get the best of me, that's more exhausting, so we get through them! 😊

Who knows, could be! I just randomly woke up with SUPER high anxiety out of nowhere. Nothing big or crazy going on in life, things seem fine, but yet it was just really high anxiety for the day. SO weird. I'm so excited for opening night! It's crazy we're basically 2 weeks away. They're in crunch time over there at Universal setting up the park, even more happened over night, of course lol.

We're in the works to figuring out how she can tell her story in the future!

It's crazy, since most of the time something will be at least happening or coming up and then maybe I get anxious and it triggers. But this was just random, and it happens from time to time, just have to power through! Thank you! 🙏 I'm glad the family enjoys the updates! It's that time where things just start flooding the scare zones and food booths, always so exciting 😃

Thank you!!

Yasss!

LOL That'd be funny, could you imagine 😂

@@Dillon.Thomas lol. I am almost 100% certain that they had Karaoke last year at Busch Gardens Howl O Scream. But yeah I’m sure that’s not what the speakers are for at universal but it would be funny! 😆

I think they would need a bit more to compete, but it could be the start, ya!!

So since we did most of the big rides, minus FoP, you could definitely add the others later. There wasn't many issues finding times in Animal Kingdom. But a busier park, and one of the others could be a different story.

@@Dillon.Thomas I appreciate your comment and completely understand your perspective regarding the Animal Kingdom. I realize that my previous message may have lacked clarity. What I meant to convey is that it would be interesting to see this experiment conducted in a busier park such as Magic Kingdom or Hollywood Studios, as Animal Kingdom is often considered a half-day park for many visitors. Thank you for your understanding.

@@rfs056 Ya, I think the other parks could be a better sample, but AK is the only park without the tiers. So I liked the idea of starting there in general. Otherwise you may only get to pick one of the main rides you want to do depending on what you're looking for. I like that we were able to pick 3 top tier attractions, where other parks, since they have tiers, you have to wait to open up the extra selections if that makes sense.

Oh that's awesome! Can't wait to get more information about the attractions and offerings there.

Ya, they made the announcement after I made the video haha. I think that was like the very end, last day where they revealed all of that haha. But now we know!

Time will tell! SUPER excited for this land.

While I agree, they tend to "imagine" things, and not really put it into motion. BUT, they have things in the works, and we were confirmed this is all happening. Obviously we can be lied to lol, but I'd assume this is all legit. Timeline is another story, though. I think were looking at 2027/2028 before any of these lands opens. And I think by the time all of the announcements are finished, I would assume Universal is in the process of adding something additional to at least one of their other parks.

I definitely agree, MK is a great park, but it really doesn't cater much toward the older audience right now. Villains could really spice that up, and I know cars will be fun and creative, but I don't think it'll be quite the push to make it as nice for older visitors. I just hope we get at least 2 decent attractions in that land with some fun stuff to do!

What's the 5th park? Or are you referencing all the parks around the world? Did they confirm the Pokemon and Zelda expansions? I haven't heard anything about it, but that would be awesome!

Small world is here to stay haha. I would say there is definitely a rivalry, but I think it's a really positive one. As one succeeds, the other responds, which means more cool stuff for all of us! I know a lot of people are really excited about Epic, but I'm seeing more and more people talking about waiting so long till they go. Probably just too much demand immediately that it will be hard to actually get in the park honestly. I do think if Epic has too many weird stipulations with their tickets, however, it could be kind of bad news. I could see a lot of backlash, but I think that ticket stuff is only for 3rd party, and so direct sales from Universal may still offer single day tickets!

​@@Dillon.Thomas 🤣those dolls just keep getting creepier lol. That's a good point about their rivalry; they push each other to continue to grow. I just wish Universal would push Disney into a regular express pass lol. Now, as much as I'm going to miss Dinosaur, I'm always open to switching things up. But I wonder why Indiana Jones. If that area will have Encanto, wouldn't it make sense to add Coco? Maybe Indy will fit fine; I'm going to ride it regardless lol. As far as Epic, I'm just going to sit back and wait awhile because the crowds are going to be unbearable when it opens. And that whole ticket situation to me just seems....strange lol. A one day ticket is like a preview because there's no way to see everything in just one day. Another reason to wait because of all the confusion that's bound to take place.

@@lashaysmith7783 Lol you can't ride that ride without talking about "what if..." I think both parks have things they'll never stray from. I know the parks overseas even do their express stuff differently, too, from what I read. But most of the time they won't veer from from their current offerings, maybe just adjust haha. As for Indiana Jones, not sure, I think they know it's just a more popular ride at Disneyland I guess, so they figure maybe Dinosaur is too much for kids? But it's such a fun ride, but it's very dark, so maybe this will have it be more bright? I don't know lol, but for theming purposes, I guess Encanto is kind of out in the forest...ish? LOL. So maybe they just wrote it in to work it out? Ya, Epic will be a madhouse I assume early. Everyone will want to be first, and it'll be tough. I know it's selfish, but I'd love for them to offer passholders like a month or a few months in early, and then they can just cut them off for like 2-3 months or whatever. Since I know they're concerned about making their money, and passholders will attempt to go like EVERY day lol. So, one way to combat that, allow them in before single/multi-park ticket purchases, and then you just cut them off for a bit. Plus, you could get a better gist of operations with slightly lower attendance lol, and then it prepares you. Wishful thinking... but it'd be cool! I'm very curious about how tickets will be working, I heard August/September they were supposed to give full details. But we haven't heard yet 🧐

Yes, and the pirates lounge that I added later. Though I assume that's all wrapped into the Tropical Americas, to be fair.

I'm actually not certain on the taxi service situation. I know uber and lyft are definitely easy to do. They also have the "minnie van" service which is a lot of fun, but slightly more expensive.

@@Dillon.Thomas does the minnie van go to non disney hotels cause i will be at a universal studios hotel

@@radcubangamer5238 I don't think so, I believe they only operate on Disney property unfortunately. So your best bet might be uber/lyft then.

I feel like Disney has SOOOO many villains at this point, I'm sure they have quite the reach! I think both will be a lot of fun, but I wonder if it's going to deliver the same way that Dark Universe will. Just excited to see more Villain style lands.

@@Dillon.Thomas You can find the rumors online, but as far as I'm aware they're just rumors. not sure if they have any evidence to back it. I didn't want to get my hopes up so have been ignoring them lol

@@Gtneff Ya, I know a lot of people have speculated, but as far as I know, there's nothing announced or leaked even. So, I'd love it if it were the case, but I won't hold my breath yet lol.

I agree, it'll be hard to compete with Epic for a few years! But it's still exciting news either way. I think if they funneled ALL of the announcements into just Orlando updates, we may have a different story, but they had a lot spread throughout all of their parks/entertainment.

It's still very exciting. Answering epic with a 5th park would not have been the best move. It's better to expand and develop the parks they already have. Epic may be the shiny new toy in orlando. But once the shine wears off, I don't ever see it overtaking magic kingdom as the most visited park.

And flying dragons.

@@BRMakesStuff They've looked so cool testing!

@@metallicnole4514 I think Epic will be the king at least for the first few years. There's too much there to NOT visit. MK, minus Tron, really has nothing new and hasn't had anything new in awhile. Tianas is still just Splash with a retheme. Once the new D23 announcements come to fruition, there's at least something to be a conversation of "most popular". But I do think Epic will hold the top spot for quite awhile. Villains can bring it back for sure, but I'm not even sure Cars will get them there. But that's speculation, we'll see the data numbers in time!

Definitely going to be theme park wars back in Orlando which is really fun! Hoping it's a lot of back and forth between the 2 as they both start to give us more value as the consumer!

There are a lot of people upset that they are replacing old attractions/lands for sure. I'm more excited for the NEW lands vs retheming a land for sure. But I want to see the ground break first before I start to get too hyped LOL.