SUPER NINTENDO WORLD! !....and more at Universal Studios Hollywood

We spent the day at Universal Studios Hollywood with the fam!
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🍴WHERE WE EAT/DRANK🍻:
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[@kinopiko01]

After visiting both Nintendo Worlds in Japan and Hollywood, I feel that both parks are better in their own ways.
In Japan, there is a lot more different activities to do, with more variety of different foods that are way better than Hollywood's Toadstool Cafe (Except for the Burgers, Hollywood does them better), they also have their own unique headbands which japan's headbands are better, while hollywood's shirts and hats are better. And rides like Mario Kart, compared to Hollywood, takes less time to line up for than in Hollywood. If you are lucky, you can get in to Japan's Nintendo World as early as 7:30am in the morning.
However, unlike Hollywood, there are some days where you MUST book a Timed Entry Ticket (Virtual Line) in order to get to the park, and sometimes you must go to a specialized kiosk to book them. Meeting mascots (except Toad) is much stricter, due to the fact that unlike Hollywood, you are not allowed to have your phone to take pictures with mascots, you must stand in a specific position when you meet mascots, you must pose how the mascot poses for pictures, and you must pay 6000 yen for pictures.
While in Hollywood, it's just you interacting with the mascot, the staff are allowed to use your phone for picture taking, and you are allowed to greet the mascots with how you like to greet them (plushies).
When I met Peach in Japan, the line takes longer compared to Hollywood (30 minutes in Japan). And she would just interact with the staff member every time and only interact with me based on what the staff tells her to do for the first 30 seconds of the meet and greet to fill in that time. When I even tried to greet her with my plushies, she just ignores them.
When I met Peach in Hollywood the line is way shorter (2-15 minutes), and she is even willing to get to know more of my different plushies, and with Toadette being her favourite, she would always be happy to hold her and hug her for the picture-taking. The meet and greet is straight to the point and no nonsense.

[@jennyandcarlvlogs]

Thanks for sharing your experience with both! We definitely saw some pros and cons between the two parks as well! Both were great in their own ways 😁

[@kinopiko01]

@@jennyandcarlvlogs yeah no problem. If I have to pick between one or another to only visit, I would pick Hollywood.
By no means I am saying that Japan's one is terrible, but I didn't felt like I fitted in the environment in Japan's park. When I visited Japan, I actually brought a Toadette and Batman plush. And many staff members and guests within the park actually told me that they don't know who Batman is. But that aside tho, don't let that stop you from visiting Japan, because they have a lot more unique toys and plushies, such as a plush version of the Toadstool Cafe. My point is that if I were to visit Japan again, it would just to be playing and checking out merch.
But in Hollywood, although yes, they have less unique merch, they actually are curious about merchandise from Japan. When I once greeted Peach in Hollywood, she took an interest in my headband from Japan's Nintendo World. And many of the people here know a lot about anime from Japan too.