Universal Studios Hollywood Mega Movie Summer - Backlot Tram Tour / Jaws 50th Anniversary & Jurassic
Universal Studios Hollywood
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here as
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the recording of this Monday, July 21st,
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2025. Just walking down from my room
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here at the Universal Hilton. Got to
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walk over to Universal Studios Hollywood
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where they are having a summer event, a
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mega movie event I believe it's called.
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Going to do that, see what's going on in
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the park. Also do the tram tour. See
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what's happening on the back lot, lower
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lot, etc. during summer 2025.
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I'm inviting you to join me. Let's have
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a Universal Studios Hollywood Day.
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Shall you? And they do have a shuttle
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that will take you over to the parks
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as shown right here. There are people
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loading and unloading over there. I
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think I'm just going to hoof it and
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walk, but there is a shuttle that goes
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every 15 minutes. Now, it is currently
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overcast, 75°. I was kind of hoping to
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stay cloudy the whole day, but around
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1:00 it's going to sun's going to peek
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out, but it's only going to get up to
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78, so not too bad. 75 now. At the
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moment, since there are clouds in the
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sky and the sun is not permeating, the
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turtles are not out setting themselves
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on the rocks. The turtles are taking a
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little dip. I've noticed that they like
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the sun, but when the sun's not out,
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they like to swim.
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The allseeing minion eye
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like these two-way mirrors. Well, it
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might be a two-way mirror. It's a
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one-way mirror for me, but I don't know
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if the people on the other side can see
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me thinking I'm looking at them, but
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really all I see is my reflection in
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this mirror. Hello, me. Walking over to
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Frankenstein parking.
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Blowers are everywhere.
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This is kind of exciting for me because
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Bricky is here. Hey Bricky and the
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Bricky vlog newly started.
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>> And first time Universal, baby.
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>> You've never been to Uni?
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>> No, I'm a Gold Star Disneyland Disney
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fan. This is my first time going to any
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Universal park. Figured I should do the
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one closest to home first.
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>> Now, will this be on the vlog channel or
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the main channel? This will be on the
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vlog and maybe some of the B-roll and it
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might plant the seeds from some bigger
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videos on the main channel, like a
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little Harry Potter versus Galaxy's Edge
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since the same guy designed both of
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them. So, I'm going to be doing some
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studying for that channel. Sounds good.
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Check out his thoughts and I'm just
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going to have myself a day and he's
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going to do his own thing, but we're
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going to be together.
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45 minutes. So if you guys want to get
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something to drink or eat, stop by our
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way out here or use a restroom. All
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right? There's no restrooms out there.
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>> By your own tra
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if you experience any emergencies like a
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medical emergency, sound or video
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issues, or if you drop something of
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value off the sides of the tram, just
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reach up, grab that red emergency cord
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on the ceiling there. The tram will come
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to a stop. We are in fact Universal
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Studio City, California, complete with
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our own zip code. And on our property,
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we have our own banks, hospitals, post
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office, and even a working fire station.
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You can see that fire station from the
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tram. It's off to your right. It's the
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last building you'll see on the street
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here. But beyond making what our founder
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called the strangest city in the world,
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10 years ago, which makes Universal the
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oldest studio still open and operating
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here in Hollywood. And it shows all of
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you. We've been bringing guests just
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okay like you your patients as you drove
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by where they're filming St. Dennis
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Medical. Hence why I had to jump off
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your microphone here. Now the interior
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scenes are filmed in that sound stage,
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but the exterior scenes are filmed in
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this next part of our studio. Get ready
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everybody because now Kim is going to
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take us to where movie magic comes from.
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They built the obstacle course where the
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contestants compete when they film in
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Los Angeles. And uh that's movie magic
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you can see at home on screen. But do
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you know there's movie magic happening
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around you as I talk? Yeah. Check out
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your screens. Do you recognize that row
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of apartments in between Ray's Pizza and
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that white building? Look to your left.
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It's the Trump Lloyd. See on screen. It
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looks completely real and not just a
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wall that we have out here on our back
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lot. Now, believe it or not, this wall
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has two purposes. Yes, it creates that
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movie magic. So, no matter no matter
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where the camera's pointing, they can
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make you believe a production is filming
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on location or in the real world in the
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movie. And then they had Child Above
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Hold the Offspark, run down the street
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of our New York street, blew up those
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buildings as he drove by. So the next
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time or ran by rather. He was not
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driving. The Decepticons were driving.
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But the next time you watch the scene,
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pay close attention to the camera work.
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You will notice the camera will cut from
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building to building really fast to add
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tension. And down street artist Tristan
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Eaton. He and his team painted this
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entire wall only using Kansas spray
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paint.
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>> Monsters. I was always fascinated by the
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magic that never would reveal.
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You see how Tristan has the creature
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from the black lagoon, the only monster
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looking in a different direction than
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everybody else? Just by looking around
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and seeing the set dressing or
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decoration, you can get a sense of
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exactly that because all the buildings
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are brightly and colorfully painted.
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Everything is very warm and welcoming.
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They had a frozen yogurt shop and a
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chocolate shop in the good place. The
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grass is green. The flowers are in full
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bloom. You can look around and start
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thinking to yourself, actually, yeah,
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this is a good place to spend my after
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days. Set dressing or decoration once
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again is just giving us the audience
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nonverbal clues about a location. In
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this case, that it's a good place to
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spend your after days. Or in Disney's
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Princess Diaries to the Royal
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Engagement, they dressed or decorated
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Little Europe as the fictional European
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country of Govia. If you're familiar
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with the movie, this is where they
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filmed the princess parade. And not too
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long ago, this was the Kingdom of Far
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Away for ABC Disney's version of Rogers
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and Hammerstein Cinderella. The
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earthquake happen
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sliding down from the ground level.
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Classic attraction on the back tour.
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Heat
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and good, good, good, good. Thank you,
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special
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back to one. And all my actors on board
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the crib, give yourself a round of
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applause because you just got cast and
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live as a movie. Earthquake, come on up
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and say hi to our friends and tell us
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how you caught the Okay, that's that's
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another shark out there, everybody. Good
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thinking, Kim. Let's park until it swims
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away. Thank you. Wow. I got to admit he
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has a lot of guts to be out there and
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not walk. Okay, there are those guts in
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the shark.
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raining. If the rain keeps coming down
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to this velocity, there's a good chance
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it's going to start a flood. I'm too
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late. Watch out, everybody.
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>> All right, real talk. Confession time. I
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knew that was going to happen. Thank
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you, Jerry. Jerry wanted to show off and
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show you our flash that you will see was
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used in Candy Cane Lane, starring Eddie
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Murphy and Tracy Ellis Ross. And if you
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are a Beyonce fan like myself, you
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recognize that home from her lemonade
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stand from her Verizon Super Bowl
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commercial.
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>> But as we drive down the street, even
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though Beyonce was here, I can imagine
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what you're thinking. Kim Asia, it's a
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house and a street. We can find this on
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location or in the real world. Why would
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productions choose to film here and not
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there? Quick question. I can show you
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once again. Just listen. Still very
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quiet out here, right? You will learn
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that sound is a huge part where
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production world plus on location you
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would have to pay all of these people
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for the inconvenience of filming and for
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the use of their home. So if you don't
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take away anything else from my tour,
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please take away this. If you get a film
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crew asking to use your house and or
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neighborhood for filming, say yes, okay?
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Just take that free money and run. If
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anything, negotiate. Ask for a free
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cruise. Okay? But since we've seen this
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street in action in person, let's see
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what it looked like as mysterious left
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everyone. That is a real 747 that was
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purchased at a retired plane graveyard.
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In fact, if you squint and look at the
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armrest over there, you can see
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ashtrays. So, it was decommissioned in
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the production, bought it, chopped it
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up, then drove it to our studio on the
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back of flatbed trucks for this scene in
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the movie.
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>> What' you think of the What did you
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think of your first ever tram tour? It
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was cool. It
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>> was cool, right?
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>> Yeah. It's surprisingly how fluid it all
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is. Like I I was kind of blown away by
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it.
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>> I like that you you were like definitely
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paying attention to the sets
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dramatically to the sets.
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>> I don't care about those ride things
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that we did.
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>> All this stuff.
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>> I love I love architecture.
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>> A lot of big anniversaries for Universal
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Films. Back to the Future turning 40
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this year. Jaws, all the Jaws ride
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that's kind of merged into the tram
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tour. Turning 50 this year. All right.
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This is cool. Look at this. They got
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this whole thing set up over here for
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Jurassic World Rebirth right here
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popping up out of the out of the water
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with the boat. Dinosaurs the earth
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dinosaurs dominance.
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Perfect. That's the way to do it. Thank
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you very much. Come on up here. Don't
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listen up. They said we can dance very
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well.
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See? So, what we're trying to do is
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we're trying to get these animals
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acclimated to human contact.
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>> Guys, if anyone wants to join us, we do
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have that blue umbrella set up with our
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vetics over that way. They'll bring you
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down this way. I mentioned earlier that
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we have our guest approach from the
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front. There is a reason behind that.
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Here at the park, these animals, the
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training we do, it's called learn
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patterns and repetition. It's something
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we have to do over and over again to get
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them used to that
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skew system where our guests will
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>> There they are, the men of the hour.
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Luigi and Mario.
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>> Oh, look at that. A little delayed, but
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she got nervous cuz the people starting
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to come around here. Easy, girl. Easy.
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>> So, walking through the center courtyard
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where they have some stuff here for the
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for the event that they're having. They
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have the how to train your dragon area
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over here. And then you walk past that
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and they actually have one of the ride
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vehicles or what the ride vehicle that's
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going to end up going on the Fast and
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Furious coaster that goes over the
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escalator and all that. This is what the
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ride vehicle is going to look like,
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which is going to be opening into early,
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you know, spring-ish around 2026.
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But the ride vehicle looks really,
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really cool. It's going to be It's
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definitely different than what is on the
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track currently, which is just like a
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test vehicle. The test vehicle is a lot
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smaller than the the big one they have
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on display in the in the center
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courtyard. You kind of pan down from
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here. I'm over here at this very lengthy
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overlook, 80ft drop. Do not climb. But
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there's the there's the ride vehicle
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right there. That's where we took the
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tram earlier. We're going to go check
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out Water World.
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>> That's Beetlejuice over here.
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>> Oh, no. It's Adam the Woo.
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>> No, didn't realize you were going to
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know who I was. Beetlejuice.
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>> Thank you. Thank you.
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>> It's a collectible collectible.
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>> That was unpleasant. Thank you.
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>> Thank goodness Quint and Brody got the
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shark over here. It's no longer a
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dangerous to the the ocean.
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>> Well, We've heard recently. Quint says
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that this is not the shark we're looking
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for. He says this a bigger one. There's
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a bigger one.
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>> First world's captain to you. It's a
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demon out there. 25t long, three tons.
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All right.
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>> It's hungry.
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>> Very hungry.
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>> So this is not who the shark. I think it
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is.
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>> Show the shark you're looking for.
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>> Maybe if you go down to Am take a swim.
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Bring it out.
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>> What do you say?
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>> I don't want Brody. I don't want to take
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a swim. No, I I I don't recommend it.
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>> Put signs up this morning to stay out of
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the waters.
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>> You're telling me one thing, he's
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telling me another thing.
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>> Chief of police. I'm a chief of police.
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>> Who should I listen to?
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>> Who do you think?
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>> You. Why don't you just go swimming?
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>> Just go swimming.
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>> I just I don't think it's worth the
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risk.
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>> A man eating shark is out there.
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>> Worried about it.
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>> I know a guy who knows a guy. You can
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hire me to catch the shark.
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>> But I value my neck much more than 3,000
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bucks. I'll fight him for three. Okay.
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>> Catch him. Kill him.
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>> Pretend that's good.
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>> Maybe if you come aboard, you'll get the
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shaman. It won't just be me. Somebody
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else can come down and shove some of
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this.
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>> All right. Thank you guys for the info.
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>> I'm going to go swimming.
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>> I'm going to go swimming
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>> with bowlegged women.
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>> With bow-legged women. How do I turn
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this? How do I not listen to him,
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though?
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>> You know, it's up to you. You do what
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you want.
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>> All right. It's simple. Free will,
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right?
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>> Join me on the orca. We'll see. If you
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don't turn out to work, use you as bait.
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Here comes the Deacon.
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Lots of booze.
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No one likes that guy.
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In my opinion, the best theme park stunt
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show in existence. Indie used to be
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really good at Hollywood Studios, but
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lately it's not as good as it used to be
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when it first opened. It's still okay,
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but it really doesn't hold a candle to
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this to this.
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I
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>> mean, unless there's a theme park stunt
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show I haven't seen that would top this,
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this is my number one.
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All right, Mass Exodus out. Let's see
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what else we can find to do. I'd like to
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do Secret Life of Pets, but I don't know
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how long the line's going to be. These
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are definitely summer crowds. So, a lot
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of people here.
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All right. Decided to head to go on to
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the Simpsons attraction here. Used to be
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Back to the Future. Now it's Simpsons.
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All right. Getting ready to head in.
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>> Follow the second of the interior. Jan
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Scratchy's wheel of pain. Thank you.
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You're welcome.
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>> Look at that. It's like a It's like It's
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a Mickey hand, man. This a Mickey hand.
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It's got the four fingers.
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>> honestly forgot how fun and great of a
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ride that was. That was really good. I
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forgot how how entertaining a Simpsons
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ride was. I hardly ever go on that, but
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really honestly, it's it's really good.
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I mean, I miss Back to the Future, but
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that's pretty good, too.
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>> Might see this thing get tested.
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>> I would love to see that take off.
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Oh yeah. You know what? They do light
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up. Superintendent World.
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>> Yes.
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You know, I think I'm going to pop back
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in over here in Wizardly World now that
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the dropped a little bit this time of
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night and get a hot butterbeer. He's
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making a
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Oh, see he's disappointed that I had to
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go over and get it over there. But
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cheers to you. Cheers to you right now.
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>> Right. It's just about time for the show
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on the castle itself.
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It's a projection show that makes the
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castle look really amazing. This we're
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going to close out the night. We're
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going to go ahead and end with this
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watching the the final pyro and light
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show here on the Harry Potter in the
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Harry Potter castle. They even have the
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sign there just like they had in the
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movies. And recently, back in January, I
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went to the Warner Brothers Harry Potter
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experience where they filmed all the
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movies about an hour north of London.
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So, it's kind of cool to be here and
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then also or to be there first and then
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also be here in the theme park version
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of, but I got to see the real props. I
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got to see that real sign when I was
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there.
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The thing that's kind of interesting
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about this, they've done a few different
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ones. They did a dark arts one one time.
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I think they did another one where they
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ended up doing some drones off to the
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left of it. But this is a different
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show. They do a variety of different
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shows like throughout the year and over
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the years here on the on the castle. And
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each one of them is very entertaining
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how they they end up putting all the
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projections up on the castle. Well worth
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sticking around. We were going to leave
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and then we're like, "Oh, 20 minutes
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later, if we just stuck around, we could
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see the show." So, we decided to stick
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around and watch a projection show. So,
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always like being back back in Wizarding
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World.
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Really like those movies a lot.
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Know which one would be my favorite?
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>> Order of the Phoenix, maybe.
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I don't know. The first one's super
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wholesome and great, so the first one's
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hard to beat. But I like how they kind
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of get a little more evil as they go
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along. They start off kind of innocent
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and super super family friendlyish and
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then gets uh gets pretty uh pretty dark
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and demented towards the ends towards
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the end.
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>> All right, that's a good way to end the
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night.
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>> Oh my goodness. But thanks for coming.
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>> Yeah, he came just to see you.
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>> Oh my good. You saw me on Tik Tok.
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>> Yeah, I know. Saw me on Instagram. I
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know.
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>> Yeah. Yeah. Just wanted to say hi. I'm
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so glad you guys stopped by. Thanks for
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coming, man.
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>> Thanks, brother. Good seeing you.
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>> I appreciate that.
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>> See you, Donkey.
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>> You guys have a nice ride home.
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>> All right, heading out now. Calling it
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an evening.
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Heading out to the exit. And that's
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going to do it for today from Universal
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Studios Hollywood.
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I never noticed this fountain
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illuminates different colors, but now
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I'm noticing it. I love the old classic
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sign, retro sign, Universal Studios,
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Hollywood. It was a good day. Stay late.
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Watch the Harry Potter projection show
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and pyro show.
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Love some Universal Studios Hollywood.
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Thanks for watching. I'll see you in the
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next video of the vlog.
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Goodbye.