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Grinchmas At Universal Hollywood - Christmas In Wizarding World / Meeting The Grinch & Holiday Food

Date: December 03, 2023 Duration: 20m 24s
Grinchmas at Universal Studios Hollywood
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0:02 today's adventure begins by looking down
0:02 into Jupiter's claim tram going by
0:05 Universal Studios
0:10 Hollywood
0:10 also the house from The Great
0:12 Outdoors and also where Norman and his
0:15 mother
0:21 live as the recording of the Saturday
0:22 December 2nd
0:28 20123 welcome everyone Adam the woo here
0:28 I am looking directly into the Sonic B
0:30 can't even see if we're on camera dapne
0:33 is here as well hello it's beginning to
0:36 look a lot like grinchmas it is we're
0:39 going to be heading down into Universal
0:40 Studios Hollywood for their Christmas
0:43 time kickoff with the Grinch in hooville
0:47 in houille oh I'm so excited yeah me too
0:49 we're starting we just parked a car here
0:51 going to go down and head into Universal
0:53 Studios Hollywood yeah December is in
0:56 full swing Christmas month Christmas Is
0:59 Here I'm inviting you to join me and D
1:01 shall you all right heading in through
1:04 CityWalk first thing I'm noticing in
1:05 front of the theater is the big tree all
1:08 illuminated and take a look at King Kong
1:10 King Kong has not only missl toe missl
1:13 toe alert for King Kong also has the
1:14 Santa cap on walking in and then when
1:17 you're walk in through CityWalk about to
1:18 approach through the checkpoints they
1:20 have the Grinch here on the side of the
1:23 gift shop wall I'm here standing in
1:24 front of the globe now they rolled out
1:26 the red carpet for grinchmas and
1:29 holidays Christmas in Wizarding World
1:31 which is going to be pretty awesome too
1:32 so there's going to be a couple
1:33 different holiday themed events taking
1:35 place at Universe Studios
1:37 Hollywood and the and the globe doesn't
1:39 spin anymore it just it's stagnant but
1:41 at least the fountain's off it used to
1:42 spin though a long time ago when's the
1:45 last time you saw the globe spinning
1:47 probably 2021 2021 Actually I don't even
1:51 it's been a really long time yeah
1:53 there's the man himself right there the
1:55 Grinch and take a look at this I haven't
1:58 seen this open since hhn where they have
2:00 the main gate open you can go to either
2:02 side there and there but they have the
2:04 main one and look the little director in
2:06 the director's chair was wearing a Santa
2:08 cap also yeah take a look right there
2:10 got the cap here the cap here and the
2:14 cap right up here do you feel like that
2:17 Alfred needs a cap on that this is kind
2:18 of a Christmas miracle there's like
2:20 hardly anybody in the Starbucks here I
2:22 mean well a few people but not many yeah
2:24 take a look this one in the gift shop
2:26 even has a Santa cap on it as well and
2:28 we also got our coffees a little Che we
2:30 could have got our coffee in this little
2:31 Grinch Cup right over here in the gift
2:33 shop got some pens over here as well and
2:36 the Grinch bag that looks pretty that's
2:38 pretty cool check out the change of
2:39 heart sculpted mug right there that's
2:42 all that's really cool yeah he's pretty
2:44 much channeling my attitude right here
2:45 got the I got to have this kind of start
2:47 my day right there I don't like morning
2:49 people or mornings or people what are
2:51 those little like uh little little
2:52 scrunchies yeah hair scrunchies those
2:55 are so cute there's an r in it scrunchy
2:57 not scrunchy I don't know sayun crunchy
3:01 that is awesome this is awesome they
3:02 even have Christmas and Potter area over
3:05 here look at that he's got the robe on
3:07 he a little headwind I do want to see
3:09 this area at night but want to pop
3:11 through here real quick just to check
3:12 out some of the wait times for the shows
3:14 and whatnot but there is the tree I'll
3:16 show more of that later when the Sun
3:17 goes down but we want to go over and
3:18 watch the Frog choir over in Wizarding
3:20 World as well also the secret life of
3:23 pets area is all decorated and adorned
3:25 for the evening so we're going to check
3:27 that out later tonight too good to see
3:28 you doc what time is it what time is it
3:30 now it's time to go back to the all
3:32 right good to see you DOC for your
3:33 safety please keep off the scenery it's
3:35 a gingerbread car it's a gingerbread car
3:37 yeah it is so wild seeing this whole
3:39 area over here just kind of gutted out
3:42 in preparation for the Fast and the
3:43 Furious roller coaster so we're waiting
3:45 a performance from the Frog choir but
3:47 I've never noticed this wooden fence
3:50 here along this before right here in
3:52 front of the castle I think they just
3:54 placed it here I don't ever recall
3:56 seeing it what a beautiful C that'll be
3:58 that'll be all projected up a little bit
3:59 during the day it is all I got to see
4:01 the wreaths up there on the side and
4:03 some of the Garland and of course the
4:05 snow it's it's always snow on top of the
4:06 roofs here
4:15 this wonderful sounds like the you might
4:15 be a chance for some of us to let our
4:17 hair down
4:19 indeed 1 2 3
4:29 4 sounds like someone wasn't paying in
4:30 ch
4:31 CL speaking of Professor Flitwick has
4:34 really outdone himself this year with
4:36 such festive Decor Christmas at hogo is
4:39 truly a sight to Behold our final song
4:42 is one I'm sure a lot of you will
5:05 awesome frog CH so dang
5:10 good the wait time for the Grinch is 120
5:13 minutes already yeah that's a total of
5:15 two hour waight with all the like double
5:17 backs and triple backs right here there
5:19 is a minion Whoopi pie with the Santa
5:22 cap on and this little popcorn Buck it's
5:24 a grinch sipper right here and here's an
5:26 even smaller sipper for $18 and here's
5:28 even some Grinch candy right there full
5:31 I'm sure that's sugar-free right there
5:33 as well there is a minion tree right
5:35 there too I can see next to the minion
5:36 Cafe is a bunch of Minions on that tree
5:38 yeah it's pretty wild seeing that whole
5:40 area up there where the animal actor
5:41 stage was completely empty we're going
5:44 to head down to the lower lot just for a
5:45 little while before you know the sun
5:48 goes down cuz after Nightfall is when it
5:50 really turns into grinchmas and the
5:51 holidays here you Studios hollyw oh
5:54 there is a special Universal Studios
5:57 Holly I don't know why I had trouble
5:58 saying USA Universe Studios Hollywood P
6:01 member exclusive photo opportunity which
6:04 it looks like it's going to be up there
6:05 on the top of Jurassic world let's go
6:07 find out what it is oh this is going to
6:08 be really freaking cool I wonder wonder
6:11 who's up there you think the Grinch is
6:13 up here as well maybe no no no no no no
6:17 no no no I'm not legally obligated in
6:19 whatever way shape or
6:21 form wow a stabilizer this is going on
6:25 the gram huh no YouTube YouTube whoa
6:28 hello world H is me griny coming out I
6:32 miss you or stay away I could care
6:36 less are hello we're back we're back hi
6:40 everybody's vlogging me now I'm nervous
6:42 I'm so scared it's so much harder to be
6:46 natural when you're on camera I'm just
6:48 trying to be candid I like what you I
6:50 like what you did with the place oh well
6:51 I didn't do a darn thing of it you know
6:54 they set it up for me are these are
6:56 these your cookies here well I you know
6:59 they were brought for me and they look
7:01 delicious but CR you know what I'm
7:04 saying what are we going to do they left
7:06 all the real cookies at Trumpet but uh
7:09 I'm not upset I'm trying to watch my
7:11 figure anyway looking good well I know
7:15 you know I'm I'm trying to keep it off
7:17 but it's tempting it's tempting
7:19 everybody keeps dropping off Zebra Cakes
7:22 in the garbage so that's my weakness oh
7:26 yeah oh oh oh knows how to say hello
7:30 what's going on not much are you not I'm
7:32 great I'm swell who are you in relation
7:35 to whatever is going on here are you
7:37 like the base of the brand you know
7:39 you're oh yeah really okay well I love
7:41 it look at us now here we are are are
7:44 all together very nice wow that was
7:46 amazing it was good to see you I mean I
7:49 get you here on the show oh wow now that
7:51 is some good merchandising thank you for
7:54 dressing appropriately bootle bootleg
7:57 well that means I didn't see a dive true
7:59 get out of here you ruined everything I
8:02 liked you until then goodbye so long see
8:05 you see you grch keep dropping things no
8:08 it made me nervous embarrassing sorry
8:10 goodbye see bye all right just met the
8:13 Grinch now we're going to take a look at
8:14 this tree and now we're going to head
8:16 back up for Story Time up in hooville oh
8:20 yeah so they took a bunch of bursts of
8:21 us in the Grinch this probably my
8:23 favorite one out you're like you're
8:25 styling it up there right there so the
8:27 gr she's like putting out the vibe H
8:29 ready he liked my shirt but uh he wasn't
8:32 happy that it was a bootle it might not
8:34 be a it might be official but I doubt it
8:36 I doubt it's official all right over
8:37 here at one of the little snack bars
8:38 they have hot dogs turkeys but check a
8:40 look they have the wreath there this is
8:41 all like holiday themed as well and they
8:44 also have specialty treats some of them
8:45 are sold out but they have a Grinch's
8:48 heart lemonade and they also have a make
8:50 it snappy Santa non-alcoholic beverage
8:52 yeah take a look at that a $30 hot dog
8:55 one of the items that treats there is
8:57 sold out the oatmeal cookie looks pretty
8:58 tasty
8:59 but we're going to we're going to opt
9:00 out of the $30 hot dog and try to find
9:02 another Savory item around but we are
9:04 going to get both of these items the
9:06 grinches lemonade and then make it
9:08 snappy Santa there's a series of things
9:09 sold out here the margarita the spirits
9:12 they also made an announcement the
9:13 turkey legs are now sold out and the
9:15 make it snappy Santa they are out of so
9:18 instead of getting one of each we're
9:20 going to get two of the Grinch's heart
9:22 lemonade right there which that must be
9:25 the Grinch's heart right there maybe
9:26 that's the I can't tell what this look
9:28 how cute this is that's the heart right
9:30 there awesome thank you oh can't thank
9:33 you so much okay this is the heart
9:36 that's his heart right there Cheers
9:38 Cheers it's so
9:45 cute all right we're going to go watch
9:45 Cindy Lou tell a
9:46 story what have you have you ever heard
9:48 her tell the story before I have what
9:51 story is she going to tell the green
9:52 Story the great story look through three
9:54 hearts cuzin heart through three sizes I
9:57 love that
9:59 I get cute phot so cute got our drinks
10:02 here we're standing in front of the taxi
10:04 another
10:13 cheers what is it the gr that's not very
10:13 good this is my favorite book I like to
10:16 read to my class that's
10:19 it's or it could be perhaps that his
10:22 shoes wear too
10:24 tight I know you don't wear she's Mr
10:27 Grinch the Grinch said if I can find a
10:30 reindeer I'll make one instead here so
10:34 he paused and put his hand up to his
10:38 ear do you guys hear that do you hear
10:42 that sound do you guys hear it my
10:46 friends could it be so it came without
10:49 RS it came without tags it came without
10:53 packages box H the rich Christmas by Dr
10:57 Sue V
11:03 thank you
11:03 everybody so we be
11:17 2023 he doesn't the mayor mayor does not
11:17 like the gr hello Donkey oh hi good to
11:20 see you again hi it's good to see you
11:22 again how are you my friend she belongs
11:24 here it's good to see you reindeer ears
11:27 yeah what do you think I like them
11:28 though my it off you look keep pulling
11:30 it off I will not um pull any slays no
11:34 slays you're just relaxing yeah just
11:36 going to yeah I'm just going to relax
11:38 I'm lazy R approved you guys approved
11:41 yeah lady wait your turn here we go all
11:44 right cheese you guys all together
11:47 cuties all right good to see you Merry
11:49 Christmas happy holidays Merry Christmas
11:51 happy holidays all that good funky all
11:53 right I'll say funky see you donkey all
11:55 right there is an English holiday dinner
11:57 think might get that yes it is
11:59 three cuts of succul turkey glaz carrots
12:03 all right a lovely mound of sourdough
12:07 stuffing surprisingly edible BR Sprout
12:10 and a small tub of cranberry sauce all
12:12 right thank you so much I appreciate it
12:14 I'm going to get that he sold me on it
12:15 all right there is no hoo has from what
12:17 we could tell we didn't see any hoo has
12:19 in the park but they did have something
12:20 over at three broomsticks which is the
12:22 holiday special got some stuffing got a
12:24 little uh look like a little bacon WRA
12:27 piece of meat there we got the carrots
12:30 we got a little uh asparagus down in
12:32 here and even got a little uh cranberry
12:36 sauce right there as well I got some
12:38 Gilly water this is your tea oh thank
12:40 you there yeah this is pretty good so
12:43 this is like their holiday Meal which
12:44 they don't usually have the rest of the
12:45 year at least I've never seen it on the
12:47 menu before so who next best thing to
12:50 who has free broomsticks all right got
12:52 to start making our way over towards the
12:54 tree lighting but we end up going
12:56 through the secret life of pets area and
12:57 some other areas that have like some
12:59 Christmas decor and stuff might pass
13:01 through this a little bit later as well
13:02 too but first going to be heading over
13:03 to the tree light start to to kind of
13:06 camp out for the tree lighting at some
13:07 point because first tree lighting is
13:09 about 25 minutes and getting the first
13:11 unveiling of the tree non lit up but the
13:15 tree will be ignited and lit up here in
13:17 the little square very very shortly very
13:20 yes the who here in Hoover likes
13:27 Christmas hey sto our
13:31 Christmas what
13:34 PR well what's in the bag who what
13:39 bag the bag at your feet what's in the
13:41 bag that's a shack over the bag I'll
13:44 show
13:45 you example of your aest good times good
13:52 times all right I confess the water
13:55 world oh that's har Potter I took it all
13:57 the way to CR that's where I I
13:59 hit oh
14:02 look one there it is up
14:08 and
14:17 be there it is up one bulb you found it
14:17 is snowing look at this it's snowing at
14:21 Universal
14:23 Hollywood what are you doing you're
14:25 drinking he keep trying toin what is
14:28 this
14:29 this is a piping hot coffined beverage
14:32 piping hot coffined beverage that's
14:34 right they say right wait what are you
14:36 drinking I'm drinking a ice
14:39 cold cold zero I think it is not
14:41 caffeinated yeah not caffeinated a
14:43 little bit coffeine in I think I need
14:46 it's cold out here you bought me the
14:48 coffee
14:49 Cheers Cheers Cheers everybody hey
14:53 thanks for the
14:54 coffee coffee for everyone I should have
14:57 said all right we are now going to do
15:00 the tram
15:01 tour the electric trams which which uh
15:05 popped in here like a year or so ago
15:07 electric we got the back row here we're
15:09 going in the back row in germanen MO
15:13 pictures and that is what we still have
15:15 here today folks with Universal City we
15:18 have our very own ZIP code we have our
15:20 very fire station the right hand side
15:22 here fir
15:25 never over 36 sound stages
15:29 they had like everything we need in our
15:31 movie
15:33 City but they just drove us to the scene
15:35 we didn't do the whole by the lights
15:38 might have just tucked in under the
15:39 stairs well right now folks we're
15:41 traveling down one of my favorite parts
15:43 of the
15:44 Tour all right we're leaving the small
15:46 town behind and heading into the Big
15:47 Apple to turn on to our New
15:52 York get a good night tour here now when
15:55 Bruce is a little younger and he's
15:56 working on the original movie J uh now
15:59 folks I want to put you right in the
16:00 middle of a big action movie Set this is
16:04 the crash site for Steven
16:16 Spielberg's wow you can see Warner
16:16 Brothers off of the distance there the
16:18 water tow is lit up right now little
16:20 pink red light underneath but the
16:22 Animaniacs live right behind moral
16:24 Brothers is Disney Animation Studios a
16:26 lot of major film studios right here in
16:28 the San frando Valley but you got to
16:30 experience one of the oldest biggest and
16:33 busiest in the world right here's a
16:35 couple props exiting off over here look
16:37 at this this is the hooville car from as
16:40 seen and How the Grinch Stole Christmas
16:42 right here screen use prop someone has
16:45 left a b left a balloon go to the
16:48 heavens and you can see the top of the
16:50 grinchmas tree over there we're going to
16:52 head into Wizarding World now this
16:54 direction these chariots he'll never see
16:56 you coming this way though the L is Dead
16:59 Ahead my friends have a wonderful day
17:02 thank you all right I kind of feel like
17:04 they're getting ready to do a 7:30
17:05 projection show here on the castle for
17:08 Christmas yeah clearly we are not the
17:10 only ones waiting for this show to
17:12 happen here on the castle Christmas
17:16 Castle so basically what happens is the
17:18 projections go on there's definitely a
17:20 lot of people flooding in here for the
17:29 holidays
17:29 where I saw the Frog choir
17:36 earlier yeah there's like there's like
17:36 no Elbow Room in here it's like there's
17:38 people all over there all in front of
17:40 the attraction and the ride all the way
17:41 over to fly the hipg and all that it's
17:44 just all people I don't know how you can
17:45 even walk through there to see that
17:48 basically the projections are going to
17:49 go up on the side of the castle
17:52 Christmas theme now I've seen the dark
17:54 arts here before projected on the castle
17:57 seen the drones before for for the dark
17:58 arts they really kind of go the extra
18:01 mile I mean it's just it's just amazing
18:03 that they do here in Wizarding World
18:05 with the projections on the castle what
18:06 what they can do you know for different
18:08 times of the season but also during the
18:11 holiday season as well with the
18:12 projections just it's just really a Cool
18:15 vibe holidays in Wizarding World
18:18 Christmas and they don't think they call
18:19 it Christmas in world I think they call
18:20 it holidays in Wizarding World and it's
18:24 been a few years since I since I
18:25 attended this event and seen everything
18:27 kind of happening over in the in this
18:29 area so pretty pretty awesome to kind of
18:31 witness it with the the projections with
18:33 a very very very busy and full crowd
18:37 witnessing this on on the
18:39 castle right here at the threshold of
18:42 Hogwarts and Hogs
18:45 me and now we got to go this way Mass
18:48 Exodus out the side here making way for
18:52 the next group other people can witness
18:54 the incredible show ins side of the
18:58 castle it was
19:00 awesome not a lot of elbow rope through
19:03 here a few people here I push against
19:07 you man
19:13 sorry we really need to get through this
19:13 crowd it's some
19:14 magic one of us was a wizard we could
19:17 part we could part this you're a wizard
19:20 Harry you're a wizard Harry let's do it
19:23 let's part the
19:26 people Roos
19:30 that sounded so legit that sound legit I
19:33 love it your wand stop working though no
19:35 you got to move it there you go there
19:36 you go what was the what was the
19:38 spellos
19:40 goros I like that maybe it it's a little
19:43 bit wrong pardon look at
19:59 this all right that's going to do it for
19:59 today Universal Studios Hollywood
20:03 Christmas time Gras and holidays in
20:06 Wizarding World I'll see you the next
20:08 video the
20:10 Vlog oh yeah I'm not sure if I showed
20:12 this or not but the parking structs are
20:15 getting better to get in my rental car
20:17 but we met
20:18 Max right there the