Updates! Unbelievable What's Happening at Epic Universe ~ Much Meaded Side Quest

Are these updates insane? Hey, what's going on everybody? Rick here at Epic Universe to give you updates. Let's jump right into it. The update that most people will think is the most insane. For most of September, this theme park right here, Epic Universe, will be closing so early. Most nights closing at 8 p.m. in September. That's right. You heard me correctly. 8 o'clock. It's shutting down in September. Well, all but I think a couple nights. But to be fair, all of the theme parks in the area close early in September. Islands of Adventure is early. Studios is early. Even Disney's Magic Kingdom closes at 10 p.m. And that's on non-Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party nights. During the party nights, it closes at 6 p.m. The last time I was here at Epic Universe, I made a mistake. I'm going to rectify that mistake later on in this video. Across the way from the Atlantic Restaurant, this is what's being called Epic Universe Event Center. And if I can zoom in, you can see they have added its second floor. I do find it interesting that the first actual expansion to Epic Universe is not an attraction, rather an event center. It's a bold strategy, Cotton. We'll see if it pays off. Let's be a little different today and have the first world we visit be Super Nintendo World, which has some construction fencing over here. Looks like it's just some landscaping maintenance. This is the most Disney thing you'll see at Universal. All the strollers there for Super Nintendo World. And over here, what is this? Pirates of the Caribbean? The Dumbo Ride? No, it's Super Nintendo World. Such an unfortunate name for this character. Diddy, you get my drift? As usual, it's loud with a lot of activity in here. The park has been open for all guests for an hour, and Mario Kart is at a 100 minute wait. If it's at 100, Donkey Kong has to be higher, right? And look at the madness from above. We are so used to the Wizarding World being the busiest areas of Universal theme parks, but not the case for Epic. It's Super Nintendo World. Donkey Kong, which now has its own little segment in the Celestial Good Night Fountain Show. That was a nice add-on to the new show. If you ask me questions in the comment section, I will do my best to answer them. I had someone ask me recently if they're still doing the Donkey Kong meet and greets. They haven't done that in a couple months now. As usual, Minecraft Madness is the longest wait time in the park. Currently a 110 minute wait, but the single rider line is open at the moment. If you don't know this secret location by now, I don't know what to tell you. I'm going to take a break from explaining it to people. I can't mention it every time I'm here about this secret location and what it does for you. Maybe in a couple months, I'll mention it again. This store right here, the Superstar Store in Celestial Park, and I really should fact check this before I say it, but I'm not. I think this is the only store at either Epic Universe, Islands of Adventure Studios, or CityWalk that you can buy Legend of Zelda merchandise. I will try to remember when I'm in CityWalk next to go into the Super Nintendo store there and see if they sell any Zelda stuff. Right now, I don't think they do, but like I said, we'll fact check that the next time I'm in CityWalk. They have whatever this is at all the theme parks. It's Glitch Bop time! Into the dark universe to ride Monsters Unchained for the first time today, though I will ride it again later in the day. You see, when I do a live stream later, we'll have a locker club meeting as I ride Monsters Unchained again. You see the umbrella the team members using? Well, they sell that inside of the manor. The manor storehouse to be exact. Here they are and they are $48. There's actually two versions of it. Don't click away. That was it for merchandise. I think I'll go for my ride now. I'm not going to show any of the queue in this video. I think during the locker club meeting, I'll show the queue, but not now. And if you're watching and you don't know what a locker club is, I can't tell you about it. The first rule of locker club is we don't talk about locker club. The second rule of locker club is don't talk about locker club. So I mentioned near the beginning of the video, I had a mistake to correct. I'm going to spoil the subject matter a little bit right now. Because while I'm fixing the error in Isle of Berk, there's also mead. There's a mead drink here at the Burning Blade Tavern. Let me go tell you about it. The mead that they serve in here is the Dark Thorn Mead. It's black curcant, boysenberry vanilla with pink peppercorn infusion for $15. That is the first of three meads I'm going to talk to you about today. Here's a fun fact about the Burning Blade. See that harpoon? That is actually from the Jaws ride that used to be at Studios. They have two of them here. Did I say there's three meads? Technically, that is correct. But there is a secret way to get a mead. Here at the Burning Blade, they have an off-menu mead. It's actually a mixture. It's their mead mixed with cider. Get it in the souvenir cup for like $19 and change or in a regular cup for $15. But they mix cider with their mead and it's called the crossbow. You can only get a mead mixture here at the Burning Blade. The other two places I'm going to show you for mead, you get their mead and that's it. There's no special tricks involved. So I'm giving you information today. You didn't know you meeded, huh? You didn't know you meeded it? So for those of you who didn't see the theme park therapy video I did here, I made a mistake regarding mead in the Isle of Berk. I'm going to correct that mistake when we get to Berk. Also, I am currently keeping a secret from you that I will expose later on in the video too. Outside of the Astro Pub you have Bar Zenith. They have the blood orange mead. And I think you can get a glass of that or a cup of that for $14 and change. So after we visit the Wizarding World here, we will go to the Isle of Berk and I will try the mead and I'll explain the mistake I made in the theme park therapy video. There's also a closure I need to warn you about. As soon as you walk into the Wizarding World, straight ahead, Cirque Arcanu. This is a world-class show. Do not skip on it. Even if you're not a shows type of theme park guest, check out this show. The Wizarding World of Paris. Finally a Wizarding World with a lot of elbow room. Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry with the third longest wait time in the park. 85 minutes. For the only Harry Potter ride here. Got a street show happening right now. Monson of Gun. Cosme Acajour. The sign actually says Baguettes Magique. I thought I was saying something special that no one would know. For the observant person, it's right there on the wall. I was so proud of myself for learning that phrase on my own. And it was right in front of my face the whole time. Just a friendly reminder that the Goblet Noir has one of my favorite handheld sandwiches. The warm shaved beef sandwich for I think $18.99. Just in case you forgot or never saw the video where I reviewed it. Not going to get it today because we're heading to the Isle of Burke where I'm going to drink my lunch. There goes the two coasters of Stardust Racers. I have a feeling they're going to race each other. I'm curious what the wait time is. Maybe I'll ride it. Dang it. Single rider line not open. This is Burke. It's 12 days north of Hopeless and a few degrees south of freezing to death. It's located solidly on the meridian of misery. At this point I give up on this being a fire breathing dragon. This way to the closure information I teased before. The Untrainable Dragon Show is scheduled for a brief six-day temporary closure. The closure dates are September 15th, 2026 through September 20th, 2026. Reopening date is September 21st, 2026. So here is the mistake I made on the theme park therapy. You see I was looking for mead on the menu. And I couldn't find a mead on the menu and it's the first thing listed. Gobber's Mead. As penance I'm going to get Gobber's Mead right now. We'll just walk up to this bar which has like just two people there. Like not a big crowd to order anything. So there it is. Gobber's Mead $15.98 it came to. So it's a sweet drink. Like a berry flavor. Almost like a grape flavor. If I could describe it in what like most people could kind of comprehend. Almost like a welch's sparkling drink. Welch's grape sparkling drink. So there you go. There's Gobber. I have his mead. Well you never know he's working on mead. He's working on inventions. Combining the spoon and the fork together for one armed Vikings. And we were going to call it, guess what? Go ahead. No the phone. Holy guacamole. Fire drill is a 100 minute wait. I know it's a hot day and everything and it's going to feel good to get wet. But whoa that is a high wait time for this. Let's go see how long the wing glider is. And remember I owe you a secret. Something I did today that I didn't record I will share with you. Hiccup's wing glider is half the wait time at 50 minutes. Wow it's crazy. And Dragon Racers Rally is just 35. Well this is new for this area. You can do some face painting. Some Isle of Berk face painting. I would ask the price but both of the face painters are busy painting faces. So it seems like the Isle of Berk face painting is a hit. Okay as we leave the Isle of Berk I can confess my secret. So I was giving you information you needed it to know today. Talking about the three different meads. Actually four. Because when I was at the Burning Blade I did try the crossbow which is their mead with cider. And it was really quite refreshing. I think I prefer it to Gobber's mead. Sorry to tell you Gobber. But it was refreshing. The peppercorn gave it a little bit of a spice to it. So I would have to say my favorite mead right now. The crossbow from the Burning Blade. So yeah. That's what I did over there. I didn't show you. But I did have it. And pretty good little secret menu drink there. If you can't tell we have started a cozy mosey. We are moseying. Although the heat doesn't make it so cozy. The water looks refreshing though. Just looking at the water. The kids over here playing in Astronomica. I mean like can I play in there too? Am I too old for that? It just looks damn refreshing. Excuse me. Let me go Bobby Bowden. It looks dad gum refreshing. So does that water. They still have some construction fencing up over here. Right over there. It's been there for a long time. I'm sure it's just like you know some concrete work underneath there. But it's a never-ending project. Like I think I see some wood planks where concrete would be. It's hard to see under there. But yeah I think so. The cozy mosey will be here in Celestial Park. Kind of has a Epcot feel to it this Celestial Park. Starbucks right there. Now I will say this. Like first thing in the morning. Because there's two Starbucks here. This is the less crowded Starbucks first thing in the morning. Than the one up there by the entrance. At least that has been my experience. I have been looking at a 4k camera. It's got a little gimbal in it. So this the cozy moseys and the theme park therapy will be better. Haven't pulled the trigger on it yet. I think I have decided which camera I'm getting first though. I think I might get two cameras. One I'll get first. Then eventually move on and get another camera to supplement. The camera I'm getting first I think is better for outward shots. Like theme park therapy. And the second camera better for uh for my face in 4k. Gotta be careful with that one. Having my face in 4k is pretty scary. Hope y'all enjoyed the updates today. I thought we had some good ones. Look the uh the stroller section over here has grown since the uh the beginning of the video. I mean it's not as crazy as it gets at the Magic Kingdom for Pirates of the Caribbean. Or for like uh ooh the Carousel at Disney. That's insane with strollers. But look we even have more space. They've got it marked all the way over here. But as far as the Universal Park is concerned that's a lot of strollers. The last place for popcorn and beverages. That little hut there. You can get some candies and stuff at the store at the store up front. But that's your last chance for popcorn. And freestyle soda. Is there freestyle there? Hold on. No I don't think they have freestyle there. Still get cold beverages as you munch on your popcorn on the way out. Should we cozy mosey through the store? It would be more cozy. Let's add a more add a little more cozy to our mosey and go through the store on our way out. Because goodness gracious this first over six minutes has been nothing but us in the sun. The shade will be nice but I want more than shade. I want air conditioning. Well thank you Tom Cruise. That's a movie quote. Ricky Bobby knows what I'm talking about. I thought you would enjoy some indoor views as I enjoy air conditioning. So whenever YouTube AI analyzes my videos and I always mention there's a there's a drop-off with the cozy moseys. But what AI fails to know is that if it wasn't for the cozy mosey there'd be zero viewers on right now because the video would be over. I don't think AI is quite grasping the strategy. Of course there's gonna be less viewers AI but it's not as low as zero. Plus I know a lot of you just enjoy enjoy the videos don't want them to end so soon. This is your virtual visit to the parks. I want to stay as long as possible. It was the cozy moseys that gave me the idea for theme park therapy videos. Those can be 4k because I don't show my face in the therapy videos. But here we are this is the the final shot I wanted for the video. Thanks for watching everybody hope you enjoy the updates and as always don't miss the magic don't miss the fun click the box on your screen right now to continue the fun.