What's New at Islands of Adventure - New Menu at Circus McGurkus & More! - Universal Studios

Hey guys, this is Jenna with ResortTV1 and today we're here at Universal Studios. We're gonna head into Islands of Adventure. I have not been there much this year, so I can't wait. I heard one of the restaurants in Seuss Landing has a whole new menu, so that's what we're gonna check out for sure. Check out some of the food, there's drinks, there's treats. It sounds and looks similar to things that they might have in Minionland, you know, like ish, totally different, but same but different, you know what I mean. We're gonna go check that out and just enjoy the day here at Islands of Adventure. We'll probably hop over to Universal as well, so let's go have some fun. Love the music here and man, there's something that's smelling really good. One of the restaurants. I think I'm pretty hungry. Excited to try out this new menu. Also, one new thing that they've added here is facial recognition, so once you scan your ticket, then they kind of like do a picture thing and next time you're here and then they just keep doing that, so don't have to do your fingerprint anymore. All right, we made it to Seuss Landing and it's a cloudy day today and not super busy, so hopefully we'll get on some rides as well, but we're gonna head over to the restaurant. It's here in Seuss Landing. Okay, this is where we're going today. Circus McGurkis Cafe. Stupendous. So they got a brand new menu. Everything is new on the menu and everything looks so good, so we'll have to come back and try different things, but yeah, we're gonna try drink, dessert, definitely an entree or two. Can't wait. Okay, so we are in. You can come in, find a seat wherever you like and then mobile order. There looks like there's no registers at all, so yeah, it's all mobile order. Back here is where you used to get in line to order, but that's gone now. So we got our seat and we're in this like little train thing and the trolley goes around, which is really fun to watch. Every once in a while they have an announcement and our server was really awesome as well. He asked us what our favorite animal was. We both said giraffe. Giraffe. And by the way, Jessie Mouse is here. So we're gonna enjoy. We got two different kinds of food, so we'll get to try two different things. Good job up there, acrobats. So our drinks came and Jessie got the strawberry lemonade with cold foam. Look at her straws. Those came out perfect. A twisty straw and then I got the blue raspberry slushy and my cold foam and stars are fading fast, but they look fun. All right guys, I'm gonna try the blue raspberry with the cold foam on top. Slushy. It's like a blue Jolly Rancher with like cold foam. That's really good. Thank you so much. If you need anything else, just let us know. Delicious. Especially, yeah, I'm gonna mix that in there. I don't know if this is cream based. Maybe. Yeah, it tastes like a blue raspberry ice cream, really. That's really good. All right, our food came. Man, that was so quick. We sat here maybe five minutes of that, but here is my roast beef cheese on a pretzel bread. I don't remember the official name. Was it brioche? Yeah, or pretzel. I think it's a pretzel bun. Yeah, with a tiny little one on top. How cute is that? And I have curly fries here and then Jessie got the meatball. Let's get the official name. Yes, let's do that. The official name is a magician meatball cone. So homemade meatballs and a pasta and the cornucopia is what it looks like, cone. Can you get my official name while you're while you're being official? It's just that's it? Wow, okay, I was right. It's officially a roast beef sandwich, but it said something about a mushroom like meatloaf or something. I think it's this. Oh yeah, I don't know. We'll try it. Rewind. Rewind. It's a roast beast sandwich. Roast beast. All righty, there we go guys. Oh and then we got our cupcakes. How stinking cute are these cupcakes? These are caramel popcorn cupcakes with actual caramel popcorn on it and they're adorable. Can't wait to try it. Oh, do you want to try your your drink here? Oh my drink? Yes, that's it. It tastes more like regular lemonade. Regular, okay. But it's really good. So you don't taste a lot of strawberry. I wonder if the strawberry is in the top there. Maybe. Do you taste it? I was gonna say any of the cold foam. Let's see if we mix it up. Don't taste much of it. No? Okay, so just kind of a lemonade. Just like lemonade, yeah. Right. So again, this is amazing. It would be really, really good on a hot day. That is so good. I will be back to get more of these. 1000%. It is sweet. So if you don't like sweet, you might not like it. But wow, that's good. First up is my tiny little sandwich. I mean, come on. This is adorable. Let's try it. The bread is really good. It's not stale. It's super good. Like they just, it's fresh. No idea what's on the inside. Mystery meat. But it's good. Let's try curly fry. Oh, there was a little bit of spice in there. Not sure what. I like this. I even got ranch, because I had to. Okay, I cut it in half so you can see a little bit of the inside there. I don't know. It said crispy onions and these are not crispy. It's very messy. Okay, all right. Very good flavor. I didn't get any spice in that bite at all. It was just a teeny tiny one. Yeah, I like it. It's nice. It's tender. Cheese is good. The bun's a little hard on the top. I might have toasted it a little too much. But other than that, and it being messy, it's really good. I love the flavor. So Jessie's letting me try a little bit of her entree. That's good. Not spicy, which I like. Yeah, that's really good. And hers looks amazing, so I think I would get that next time. But, trolley's being loud. But we'll get her opinion as well and see what she thinks. All right, Jessie, what do you think of your entree? I actually, I really like it. The meatballs are really nice and savory, which it was a surprise to me for like bean paste food. It has a lot of flavor, which is really good. The pasta is good. The sauce is really good. I'm looking forward to eating the cornucopia there, because it's all garlic bread. That looks amazing in there. So I'm excited to try it. And there's even more pasta inside of it. Yeah, it's all, I don't know if you can see. That is so cool. Yum. Yeah. Okay, it is cupcake time. So I'm loving the vibes. This restaurant is very Minion Cafe-ish, or isk, however you want to say it. The sandwich did remind me a lot of the one at the Minion Cafe, but it was different as well, and different with the curly fries. So, and the drinks. I'm loving this. It's delicious. Hopefully it doesn't hurt my tummy. But yeah, this is really, really cute. So let's try one of these little caramel popcorn. Okay. I thought it'd be stale, but it's not. That's really good caramel popcorn. Wow. Okay, so they didn't have spoons, so we're just gonna, because it's in a plastic container, so you can't just go. But yeah, let's try it. Okay. After having the caramel popcorn, it didn't have a ton of flavor, but then it's just nice and light. That's good. The cake's nice and moist. The frosting is really good. Not overly sweet. I'd say it's buttercream. That's a really, really good cupcake. I don't think there's any filling in it, which is fine. There's plenty of icing. Yeah, I would totally get that again. And I think there's an option where you can walk up. If you just want to get like the drink to go or the cupcake to go, you don't have to come in and sit. There's another place you can order on the app for just pick up. Take it to go. I'm liking this. Good job, Circus McGurkus. I'll be back. But Jesse found caramel at the bottom of hers or caramel, however you guys say it. I say caramel. Tomato, tomato. But yeah, mine doesn't have that in there yet. Maybe I'll find it on the other side. But that would make it definitely better. What do you think? It's really good. Oh, you're foggy. Okay, what do you think? It's really good. I like it. And I'm a huge fan of buttercream, so I'm loving the frosting. It's so good. Right? Isn't it good? The popcorn is really cool, too. What's cool about it? It's caramel popcorn, but it's almost like they drizzled more caramel on it. I think you're right. Which like adds to the caramelization. Right? That's what makes it so good. Yeah. Yep, definitely getting this guy again. All right guys, I found my caramel. I just hadn't gone all the way to the bottom, I guess. That makes it 10,000 times better. It was already good. Close the trolley if you didn't hear. Wow, that's amazing. So we just walked out of Circus McGurkus and here is the mobile food and drink pickup. So if you just want to get one of the drinks that we had or the cupcake or any of the food, it's on the app. It's a separate ordering spot on the app, but this is where you pick it up. Look how cute these topiaries are in front of the restaurant. So stinking cute. All right, so we are done with our lunch at Circus McGurkus and I would highly recommend it. It was delicious. Both of the entrees we had, I tried Jessie's. Hers was good. I really liked my sandwich. The fries were amazing. The drinks, I didn't get to try Jessie's, but it was good. Would you get it again? Yes. Awesome. Mine, 100% get that again. And the cupcake, homo. That was really good. I might even get one before we leave again. Depending on how hungry you are too, it could be a share. It's very sweet. It's sweet. Yeah, so if you like super sweet, then you're set. You're good, but if you're like, eh, sharing. But it's really good. It's so good. Yeah, definitely try it. We didn't try the green eggs and ham cheesecakes. We both, you know, can't really have that, but it looked super cute. So if you can, definitely try it because I heard it's good. So we, oh, thing one and thing two. Oh my goodness, the cat in the hat's out. Oh, how cool is that? Oh, and the Grinch. The Grinch is out. That's not the Grinch I met at Christmas, but is that Sam I am? Oh my word. Okay, this is fun. I ran over because Jesse was taking a picture and we're like, and I'm like, oh, good shot. So cool. So since we saw the ride going around the restaurant, I thought we could go ride it. It's right here. The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride. Let's see how long it is. Oh, it's 15 minutes. Do you want to ride? Have you ever been on this ride? Oh, Jesse's first time on the Universal People Mover. Let's go. This queue, I remember. You're around and round and round. We're gonna be dizzy before we get on the ride. Yeah. All right, we literally walked on this ride. Man, we're in the front row. How cool. Look at that. We're in the front row. The Hulk over there. A great view of Islands of Adventure. As for Apple, as everyone knows, too bad we don't happen to have some of those. A bodacious blue bubble. A bubble these buzzies won't cause you much trouble. C is for cookie. Who said that? Please stop. This C is for the Circus McGurkus Big Top. And D, that's a breeze. How about the Daring Young Lad on the Flying Trapeze? Does anyone's name here start with D? Like Dana or David or Dingus McGee. E is for everyone under the sun. F is for friends who are all having fun. G is for green, but we'll get to that. H is for what tops that silly old cat. That's right, that cat. M might be just for the old hip-hip-hooray. Yeah, you can do it. Say hip-hip-hooray. Good for you. We could do that all day. I is for icing on top of a cake. And J is for jumping right into a lake. At the Noon Magoo Zoo, you'll find King Ka-choo! Lording it all over K and L too. When you come down the road, did you happen to see a sign for a village called M-N-O-P? O is for opposite. North and south going zaxes. Stubbornly stop and budge in the traxes. P is for perfect. A day at the beach. Q is for quick. Look, that must be a snitch. Now up to G. What? For green eggs and green ham. I really like them. I do, Sam, I am. R is for roundabout. Now you can see we're heading for Snitch Town with S and a T. Uncle Uv's umbrella is a triple for you. And you just might throw in his underwear too. V is for the visitors here on vacation. Here to see us from many great nations. W is for wonderful. We wish to ride more. So please tell us when. And now X, Y, and Z where the riding gets tough. Z is for zero. For the chance we won't say that our ride through Zeus Landing was the best of the day. And so we'll just finish up now with zip, zip, So apparently we were on the wrong side. There's two tracks and we didn't go through Circus of Virgins. So super cute. We're gonna go on the other side. So now we're gonna go on... This is the special train that copies any sound. It's the eco-maniacal, super reliable, sound-alike, all day and night, Audiomatic Express. It can moo like a cow. It can go moo, moobity, moo. The trolley train can do it. Hey, how about you? Can you sound like a circus organ? The trolley train can boop. How about you? Can you go boop, boopity, boo? Boo, boopity, boo. Say, how about a walrus? Or the whistling breeze of a flying trapeze? Is there such a thing as an upside down sound? Listen to this. It goes swim, swim, swim. Are you feeling keen to hear the star on machine? Clomp, clompity, clomp, clomp. Jerkity, jerk, quack. Jerkity, quack, jerk. The trolley train goes when sounding all trafficky. How about you? Can you go beep, beep, beep, beep? When the trolley train goes rolling past, we know how it sounds to go really fast. With a swish, swoosh, ka-blast. Now don't you be last. Make the sound of fast. Swish, swoosh, ka-blast. Oh, the mighty trolley train makes a loud hullabaloo. It's the sound of fun. Can you make it too? Whee, whee, woo-hoo. Like a beach ball, the trolley train is going boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing. Boom, boom. The trolley train is a wonder. Boom, boom. Hear the waves thunder. Oh, listen to this. What an earful of luck. We can hear the sound of old McBean's truck. Bang, bong, chug. Can you make that sound too? Bang, bong, chug, bang, bong, chug. And a sneech farewell to toodaloo, toodaloo. Time for the trolley train to say toodaloo now. How about you? Toodaloo, toodaloo. So, goodbye, sneeches. Goodbye, all around. We won't forget all the wonderful sounds. So, that was a lot of fun. We got to do both tracks. As you can tell, two of them are heading in right there. But yeah, over here they have moose juice and goose juice. So, we went in this shop, did a little bit of shopping. They have some really cute stuff in there. A little bit of universal, but mainly just like jewelry and different trinkets. But Mythos is right over there. And usually I just take this path over to Harry Potter area. But Poseidon's is back here. It's closed, but I've never walked down this little path before. Usually when you go on the ride or to the show, you walk in the middle there. But yeah, you can walk all the way down here. That's pretty fun. Such a big building. And I love how they still have all the water and everything going. Kung Fu Panda over here. Waiting for the new movie. I love it. Super fun. I love that. So, they changed the All Hallows' Eve boutique to the Bayou boutique. So, they've got all the merch for Mardi Gras in here. Let's go check it out. I always love how they rethemed this. Oh my goodness. I love it. I'm getting HHN vibes and I am so excited. HHN vibes. Are you ready? Yes. So ready. Look at those pumpkins. So, it's basically the same as the Halloween one, but with all the Mardi Gras merch in here. Did you hear that? You know what it is? It's that guy after your soul. Oh god. Remember? What was his name? Dr. Oddfellow. That was his name. I'm not here. Don't take Jesse. Oh my goodness. If you guys weren't watching our live stream, he really was after Jesse. Yep. It was a tad scary. This is really cool. Well done. It does. It smells like a house. I feel like we're in a boat or a ship. A boat ship. Oh, this is creepy. Look at this. Just Madame Leota. No, I'm just kidding. Wrong park. All right. We had to come back to Hogsmeade. It's one of my favorite places here. Oh, look. The conductor's out and it's very busy back here, like always. We're on a hunt for the owl shoulder plushie. The animatronic kind of one. So, we're gonna go see if we can find it. Well, womp womp. They didn't have my owl. They are sold out site-wide. So, we'll stop deep looking, but Jesse has one, so I can look at hers until then. She got lucky. It was Julian's birthday, so I'm glad you guys got one. So cool. So, that's a wrap for Islands of Adventure. We're gonna head over to the Universal side for a little bit, see what we can find over there. And yeah, got some coffee. Jesse got a new little Hello Kitty lanyard, because she doesn't have a Universal lanyard yet, and it's perfect. We're, of course, going to the Hello Kitty shop. Absolutely. Maybe Hello Kitty will be there herself, and we can say, Hi, Hello Kitty. Be like, I'm a big fan. Hello, Hello Kitty. You know, we were talking about this on my live stream. How do you address her? Hello, Hello Kitty. I said, Hi, Hello Kitty. Say, Hello Kitty. Either way, if she's there, we're gonna be excited. So, Hello Kitty White. That's right, her real name is Kitty White. All right, so we're just gonna walk across this way to the other side. We could have taken the Hogwarts Express, but it was 45 minutes, so. Man, something smells good. It's like wood-burning fire. What is that? Big fire. Big fire. There's my sign. And just like that, we're in Universal, and it's Mardi Gras. Happy Mardi Gras. All right, we're walking up to one of our favorite shops here. I love all the windows. Wait, so we've got a movie Hello Kitty, candy Hello Kitty, sleepy Hello Kitty, and taxi Hello Kitty. She's in her Hello Kitty car. That is the cutest thing I've ever seen. Oh my goodness. Oh, and she got My Melody. But also, how, oops, really windy. How do I get this paper for my house? Deal. Surprise. Surprise deal. We got a new look. Or this one. I like this one. Look at all the slippers. Oh my goodness, that's adorable. Love it. Yes, that one can be a living room. So we're looking around at all the details in the shop, and look, it's a helicopter. Adorable. There they are in the Hello Kitty car. Small gift, big smile. And then over here is the Hello Kitty post office. But Jesse, do you see the My Melodies over there? One of them has her arms open like, come on, take me home. Take me home. Bring it in. I need a hug. So stinky cute. So after Hello Kitty, we noticed, we're walking around to Diagon Alley, and we noticed this big old wall right here. It's not Walcott, right? We're not in Epcot. I don't know what it is, but I did hear they've been doing some testing on the show, so maybe that's what this is for. But apparently we can't go that way. So this is where we're in, so it's literally just this little area right here. You can still get to Starbucks and down New York Street here, but yeah, I really do think, and this little area is closed too, so I bet it's for this nighttime show that they're getting set up. Look at those boxes up there. Those look fancy. So we're walking by the area over here again where they're going to have the show, the nighttime show eventually, and I noticed, I'm pretty sure this whole like little deck area is new, platform, whatever you want to call it. I wonder if this is where they're going to launch the drones from. Again, this is all speculation. I have no clue, but interesting. Into Diagon Alley we go. Oh, this isn't horrible. I mean, I thought it would be busier. I mean, it's busy, but we can walk at least in the entrance. Well, we found another wall. More and more spici...spicish? Suspicious? Jessie and I cannot talk today. Suspiciously like Epcot is what I was trying to say, but you know, this is better. Just coffee, I promise. Oh my goodness. Okay, but yeah, suspiciously. Like Epcot, Walcott. No? Amazing every time I see it. So we're walking back to go ride ET and we just noticed that Shrek's hut, whatever you want to call it, is coming along well. Handle me, zoom in. Cool, I cannot wait to check this out when it opens up later this year. All right guys, well that is it for our day here at Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure over there. We had a great time and we got to try the Circus McGurkis, their whole new, well not the whole new menu, but we had to try a few things on the menu and what we tried we loved. So can't wait to go back and try some more, but definitely would get that drink again, would get the cupcake again a thousand percent, and also Mel's just opened. Mel's driving. I wanted to say dying. So we'll have to go back and try because they've got a few new items on their menu as well. So that'll be next, but hope you guys enjoyed coming along with us today. We had a great time. It was fun and no rain yet. Fingers crossed. We're heading to the car now. All right guys, well definitely give us a thumbs up if you like this video. Make sure you're subscribed if you haven't already and we'll see you soon. So for now, have a great big beautiful tomorrow. Bye-bye. And check out our sponsors MickeyBlog.com and MickeyTravels.com for the best in free vacation planning advice. Check out MickeyTravels.com to book your next trip to Disney. 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