Kicking Off Summer: Road Trip to Universal Studios Hollywood

Although we live in and love Las Vegas, we do love a road trip too! Today's adventure is a road trip over to Southern California, to the land of Hollywood moviemaking, and a destination we have never yet featured on our channel: Universal Studios Hollywood. Join us for a quick tour through the highlights of the theme park, CityWalk, and a transportive lunch at the Toothsome Chocolate Emporium. All that, packed into just 16 minutes!

Special thanks to Kristin McKenzie and Scott McKenzie, for lending us additional photos and video clips, particularly for the 60th anniversary Studio Tour.

In case you're interested in the background story for the decor/theming in the Toothsome Chocolate Emoporium:
The first thing to know about Toothsome is that the restaurant is an experience unto itself, based in the narrative of Professor Doctor Penelope Tibeaux-Tinker Toothsome and her sidekick Jacques.
The story starts with Penelope and Jacques exploring the world in their dirigible (think balloon airship). When they returned home to her parents’ cottage in London to share their experience and experiments with her family, they found the home empty with a note from her parents on the kitchen floor stating that they would “look for her wherever chocolate can be found.” With this knowledge, Penelope developed an industrialized chocolate emporium to share her love and knowledge of chocolate with the world, in hopes of being reunited with her family along the way.
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Chapters:
00:00 Opening
01:04 Arrive Universal
02:33 Wizarding World of Harry Potter
03:37 Studio Tour
06:29 Super Nintendo World
07:55 Jurassic World
09:04 Universal CityWalk
09:46 Toothsome Chocolate Emporium
13:58 Outro

Helpful websites:
https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/web/en/us
https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/lands/citywalk

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Opening segment:
The red and blue neon outline is by Thanakorn Jaroensup, courtesy of Pixabay.com:
neon-85828.mp4
The photo of the rainbow and red rocks is by esudroff, courtesy of Pixabay.com:
rainbow-1401785_1280.jpg
All other video clips are our own.
The music is "Love or Lust", from the YouTube Audio Library.

PHOTO CREDITS:
The following photos are courtesy of Wikipedia:
Universal Logo
By Universal Destinations & Experiences, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73256501

Harry Potter logo
By Warner Bros. - Converted from AVIF at https://universalorlando.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/rides-attractions/hogwarts-express, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=131545806

Mario’s original creator Shigeru Miyamoto
By 文部科学省ホームページ, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83818799

The original owner of Universal Studios, Carl Laemmle
By Universal - Exhibitors Times 1913 https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/exhibitorstimes01wmaj_0247, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=126422328
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A few photos of Universal CityWalk Hollywood:
https://blog.discoveruniversal.com/guides-and-tips/guide-to-universal-citywalk-at-universal-studios-hollywood/

The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium background story & photo:
https://blog.discoveruniversal.com/dining/behind-the-scenes-the-toothsome-chocolate-emporium-savory-feast-kitchen-at-universal-citywalk-hollywood/
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Songs from the YouTube Audio Library featured in this video:
- Run One Down - Dan Lebowitz
- Tiptoe_Out_the_Back - Dan Lebowitz
- Touching Moment

Songs and clips from the Epidemic Sound Audio Library:
ES_Endless Pt. 1 - Peter Sandberg
ES_Street Market Ambiance with English Voices - SFX Producer
ES_Fountan City - SFX Producer
ES_Util Paisagem (Instrumental Versiom) - Clara Mendes
ES_Try This - Riverworn
ES_Tacet (Instrumental Version) - Clara Mendes
ES_Human Crowd Studio 23 - SFX Producer
ES_Out of Order - The Fly Guy Five
ES_Longing for Mr Klezmer - The Fly Guy Five
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Cinematography: Dale McKenzie, Paula McKenzie
Editing, Voiceover, Post-Production: Dale McKenzie, Final Cut Pro X
Script, Research: Paula McKenzie
Cameras & Gear: iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 13 Pro Max, & Lumix G9 in 4K video; sound by Rode Wireless PRO