Universal Studios Update: Taste of Universal, Pets Place, Super Nintendo World - March 22, 20213/22/2021
 Over the weekend we made a trip up to Universal Studios Hollywood to take in their Taste of Universal event. We were super excited to get back into the park, try some yummy food and spend a few hours in the park. Since our last visit in February 2020, there's been a lot of stuff going on. Namely the all new Pets Place near the Secret Life of Pets: Off The Leash attraction and construction on Super Nintendo World. So of course we had to check out both. Written by Gregg Condon  Kong has always been the King of Citywalk  The movie theater is back open, but no theater attractions in the park are.  Nothing has changed on the outside of Toothsome since the last time we were at CityWalk  But it is coming soon!  Lots of outside seating available all around CityWalk  Mmm, Donuts  One of our favorite eateries at CityWalk is now open for outdoor dining  NBC Sports Grill looks like it could open at any time  In the meantime, the outside seating area is being used for Antojitos   Vivo is also open for outdoor dining, they don't have as much outdoor space as some of the other eateries however  New store too!  Let's head in to get our taste on!    Bello!  The park looks great, didn't feel too busy at all and had signs and table cleaners everywhere    Lots of space around the park to get pics of things with no people in them       Pets Place looks awesome! Some pics from inside the store are below.  Can't wait for this to open! 
 The virtual queue machines are ready to go as well as the height markers for the attraction!
 Test seat too!   There are even some new additions to Super Silly Fun Land!  The Minion Café is super cute, and we can't wait to try all of the food offerings here.     Unicorn Cupcakes  The Loaded Mac and Cheese was very tasty, would recommend  Gabe from Theme Park Duo got the Meatball Mac and Cheese and said it was very good  Minion Pudding Thing  We of course had to head into Wizarding World. At Three Brooksticks got some Sticky Toffee Pudding and of course Butterbeer
 It was nice to be back in Wizarding World Super Nintendo World Construction The first escalator down to the lower lot was open so we were able to get some pics and video of Super Nintendo World  You can see where Super Nintendo World is in relation to the rest of the Lower Lot   An overview of the entire lower lot   You can see the entry warp pipe in the bottom right corner of this pic. It will be near Transformers.   A zoomed in view of the entry area and warp pipe   A look at the entire land  A different view from Super Silly Funland   A year ago I would have said the stores/restaurants here would be removed for Super Nintendo World. Now, it's obviously not happening. As you can see the walls around the land have been built around the existing buildings.  Oh look, HHN Construction!  One of the HHN Speculation Maps indicates we will get "HHN Lite" here in Hollywood, with two mazes being open during the day. Definitely have some questions about that, namely that these tents get SUPER hot and are not completely dark during the day.  Back to the food. Chicken Chicharrón. This may have been my favorite thing I ate all day.  The Street Tacos were also very good, and not just for "theme park tacos". They were actually really good tacos.  Now that's a pretzel!  If you didn't get a pink donut, did you even go to Springfield?  Hello Kitty!!  Overall we had a great time at Taste of Universal. Many of the food items were pretty much what you can get when the park is open vs specialty food items, but since the park isn't open we were ok with that. The longest lines for the event were at Three Brooksticks and Krusty Burger, which struck us as odd if I'm being honest. But hey, people like those Krusty Burgers! The event runs for the next few weeks. Be sure to check it out! Related Videos
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