Does Disneyland have better food than Universal Studios? Let’s talk about that. Good Mythical Morning! When comparing theme parks, you’re usually asking whose rides have you screaming bloody murder and emptying your lungs the best? But today, the question is whether Disneyland or Universal Studios Hollywood can feed your empty stomach the best. That’s right. Pitting Disneyland’s dining options against Universal’s to see whose food comes out on top! It’s time for Food Feuds Disneyland Versus Universal Studios. You know what, before our first matchup, I just have to say, I’m also hungry for a tale of amusement parks past. If only there was someone who could help with that. Walt was a believer not Whitman, not Frazier, not White, but Disney. Before him, movie magic was merely make believe. You could watch in awe as Gene Kelly soared around the silver screen, but you could never sing in the rain with him, until July 17, 1955. Walt opened Disneyland to the world and welcomed the masses to a new heightened reality, where marching down Main Street with Mickey Mouse only cost you the fee of admission. But others were hot on the trail. Universal Studios would bring the likes of King Kong and Fred Flintstone to life in a park of their own. Despite both being named for their many amusements, none amassed the masses more than the life they breathed into the eponymous magic of the movies every day. You can hug the movie magic, you can high five it. And today, you can even taste it. And so you shall. The magical meals of each park are about to face off for your favor. Which will prevail, the park with the Mickey ear eats or the park with the Jurassic sized snacks? Because only one with make your mouths believers. Whoa. Whoa. I was already hungry, but now I’m like inspired. Inspired to eat. Okay, boys. First up, you have big turkey legs on Rhett’s side is Disneyland’s giant turkey leg available at various turkey leg carts throughout the park for $14.49. And on Link’s side is Universal’s Apex Predator, available at Jurassic Cafe for $17.99. So they’re trying to insinuate that it’s dinosaur. Dinosaur. Hey, dinosaurs were birds. Okay, here’s the thing, Link. Good point. I don’t even like these, but you hate turkey legs. I know he’s hungry. It’s like a genetically… When I think of genetically modified, this is it. Genetically modified chicken leg is how I feel is happening. But is this a feather? I mean, am I looking at a feather? Is that what I’m looking at? I’ll take the one with the feather. Is it a feather or is it just skin? I think it’s just skin. It’s not a feather. It’s not a feather. So again, you’ve got Disney. Disney. Disney is a little bit less uniform. What do I wanna bite? It’s just so visceral, you know? I think it’s getting close to human. Yeah. That’s what’s getting me. It’s the most human-like meat that there is, turkey. It smells great. Tastes pretty good too. Like, your dad and my dad- I just don’t wanna look at it. Both have big calves. Mm-hmm. And if they died when we were all together and we had to take a bite out of their calf, this is the most like that that this would be. Yeah. This is helping me, thank you. You just spit a little bit of calf on me. Sorry, that was gross. The taste isn’t bad. The taste is good. Let’s see if the more expensive Universal has a different experience. See how dark that meat is? You’re a ham man. It’s almost ham-like. It is. It’s not as smoky. Very similar. Is it different? It’s not really different. Universal’s a little drier. The only difference really, is the price. How do you finish that? Yeah, I know. I mean, I heard once that Hitch ate two of them. How is that even possible? I don’t know how you did that. It’s possible. Back to back? I barely can have two bites of it. I mean, did you walk around a little bit first? All right, on a scale of one to 10, give it what you got. Five. All right, five. It’s a little drier, four. Just a little bit drier. I’m also gonna give it a five. It’s basically the same, except, it’s more expensive, so I’m gonna give it a four. Oh. I usually don’t take that into account, but if you want to, there you go. I have to. Next up we have calzones. On Rhett’s side is Disney California Adventure’s Avengers Pizza Pocket, available at Shawarma Palace Two for $10.49. Two? And on Link’s side is Universal’s Super Mushroom Calzone available at Power-Up Cafe for $13. Oh. It’s more expensive, but look how much more- It’s thematic. Thematic-ized it is. I mean, what is Avengers about this? Is that like Captain America’s skin cancer? Do you know something that I don’t know? I haven’t seen the last three. I mean, what has happened in the last three? Did he develop skin cancer? I can’t speak for the last three or the last eight, but at one point, he got old and they kept removing those. Maybe it’s a colon polyp, I don’t know. Okay. Whatever it is, I’m hungry for it. Okay, this is Captain America’s polyp. Boy, I’m hungry. But you know what, now it’s on theme. It looks good, I’ll tell you that much. I wanna show you what’s in here. Oh, it’s hot! You warned me. Now that looks like it could be good. That is flaky. And the toppings… Is it toppings when they’re in the inside? The innards are good. The innards. Mm! Ooh, boy. I’d enjoy that. They’ve done… Ooh, hot! If I was out there in the park. It’s a little hot, did we tell you that? I’d rather for it to be a little too hot, than too cold though, so no complaints. Park food is even better when you’re at the park. We acknowledge that we’re not at the park. Actually, I disagree with you. Really? Yeah, because your riding- I thought it was like camp food is better when you’re camping. No, you’re riding stuff and you’re getting nauseous and then you’re pushing through to eat anyway. Oh, so you’re glad we’re not on a ride right now. Yeah, I’m glad I’m here. Keep bringing it to me. I mean, don’t you think this is the best part of an amusement park for you? For sure. I know. I also don’t like travel. I’m trying to figure out these things here. You’d think that this might be a pepperoni. It’s the opposite of pepperoni. It’s a see-through pepperoni or it’s just cheese. I don’t know what part to bite, but I’m gonna bite the top of the head. I’m gonna do another rip and show. There’s more of a consistent type of calzone goo in there. The red dough is very doughy. Very doughy, but good. This is a pastry, flaky as you said. This is more of a traditional experience. We went to Super Mario World once. Then you forgot it was at Universal. It’s really impressive to walk around. I tend to lose myself. I forget what park I’m in. We also got to walk through it one time when there was no one in it. The first time we ever went- Remember that, Stevie? It was so packed. Mm-hmm. But then they had it opened up for VidCon- No, no, no. Wasn’t it? Wasn’t it for Horror Nights? It was for funsies. It was for Horror Nights and it was closed, but they let us go in there, because they considered us special. It was Horror Nights? It wasn’t Horror Nights. Now I’m questioning if I have this memory. No, it was- Do I? It was VidCon. No! No, ’cause that’s Universal. Yeah, it was at Universal. See, I keep forgetting where it’s at. Universal. Somehow we got to go through there, was it Horror Nights? Collectively, I feel as if we’ve told a really good story that has a good through line. We got go through it when nobody was there, but really, there was also nothing really happening there. He doesn’t remember, but he’s the one talking about it. I remember it. This is so good. I kind of like this as well though. I think I need to be at the park to like this. Too much dough. I feel like the red, coming back to this, the red food coloring feels like it’s flavoring a little bit. I’m gonna give this an eight, the Avengers thing an eight. I’m gonna give it a nine. I love it. I would have it on a Tuesday. This one right here, it tastes good, it’s themed well, it’s very creative, but the taste just doesn’t get me. I liked it, but didn’t love it, six. Six. Do you wanna hear a special announcement of something that we’re excited about that we’ve been working on? You want us to tell you what it is well in advance so that you can get ready, because you’re gonna be so shook when Rhett tells you what it is? Well, you’ve really built it up now. Whether you wanted to hear about it or not, you’re about to. We wrote a kids book! Yes, it’s called “Spaghetti Head & Chicken Fingers.” It is for the picky eater in your life and it explores the concept of you are what you eat, literally. We know we’ve got a lot of parents watching. Yes. Maybe you’re a parent or a really cool aunt or uncle, or a grandparent, or just like a really old friend to a kid. Right, okay, yeah. There’s lots of ways that this could happen. But you need to run that by somebody. Grandparents. But we are at your service with “Spaghetti Head & Chicken Fingers.” Yes, we are. And you can go ahead and pre-order it now. Even though it’s not coming out until next year, I urge you to pre-order it now, because you might forget, and now is your chance, and then when it comes, it’ll be a big surprise for the picky eater in your life. Go to MythicalBooks.com now. It’s very fun. And pre-order it. It’s very fun. Okay, next up we have mac and cheese cones. Yeah, we do. On Rhett’s side is Disney California Adventure’s bacon mac and cheese cone available at Cozy Cone Motel for $11.49. And on Link’s side is Universal’s brisket mac and cheese cone available at City Snack Shop for $15.99. Can we comment a little bit on the cone? It feels like- Yes, Rhett. It feels like Disney made a cone. Mm-hmm, and then it feels like Universal said, well, let’s also make a cone, but you know what, let’s just take a baguette and hollow it out. I think somebody pinched a baguette at the end. They pinched it real hard. Oh yeah, it is pinched. It’s very light. It’s done by hand. It looks like a wenis. Hey! No, look. I’ve got mine covered today. Let’s see your wenis and then let’s see the end. No! Show them your wenis. Come on. Which one’s the big one? This one. This one. Oh my god, it’s Rhett’s wenis. Oh my god. Oh my god. I love it. You’re right, Stevie. It’s an exact replica of Rhett’s wenis. It is. It’s an exact replica. Look at this, look at this. It should be mac and cheese in a wenis is what the name should be. Wow. Okay, well, maybe I’m gonna like it. It’s very light. How heavy is this sucker? It’s very heavy. I haven’t done that one yet, but- I’d say this thing is- Twice, three times a lady? Almost twice. Bacon though, bacon versus brisket. In a crescent roll, dude. I don’t know how to attack this thing. Mm-hmm. Great for walking around and looking sad at your kids that don’t behave. Now we walked to KG a little bit about the process of going and picking up all this stuff at the parks. Mm, that’s good. Because you’re like, how do they have such a pristine cone here? Well, KG was wearing rubber gloves as she went into the park, and when she was handed this, she removed the mac and cheese with a rubber glove and nicely placed it into an container, so that the cone would remain pristine, and then it was all reassembled and heated today. And let me tell you, right now- Good work. I would not know that this mac and cheese had been in a woman’s hand. Or multiple women’s hands. Yeah, right, yeah. I would not know that. Maybe people’s hands. It’s very good. It’s still crispy. By the way, if you want to see footage of that, if you’re a member of the Mythical Society, the “Behind The Mythicality” series that we do to companionize some of these episodes- Oh, that is so light. You get to go Disney World and Universal with her. See, it’s so much lighter. What’s the price difference on this? Dang. $11.49 versus $15.99. Yeah, this thing is still 16 bucks. It’s got some everything bagel seasoning on it. Brisket though instead of bacon. It tastes good. But I have a feeling that this mac and cheese stops short. Let me see how deep it goes. You don’t think it goes all the way down into the bottom of the wenis? Look, look, look. Look at that. Look at that. You’re just eating baguette at that point. You’re basically just eating wenis at the end of this. You’re gonna be severely wenised at the end of it. It’s just wenis at the tip? Yeah. Mm-hmm. Nothing but wenis down there. The bread is good though. The barbecue is good. I don’t like the bread compared to that. There’s a garlic, is that garlic bread or is that garlic in the mac and cheese? I don’t know, Rhett. They’re both really good. I wanna get this right. I would highly recommend either of these. But there’s so much more goodness in the ratio of bread to all that moist cheesy bacon-ness. Sorry. I’m gonna go straight- For saying moist. Mm! Mac and cheese just to get that. All right, I’m ready. This is cheesier. The brisket’s better. I like the concept of this cone better. Taste, they’re equal. Eight. Yep, I’m gonna give that an eight as well. Over here, I don’t taste an equalness in taste. You don’t? I don’t. ‘Cause I really don’t like that bread, and there’s not as much innards. I’m gonna give it a weak seven. Oh, you only went down to seven. I’m going down to a seven. Eight to seven. I like this better overall, but yeah, it’s close. Okay. Seven minus is really what I was saying, but I don’t know what that would do. A weak seven, yeah, we don’t do that around here. Okay, now it’s time for the corn dogs and I know it’s one of big boy’s favorite over there. On Rhett’s side is Disneyland’s hand-dipped corn dog available Stage Door Cafe for $11.29. And on Link’s side is Universal’s classic corn dog available at Mummy Eats for $12.49. I am no longer a religious man, but this really fills me with the spirit, every time I have a corn dog from Disneyland. Now as you know, if you’ve been here at Mythical for a long time, there was a time when we were small enough where we could take everybody to an amusement park together and we did that, and I forced everyone, even the vegans to have a corn dog. And then we made them just leave. No rides! Rhett just is bringing you here for the Corn Dog Castle. And ever since then, boy, I’ve just loved these every time I’ve had them. I’ve had them usually from the Corn Dog Castle, which is in California Adventure, but as far as I can tell by looking at these, having not tasted them, it’s the same recipe all throughout Disney. According to the internet, it’s a, you know, subjective taste for yourself situation. So you let us know if it’s the same. Now it’s a short stick, I will say that. This is a gratuitously long stick. I mean, you could put a whole other corn dog right down there. Like, what are they afraid of the corn dog? Like, double up. Afraid of touching it? Maybe it’s for injuries. Yeah, maybe they’re dipping pretty far. Mm. Is the magic back? It’s the same. It’s the Corn Dog Castle. Can you explain the spirit hitting you with this? Like, what about it… Well, I guess I’ll do it. Choking up. The breading is very thick. The breading is incredible. It’s very good. It’s crispy on the outside and it’s soft on the inside. And then the taste is exquisite. And the wiener is exactly what you want a wiener to be. It’s not trying to be too much. the wiener isn’t like, I’m a wiener and I’m the star of the show. You can get wieners everywhere, but getting a corn dog, it is about the breading, you know what I’m saying? ‘Cause that’s what you can’t get other places. And so some people like a little thin little coating, no, no, no, no. If you’ve taken a pilgrimage to the Corn Dog Castle, or the Stage Door Cafe, this is what you want. That’s the proportion that you want. In fact, the wiener is exactly the width of two of these, so you have the exact same cross section. Let me show you what I mean by that. So that and then that next to each other, or if you fold it on itself, it’s exactly the width of a wiener. My man is geeking out over corn dogs over here. Let’s eat the other one. You want me to give you a little dippy dip? Oh, I was gonna do it for you. It’s okay. Let a man dip his own corn dog. Sorry. Yeah. Well, first of all, the stick is so long it went all the way to the tip! What are y’all trying to do to us? I bit stick already. Look at that. Look at that. I’ve undressed it. And look at that, look how easily the wiener moves inside the breading. That’s not supposed to happen. Actually, I don’t know if that’s supposed to happen. I’ve noticed a couple of things. Tell me. Tell me all the things you’ve noticed. This wiener’s going hard. I mean, this wiener is- In a good way? It’s trying to be the star of the show, like you said. It’s a really good tasting hot dog, like it’s very smoky, it’s very- It’s a good corn dog. It’s got too much flavor. I know that’s weird to say, but I agree with Rhett, you don’t want it to steal the show, and it’s doing that. I haven’t gotten to the stick yet. It’s not about the stick, you know what I’m saying? The used the smallest amount of stick that they could. Pull the stick out, let’s see. Universal, this is a full tang situation. Yeah, you don’t want that. They’re tang-ed all the way through. Look at this. That’s all you need. That’s all you need. That’s all you needed. I mean, that is crazy, Universal. It doesn’t need to be so sharp. It doesn’t need to be round. Yeah, look at how sharp it is at the end. This doubles as a tongue compressor when you’re done. The breading is so much better. The breading is not as good over here. It’s good. I don’t even think you need a stick ever. Now that I’m holding it and realizing it. I think I know what’s about to happen. I’ma let you go first. 10. He’s giving that a 10. I knew that would happen. You can’t make a better corn dog, you really can’t. He’s got so much spirit, that’s it’s gushed over and it’s filled me up. 10. And look, I’m gonna start over on this side. It’s a double 10. It’s like a whole new corn dog. And this is not a bad corn dog, but they made some safety mistakes, and the dog is trying too much. It’s still solid though, eight. I’m gonna give it an even eight. Look at us. Agreeing. Mm-hmm. Getting greasy. And finally, we have donuts. On Rhett’s side is Disneyland’s Daisy’s Goody Goody Donuts, available at Cafe Daisy for $6.79, and on Link’s side is Universal’s The Big Pink available at Lard Lad Donuts for $10.99. So this is a Simpsons’ canon item. Yes. Okay, now you may have already said this in the comments, depending on the kind of person you are, but we acknowledge that Disney has a whole lot more options than Universal. Like, what we had to do in order to a one-to-one comparison is we had to find the things that they had in common, and that’s how we came up with these match ups. So it’s not really fair. If you go to Disney, you’re gonna have a lot more options for things to eat. But in this particular category, Universal is going something very grand. It’s unbelievably huge. They went all the way. It looks beautiful. I mean, these are just little donuts. They do taste good though. Cinnamon sugar. Oh, a little apple in there. Little apple. That’s nice. It’s a very pleasant surprise. There’s no bits of apple, it’s just apple flavoring, which I prefer. I don’t want any actual apple. Yeah, keep the doctor away. I mean, don’t keep the doctor away. That right there, the taste is what’s sending me. Sending you where? To a higher score. Good god, dude. Now if we went to the park, just the two of us, like we’ve never done, and we got this, how would we go about eating it? I mean, they don’t give you a knife with it, as far as I know. Do they give you a knife with it? No, they don’t. So you must eat it by hand, at the same time as your friend. Okay. And only one person holds it. These are the rules. Okay. Have not you read the scroll? Okay, I’m gonna hold it right in the middle, so you gotta come just as far as I do. Eye contact? No eye contact. Too late. Look at what we’ve done. The icing is nice. Mm-hmm. That’s a good donut. Can I take another equally new bite? Can you turn 90 degrees? Typically, when you take something that’s good at a size and then you make it so much bigger- Can you move it up? What, like this? Yeah. Can you move your finger? Can you not look at me? You get into trouble, when you take a thing that works at a certain size and you make it a lot bigger. Ratios get off. It gets weird. But I feel like they’ve nailed the flavor. Mm-hmm. And the consistency. They’ve circumvented all pitfalls here. It’s beautiful, it’s based on a beloved franchise that’s eternally been present, even though I’ve never watched a full episode. Okay, don’t tell anybody. That’s on me, I understand. You don’t even have to say it. I mean, no one asked you. Nobody said, “Have you ever watched ‘The Simpsons?’” But you just volunteered it. You didn’t have to. Just let people find some things out about you. Like that, that you’ve never watched a full episode of “The Simpsons.” Maybe I was lying. And he was lying about that. These surprised us. I think that brings it up from what I would call a… I don’t know, I was almost in four territory. Maybe I’ll go to five. I think it goes from a five to a six, ’cause it does taste so good, six. Going back to it, the apple flavoring wasn’t my favorite. Huh. Four. I am gonna say four. Wow. You heard it here. Okay. Universal has been more expensive across the board. I am going to give them their roses, 10. What? You’re gonna say that’s a 10? Yeah. I mean, it’s not the best donut I’ve ever tasted, but when you factor in the size and the theme and the looks and nothing’s compromised. Yeah, I’m gonna give it a 10. I’m trying to throw them a bone too. Well, you certainly did with a 10. I feel like it’s a little bit of a gimmick. It has a nice flavor, I do like the icing, but I’m not going all the way to 10. I’m gonna give it a solid eight. All right, whatever. Which brings our final scores to Universal 68, Disneyland 73! Closer than I thought it was. Hey, that was a nice final round with that big donut. But congratulations, Disneyland, we thought you would win. You officially have the happiest place on Earth, and you’ve won a chance to sponsor a future episode of “Good Mythical Morning.” You know you want it. Come on, Disney. You know you want it. Thanks for commenting and sharing this video. You know what time it is. Hi, I’m Sophia. And I’m Claudia. And we’re at Disney celebrating our first sister trip. [Sophia And Claudia] And it’s time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. Sister trip! Sister trip! Spoiler alert, they’re not really sisters. How do you know? They didn’t look anything alike. All right, get outta here, you- What is it? What is it? Is this is- Sonny Angel. Get it outta here! It’s a Sonny Angel! I thought you were a Labubu! Get outta here! But either way, get outta here! Someone’s happy. 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