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DIS Unlimited's Universal Show - A Discussion About All Things Universal Orlando

Mel's Drive-In At Universal Is Better Than The Movie It's Based On

DIS Unlimited's Universal Show - A Discussion About All Things Universal Orlando

DIS Unlimited

Orlando, Society & Culture, Universal Orlando, Islands Of Adventure, Places & Travel, Universal, Harry Potter, Universal Studios Florida, Vacation, Florida

4.6629 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Mel's Drive-In recently reopened after an extensive refurbishment to clean up the interior of the restaurant and it looks better than ever but can the revamped menu match up to the look of the restaurant? Surprisingly, it's actually pretty okay for burgers and chicken.


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0:00.0

Break out your blue suede shoes. We're going to the sock hop tonight. Just kidding. We're actually going to Mel's drive-in.

0:06.2

It has recently reopened after getting a little bit of a revamp. We're going to see if it's any good.

0:11.7

Before we head out to review Mel's, I want to let you know. us, book a vacation through Dreams Unlimited Travel. It costs you no extra money and you get the support of one of the great Dreams Unlimited

0:23.3

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0:28.4

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0:32.3

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0:43.4

Now, it looks super busy, so I was smart and I went ahead and prepared a mobile order,

0:44.9

so I already know what we're getting.

0:47.3

You're just going to have to wait to see what we ordered.

0:50.5

Hopefully we'll be able to check out a little bit of the inside of the restaurant, too,

0:54.0

since that got a little bit of, you know know a little bit of tender loving care but overall

0:54.9

i'm excited it's been years since i've eaten at mel's it can't be bad right it can't right right and

1:00.6

what do we have here well we've got quite a bit of food here we've got ourselves a chicken sandwich

1:05.3

a burger and a vegan hot dog as well as a slice of pie and a milkshake we're doing a whole

1:10.6

the whole spread here. In fact,

1:12.4

I want to try that milkshake first, but yeah, look at it. Look at it all. Going in on that first?

1:18.4

Yeah, I think I'm going to do the milkshake first. So this was a strawberry milkshake. I feel like

1:24.8

that's the only description. If you want to get it by itself, it's $6.99, or it is a part of the combos that you can get here at Mel's. But what I like about it

1:33.2

is it's got the little crumbles on top that are from like the, what did you call it?

1:37.5

In Pennsylvania, for some reason, we called them strawberry scooter crunches and chocolate

1:41.3

scooter crunch. I don't know. We're weird.

1:52.2

So the one thing I will notice that I noticed is that I always complain about Universal's milkshakes because it's just soft serve put in a cup and handed to you.

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