OPENING DJI Osmo Pocket 3 camera for the first time

Unboxing the DJI Pocket 3 camera:

In-depth unboxing and first impressions of the highly anticipated DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo. Discover the sleek design, innovative features, and essential accessories like the DJI Mic 2, wide-angle lens, and protective case. Get a detailed look at the camera's intuitive UI, versatile settings, and how it performs straight out of the box, offering valuable insights for vloggers and content creators looking for a compact, powerful camera.

OPENING DJI Osmo Pocket 3 camera for the first time



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Hello, welcome back to the channel. I'm Neil, and this is the DJI Osmo Pocket 3. I don't want to drop it; I've only just unboxed it. I cannot wait to open up this package with this delicious new camera because I was already a huge fan of the Osmo Pocket 1 and the DJI Action 2. I love wearing that, and I love carrying this around. I'm hoping to wear this. The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo, this is how it arrives pristine from the shop. With my trusty destick knife, this is what comes inside the box. Whoa! So, we got the package in there. There's a box and some documentation.

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This is the pouch that it comes in. Amazing. This is so stylish compared to how I store my Osmo Pocket 1. Oh my goodness, look at this! This is absolutely gorgeous. So, obviously, we have the camera, the main event, and oh boy. So, I'm used to the Pocket 1, and this is so much more chunky than the Pocket 1. That's really substantial. Then we have the power pack that clips down here like that. You take it off by pushing that button. Next, we have the mini tripod that opens up all the way. It's quite flat. This is a smaller pack. Well, it's just the ability to charge. So, you just push it in to connect. You don't need to press the button, but you do need to press the button to release it. It just pulls off like that.

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Now, this, I'm almost as excited about, this microphone, the DJI Mic 2. I'll give you a tour: record button, charging and data port, USB-C socket, translucent, it's clear, transparent front. I think I'm going to put a bit of tape over this. I mean, I love having the logo, but it's a bit distracting in videos. There's a link button if you need it and a power on and off. If I can hold that down, and it instantly comes on, and it looks like that blue light is for pairing. And press record. It buzzes when you hit record. I'll stop recording, and you power down by just holding down the power button. I love this retro, old-style microphone grill on the top. In this pouch, I'm hoping there is a... wow, that's huge, the wind muff for the DJI Mic 2, and it just plugs into this socket here. Don't know if I've done that correctly. Oh, it clips on, so it sits at the top. It clips, it hugs the microphone. That is great. Look, I'm actually using the DJI Mic 1 that you're hearing now. That's how they compare with their fluffy tops, and I've taped off the logo. That's the difference in size and layout. And if I take off the muffs, so I'll just give you a size comparison. They look actually, the Mic 1 looks bigger in terms of height. Mic 2, probably a little bit fatter. You can see the buttons are so much easier to find and press on the Mic 2 as opposed to the Mic 1. And they flipped the record button for the power button. We have the record button next to the USB-C port and the power button on the Mic 1. Better put this back on. I don't know if you heard any of that, so we're back on mic. 

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We also get a lanyard, which I'm checking, I think attaches here to the Pocket 3. I always end up putting the lanyard on when I first get it, and then I take it off because it just rattles and gets in shot. We always have a very nice USB-C to USB-C cable. So, the first tiny envelope contains this: it's a wide-angled lens, and this is pretty much why I've bought this camera. I need something that's wide angle. My Sony ZV-1, or ZV-1 that I'm filming this on right now, I've had to bolt a wide-angled lens onto it because it just wasn't wide enough. But with this, I think it's wide enough already, but with this, it just sits on there magnetically, and that'll give us a wider, a wider shot. So, I'm really excited about that. There's a little envelope side pouch here in the back. I love this bag, really nice, feels really premium. So, it's kind of fabric on the inside and rubberized textured fabric on the outside. Well, it's not fabric, it's kind of rubberized.

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This is the magnet for the DJI Mic 2. It clips on like that. It's got a huge logo on, which the DJI Mic 1 doesn't seem to have, I don't think so. You can clip on your mic to any piece of clothing, and the magnet holds onto it on the back there. So, you could have it this way around or the other way around. You can have it tucked under your clothing and just have this enormous logo showing, but that is lovely. I love the microphone, I love the camera. So, I've hardly shown you the camera, and we are going to go for opening it for the first time. Should we turn it on? Should we see what happens? Let's turn it on. I'm going to take off the protective film here. Here we go. And you can use it five times before you need to pair it with the DJI app. There's gimbal protection. Exit. There we go. So, oh my goodness, so we're in portrait mode. I think now if I turn it on, and it gives you some helpful, handy tips: swipe from right edge to change image and audio parameters, tap to switch between shooting modes, tap to select smart gimbal mode, tap to rotate gimbal. I won't remember any of these. Whoa, and now it's rotating the gimbal. Tap to switch between gimbal tilt control and zoom control. Slide to control zoom or gimbal tilt. There's the battery level in the corner.

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There, that's it. Oh my goodness, look at that! That's epic. So, you can rotate the gimbal with this little icon in the corner there. That is incredible. And what's bizarre is when I flip it, it goes into horizon, so it doesn't point at the table, it points up. But when I flip it over, it knows to just look at me. That's incredible. So, you can use the joystick, the 5D joystick, to move the camera around without having to move the body of the camera. If I hit it twice, it recenters the gimbal. If I hit it three times, this is like my Pocket 1, it flips around to selfie mode, and I hit it three times to turn it back. Oh, that is so gorgeous. And we don't have an SD card in it, so if I hit the record button, yeah, I get the error message, "no SD card." This isn't the video for me to show you all of these things. I'm just literally showing you what it looks like out of the box. If I swipe up from the bottom, you can change the resolution. I think I'm going to need to flip that to 25 frames per second because I'm in the UK. Goes up to 4K. 

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Lovely. If I swipe down, we have the settings. I'll just show you how we, what we've got here. We can create custom modes. So, we have some screen rotate and capture settings. Brightness of the monitor screen here. There's a settings icon down here. So, this is where we can sort out the wireless microphone. You can choose whether the gimbal starts forward or backwards or just on the last setting. You can choose whether to rotate the screen to power off, and I might change that because sometimes I like, when I'm walking around filming myself, once I've set up the shots, I'd prefer a blank screen so I'm not showing it to everyone I'm walking past. You can choose the slider control, whether it's gimbal or zoom. You can choose whether it's, there's a selfie flip. You can change the shooting orientation here. So, what I quite like the look of is just putting that onto landscape. I wonder, let's try it. So, I might use this a lot because I don't always need the screen to be flipped sideways to film. It's obviously a lot less screen estate here, but I've not seen any videos online reviewing this or doing an unboxing where I've actually seen this. So, you can actually film in landscape but without needing the screen to be flipped out, and that might be easier to hold and also less distracting or disruptive if you want to be a bit more discreet. You can film in landscape without having the monitor screen flip to the side. If you do flip it to the side, let's see what happens. It fills, fills the screen. So, I don't think I ever want to shoot in portrait mode. Your needs and mileage will differ, obviously.

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Let's go back into the menu. See, the menu is in portrait orientation now, which is really nice. So, you can choose here for auto rotation: landscape or portrait or auto. I'm really going to keep that on landscape, I think. Really excited about that. Then we have the rotational speed. Should I flip it sideways so we can read this better? Wow, look, the menu stays true even when I flip the screen. So, this is for the speed of the gimbal moves. So, there's a default, but you can have the gimbal move slow for smoother videos or fast if you want to move the gimbal quickly. I'm going to keep it on default for now. To turn it off, I'll flip the screen. Gives me count. If I hit continue, it won't shut down, but if I try it again and just let the countdown run down, it is now switched off. Absolutely incredible. 

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I'm now going to try and pair the microphone with the Osmo Pocket 3. So, let's turn it on. And this is straight out of the box. I'm going to see what happens if I just literally turn the microphone on. So, I hold down the power button. There's a blue light there. Let's see if it pairs. Oh my goodness, look at that! DJI Mic 2, transmitter one connected and used for audio input. 60% battery remaining. So, there's 60% battery in the microphone. It just paired instantly. That's incredible. And if I speak into it, I'm going to really be loud, you can see it's clipping. You can see it's touching the red along the top of the screen. So, you know that the microphone is working. If you tap it, you can see the, the levels on the screen there. That is incredible, and that just works literally straight out of the box.

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There is one more box that we haven't opened. I thought it was missing, and it's in here. Look at this! Oh, gorgeous! So, this is the protective case, so I could put the wide-angled lens in there. I think there might be a magnet there to hold it in place. So, I could just lay it down like this. Absolutely gorgeous. And there's space there if you had attachments. You could keep the attachments on, and I'll definitely be making another video with some of the accessories that I'm buying for the Pocket 3. And just pull it out really easily. Let's see if I can get it closed. It's like packing a, a luggage case for holiday. That is incredible. It's all stored in the pouch. Thank you for coming along with me on this journey, living vicariously through my unboxing of the DJI Osmo Pocket 3. What do you think? I've got a link down in the description of me setting up this Pocket 3 with the DJI Mimo or Mimo app. I think you do need an account with DJI to set that up, but that video is down in the description. I'll also put a link to all of the accessories and a video of the accessories that I'm using with my DJI Pocket 3. If you've reached this point of the video, thank you for hitting the thumbs up or the subscribe button. It really helps me to keep this channel going. So, thank you, and right here is what YouTube knows you want to be watching next.

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How to ACTIVATE DJI Pocket 3 camera (pair WITH DJI MIMO APP)

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How to ACTIVATE DJI Pocket 3 camera (pair WITH DJI MIMO APP)

How do you ACTIVATE a DJI Osmo Pocket 3 camera and pair it with the DJI Mimo App? When you buy a Pocket 3, you have to activate the camera with DJI using their app, which also needs a DJI account. I setup my DJI Pocket 3 in real time so you can see the different steps to get my vlogging camera going! I walk you through the entire pairing process, from initial activation and Bluetooth connection to essential firmware updates and troubleshooting common issues. Learn how to successfully set up your Pocket 3, activate your device, and get it ready for recording, even covering the unexpected microphone disconnection hiccup. 

How to ACTIVATE DJI Pocket 3 camera (pair WITH DJI MIMO APP)



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So, I don't know how this is going to go, but I'm going to try and set up and pair the Osmo Pocket 3 with the DJI Mimo app. Is it Mimo app? Tell me in the comments how you pronounce it. I'm going to turn on the camera, the Pocket 3, by pressing down the red button. I'm going to hit English. I've got the microphone connected. Now, we need to do this to activate the camera, and a lot of people have returned it to Amazon, I think because of this. I'm going to hit the camera button, and it says, "Mimo would like to access mobile device's storage." I'll hit "Okay." Right, it says, "Enable Bluetooth on your mobile device." I'll turn Bluetooth on. I'll see if I'll not try and help it. I've just turned on Bluetooth. It says, "Searching." Oh, it's done it! Oh my goodness, it did find it! Look at that. It has just found it right there. So, I'm going to hit "Connect." I tapped the screen by accident. Oh, right. So, oh, I've read about this. So, it can't connect if it's connected to the... to the microphone. So, I've got to turn the microphone off. This is ridiculous. Hopefully, it'll have changed by the time you get to your Pocket 3. I'm going to turn off the microphone. So, it says, "Transmitter One disconnected." So, I'll put that down there for now. So, I've disconnected the mic. I'm going to try again. Hit "Okay," and then hit "Connect." I now need to check the verification code. That's correct. So, I'll hit "Accept." And then we've got some terms and conditions. Oh my goodness, look at that. Let's read all of those, and then hit "Agree." Oh, I've signed everything away, haven't I? And it says, "Activate Osmo Pocket 3 to receive warranty." And hit "Next." Oh, it's making me turn on things that might not be good for me. "Activate after login." I now need to re-log in to my DJI account. So, I was logged in. Hang on, I'll do this off camera so I won't show you my email address, but I've logged into my DJI account. I'm going to hit "Activate," and it's now activating. Is the... is the camera still on? Camera is still on. There we go. Now it's offering me all kinds of add-ons. I'll skip that. "Activation successful. You can now enjoy full service and support." So, I'll hit "Get started." "Enjoy live view in DJI Mimo. I can send files to my mobile device. Some tutorials." I've not looked at those. That sounds good. And I can update the firmware. So, I hit "Done," and now it is downloading firmware. So, you're watching this in the future. Obviously, your firmware will be different. This is just updating this camera to have the very latest software that controls it. I can speed up this rising percentage. So, we've hit 50%, and I can now hit "Install." Oh, what? Hang on. "Connect." I don't know why it disconnected. So, this is the Pocket 3. I'll hit "Connect," and then I'll hit "Connect." Now I can hit the "Install" button. Oh, tell you what, if this... if you're new to this, it's really hard. This is really hard. I've done this a couple of times with DJI cameras, and it has not worked. So, I... I feel a bit more confident with this one. It seems a lot easier now, but this is really fiddly if you're doing this for the first time. I hope this helps. It's frustrating for a number of reasons. If you've just bought the camera, you just want it to work. You just want to hit record and start recording. You don't want to be doing all of this registering and updating. Completely get it. And the other bad thing is obviously handing over all your data to a company. Any company, it doesn't feel good. And now I've got a blue tick. "Update success." Oh, it's restarting the... the camera. So, it's restarted the camera. I've enabled the checkbox. It tells you what the latest firmware does. Again, you're watching this in the future, so it'll be different. Oh, look, it's doing all kinds. It says, "Updated" on the camera. Very exciting. And I think that's all done. So, if I hit "Done," it's now activated. So, the camera will just work now, and I won't need to open the app in future. It... this camera will just work, but I can update this camera using this app. If I hit the camera icon, it's telling me there's no SD card in the camera. That's for another video. I can now use the app to control the camera. That's another benefit of using... using the app, and there's some tips on screen now. I don't know if you can see that, but now I'll be able to control... control it. How do I do it? Oh, oh my goodness, look at that! So, now I can use the... hey, there I am! I can use the controls on the app to control the camera, which is very exciting. And there's even a zoom on this side. I can't try and do this while I'm holding both items. I can zoom in and zoom out, and that's a live feed from this camera over here. So, I hope this helps you to connect your Pocket 3 to your DJI Mimo app or Mimo app. If you've reached this point of the video, thank you for hitting the thumbs up or the subscribe button. It really helps me to keep this channel going. Do appreciate it. Thank you. And right here is what YouTube knows you want to be watching next. If you've reached this point in the video, thanks for... for sticking with it. I hope this helps you to get your camera going. In the description, I've got links to all my other Pocket 3 videos, and up here is a playlist for those DJI Pocket 3 videos. Thank you for hitting the thumbs up or the subscribe button. It really helps me to keep this channel going. Do appreciate it. And good luck with your Pocket 3.

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How to stop SAMSUNG CALL RECORDING on your phone

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How to stop SAMSUNG CALL RECORDING on your phone

Does your Samsung phone start recording calls every time your ear hits the new Call Record button? 

It's annoying and embarrassing when your call is interrupted by the loud announcement: "This call is being recorded". I tried looking for a way to remove, delete or disable the Call Record button.

While there's no way to turn it off in the settings, there is a simple and free fix. I'll show you how to swap out Samsung's default phone app for the clean and simple Phone by Google app. This quick guide will walk you through the steps to remove that pesky record button and get back to making normal calls, if you're looking to stop your Samsung phone recording them.

How to stop SAMSUNG CALL RECORDING on your phone



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If you have a Samsung Android phone like this Samsung Galaxy S21, you've probably experienced this. You're on a crucial call, maybe with a client or a loved one or both, and suddenly you hear it, a loud, unmistakable voice saying, "This call is being recorded." 

Not only is this embarrassing, like you're some kind of spy secretly recording the conversation, not so secretly, but also now you've got to wait while you fumble around trying to get the call recording stopped. This call is no longer being recorded. And we get this every time our ear touches the screen during the call. 

This is happening because Samsung added a new record button right in the middle of the active call screen. Here's the bad news, but I'll give you a way to fix this. 

There is no way at the moment to disable the call recording in the settings. You can't turn it off. It's annoying and really frustrating. Plus, it makes us look super sketchy. 

But don't worry, there is a simple fix that's completely free. Here's how to swap out Samsung's rubbish phone dialer for another app called Phone by Google. It's the same app that makes phone calls on Google Pixel phones. And it's a gamechanger. It removes the call record button and makes our calls feel normal again. Let's do this step by step. You can follow along with me. 

Step one, install the Google phone app. 

The first thing we do is go to the Google Play Store. Open the search bar at the bottom and type in phone by Google or Google phone. It should be the first result after the ad at the top. It's a free app, so go ahead and hit install. 

Step two, set it as your default dialer. 

Once it's installed, if you hit open, you might see this lovely option, set phone as default. Phone can only make and receive calls if it's your default phone app. We can click here on set as default. 

Otherwise, you can go into your phone's settings, which is the cog icon. 

Scroll down to apps. 

At the top is this option, choose default apps. If it isn't here, try clicking these three dots on the top right hand corner for default apps. 

From this list, you'll see phone app. Tap on that. This is a list of my installed dialers. There are only two of them. There's the one by Samsung causing all the problems. We want to choose phone by Google, which is helpfully labeled here phone. 

Don't forget this phone app is completely different to the previous Samsung phone app. So the icon you press to make a call on the home screen doesn't work now. Don't forget to replace it with the new Google phone app icon which will be in your list of apps and you can put that on your home screen now. Now we can open up the new dialer. 

You'll notice it looks a little different but it's much cleaner. I thought recent calls had gone, but that's still an option along the bottom. And when I call now, as soon as the call connects, you'll see the difference. 

Congratulations, there's no record button in the middle of the screen. Problem solved. The Google phone app also has other nice features like caller ID and spam protection, which automatically blocks unwanted calls. I am calling this Dad Delivers success. 

If this video is helping, thank you for saying hi in the comments below or hitting the thumbs up button. It really helps me get to 100,000 subscribers. I currently have around 9,000. So, thanks for your help. And right here is what YouTube knows you want to be watching next.

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How to INSTAGRAM REPOST other peoples posts onto your feed!

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How to INSTAGRAM REPOST other peoples posts onto your feed!

How to INSTAGRAM REPOST other peoples posts onto your feed!

INSTAGRAM REPOST explained!

Instagram has a new repost button! Say goodbye to screenshots and third-party apps, because this built-in feature lets you share posts and Reels directly to your feed. I’m walking you through exactly how to use it, step-by-step. Discover where to find the repost button, how to add your own comment, and how to manage a dedicated tab of all your reposted content. Plus, I'll show you the crucial privacy settings to control who can repost your content. This game-changing feature is a must-know for every creator and user on Instagram.

How to INSTAGRAM REPOST other peoples posts onto your feed!



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Hello. If you go into Instagram, you've probably noticed this feature with the two swirly arrows. This is the official Instagram repost button. No more screenshots, no third party apps, no sharing to your story and have it disappear in a day because Instagram has launched this built-in way to repost pictures and videos, photos or reals directly to your feed. This feature is a gamechanger for creators like us and I'm going to walk you through exactly how to use it step by step so you can start sharing your favorite reels and posts. Let me know in the comments if this is a good feature for you and let's take the first step which is to find the public reel or post that you want to share. This feature only works on public accounts. Underneath the post that you like, you will see the familiar icons. The like button, comments button, and share button, which has a paper airplane icon. Next to the share button, there's this new button. It looks like a square with two arrows circling around it. It's a bit like the retweet button on Twitter. That's the Instagram repost button. So, let's go ahead and tap on it. Once we've hit the repost button, this small thoughts bubble pops up over the post. This is where we can add a short note or comment, which is similar to quoting a tweet. We can type up to 60 characters sharing our thoughts on the thing we're reposting. This is also where we can delete the repost if we change our mind. We could just click on the delete here. When we're happy with the notes, just hit save. If we want to delete this repost from our feed, all we do is click on the repost arrows where that check mark is. And if I press on that, the tick is removed. So the repost and my comment is deleted from my feed. If you want to repost an Instagram video reel, it's very similar. Just look for the swirly arrows at the bottom of the icons on the right hand side here. Bear in mind, you can only repost things by the original creator. You can't repost a repost. But what if you want to find all the things you've reposted? Just go to your profile page. You'll notice there's a new tab on your profile alongside your regular posts, reels, and tagged photos. Tap on this tab and you'll see a dedicated collection of every single post you've reposted. From here, you can also manage your reposts, including the option to remove them if you change your mind. Just go in and untick the icon there. This is good. To bulk delete reposts, go back into your profile. Click on the three lines in the top right hand corner. Scroll down to your activity. On this list, click on reposts. And here you can long press on all the reposts you want to delete. Congratulations, your post is successfully reposted to your feed, which means your followers will now see it with the original creator's username clearly credited. The original creator is also notified when you repost their content, which is a great way to show them some love. This is a crucial step for creators and anyone concerned about their content. What about controlling who can repost your photos and videos? I'll show you. Just go into your profile, tap on the three lines in the top right hand corner to open the menu, which is settings and activity. Scroll down to the sharing and reuse option. And here we can control how we allow people to share our content. These are all the ways viewers can share your Instagram stuff. And these buttons toggle on and off just by pressing them. So, it's really easy to stop reposts on posts and reels or enable that sharing again all by just pressing on this button. It's a great way to maintain control over who can reuse and create with your content. What do you think? Say hi in the comments below. And as you've reached this point in the video, thank you for hitting the thumbs up or the subscribe button. It really helps me to keep this channel going. And you'll get to see all my videos about how I'm earning tens of thousands of dollars just by making content. And right here is what YouTube knows you want to be watching next.


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Awesome Things to do in London with Older Kids

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Awesome Things to do in London with Older Kids

Our day trip to London with my teenage son: where we see the Roman Wall hidden in a car park, ride the buses and tubes, visit a couple of John Lewis stores and cafes, IKEA Oxford Street and as many CEX shops as possible! Plus a terrifying Santander bike ride across Tower Bridge.

Perfect family outing for older kids and teens!

Awesome Things to do in London with Older Kids



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We've just ordered. Uhoh. We need to find an emergency exit. Seriously, don't. Let's get out. Just get out. Hello. Welcome back to the channel where I try new things to make your family happy. And the thing I'm trying today is trying to find things to do with a teenager here in London. Uh we haven't got long. Uh, so we're going to see how many random things we can do in one day here in the capital. It's tricky cuz we come up quite often. So, it's it's we're trying to find new things. So, I think we're going to try some new things today and you can come along with us and we're going to score each one as we go. Uh, I just need to not get killed by some traffic. So, the first place we've stopped at is this. It's the London Centre. And uh score out of 10 for a teenage visit, what would you give it? Four. A four. Oh, that's that's okay. That's higher than I thought. It's pretty cool cuz we actually came here for the toilets. So, I've got I've got a toilet map. I've got a link to a map of toilets around London. It's absolutely crucial for me. It used to be crucial for the kids, but actually it's crucial for me now cuz I'm constantly of my of a certain age. Anyway, this is the London Centre. It's is on the side of Guildhall. And Guildhall is like the the council offices for the Corporation of London, the city of London. It's like their headquarters. In the in the basement or just to the side here, they've got the London Centre and they've got this model of London. I think there's some kind of architectural uh exhibition and you can see all of London at this scale. I don't know what scale it is. It's probably on the sign that I'm showing as a closeup. Which one are you talking about? The wood. The small one. Yeah. 1 to 2,000. Oh, thank you. 1 to 2,000. That was fun to see London as a wei London. A tiny we London. Um, but also I managed to find a little wee model of the tower block that I lived in in King's Cross. So, that was cool. And our other house that was about two streets away fallen off the map, but it was good to see Lulworth, the tower block there. And then opposite that, there's another model that's slightly bigger. Do you know what what scale the other one was? 1 to 500. That's a bit more colourful. And I think they put buildings on there that are proposed just to see how they would look or to show people the architectural impact they would have. And even I'm getting bored even talking about this, but I I I liked it. It was good to see a wee London. More importantly, their toilets were absolutely beautiful. And it's really difficult to find toilets that aren't in three points. Starbucks or McDonald's. What was the What was three points for? Three points were the toilet and then the one point was the model. Was the model? Oh, good. So, the the model scored a point. A four out of 10 from this teenager. So, the next place we're going to is is a bit weird. I've seen it on loads of YouTube videos. Um, you really want to see this, don't you? Where we're going now. Show it in a video for sure. Okay. So, it's part of the original London Roman Wall, but it's in the basement of a car park. So, we got to find the car park. This is the London Wall car park. Apparently, it's around here somewhere, but I don't know where. I'm a wall. I'm in Roman times where Oh, you can see a bit of a wall over there. Okay. There is a street called London Wall and I think it's here. So, uh the car Oh, this looks good. Ooh, Ch. That looks a bit car parky, doesn't it? What do you reckon? Just walking some random alleyways now. Oh, yeah. There we go. Onto car park. Fantastic. This is Oh, this is like here. So, in Roman times, this would be where they park their chariots. Oh, look at this.

We should Google where in the car park it, shouldn't we? It might even be. It could be. I don't remember being I think it's definitely this car park. We can see the Roman wall just just ahead of us now. There we go. Oh, it's got a door. Don't even go in. Oh, you can. You can go in. No, it's locked. Of course, you can't go in. Look, it's a nice door. So, that's it. We've come all this way. Did you outside my heart? And that's it. I show from all angles. It's actually in car park space number 52 if you're looking for it. Purple 52. Can't park in number 52. There's some more here. We can actually touch it. I'm not sure I want to touch a Roman wall. Yeah, you just did. There we go. We've done it. So that's it from Roman time. Jump. Some van is parked next to the Roman wall. Space number 54. So instead of knocking it down, they uh gave it a parking space. Could they build like over it? Do you think they designed the whole parking lot around this wall? Yeah, probably. They'd have to. Well, the street is called London Wall. It shows how much London has risen over the years. That was cuz that's Yeah, that was ground level before. Where's the exit? Uh so in Roman times, this is where they go to the toilet. Oh, it does smell like Roman buildings, doesn't it? Old churches. This doesn't look like an exit. This is backrooms. Oh, that's a nice That's more like So, this is the nice way to get to it. We went completely the wrong exit. It's still got arrows from CO times. They still those arrows are still on the floor, aren't they? I want to make a video about that co signage that's still up 5 years later. But this this is the proper entrance with toilet sign where no toilets working. There you go. Wow. I mean, you wouldn't guess this. There's no There's no sign there, is there? There's toilet. There's a toilet sign. But this is So, this is the entrance. There's like no sign that it's even a car park, let alone uh bit of Roman wall down there. So, a score out of 10. A teenage score out of 10 for that. Seven. Solid seven. That was cool. So, that's better than the model. Yeah. You like the wall? Okay. Would you like to see a bit more wall? I found it. Oh, we're going to go to um Oxford Street now. And to do that, we're going to go over there. There's an Elizabeth line stop, so it's going to be really fast.

Yeah.

[Music]

It's July, by the way, but it's our only super bad day of weather, which is great cuz it's nice, little bit stormy, little bit of rain, not too much. Uh, but it makes it much easier to be pounding the pavements. Uh, I think we're going to go over this way now to my teenager's favorite chain store over here. I think this is one of the original CEXs, one of the original computer exchanges in in London and the nation. Uh, we love this little one. For some reason, it has just stayed here, which we love. We love just gorping at the secondhand electronics and games and uh, DVDs. We always we always stop at as many CEXs as possible. I've got a funny feeling we might be seeing one or two more today. Uh but this is the one in Well, I was going to say Soho. It's kind of Nohoo, north of Soho. So, how how much out of 10 would you give that one? CEX. Yeah. Feels good. Five. Five. Yeah. We're getting a bit of a league table here, aren't we? So 5 for the CEX.

Shut it down. Yeah, they they've sold it to who? Uh hotel. What? So people stay? Yeah. We're now in Tottenham Court Road going to the other uh CEX which is just down here. [Music]

[Music] old electronics. [Music] So, what what score out of 10 for this branch of CEX? Seven. Seven. So, this is better than the other one. Okay. Yeah. Let's eat, I'm hungry. Okay. Now we're going to get a bus, a number 73 bus down here down Tottenham Court Road. Turn right onto Oxford Street for a new place that's opened very recently. Very excited about this one.

[Music] So where are we going now? IKEA. and it's 1:30, so this is going to be absolutely the busiest time of day as well. So, we came here only a few months ago before it was built and it was just a pop-up shop and it was like a bit of a PR stunt where they just had a few things and now it's opened properly.

[Music] Yes, the cafe is down here underground one floor down and I don't know what the deal is for ordering. I think we're already in the wrong place.

What do you want? Yeah. Please leave the building immediately.

Just about to order. I'm not buying. And there's a there's a message saying, "Please leave the building immediately." I was just about I was just about We just ordered. Uh-oh. I was just about to go. This is emergency, right? So we're at the last time we can go. And now look, just before we head, we need to find an emergency exit. Seriously. Okay. Yeah, you can go. Just get out. [Music] Technically, we can just go. We could just run through. [Music] Seriously, don't run. Just get out.

Just get out. like

I wanted those meatballs. Oh, thank you. Well done for not tapping the car. That was close.

[Music] We did. Let's just go.

So, that was eventful. Okay, so we're now evacuated from the IKEA store. I think they just burnt some meatballs or something, didn't they? All the um the canteen stuff. I got a feeling that they might have been responsible for that. Maybe someone the alarm or something. Yeah, it could be someone pushing the alarm. You don't know though. You can't you got to be safe. Do you know what? Yeah, it's true. That's the first time I've been in a store evacuation. Wasn't it interesting? I stood there for 30 seconds before. Yeah, I You'd have gone quicker, wouldn't you? I think I would have just gone and we were the only ones to use that emergency exit as well. People just Yeah. Yeah. Like waiting to go up the escalator. I know. That was our lunch again. Right. So the second time this is actually the second time we tried to get meatballs in Oxford Street. But what is good though is they might wipe all those orders off and then we could go back in again when they've declared it safe. When are they going to say that? I don't know. Do you think it's safe being here? Should we like get out of the way? Oh man. Just as I was about to like tap it, it went Ooooh! Did you think that you tripped off the alarm with the 24 meatballs we ordered. We were here like literally 10 minutes before 4:00 on a Sunday and they said, "No, you we're not doing it. You You got to go." We're like, "Oh." We were this close to the meatballs and now we're just about to tap the credit card. That IKEA's cursed So, should we should we give it a provisional score? What score would we give the IKEA store Oxford Street? If I got it, that would have been a nine, right? It would have been a nine, but there's minus one. Minus one. Making us use the emergency exit. I liked that we had a bit of jeopardy, a bit of excitement, bit of emergency meatballs. I'm going to... Yeah, I wanted my meatballs. I'd give it three for the evacuation experience. Yeah, I've never had to do that. Yeah, that was cool. I need you. I hope I didn't. So, next we're going here. John Lewis everywhere. He's going for it. I didn't. So, next we're going here. John Lewis. Uh hopefully there won't be a fire alarm. It definitely won't be meatballs though, unfortunately. But we like we like hanging out here on the top floor. I can show you. Uh we're going to go just up there onto the balcony up there. [Music] So, we have come to the top floor here at John Lewis where they have a restaurant. But the best thing about this restaurant is apart from they do all sorts like coffees and uh uh fish and chips. We've gone for chunky chips. And you get to take it out here onto the balcony which it was just £2.50. You can sit outside. There's a little door at the back and uh you can overlook Oxford Street. It's fantastic and get infinite. I love it here. I always come here just to kind of clear my head, have a little coffee. They're rebuilding Devon's next door, so you can probably hear the construction work bang banging. They've been doing that for years. It's true. But it is a really nice experience just sitting outdoors just get fresh fresh air. But I was going to say a bit of calm, but you can't hear it over the construction noise. We've gone for chunky chips because we want to save ourselves for the the meatballs. It's a day out with dad. Double chips. These chips are absolutely gorgeous.

Absolutely perfect. served almost instantly. Is it really hot?

Amazing. Maybe you can see that.

What What would you give John Lewis? Uh food was great. 10 10 chips. First 10 minutes and we didn't get kicked out. Yeah. that cost them. So, we're back on the street of Oxford and Oh, look. It's a undercover car there. What?

There's something going on. Usual bit of BMW parking. It's like stealth stealth police car. Act like a BMW driver. Uh so, we are now going to go back to Field of Dreams. Hopefully uh fire alarm free IKEA now. See if we can get those meatballs. I swear if something else happens. Third time lucky. Here we go. They're all coming out. What's going on?

Okay. Thank you. Why do you want chips? Yeah, chips, please. But don't tell anyone that we're filming. meatballs. You want to scan your IKEA card? Oh, yeah. Why not? Yeah. Those were the emergency doors that we ran through. That was good, wasn't it? So, that's that's the way to do it.

So, we finally finally got our meatballs. They come in a box, which is kind of cool. And um get a little bit of lingenberry on there. Just a tiny very delicate little slight blob of lingberry sauce jam on the meatballs. We're on a what would you call it? A counter with stalls. It's pretty pretty comfortable. How is it? Worth the wait and three visits with no fire alarm. And then I've got the uh sustainable cutlery as well, which is nice. Got some gravy. Oh, perfect fries. Doing meatball as well. He's doing meatball as well. I should be having a gravy this morning. What? At home? No. Here we go. See, I think these are better than the ones at Southampton. No offence. I Southampton. These seem more delicately cooked. What do you think? I love that. That's what you have to worry about cuz you choose chips. Yeah, it's true. Those chips chips are bad. They're bad. I think we're now going to go to London's West London and uh we'll see Westfield down there. One last look at the uh the sights and sounds of Oxford Street, Regent Street. We should go down here. Let's go down the tube.

[Music]

This is a Central Line train to Ealing Broadway.

So, we've taken the Central Line to here. Beautiful Shepherd's Bush. We've got the Westfield Center on the left and we got the Not so Field uh shopping centre on the right. Which one would you prefer to go to first? The Westfield just there. And we've never been to this CEX. CEX in Shepherd's Bush. Score out of 10. Found what I want. So that's five. And then I use my voucher. This is sick. I I give it a five though cuz five. I wait to wait a long time for like a Skyfall DVD of which there were many. I brought a cable. So I give I give that a five as well. A nice cable. It was a nice cable for a good price. We've now come here to Westfield, London, just over the road. This is the Westfield Shopping Centre, White City. Just going to wander around aimlessly, I think, here. And I'm I'm looking for a wallet at the moment. It turns out I'm really fussy cuz I've had my wallet for over 20 years. And uh it seems I really want a very specific shaped appointed wallet. We just had a look around the the BYD cars. That was fun. Well, I give that a a five out of 10 as well. They look good on the outside, but inside quality. Yeah. So, we're in the the John Lewis in Westfield. And every time I've been in here, it's not been busy. That's nice. That's already scores a five. So, we find ourselves in another John Lewis balcony. This one is at the Westfield. I I've never been here. It's crazy. We've been We've been to Westfield so many times. I didn't know this balcony existed. It's really nice. Just get to see see where I used to work over at BBC TV Centre. Just nice views of uh West London. Looks all right in the sunshine. Now we are on our Boris bikes. We're on some Santander cycles. So, we've got a couple of bikes and it's not cheap, but it's cheaper than the line bikes. I think we're going to see if we can cycle over Tower Bridge. And to me, this is terrifying cuz there's no segregated cycle lane on the Tower Bridge. And we've got crazy cyclists as well. Okay, so Tower Bridge, it's just over there. We'll somehow get across six lanes of traffic. That is not on the cycle path.

[Music]

Check it out. You don't want to go through... I do!

look at this.

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EVACUATED! Our IKEA Trip Went Horribly Wrong

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EVACUATED! Our IKEA Trip Went Horribly Wrong

This is from a longer video of a day out in London with my teenage son, and thought this was a simple mission: get meatballs at the new IKEA Oxford Street store. But it takes an unexpected turn when an emergency evacuation alarm goes off...

See how long it takes before the search for an emergency exit starts.

Perfect family outing!

EVACUATED! Our IKEA Trip Went Horribly Wrong



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We just ordered. Uhoh. We need to find an emergency exit. So, don't [ __ ] around. Let's get out. [Music] Just get out cuz like seriously. So, we came here only a few months ago before it was built and it was just a pop-up shop and it was like a bit of a PR stunt where they just had a few things and now it's opened properly.

What is this theme park? Yes, the cafe is down here underground one floor down. And I don't know what the deal is for ordering. I think we're already in the wrong place. [Music]

All right. And um what do you want? Yeah. Um

just about to order. I'm not buying. And there's a there's a message saying, "Please leave the building immediately." I was just about I was just about We just ordered. Uh-oh. I was just about to go. This is emergency, right? So we're going to go. And now look, just before we pay, we need to find an emergency exit. Seriously. Okay. Yeah. Go. Just get out.

[Music] Technically, we can just We could just run through. [Music] Seriously, don't [ __ ] around. Just get out.

Just get out. Yeah, like

I wanted those meatballs. Oh, thank you. Well done for not tapping the car. I didn't want to pay.

[Music] We did.

So, that was eventful. Okay, so we're now evacuated from the IKEA store. I think they just burnt some meatballs or something, didn't they? All the um the canteen staff didn't look like they like Oh, I think you know I got a feeling that they might have been responsible for that. Maybe someone the alarm or something. Yeah, it could be someone pushing the alarm. You don't know though. You You can't You got to be safe. Do you know what? Yeah, it's true. That's the first time I've been in a store evacuation. Wasn't it interesting? I stood there for 30 seconds before Yeah. I You'd have gone quicker, wouldn't you? I think I would have just gone.

And we were the only ones to use that emergency exit as well. People just Yeah. Yeah. They're like waiting to go up the escalator. I know. That was our lunch again. Right. So, the second time this is actually the second time we tried to get meatballs in Oxford Street. That's good. But you did. But what is good though is they might wipe all those orders off and then we could go back in again when they've declared it safe. When are they going to say that? I don't know. Do you think it's safe being here? Should we like get out of the way? Oh man. Just as I was about to like tap it, it went Did you think that you you tripped up the alarm with the No. 24 meatballs we ordered. Oh man. I don't know if it's safe. Is it safe for us to be in this building? Let's go. Let's Yeah. Okay. But where? Just go John Lewis. Okay. John Lewis. That's great cuz we sit down and come back for the meatballs. Yeah.

We were here like literally 10 minutes before 4:00 on a Sunday. And they said, "No, you we're not doing it. You You got to go." We're like, "Oh, I was this close to the meatballs and now I'm just about to tap the credit card." like IKEA's curs. So, should we should we give it a provisional score? What score would we give the IKEA store Oxford Street? If I got it, that would have been a nine, right? It would have been a nine, but there's minus one. Minus one for making us use the emergency exit. I liked that we had a bit of jeopardy, a bit of excitement, bit of emergency meatballs. I'm going to Yeah, I wanted my meatballs. I'd give it three for the evacuation experience. Yeah, I've never had to do that. Yeah, that was cool. And you filmed them? I hope I did.

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Is a theme park FAST PASS worth it?

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Is a theme park FAST PASS worth it?

I try to review as many Chessington World Of Adventures rides as possible, with our very first VIP Lane Fast Pass Reserve and Ride Virtual Passes.

Is a Fast Pass for a Theme Park worth it? Join me, who hates theme parks as I put Chessington World of Adventures' Virtual Reserve and Ride VIP passes to the test! Discover if spending extra money on queue jump passes genuinely improves the theme park experience, even on a quieter day. We'll explore popular rides like Mandrill Mayhem, Dragon's Fury, Gruffalo River Ride, Tomb Blaster, and Tiger Rock, cost up the infamous unlimited drink refill, and share an honest review of the VIP fast pass queue jump system. 

Is a FAST PASS worth it? (Chessington Theme Park Reserve & Ride Virtual pass!)



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Hello, welcome back to the channel. This is the Dad Delivers vlog, where we try new things to make your family happy. And the new thing I'm trying today is taking a dad who hates theme parks to a theme park with VIP passes. Ah, so I don't know what it is about theme parks, apart from the sensory overload and the enormous cost. I think the biggest problem is that you have to, obviously, you have to queue for everything. That's, you know, they charge for that scarcity, but then that's the whole VIP ride situation, VIP pass. Now, we've never had a VIP pass until today. This is our very first time. We've gone for a VIP pass. We bought them for the kids. So, we have two teenage kids. Oh, ow. So, we've come to Chessington World of Adventures, where they have three tiers of passes, and what we've tried, which is a virtual reserve and ride, and I'll explain that as we go. It's actually quite clever, and I think it's working out for us quite well today. So, it's a Monday, and it's quieter than usual, so that's a good thing already. But I'm going to show you as many of the rides and features of Chessington World of Adventures as possible. Here's the entrance. Got to find our tickets.

Now, this is the Vampire ride. My son has taken the camera on board, and I think he's going to get this a shot right now. There we go. So, I've hit 'Reserve and Ride' for Mandrill Mayhem, and it's a 40-minute wait. So, it's counting down from 40 minutes now while they're in the queue over there for Vampire, which is this ride. It's just all this administration you've got to do. It's just like being at work. I just want to sit down. So, you just got off Mandrill Mayhem. I swear when we went backwards, my eyes were like forced to close. It felt... it felt like I was going to black out. It just went like that, very fast. It forces you to scream because it's so quick. It's just kind of like a shock, and then when you look down at the height, it's terrifying. What... what score would you give it? 10. 10. 10. 10 for Mandrill Mayhem. That's just... just behind us.

So, this is how the virtual reserve and ride works. I think I'm just doing this for the first time. You can reserve your place in a queue ahead of time, but you can obviously only do that once. So, you can only be queuing for one thing at any one time. So, we've got the virtual passes for my two kids, which cost us £25 each. So, for £50, they are going to queue slightly less. We've never done this before, so it is good to try it once in your life, I guess.

Dragon's Fury. How much for Dragon's Fury? Not how much. Can you describe it? What is it? You're in a carriage of four. Yeah. And as soon as you get on the ride, it's this steep track, and then you just drop and go up and down and up and down again, but 'round. It's hard to explain. And what score would you give it? A nine and a half. Nine and a half. 10. Solid 10. It was very quick though. I'm going to have some. So, we've already hit the thing I love most about theme parks, which is the misleading wait times. I just got a call from the... from the line to say it wasn't 35 minutes. It was, and I've looked at the app, it's now 75 minutes. So, the time that you see when you go in isn't accurate.

This is the Blue Barnacle. Oh, that was really fun. This is the pirate ship where it goes back and forth and back and forth. Yeah. When you... when you're not at the front of the queue, you're guaranteed to not get at the back of the pirate ship. But if you can get at the back of the pirate ship, that's the best place to be. Then you have the biggest swing. Oh, that's cool. But I rate it like an eight and a half. Okay. There's no signal. There's no mobile signal. So, you can't set the pass. So, the pass that you paid £50 for, you can't use because there's no phone signal.

It's the Gruffalo River Ride Adventure. We're entering the world of the Gruffalo. Oh, look. Gruffalo. It's like Gruffalo.

Owls like ice cream. This is good. We're... we're learning about literature.

So, score out of 10. What would you give that? 10. What would you give it? A nine and a half. Nine and a half. 9.75. 9.75. I give it... I'll just put a cap over the camera. I'm going to give that a solid 10 because you get to sit down and you get a nice little rinse.

Now it's the scariest ride of all. The one I've been dreading: the unlimited drink. So last time... So, we've never... It looks like we're a couple of high ballers. Last time we got the dreaded unlimited drink just to see if it was worth it. I can't remember how much we paid. I've got it. I've got the actual footage from that here. So, we're trying to guess. We sent our son in to find out. We're trying to guess how much the refresh refill cups are. I reckon it's 15. I reckon it's eight. You reckon it's 8? 12? 12. Okay. 15. 8. 12. Let's see who's right. Okay. We've come in and actually it's £16. So, I was right. I won. And we know that the prices have gone up since last year. So to buy one of those cups today, at the time of filming, is £18. £18 for unlimited drink. But we managed to keep the cup and bring it back. And I think to reactivate it, it doesn't cost £18, but we don't know how much it costs. You went to the till. I... I'll reveal how much it costs. "Present them this. Ask if they can react." Yeah. They say, "Okay, you pay £12." £12? It used to be 10. Oh, brilliant. So, for £12, you get unlimited refills at the filling stations. So, when you buy it once, save it. But when you come here next year, it'll be 20.

So, this is an investment, right? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So, there is a catch. The catch is you have to wait 5 minutes before you can refill it again. 6 minutes. What is this place? They're just obsessed with counting down time. So you need a 5-minute countdown to... you need to factor that into your queue time on your Reserve and Ride virtual queuing pass.

So this is my favourite one of the whole park. It's my only request that we do this twice. It's Tomb Blaster.

Right. Got my gun, and there's a display down here that shows you your score. So, the idea of this is to get your laser gun and to shoot at the... at the flashing targets and obviously try and hit as many of the targets as possible. I think I've got a bit of a weak laser, unfortunately. I'm blaming it down to my poor... my poor laser sight. So, we got some coffee and donuts. We got five of these donuts for £8.50 for the donuts. So, it's £15 for one latte and five of these mini donuts, which is a bit crazy 'cause we got the unlimited cold drink. What's the donut taste like? Is it good? Yeah, it's good. Try it. Oh, fantastic.

We're just right next to a tiger. That's really cool, and it's my favourite bit. I'm giving that a 10. Tiger Crossing gets a solid 10. So, this is the Rattlesnake. It's like a winding roller coaster. It was really jolty. It was so jolty. Each turn I felt like I was getting punched. I hated that. That was like five. A five. It was really quick. It was really quick, and it was really jolty. And it's a... what a roller coaster, and it was just you and then two random people in front of us 'cause there was only two of us. That's a four actually. Four. So, you make it a four out of 10. Yeah. It wasn't... it wasn't great. It was funny. It was funny, but it wasn't maybe like a six. A six. It was less for like the thrill of it. More like it wouldn't be worth the queue. It wouldn't be worth the queue. It's too... But we've been on that like last year. We like... It was a lot fun. It felt a lot more fun last year for some reason. So that's the Rattlesnake. Not a very high mark. That's probably the lowest so far.

This is a bench. Give the benches a 10. The benches are brilliant. They need more of them. I'd have a 'ride and reserve' pass just for the benches. What's this called? Um, Tiger Rock. Tiger drop. Tiger rock. Tiger rock.

Where am I? So, this is Tiger Rock. We were on this last year. I think we were queuing for this about 90 minutes. Today, without any kind of reserve ride, it took what would you say? Half an hour. And that sort of feels worth it. Oh, here we go. First drop. Oh, no.

Okay. I didn't think you'd get that wet that quickly.

You did the intro at the top of that. I did. I should. Okay, I'll do the intro. I'll do the intro. "Taking a dad who hates theme parks to a theme park with VIP passes."

That was absolutely brilliant. So, I think that was the second ride that we've done. What would you give that? A two and a half? Seven. We did kind of wait 40 minutes for it, but I... I'd give that a solid 10. I love that. If the wait were longer, the score would be lower, I think. Oh, toilets.

So, here's a review of the Chessington World of Adventure Reserve and Ride virtual queue pass. I don't know if it's because the park is quieter today, but it just feels so much less stressful being able to queue in advance and not having to wait 90 minutes on every ride and then only getting four or five rides in a day. I... I just never thought that spending £50 to queue jump one queue at a time would actually feel this good. It does actually improve the experience, and it massages my downer on theme parks. We did only get them for the kids though, and the kids are now teenagers. I think if you had younger kids, you'd probably want four passes, which would obviously double the cost, which this year, at time of recording, would have made it £100. Yeah, £100. So spending 50 so the kids can run off, the teenage kids can run off, go on the rides that I really don't need or want to go on, it's been absolutely fantastic. So maybe our case scenario is unique, but getting two passes so that you can jump on the really popular big rides has really helped. And it's been enough to get through the day. I don't know if it's going to be different if it were in the middle of the summer season, and this place behind me would be completely rammed. Today, it's been really pleasant, and actually, we've done enough rides, coming up to 4:00 now, and it really feels like we've had almost £180 worth of entertainment, and this has been used quite a few times as well. So, that's worked out about £3 each for unlimited drinks, which that's pretty good actually. So, my downer on theme parks on this one visit has, I think, it's kind of been cured. So, the day at Chessington, I'm calling this a Dad Delivers success!

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Riding the Seaton Tramway! A Scenic Family Trip with Our Dog

Relaxing Video: Looking for a good day out with the kids in Devon? We took a day pass on the Seaton Tramway and it was glorious. Instead of a video talking about it, here's our tram journey in (almost) real time. You can even ride the trams with your dog, so Casper had a great time out too.

Riding the Seaton Tramway! A Scenic Family Trip with Our Dog



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Hello, welcome back to the channel, I'm Neil...

This is the Dad Delivers vlog where we try new things to make your family happy...

And today I... I'm here in Seaton At the Seaton Tramway.

And I'm just going to share with you some of the sights and sounds of a day out at the Seaton Tramway!

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How We Found a Secret IKEA Pop-Up Store on Oxford Street!

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How We Found a Secret IKEA Pop-Up Store on Oxford Street!

🛍️ We visited the IKEA Pop-Up Store on Oxford Street, London, and found some fun surprises... From personalized IKEA FRAKTA bags to a mystery Press Here button. this shopping experience has unexpected moments. Plus, I picked up an exclusive GREEN FRAKTA bag... If you’re in London, it’s worth checking out before it closes any time now!

How We Found a Secret IKEA Pop-Up Store on Oxford Street!



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Didn't have to pay 2 pound for that.

Welcome to London's Oxford Street! It's, uh, it's around Christmas time, as you can probably tell from the decorations. But we are here at the IKEA popup store in Oxford Street, and we had a couple of surprises here.

So, this is a really badly shot video, but I just wanted to show you some of the things that are being handed out in this IKEA popup shop.

The idea is that you go in, and there's a gift shop, and there's also the chance to buy a classic IKEA blue bag—but monogrammed! So they press on these three-dimensional, um, letters. They're like, uh, fabric letters, and it doesn’t cost that much. It’s the price of a bag, which is 75p.

They also do medium-sized bags, which I've... I've never seen before. But we went for the classic large bag. You just fill in a form and put the letters that you want and the colors of the letters that you want. Some of the colors were unavailable—it’s either blue or yellow—and some of the letters, when we visited, were missing. But that’s okay, 'cause it's all mix and match. It’s all blue and yellow anyway.

So you fill in a form, and, uh, while they're pressing your letters onto the bag, you can walk through the gift shop to pay for your bags. And the—let, let me show you what the gift shop looks like.

It seems to be gifts here that you can’t get in regular IKEAs. It’s kind of color-themed, so there’s a blue section. I swear there are some, uh, items in there that you can't get in regular IKEA stores.

So if you... if you... if you want something interesting, um, or unusual—an unusual gift—this... this might be good for you. Or maybe you'll just stick them on eBay, I don't know.

You get these, uh, cushion covers—oh, I am—I don’t know if you can buy the IKEA—you can get IKEA-branded—so, I think you can get IKEA-branded stuff that you can’t get in the stores.

So that’s the blue cushion, if you can see it up there, and there’s also a green one. So we've got a green section here. In the green section, they’ve got, um, a green IKEA-branded cushion, which I’ve not seen before, but also the FRAKTA bags in green.

So I’ve definitely... I’ve definitely picked up one of those. I don’t know what I’m going to do with it. It just feels special, and it’s like 75p, so why not?

And then, an orange section—oh! This green IKEA cushion!

And then, uh, we’ve got an orange section and pink.

While we’re waiting for the monogrammed bags, they’ve got this really strange area that you can visit where you—it’s like a hole in the wall and just a sign that says "Press Here."

So, of course, we pressed here to see what would happen, and we were not expecting this!

You randomly either get a lolly, like this one—I don’t think you call them lollies outside of the UK, do you? Is it a popsicle? What do you call that sweet? Tell me in the comments if you’re not in the UK.

Or, we pressed it again and got this—it’s a blue, uh, candy floss.

What do they call it? They call it cotton candy, don’t they?

"Can we... can we swap?"

"Maybe!" 

"I’ll just walk over here now..."

We’re going to pick up our bags.

There’s the remains of the stick. It was delicious, wasn’t it? And it was blue raspberry flavor, which was, uh, nice and on brand.

It didn’t take long at all for the bags to appear, and, uh, I’ve gone for them.

I... do you know what? I’m going to have to tell the family to not watch this video, 'cause this is supposed to be a Christmas surprise!

How am I going to... how am I going to do that? I... but I do want to release this video. So I guess you and I are now spoiling the surprise for the family.

We got the... the bags.

The bags look, uh... uh... as IKEA bags do. But the lettering is really nice! It’s really premium, really nice thick, thick felt. And I sort of wish I’d gone for the blue and yellow on the others now.

I thought the... the yellow would contrast, because the, uh, the "B" was missing in yellow. We’ve gone for a blue and yellow, which I think kind of looks better.

That was fun! I enjoyed that.

Oh, look! It’s got bags... going through the bags...

That was good, wasn’t it?

I’ve really enjoyed that.

Um, I don’t know how long it’s going to be open, but, uh, if you—is it 'til spring? That’s—it’s got ages yet, until they open up the massive—oh, brilliant!

Now I’m going to hold this up and hope that it doesn’t get snatched.

So, I don’t know how long it’s going to be, but it’s going to be about spring.

So if you get a chance to visit the IKEA store in Oxford Street, we highly recommend it, don’t we?

That blue raspberry—this is nice candy floss! Looks really good.

The whole thing—four bags and the green bag monogrammed—came to £16, plus we got a free lolly and, uh, cotton candy... candy floss.

We’re here on a Saturday. I think we’re here slightly earlier in the day, around 12:00. There aren’t any crowds here. Um, I don’t think people have caught on to this.

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Why my 16 year old is overtaking me.

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Why my 16 year old is overtaking me.

My teenage son has officially overtaken me. It started with a simple physics fact, but now he's correcting me on everything—including things I was certain I knew! He's proving me wrong at every turn. But the real turning point? When he had to explain Hawk Tuah to me... and now I wish he hadn't. 

Has a kid ever taught you something you wish you didn’t know? Let me know in the comments!

Why my 16 year old is overtaking me.



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I know I've been talking a lot about my teenage son on the channel lately, but he's just turned 16, so I figure it's okay for me to talk about him on the YouTube channel now.

Something's happened in my relationship with him that I know—things have changed. And last night, I think, was probably the turning point. He was revising physics, he was writing out these physics index cards, and he read out to me that the... the voltage in this country is 230 volts. And I... you know, like a dad, said, "Oh no, actually, that's wrong. You know, it's 240 volts." And he stood his ground. He said, "No, no, it's 230V."

I was... I was like, "Well, I know it fluctuates, but that might be an average. But it's... it's 240 volts." And we were, like, ping-ponging this to each other. And I said, "The reason you think it's 230 volts is 'cause you've got a sticker on your computer right in front of you that says 230 volts, but that's wrong because the voltage system in this country, AC, is 240 volts."

And it got to the point where we had to look it up. And sure enough, the voltage in the United Kingdom is 230 volts. It changed. It changed in the 1990s. I had no idea that it had changed.

He said, "That's okay, Dad. You know, we all... we all... get it wrong." But I was like, "My... oh my god. I... I've just been corrected yet again by my brilliant son, who's 16. Is this it? Is this how things are now, where I'm just super out of date and out of knowledge? If I'm wrong about that, what else am I wrong about?"

He taught me recently that it's totally okay to touch a car battery.

Again, I... I didn't know this. I'm... I'm going, "Don't touch it! Don't touch it with your hands!" He's like, "Dad, you can touch both terminals with your hands, and nothing will happen."

I was convinced that if you touch it, you'll get electrocuted and your head will explode. Turns out, thanks to my son, that's not true at all. Apparently, the voltage is... is too low.

It's fantastic that I'm learning things from my teenage son, but it's also... I'm starting to realize that it's, um... this is where the tables turn, and we're getting a complete reversal in... in... in... I was going to say in fortune, but it's in... in perhaps in status.

And... and it just feels... it feels wrong, even now, to say, "The voltage in this country is 230 volts," and, "You can touch a car battery, even with wet hands."

And then I think about all the amazing stuff that I'm teaching him, like real... real sort of nuggets of wisdom, like, uh, "Go in the front carriage on the Northern Line so you can get out at Tottenham Court Road and get out the station, like, 12 seconds earlier."

Or there was one... one the other day. I... I managed to teach him that the song *Digging Your Scene* by The Blow Monkeys is actually a song about AIDS. You know, it's just, like, completely useless stuff.

When is he ever going to learn that?

Plus, it's... it's also ruined a really nice song for both of us. Only found it out last month. It's... it's really obvious.

I've let him down so many times in the past. You know, I try to expose him to the very best in popular culture. So I would show him things like my favourite sketches—Kenny Everett, you know, like the, um... the Rod Stewart one where his butt explodes while singing *Do You Think I'm Sexy*, and he ends up floating up into the air.

And we're having a really good time. And... and then this has always happened. He always says, "Oh, could you show me a picture of Kenny Everett now?"

And I'm like, "Ah... sorry, Joe."

"Oh... is he dead?"

It's like, "Yeah... sorry."

And it's like... but that always happens!

I said, "Well, no, no, you know..." And then he really got into George Michael. And eventually, it was like, "Oh, see what... what's George Michael doing now?"

"Well, Joe... here's the thing..."

Again.

And then he really got into Queen.

"Daddy, Daddy, what's Freddie Mercury doing now?"

You could... you could see it in his eyes. We knew. He knew what the answer was going to be.

"Oh... Casper... are you okay there?"

And it went on and on, you know, with other things, like the guy from *Daddy Cool*... Prince... it just didn't stop.

And it... I just feel like I've... I've let him down.

But now he's overtaken me. He's completely overtaken me.

And it... it... it happened very specifically on the Hawk Tuah meme.

I don't know if you're aware of this. You don't need to be aware of it. But I saw on YouTube a lot of people talking about Hawk Tuah.

Joe's really up on his internet memes, so I thought, "Well, I'd ask... I'd ask an expert."

"Joe, what's this Hawk Tuah thing?"

He goes, "Dad, firstly, it's not pronounced 'Hawk Tuah'—it's pronounced *HAWK TUAH!*"

And he said, "Just do your own research."

So he's... he's teaching me properly now.

He's teaching me to do my own research.

So, of course, I look up *Hawk Tuah*. And it's not safe for work... I wouldn't... I wouldn't recommend it.

*Hawk Tuah! Spit-on-it!*

I looked it up and then realized... he's now teaching me about S-E-... I can't say the third letter because I don't want to be demonetized.

It's... it's just a complete turnaround.

How can my little baby, that up until only, like, last week, it feels, I was still carrying on my shoulders when I was way too old... I was still holding his hands while we were crossing the road for the very last moment possible.

I tried to... to hold on to that moment. I did all of that.

And now he's teaching me about Hawk Tuah.

So that's me being replaced.

I hope your Google history isn't now ruined by some of the issues raised in this video.

Uh, what about you? Is there something that you've learned from a kid that you wish you hadn't?

Say hello down in the comments. Let me know.

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