$1 vs $250,000,000 Private Island!

Summary

The video follows a group buying and exploring private islands of increasing value, from a $1 junk pile to a $250 million amusement park resort. They encounter wild monkeys, ride hovercrafts, and experience luxury mansions, beaches, exotic animals, and massive waterslides. The highlight is conquering their fear on the 135-foot Daredevil's Peak waterslide at the extravagant quarter billion dollar island. Despite the over-the-top opulence, their exhilarating adventures emphasize that true happiness comes from sharing memorable moments with friends.

Takeaways

• 😲 The video explores and compares private islands ranging from $1 to $250 million
• 😎 The $1 island is a small pile of bricks with an old toilet
• 🐒 The $1 million Monkey Island is filled with hundreds of monkeys that steal belongings
• ❄️ The $5 million island is a winter wonderland that is frozen over with activities like dog sledding
• 🚁 The $16 million island has a helicopter to jump out of into the ocean
• 🏝️ The $45 million island has ancient ruins and a mansion with a private chef
• 🦩 The $150 million island has flamingos, turtles, lemurs and endangered species
• 🎢 The $250 million island has over a dozen waterslides and an amusement park
• 😱 The $250 million island has a 135-foot waterslide called Daredevil's Peak
• 🤑 Overall, the more money spent, the more extravagant the private island features and amenities

Q & A

What is the video mainly about?

The video is about touring and comparing private islands of varying prices, from a $1 island to a $250 million island.

What amenities and activities are on the $5 million island?

The $5 million island has futuristic self-heating huts, unlimited 5-star food, a luxury cabin, and a frozen lake where you can ride dog sleds.

What makes the $16 million island special?

The $16 million island has a helicopter, jet skis, submarines, and guests can even jump out of a helicopter into the ocean.

What endangered species live on the $150 million island?

Endangered species like flamingos, lemurs, and turtles live on the $150 million island, brought there by Richard Branson to prevent extinction.

What is unique about the $250 million island?

The $250 million island has its own amusement park with over a dozen waterslides, including the tallest in North America at 135 feet tall.

How does the $1 million Monkey Island get its name?

Monkey Island is named that because it is swarming with hundreds of monkeys that interact and steal food from visitors.

What ancient ruins are on the $45 million island?

The $45 million island has century-old ruins and a village from over 100 years ago that guests can explore.

What causes the $5 million island to be frozen in winter?

In winter, the lake surrounding the $5 million island freezes over, allowing activities like dog sledding across the ice.

How many staff members does the $150 million island have per guest?

The $150 million island has 10 staff members per 1 guest to cater to their every need.

What makes the $1 island not seem like a real island?

The $1 island is just the top of an underwater plant network that emerged and looks like an island.

Outlines

00:00

😀 The $1 Island and the Monkey Thieves

The video starts by purchasing a $1 island that is just a pile of bricks and sticks. They name it Monkey Island because hundreds of monkeys live there and steal their belongings. The island is just the top of an underwater plant network, not actual land.

05:01

😎 $16 Million Island With Helicopters and Cliff Jumping

They visit a $16 million private island with luxury amenities like a private chef, submarine fleet, and helicopter. Ludwig jumps out of the helicopter into the ocean for fun. Overall, the island makes them very happy.

10:02

❄️ $5 Million Frozen Island in Finland

The $5 million island in Finland is frozen over, so they take hovercrafts to get there. The island has heated, futuristic huts and a luxury cabin to stay in. They ride dog sleds, see the Northern Lights, and have unlimited gourmet food.

15:03

🏝 $45 Million Island with Ancient Ruins

The $45 million island has a mansion, beach bar, ruins from a village over 100 years ago, and cabanas to stay in. They drive around the island in a safari-like excursion and explore the ancient ruins.

🤩 $150 Million Lemur Island

The $150 million island is considered one of the most luxurious. It has exotic endangered animals like lemurs, turtles, and flamingos that the owner rescued. There are 8 mega mansions, golf, sports, and more amenities.

🌊 $250 Million Amusement Island

The final $250 million island has a massive waterpark, amusement park, pools, beaches, jet skis, zip lines, and more. The highlight is riding the tallest waterslide in North America at 135 feet tall.

Keywords

💡island

The main theme of the video is exploring different private islands that can be purchased, ranging from $1 to $250 million. The video visits and compares islands of varying sizes and luxury levels.

💡luxury

A key aspect explored is the luxury and amenities available on the different islands. More expensive islands have over-the-top features like waterslides, mansions, exotic animals, and personal staff.

💡exotic animals

Several of the islands contain exotic or endangered animals, brought there deliberately to aid conservation. This is a luxury feature only available on the most expensive islands.

💡staff

The services provided by personal staff are a marker of luxury on the islands. For example, on the $150 million island there are 10 staff members for every guest.

💡waterslide

Giant waterslides are iconic luxury features of the most expensive islands. Overcoming fear and riding them is used as a benchmark for justifying the island's extravagant price tag.

💡activities

The islands aim to provide every imaginable activity like watersports, tennis, golf, and more. The breadth of amenities is linked to the price, with more expensive islands having exponentially more.

💡views

Scenic views are valued on the islands. Several islands emphasize locations with beautiful vistas, landscapes, or seclusion as part of their appeal.

💡mansions

Lavish mansions and accommodation spaces are central for showing off luxury. The more expensive an island, the bigger and more outrageous the mansion.

💡price

The video explores what features you can purchase at different price points. More expensive islands have exponentially more outrageous amenities.

💡size

An island's physical size is linked to its price and extravagance. While the $1 island is a tiny pile of bricks, the $250 million island has an amusement park and hotels for over 13,000 guests.

Highlights

The island I bought for $1 is very small with just a pile of bricks, an old toilet, and random wooden poles

$1 million Monkey Island is covered in hundreds of monkeys that steal things from visitors

$5 million island is so cold the surrounding lake freezes over, allowing travel by hovercraft

$16 million island has a luxury cabin, jet skis, submarines, and guests can even jump from a helicopter

$45 million Royal Island has a mansion, pool, ruins from a village, and off-road vehicles to explore the jungle interior

$150 million island called Necker Island has mega mansions, is eco-friendly, and saves endangered species

Necker Island has an overabundance of staff, with 10 people catering to each guest

Necker Island housing includes a mansion with a driving range on the roof to hit golf balls into the ocean

The island has flamingos, giant tortoises over 200 years old, and lemurs that will climb onto visitors

$250 million island has over 100 waterslides and an amusement park the size of 13 football fields

The $250 million island has 5 gargantuan pools, a hot air balloon, and over 100 jet skis

It also has the tallest 135 ft waterslide in North America called Daredevil's Peak

The slide is so steep it feels like getting hit by a truck when you exit

The 100+ lifeguards were all given the day off before the group went on the mega slide

Even with all the extreme features, the massive $250 million island was quite fun

Transcripts

This is a $250 million private island.

Literally, anything you could ever want is on this island.

And I'm going to show you the difference

between this and a $150 million luxury island,

a massive $45 million island, a $5 million frozen island

all the way down to the cheapest private island in the world.

That thing I'm starting to realize might not all fit on it.

First step on my brand new island.

Here's your dollar.

Thank you, sir.

- Thank you for selling it to me. - It's yours now, buddy.

Let's check out what I just bought.

My first impressions

is that it's a lot smaller than I thought.

When you pay a dollar,

you get a random pile of bricks, an old toilet.

I found the restroom.

And a bunch of random wooden poles.

There's more poles than square feet on this thing.

They're actually called pylons.

Let's pile onto that boat and leave.

And as you can see, there's nothing here, so I'm going to blow it up.

But later in this video, we're going to a $150 million island

and also a quarter billion dollar super island.

But first, we're going to head over to the $1 million dollar island called

Monkey Island.

Yes, you heard me right.

This island is literally swarmed with hundreds of monkeys.

I can see why it's called Monkey Island.

- What's this monkey? - It's Odie.

Odie took my orange.

Okay.

Monkey see food, monkey take.

All the monkeys on this island

have a strategy for interacting with people.

They gaslight you into thinking

that you're friends, and then they steal your food.

You can have it. You can have it.

I love this monkey.

There's a monkey on the boat.

And if you're wondering where are you

and your friends are going to sleep on this island,

Suspended above the water are six luxury cabanas, which house

both humans and monkeys.

The monkey's grabbing the GoPro, Jimmy.

Sir, we need this for filming.

I just need to borrow this.

Thank you. Okay.

I got my camera back. You want... Oops.

He wants your hat.

Okay, you can have that, sir.

By the end of this, I'm going to be naked.

The monkeys are stealing everything.

And the monkeys are not even the coolest part of this island.

See, this island isn't even an island at all.

It's actually the top of a massive underwater plant network

that emerged from the sand and water

to create this illusion of an island that we see today.

Is this a milion dollar island or a million dollar bush?

- Because there's no land. - What do you think?

I don't know.

I think an island is what you make of it.

And on the other side of the island, there's even a private relaxation area

And a beachfront massage parlor.

Nolan!

I'm trying not to fall in the water.

I'm about to get a massage with a monkey.

That's really cool.

Notice how all the water around you is freezing.

What?

That took a lot of effort.

And we put that much effort in to convey

that the $5 million Island is very cool.

And where we're going next, most of the year looks like this,

but it's going to look like this.

No joke.

This island is so cold right now that the lake surrounding it

is actually frozen solid, which means to get there,

we're going to be using an interesting vehicule.

We're literally hovering.

Yeah.

Apparently snowmobiles would have been too basic for this island.

It just had to be hovercrafts.

This is awesome.

Talking about arriving in fashion.

And it only took about 30 seconds

being outside the hovercraft for the gang to be frozen solid.

- How cold is it? - It's zero degrees celsius.

It's pretty cold, man

He’s more like a 70 guy.

So, they hurried over

to these futuristic self-heating huts to stay warm.

Oh, this is so small.

Wait, there's no room for you in here.

We're gonna have to cuddle then.

And these huts are able to stay here completely year round

because they're able to both float on warm, peaceful lake water.

But they also do just fine in the dead of winter.

But at least in the winter,

you get a great view of the northern lights.

For $5 million, you basically get a winter wonderland.

And while staying on this island,

you're given unlimited five star food.

I think he thinks we speak Finnish.

And even though this island comes with a luxury cabin to stay in.

Oh, this is beautiful.

Fine, I'll take it.

Jimmy, buy it for me.

The gang ended up spending most of their time on the frozen lake

where they were able to ride an actual dog sled.

He took your glove.

Oh my Gosh!

This is the best island.

I don't know how any island is going to beat this.

Maybe one where I could feel my hands.

And Karl's hands are in luck because this next island is not only warm

but more expensive than all of the other islands combined.

This island is tiny, but arguably one of the most

luxurious ones out there.

Okay, let's go check the house.

Feast!

We're stoked to have you as our guest.

We hope you have a blast. Just don't break anything.

Yo, we should try to break one thing.

Oh, nice bathroom.

Usually rich people like showers that can fit like 30 to 1000 people in them.

This time, they chose a reasonable shower.

When you pay $16 million

in addition to a shower, that's the size of the $1 island,

the private island comes with this helicopter

that's apparently too big for this island.

We have jet skis.

We have a submarine. Another submarine to the right.

We have a shark submarine over there.

There's almost a submarine for each of us.

Boys, do whatever you want. Have fun. You're out. You

Yeah! Yeah!

I’m going really fast.

I love private islands.

Karl, if you had one wish, what would it be?

To get off of this thing!

Yeah!

We're underwater!

I am a fish now.

After Ludwig and Karl kissed the sea at 500 miles per hour,

we went back to shore to take a little breather.

Yeah.

Ludwig's going to jump out of a helicopter.

He really is.

No, wait, I'm not... Wait, what?

Any last words?

I love you, Mom. I'm sorry.

This helicopter

is taking the boys up into the air

and letting them jump and freefall into the ocean.

Oh, my God.

This is crazy. We shouldn't be doing this.

This is only a $16 million island,

and we're jumping out of a helicopter.

He's about to jump.

Oh my Gosh!

Oh wait! They jump!

There he goes.

Whoever said money doesn't buy happiness,

doesn't own that private island, because I'm pretty happy.

And now the $45 million island,

this island is so big, you can't even fit it all in frame.

Oh, hey, I didn't realize they were waiting on us.

- Hi! - Hi!

I always feel uncomfortable when I pull up to places

and people are just standing potentially for hours waiting on me.

Hello!

We have some blueberry smoothies here.

Is it alcoholic?

No, it's not.

He's not 21

now we'll take you guys up and we'll show you around Royal Island

a little bit.

Let's see what $45 million gets us.

It's a long path.

The path is longer than the last island.

For $45 million,

this island comes with a mansion and its own

beachside bar and private chef.

- Can I give it a flip? - Sure.

That's not too bad.

And outside of the mansion is a hot tub

overlooking the cove where the jet skis are

and of course, a pool with the best view I've ever seen.

Does this look as cool on camera as it does in real life?

And if for some reason, you don't want to stay in the mansion,

there's five luxury beachside cabanas you can pick from.

Jimmy, may I?

You may.

May I?

You may.

I have class.

But even after messing around with all of the amenities.

Why are we playing ping pong when we have an entire island?

It's important to note that that's not what makes this island special.

All the way at the other end of

the island are century-old ruins that we are yet to explore.

Dibs on driving.

Oh, no.

All right, ready?

Yeah.

We're going to go off roading a little bit

and head to the back of the island now.

How does Karl always end up driving?

- Because I'm awesome. - Big bump!

Dude, this is like a safari.

Yeah, you're going four times the speed limit.

I mean, I don't know if there's cops that will stop you,

but I'm just letting you know.

Is there a jail on this island?

No Jail.

Oh there's no jail?

And when we finally ran out of road to drive on,

we started to make our way through

what used to be a village of people

on this island, over a hundred years ago.

- This used to be a bar? - Yes

You want to walk under this 100-year-old giant thousand-pound slab?

Sure, surely it won't fall on top of me.

Dude, if today was the day that it'd fell, you couldn't even be mad.

Nolan, come over here before you die.

And just past the ruins is easily the best view on the entire island.

Yeah, it gets better.

We were driving for so long.

I forgot we were on an island.

The island starts over there, comes all the way around,

wraps all the way around here.

Goes down that coastline all the way up over there.

I'll be honest, I wouldn't

pay $45 million for a big jungle with some ancient ruins.

But I'm sure some rich guy will.

This next island is arguably the second most expensive island

that money can buy.

This is the $150 million island.

It comes with eight luxurious mega mansions.

And the best part is

it is completely powered by solar panels and wind turbines.

It's home to some of the most exotic animals I've ever seen,

and took over four decades to build.

This island will literally blow your mind.

When I think of a private island, this is what I think of.

That's good, because this is a private island.

All right.

And apparently the first thing you need to do here is wash your hands.

Make sure you don't taint the island with your outside world germs.

I've already washed my germs.

Does everyone who come here gets a coconut?

I mean, they're not running low.

True.

I don't know if it's because this place is so fancy.

Or maybe they just heard about Karl's driving,

Yeah!

But each of us ended up with our own personal driver.

I have a feeling this is going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

- Unless you come back. - That might be out of my price range.

And even though this island costs $150 million,

you can actually rent it yourself,

for the extremely low price of 140 grand per day.

I didn't even realize we just went up a mountain.

I've heard this is the most luxurious private island in the world.

It is.

- The view is insane. - This is the great house.

But before we were able

to explore the great house, my dumb friends got distracted by a turtle.

There's a turtle?

Get in there.

Yeah.

All right, you guys go to the rest of the island.

This island is so extra that for every one person

in your party, they have ten staff members waiting on your every need.

There's a bunch of people over there like here's drinks, here's food.

What do you want to do over the next few days?

And we're just like "turtle".

And of course,

Nolan, of all my friends wanted to take advantage of this.

Yes! Yeah!

What's everyone up to over here?

We're playing pool.

With 10 people?

They're my hype crew.

You don't have to hang out with him to make him feel good.

I will be sad if you don't sit down and relax.

If you need attention, don't make them stand there.

It's only been an hour, but I'll say it.

This is the best island so far.

On top of all of that,

the island has a house with a driving range on the roof

where you can literally hit golf balls into the ocean.

Because these are made of fish food.

You should probably hit it further so you don't hit someone.

Look at all those flamingos. There's so much I can't process it.

Flamingos in the sky.

They are everywhere.

They don't love us unless we give them food.

Come here, my brethren.

But flamingos aren't the only exotic animals on this island.

- Bro. - That's a dinosaur.

This is so cool.

And believe it or not,

this turtle could theoretically live over 200 years.

Mr. Tortoise, my name is Jimmy.

If my descendants, descendants, descendants come here.

Tell them I was awesome.

And afterwards,

we got swarmed by a bunch of lemurs that live on this island over here.

Get over here!

Jimmy, I don't know if you noticed that there's two lemurs on your head.

Yeah, I know. I'm trying not to move...

- I'll put food on there. - Please don't.

And if you're wondering where all these exotic animals came from,

most of them, sadly, are endangered species and are all on this island

because the owner,

Richard Branson, brought all of them here to help prevent them

from going extinct.

But the most endangered animal on the island

were the mermaids that serve you sushi.

Yeah!

Mermaids and sushi.

This is luxury.

Mermaids!

- Do you guys want sushi? - I wouldn't say no.

Is that cannibalism?

Yes.

It's like a family reunion. Get over here.

There's honestly so much on this island.

We can't even film it all.

We play tennis, we play basketball.

We explore yet another mansion.

I did my first cold plunge.

You get the idea.

There's so much to do on this island.

It's actually overwhelming.

This one's actually pretty intense.

I'm like actually scared.

- You know what else is intense? - What?

The final island. I'll see you there.

Why are we still here?

And on the way to the $250 million Island,

we stopped in shark infested waters because I have to pay for this video.

And now that I'm surrounded by sharks

and what feels like my worst nightmare,

I'm going to tell you guys, about Stumble Guys.

Bro, they're so close.

Oh, my gosh.

And the worst part is I'm not coming out until I'm done with this ad

Stumble Guys is a free-to-play mobile player game

where 32 people compete for the crown.

You have to be an absolute maniac to do this.

Not even Stumble Guys could pay me to do this.

Why are you all here, sharks?

They're so close, they're so close.

And for their new season

they went all out with the new MrBeast skins,

animations and emotes.

Okay, square head, have it...

Bro, this is nuts.

I want to make sure there's enough sharks for Jimmy.

They also added a brand new level,

but you have to follow a pattern as long as possible to stay alive.

And the longer you live, the harder it gets.

Is a shark hitting me?

I think the sharks are hitting the cage. It's rocking!

Oh, this is scary.

Not only that,

I also just released my new toolkit so you can build your own MrBeast level.

This is one of their best seasons ever.

You need to try my new MrBeast level, plus build your own.

And I want to see what you guys come up with.

The sharks keep hitting the cage. So I'm going to get out of here.

Make sure to download Stumble Guys for free

so I don't have to go back in the shark cage.

You're alive.

Let's go do more things that have nothing to do with sharks.

Please.

And now that I've paid off the debt I've incurred from this video,

let's visit the $250 million island.

This is a $250 million private island.

This extraordinary island has an entire amusement park

with over a dozen waterslides.

It also has its own hot air balloon and just about every activity

you could imagine.

And we have it all to ourselves.

There are no other guests here, but out of every feature you've seen

on these islands so far, this one stands above the rest.

In the middle of the island is a massive waterslide,

even though literally eight year olds ride that waterslide,

I might still chicken out because I'm afraid of heights.

But before taking on the water slide,

we checked out the other features, like how there's over

a hundred jetskis on this island.

It's a bit overkill.

And not to mention

there's a literal zip lines that span across manmade beaches.

What's the helmet for?

What am I going to hit?

The ground, bro.

Because sometimes people fall off.

- This is like really scary. - Yeah.

- Good luck. - Thank you.

Karl, you're kind of far behind.

This is awesome.

This is actually not that crazy.

And if you own this island, you can host over 13,000

of your friends at any of these five gargantuan pools.

Oh, this kind of looks like it was made in Minecraft.

And it's so funny just seeing my two friends in it.

Nolan looks like a tiny speck.

For $250 million,

this island, of course, has exotic animals.

Is that a peacock?

Sir, I need to take you in for questioning.

Sir?

And even every game you can imagine,

I wish there is the 13,000 people that are normally here,

to watch how bad he is at Cornhole.

Is that soccer pool?

This island has things I didn't even know existed.

But something I noticed is there were way too many lifeguards

at this island for just the four of us.

How many lifeguards are on this island?

- Over 100 - Really?

With this many lifeguards, you would have to try to drown.

So I thought it'd be fun if we gave them all the day off.

Has anyone ever rented this island before?

No one.

- This is the first. - Dude, you are leaning back.

You look way too relaxed.

And after all 100 lifeguards went down,

they decided to hype up the boys and I for our turn on the slide.

Here we go!

Oh my Gosh!

Boys, you want to know what's even scarier than that?

What?

That one.

Why is it so terrifying tonight?

It looks so scary.

We can skip it.

Towering at over 135 feet tall.

This is the tallest water slide in all of North America.

I don't even know what I'm looking at.

It's like a skyscraper.

But I'm scared.

Daredevil's Peak. What a soothing name.

Very inviting.

We're so up.

It's kind of freaking me out.

All right, we made it to the top.

Are you guys just waiting for us up here?

Yeah.

Listen to how intense the wind is up here.

Oh, don't look down.

Look how crazy the island looks. Oh, my God.

- Karl! - No.

Nolan! Oh!

Would you say nose goes is enforceable?

Nose goes is enforceable.

There we go!

The lifeguards said you got to go, Nolan.

I love you, Mom.

I'll see you on the other side.

All right, go.

Oh my God!

Oh, I got hit by a truck.

Let's do this.

You better come down after me.

Okay.

Oh, God.

Why is it so fast?

Is it actually that scary?

I'm going to do this for your entertainment,

even though giant rides scare me.

Here we go.

That is going so fast.

And even though I was basically just drowning

the entire time down this waterslide,

I gotta say this whole island was pretty awesome.