From a $1 Pile of Bricks to a $250 Million Water Park: MrBeast Tours Seven Private Islands
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In this video, MrBeast (Jimmy) and his friends Karl, Nolan, and Ludwig visit seven private islands in order of price. The cheapest cost a single dollar. The most expensive is valued at $250 million. At each stop, Jimmy asks what the extra money buys, and the answer moves from a toilet and some wooden poles to helicopters, endangered animals, and the tallest water slide in North America.
The $1 Island: Bricks, Poles, and a Toilet
The tour starts with the cheapest private island in the world. Jimmy hands the seller a dollar, and the seller tells him, "It's yours now, buddy." Jimmy's first impression is that the island is much smaller than he expected. Before they arrived, he had wondered whether everyone would even fit on it.
For a dollar, he gets a random pile of bricks, an old toilet he jokingly calls "the restroom," and a lot of wooden poles. Jimmy says there are more poles than square feet, and someone points out they are called pylons. There's nothing else to see, so the group gets back on the boat, and Jimmy says he is going to blow the island up.
The $1 Million Monkey Island
The next stop costs $1 million and is called Monkey Island. Hundreds of monkeys live there. Jimmy says they all have the same strategy for dealing with people: they "gaslight you into thinking that you're friends," and then they steal your food.
That's what happens. A monkey named Odie takes an orange. Another one grabs a GoPro, and a crew member has to ask for it back because they need it for filming. One monkey goes after a hat, which Jimmy gives up. He jokes that by the end of the visit he'll be naked. Visitors sleep in six luxury cabanas built above the water, and monkeys live in them too.
Jimmy says the monkeys aren't the most interesting thing about the place. According to the video, the island isn't really an island. It is the top of a large underwater plant network that grew up out of the sand and water, so it only looks like land. One of the group asks whether this is a million-dollar island or a "million dollar bush," since there's no ground. The answer: "I think an island is what you make of it." On the other side there is a private relaxation area and a beachfront massage parlor, where Jimmy gets a massage with a monkey nearby.
The $5 Million Frozen Island
The video changes scenes with a visual gag in which the water around Jimmy freezes. He admits it took a lot of effort and says they did it to show that the $5 million island is "very cool." The narration says this island usually looks green for most of the year, but at the time of filming the lake around it was frozen solid.
Snowmobiles would have been "too basic," so the group crosses the ice by hovercraft. After about 30 seconds outside, they are freezing. Someone gives the temperature as zero degrees Celsius, and Karl is described as "more like a 70 guy." Everyone hurries into small, futuristic self-heating huts. One is so cramped that two people joke they'll have to cuddle. The narration explains that the huts stay on the island all year: they float on the lake in warm weather and also hold up in the middle of winter, when guests can see the northern lights.
Jimmy calls the $5 million island a winter wonderland. Guests get unlimited five-star food and a luxury cabin. At one point a staff member seems to think the group speaks Finnish. Most of their time is spent on the frozen lake, riding a real dog sled. Someone declares it the best island so far and says they don't see how any other island could beat it. The reply: "Maybe one where I could feel my hands."
The $16 Million Island: Submarines and a Helicopter Jump
The next island is warm. The narration says it costs more than all the previous islands combined. It is small, but Jimmy calls it one of the most luxurious anywhere. In the house, he jokes that rich people usually want showers big enough for "30 to 1000 people," but this owner picked a reasonable one, though it is still about as big as the $1 island.
For $16 million, the island comes with a helicopter that Jimmy says looks too big for it, plus jet skis and several submarines, including one shaped like a shark. Jimmy says there's almost one submarine per person. He tells the boys to do whatever they want. Ludwig and Karl get thrown around on the water, and the narration exaggerates that they "kissed the sea at 500 miles per hour." When Karl is asked what he would wish for, he says, "To get off of this thing!" Underwater, someone announces, "I am a fish now."
After a break, the helicopter takes the boys up so they can jump out and fall into the ocean. Ludwig is surprised to hear he's going. Before jumping he says, "I love you, Mom. I'm sorry." Someone remarks that this is "only a $16 million island" and they're already jumping out of a helicopter. After the jump, Jimmy says that whoever claimed money can't buy happiness "doesn't own that private island," because he's pretty happy.
The $45 Million Royal Island
The $45 million island, called Royal Island, is too big to fit in one camera shot. Staff are waiting on the dock when the group arrives. Jimmy says he always feels uncomfortable when people may have been standing around for hours waiting for him. They hand out blueberry smoothies, which are non-alcoholic.
The price includes a mansion, a beachside bar, and a private chef. Outside the mansion, a hot tub looks over the cove where the jet skis are kept, and Jimmy says the pool has the best view he has ever seen. Guests who don't want the mansion can choose from five luxury beachside cabanas. At one point someone asks why they're playing ping pong when they have a whole island.
The narration says the amenities aren't what make the island special. The highlight is a set of century-old ruins at the far end. Karl takes the wheel again, and the group goes off-road on a trip someone compares to a safari. When the road runs out, they walk through what used to be a village more than a hundred years ago. They pass a former bar, and one of them walks under a 100-year-old slab that weighs about a thousand pounds. Nearby is what Jimmy calls the best view on the island. They drove so long that he forgot he was on an island at all.
Jimmy's verdict: he personally wouldn't pay $45 million for "a big jungle with some ancient ruins," but he's sure some rich person will.
The $150 Million Island: Staff, Flamingos, and Endangered Animals
The narration calls the next island possibly the second most expensive island money can buy. It is worth $150 million, has eight luxury mega mansions, and runs entirely on solar panels and wind turbines. According to the video, it took more than four decades to build. Jimmy says that when he imagines a private island, this is what he pictures.
Guests are first asked to wash their hands so they don't bring outside germs onto the island. Everyone gets a coconut and a personal driver. The narration jokes that the drivers might be there because the staff heard about Karl's driving. One person says this will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and when someone suggests they could come back, the answer is that it "might be out of my price range." The island can be rented for $140,000 per day, which the narration calls "extremely low." A staff member confirms it is considered the most luxurious private island in the world.
The narration says there are ten staff members for every guest. When the staff ask what the group wants to do over the next few days, the friends are distracted by a turtle. Nolan makes the most of the attention and shows up playing pool with about ten people around him, whom he calls his "hype crew." Jimmy tells the staff they don't have to stay just to make Nolan feel good. After about an hour, someone says this is the best island so far.
Other features include a house with a golf driving range on the roof. The balls are made of fish food, so guests can hit them into the ocean. Flamingos are everywhere, though they only seem friendly when there's food. There is a large tortoise that someone calls a dinosaur, and the narration says it could theoretically live more than 200 years. Jimmy asks it to tell his distant descendants that he was awesome. Lemurs crowd the group, and two end up on Jimmy's head.
The video explains that most of these animals are endangered. The owner, Richard Branson, brought them to the island to help keep them from going extinct. The narration then jokes that the most endangered animals on the island are the "mermaids" who serve sushi. The group also plays tennis and basketball, tours another mansion, and does a cold plunge, which is a first for one of them. Jimmy says there is so much to do that they can't film it all and that it's actually overwhelming.
The $250 Million Island: A Water Park With Over 100 Lifeguards
The last island is worth $250 million. It has an amusement park with more than a dozen water slides, a hot air balloon, and, as Jimmy puts it, nearly every activity you could imagine. The group has the whole place to themselves.
There are more than a hundred jet skis, which Jimmy calls "a bit overkill." Zip lines cross the man-made beaches. When someone asks what the helmet is for, the answer is that people sometimes fall off. The owner can host more than 13,000 friends across five huge pools. Jimmy says the place looks like it was built in Minecraft and that his two friends look like tiny specks in it. There are exotic animals, including a peacock that Jimmy jokingly says he needs to take in for questioning. There are also games of all kinds, such as cornhole and something someone calls "soccer pool." Jimmy wishes the 13,000 people who are usually there could see how bad one of his friends is at cornhole, and he says the island has things he didn't know existed.
Jimmy notices that there are far too many lifeguards for four guests. Staff tell him there are over 100, and also that nobody has ever rented the whole island before; this is the first time. Jimmy decides it would be fun to give the lifeguards a day off, and they ride down the slides themselves before cheering the group on for their turn.
Daredevil's Peak
The main attraction is the large water slide in the middle of the island. Jimmy admits he might back out, even though eight-year-olds ride it, because he's afraid of heights. After an easier slide, he points to a bigger one: Daredevil's Peak, which the video says is more than 135 feet tall and the tallest water slide in North America. Someone compares it to a skyscraper. Another person calls the name "very inviting."
At the top, the wind is strong. The group decides by "nose goes," which they agree is binding. Nolan loses. Echoing Ludwig at the helicopter, he says, "I love you, Mom. I'll see you on the other side." When he reaches the bottom, he says it felt like being hit by a truck. Jimmy goes last. He says he's doing it for the viewers' entertainment even though giant rides scare him, and he's shocked at how fast it is.
Jimmy ends by saying he felt like he was drowning the whole way down, but the whole island was pretty awesome.
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 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 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 million-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 vehicle. We're literally hovering. Yeah. Apparently snowmobiles would have been too basic for this island. It just had to be hovercrafts. This is awesome. Talk 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.
Oh, nice bathroom. Usually rich people like showers that can fit like 30 to 1,000 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.
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 fell, you couldn't even be mad.
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 personally 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 $140,000 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 got to explore the great house, my friends ended up getting 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." Yeah!
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 ten 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 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. 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. 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 actually scared. You know what else is intense? What? The final island. I'll see you there. Why are we still here? 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 ever 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 waterslide, we checked out the other features, like how there's over a hundred jet skis on this island. It's a bit overkill. And not to mention there's 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 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. 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 waterslide 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 high. 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. How crazy.
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