The Final Hour of Animal Kingdom for Disney World After Dark - Sunset on Everest / Dinosaur & Safari
Disney World Animal Kingdom After Dark
Transcript
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today's adventure will begin just before
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nightfall current time 6 pm
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on a wednesday evening as of the
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recording of this in fact the last day
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of march 2021
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for whatever reason i4 westbound here
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backs up considerably
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you can see over there the the hidden
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mickey
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power pole good thing i'm gonna think
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i'm not going that way
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here on world drive there is quite a
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quite a beehive of activity when it
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comes to they were cones
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now the other night two nights ago i
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went to magic kingdom
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a couple hours before well an hour
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before i need to go
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where that car is going that's the exit
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but i can't get over because of all
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these cones
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they were cones so i thought i would
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continue this
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mini well or mickey
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mini series a miniature series a small
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series
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of all four parks just before close
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and i'm going in prior to an hour before
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i should probably
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get into animal kingdom a half hour
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before
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because i want to go on the safari which
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closes at seven
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the theme park closes at eight so i'm
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gonna get into animal kingdom an hour
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and a half oh look the signs done
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an hour and a half before closing
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that's the plan and while in this area
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decided to gonna swing through this
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drive through
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at this pretty much good percentage
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of it is solar-powered mcdonald's right
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here which currently is not open inside
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but you can't go through the drive
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through get myself a piping hot
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caffeinated beverage
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as soon as this light changes
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just waiting here at the light and as
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i'm approaching
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starting to to think is this the only
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full-size
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mickey d's on wdw property
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there used to be another one at disney
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springs well used to be called downtown
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disney
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but there was one there back in the 90s
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that was a couple decades ago this might
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be you know i could be wrong
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don't quote me on this this could be the
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only full-size mcdonald's
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on walt disney world premises oh and
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since it's
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kind of getting into the dusk hours you
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can see the
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not the golden arches the topiary the
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the
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the hedge arches are kind of illuminated
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or is the sunburst
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oh yeah this thing is toasty
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toasty and warm had to wait a little bit
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they they were making a new
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a new pot if you will
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so got some fresh brood
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okay heading to animal kingdom
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this thing's toasted this thing needs
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like a little those little
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cardboard sleeves on it this thing's
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warm and it's less than a mile
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from the parking gate at animal kingdom
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you can see that says welcome to
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disney's animal kingdom open
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till 8 pm and there is no one
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at these little stations it says
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proceed to the parking lot okay i will
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still no
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tram service from the parking area to
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the park you can see they have them
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kind of stationed right over here and
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the lot doesn't look too full
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checking the wait times on the app and
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not too bad at this time of the day
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i have procured a spot right here along
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number 12.
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i wonder if 12 does that mean a dozen of
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these animals
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might end up
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roaming around you can see i'm in the
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far end
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of the lot right over there i'm not the
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fir i'm not the
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first ones here first ones here first
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ones you can see a lot of other people
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are exiting at the moment
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but there's a lot yeah there's a lot of
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cars this direction
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i just parked at the far end of the lot
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near the front so all i have to do is
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walk along the perimeter here
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welcome everyone adam the woo here is
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now three minutes till sixth
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is a bus oh my god
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three minutes just going to pick up some
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guests that are leaving i am not leaving
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i'm heading in it is 6 27 which means i
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should be walking in the gate at 6 30
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giving me a half hour to get over
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onto the safari and then after the
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safari i'll have one completed hour to
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do everything else
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i'm inviting you to join me
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there's another bus shall you it is kind
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of nice
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heading in while everyone else is
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heading out there's kind of a neat
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little vibe to it i have to go through
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here
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and there's world of micah you're kind
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of wedged in the queue here i feel like
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i'm at disneyland to some of the darker
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iqs yeah it's also kind of
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it is now 6 50 10 minutes before the
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safari closes down for the evening
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and this is going to be the vehicle here
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i think as long as it doesn't pass back
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yeah we're going to get in this row
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right here one of the last safari of the
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evening
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here at animal kingdom as soon as this
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oh we're kind of peeling out quickly
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i'm going to be your i'm not sure why
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they do
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they close the safari down one hour
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prior
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to the park closing so safari ends at
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seven
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park closes at eight on this program
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at all times we're gonna go through a
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lot of refresh there will be bushes here
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it's a pretty long horn
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so that being said as we head on into
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the reserve our first stop will be
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little attorney for us
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coming up into view off to our right we
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will see you know
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wow copy also a yellow back diker a
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little bit further back
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beyond the bamboo there yellow back
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tiger bach
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our crepuscular animal the peak of their
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activity will be at
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sunrise and sunset dikerbach is africans
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for diving buck
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they dive into the bushes who evade
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their predators usually now the okapi
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not really having the advantage of
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evading predators things to their
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large sizes they do have those
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horizontal stripes across their legs to
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help mimic the streaming of light
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through a tree canopy so they can
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disappear into the bushes instead
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pretty reclusive and solitary animals
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both of them
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so much so that the coffee works out to
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be in the water oh look at that vulture
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right there oh look at those hippos
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they'll do a lot of traveling out of the
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water at night sometimes up to five
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minutes that is awesome
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in the water i wish we could have
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stopped for a little longer because
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there's like a bunch of hippos
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right over there very adorable animals
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and also one of the
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most territorial animals in africa we
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definitely want to admire them from afar
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they get about 16 feet long weigh around
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500 pounds so they are the largest of
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the crocodilian species
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crocodilians since they're back
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together
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reminds me of jewel of the nile or
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romancing the stone one of those two
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look at those snappers
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hey ira hey ira that's my best danny
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devito
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even though they are frequently raised
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they're taking care of you that's so
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cool
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it's not normally going to be used as a
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source of food
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less totally necessary numbers they're
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also pretty quick they can for short
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distances
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run about 55 miles per hour
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even their babies are usually up and
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running within three to seven minutes of
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being born
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still hanging out here oh wow there is a
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rather large
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congregation of giraffe over there they
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get up to 20 feet
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oh they're leaving they're going into
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that little little alcove
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they do tend to tower over everyone else
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those two babies are probably born
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around six feet tall so wherever you're
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resting your elbow here on the vehicle
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or
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that larger patterson ceiling you're
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seeing they're about six feet up
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what are they looking at from the ground
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at their shoulder they're leaving
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they're going away make some largest
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antelope a couple of them
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hanging out here
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yeah so their trunks are pretty cool and
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elephant's trunk will have more muscles
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in it than the human body
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wow the two ends are prehensile these
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like fingers so they could pick up a
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single blade of grass if they really
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wanted to
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this elephant seems to be hanging out
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alone which
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is probably an indication they are a
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bachelor elementary
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aries like that they do have a rounder
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ear usually
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they get up to six feet tall you're also
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going to see a lot of baby ducks out
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here with everyone
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but it's springtime a lot of baby ducks
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in there
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around and i think they're pretty new
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first time i saw them was yesterday oh
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there's like a
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probably about 10 baby ducks they're
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also a few baby flamingos out here
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so flamingos
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are not born with pink colorations they
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get that from eating grind shrimp the
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ones you see with gray legs gray necks
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are quite a bit younger and they don't
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say hello to you too
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and their tails will help them to keep
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their balance turn directions at top
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speeds
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turn directions in midair
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a group of them will be called a
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coalition of cheetos
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coalition of cheetahs
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look at that
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if you hear the peak of orion lions roar
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it can be heard up to five miles away
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see look at that pretty nice sweden
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territory hello
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so usually during the day they do rest
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around 16 to 20 hours that's a good nap
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it's like watching the plane land it's
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like i hear that airplane flying over
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just trying to conserve energy i keep
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thinking he's going to start
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most likely
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pretty strong animals now they prefer
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the element to surprise their eyesight
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six times more powerful than the humans
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once it's dark out
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but wow they can leap up to 20 feet
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it is now 7 20 heading over to
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expedition everest
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hoping to go on this and then head over
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to dinosaur soon after
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so do not only safari but everest and
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then dinosaur
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all pretty much within the last hour
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give or take a few minutes
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got a half hour till close i think i
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think it's going to happen
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as long as this does not break down oh
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we got the handle we got the
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we got the the noises over here in the
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foliage
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going straight up the sun is still out
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and look down here at all the hair ties
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this is a lot of hair ties
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i never point out the hair ties but it
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was like dozens and hundreds and
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hundreds
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what happened to the track it's still
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broken going backwards
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look at the sunset over there that's
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that's amazing
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we're way back there you got wazowski
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they did
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and look they have the they're putting
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the little watermark over these again
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all right over to dinosaur look at the
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sun glistening off of everest that's
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amazing
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that looks pretty dang amazing yeah
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wow you can hear another train dropping
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in
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so good that is that is quite a sight
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right there that sunset
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oh check that up there it like lights up
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there with the meteor and all that never
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noticed that
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741 there is no one in this little
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corridor to the underground
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research facility you're gonna follow
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this around
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there's a few people in here but not a
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whole lot
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that states time transport loading bag
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gonna go back in time you're basically
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in a time machine of sorts
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very similar to the indiana jones ride
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over in anaheim at disneyland
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same type of track and vehicle except
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this one
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takes you to the prehistoric age
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wow we're going to do three three rides
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in about an hour
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which is kind of interesting because we
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did magic kingdom the other day
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and we did three three attractions at
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magic kingdom
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and now we're doing three attractions at
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animal kingdom
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i'm sensing a theme of kingdoms and
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how many different attract maybe we'll
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see the ride vehicle go by he's waiting
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for it to come by and maybe it'll trap
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one side
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sometimes later in the evening they'd
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have less vehicles oh no
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oh no oh minnie's down there minnie
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oh my goodness oh that's good that
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vehicle is avoiding
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someone needs to rescue mitty
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you won't be down there for very long
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the park's about to close
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but this side is not operating
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oh that's what that coating stands for
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yeah this used to be called countdown to
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extinction
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mica just reminded me now it's just
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called dinosaurs
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there is no countdown
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well there's a countdown to the park
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closing yes in about 10 minutes
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give or take the dino institute
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time transport floating bay
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you might be one of the last ones on
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here oh no look there's no one else
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that's a cast member
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no one else is walking in oh that's true
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yeah micah just reminded me ctx
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rover countdown to extinction
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strap i'm gonna pull up on the strap
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gonna get that make sure that yellow
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strap
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is being tugged we're going in
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oh going back in time
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oh what was that noise you just made i
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can barely see you
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now this says time travel signal
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receptor
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we did it we just went back in time i
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really like this
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ambiance of this right here as i step
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down these are some kind of reactors
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all through here and definitely need to
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use when you're traveling back in time
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through the prehistoric period
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you need a little get a little bit of
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that sanitizer here i don't know where
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those dinos have been i don't know
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oh this gigantic turtle type creature up
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top always kind of looming down
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upon all the guests it is officially
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8 p.m the park is closed and if this
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wants to focus which it might not want
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to focus
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went over to this area in a very quick
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pace just so
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we could see it before everyone is
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told to leave and this section here
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usually is the extended cue
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for navi river journey but they have
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these little partitions up and you can
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smell a little bit of
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some paint so they must be putting fresh
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paint down look how
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amazing this looks like in evening you
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can see this a little bit
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a little bit better but during the day
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when it's very busy which there hasn't
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been a lot of reservations i was able to
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get one
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earlier in the afternoon because it's
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all booked up with the
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some people still hear from the spring
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break but this is usually an extended
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queue
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through here that goes all the way out
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over over the bridge
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looks so dang awesome back in here i
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mean even during the day it's very
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impressive
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but at night it's a whole other element
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you can hear all the the noises and
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still a little bit of sun
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up there that has not set yet but
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nightfall is
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rearing its head upon the floating
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mountains
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the ground is definitely something to
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behold you can see the pattern
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from the leaves here yeah you've never
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been in here at night
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never been in here at night it is a
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sight
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to be whole be aware of these
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these creatures here i've never seen you
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never seen these
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sometimes they eject water out of their
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snouts
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up into the air that's what the sign is
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saying you might get wet
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but they haven't been on since the
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reopenings back in july
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so they're resting their snouts and it
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looks as if my t-shirt is almost
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with the whatever the light that's being
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you know put on there the the dark light
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making my the colors on my t-shirt kind
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of pop out
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oh look at that that is
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okay that right there is is worth
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showing up in the evening hours
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it's not the attractions the three
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attractions that does it goodness look
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at
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that wow and now walking by
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the bus station well at the bus station
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but that plus is heading to the station
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if you go the opposite way the walkway
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to the main entrance that was micah's
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shadow that just walked by
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we did it park number two
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yeah we got to do the other the others
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so we're two we got two to go at some
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point not gonna be
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probably won't be tomorrow or the next
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day but at some point in the relatively
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near future
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we will complete this four park last
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hour challenge
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yeah we gotta have something to look
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forward to with this
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someone's car alarm is going off i'm
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hoping to see some
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some lightning over there in the
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distance there's a storm rolling in
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current time is 8 33
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so we got here what two hours ago yeah
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what time do we hour and a half
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technically i think we got here like 6
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30. yeah so it's two hours oh yeah
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you're right but we walked in the park
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at seven yeah
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no no
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we got on like like expedition what time
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do we get on the
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safari 45 i think
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okay so we were in the park yeah because
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the safari closed at seven
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yes so we've been here two hours we did
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the safari
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at 6 50. i think it was like 7 20
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when we did everest and then it was 7
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30 when we did dinosaur
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i think there's a concert going on with
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horns over there this time it's not my
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voice doing metal mickeys
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you set that alarm off the other night
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all right you know i said there was some
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lightning over here
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i'm not seeing any lightning so i'm just
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going to end the video with a clip i got
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in there of the tree of life
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that's going to do it for today and the
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interesting thing about this
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as i was standing in this spot there's a
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lot of folks walking
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forward i'm still in the parking lot but
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i'm putting in the clip
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of the tree of life you can see all
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these people walking towards with their
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illuminated lights
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the tree of life almost looks like a
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stalk of broccoli
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at this hour at night doesn't look like
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this during the day but at night
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there's that horn again