A Stormy Day At Shut Down Areas of International Drive Orlando - Forgotten Skate Park / Ride Closure
International Drive Orlando April 2022
Transcript
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welcome everyone adam the woo here as a
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recording of this thursday april 7 2022.
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got my little scooter back there also
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there is tow
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mater
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here in front of desert land
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i'm going to be going around doing a
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little tour
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on this little mobile device
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up and down international drive this is
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that kind of at the one end of
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international drive
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but i will just peruse around see what's
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changed
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see what's closed see what's opened
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as of right now at this hour those doors
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to desert land are not open
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that is
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the current situation because it is 11
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29
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at the moment flip this around
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i'm inviting you
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to join me also it's a little overcast
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it might rain
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i might put this back in my car go down
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a little further pull it back out and
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just kind of
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just see what i can see
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shall you
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look
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big ben
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parliament and oversized hamburger and
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fries
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gonna go around the backside
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of the legends restaurant and see some
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of the new construction let's see what's
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left of the van skate park too that's
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what we used to be back there what if
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it's still sitting back there after all
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these years
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vans is no longer in this former mall
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okay could not go that way
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too much construction
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blocking it go around the other way
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i'm kind of curious if it's
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if the skate pool is still back there
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and appears as if
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a lot of vehicles there the construction
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workers are parked over there this used
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to be a second entrance
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either the
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the mall that used to be or festival bay
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then it was artagon
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now it's desert land
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this used to be the one of the main back
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parking lots
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and right over here was an entrance into
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the van skate park
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and yes
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my calculations
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the stock brand would say we're correct
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looks like the ramps and everything are
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still back here
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take a look at this
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looks like someone's gotten in here and
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spray painted a little bit
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tagged it up
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yeah a sweet skate spot i wonder if
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anyone's taking any
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slides well i mean any bikes down any
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slides in there well there's no slides
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but
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anyone's taking a bike down the skate
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ramp
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i took my bike down a sweet slide once
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didn't work out well
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this would be a whole other
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a whole other ball game taking that in
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that wouldn't be good
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very windy out here
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i would imagine someone inside there has
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access to open those bay doors bay doors
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and if that person that has access was a
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skater
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or a bike rider they could really
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utilize this to its full extent
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i mean obviously judging by the
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the tags and the graffiti there
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others have probably hopped this fence
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and are utilizing it
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yeah look at that right there a nice
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rail to go down i would
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probably pop a kneecap or break an ankle
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but yeah
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i've seen people
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more proficient on a board than i am
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this is a good spot and will this be
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leveled time will tell for now it's
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still standing
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there are a few of these sculptures
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up and down i drive
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that are just kind of scattered around
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that are oversized
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sports characters
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the soccer ball there
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in front and you can see based on the
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size of the vehicles
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behind
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number 10 here
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see if i can show a couple of the other
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ones that are just up and down i drive
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the look on the face though what's going
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on there
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can't tell if happy sad angry
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disgruntled
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it appears this little outlet mall
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not a lot open through here
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it's a furniture store it's still open
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some of the former businesses have been
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taken over by other
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this is right next to fun spot
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fact fun spot
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just showed over there
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and a place i used to frequent
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not only here in florida but also on the
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west coast
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sweet tomatoes west coast it was soup
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plantation
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you should be right over here and since
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2020 has not existed oh i got a piece of
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rain
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right there on the lens dripping down
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was one of my favorite restaurants to go
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to on both coasts
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even though they have alternating names
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it was the same corporation
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and as the sign states right there the
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paper sign
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they are closed
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i believe next door something's going in
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there
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there's a relic
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i'll relic now
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quite a tasty salad bar if ever there
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was one
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according to that banner there's going
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to be a volcano hot pot and barbecue
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coming soon there's also a volcano hot
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pot across from old town pretty close to
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celebration that i've been to that'd be
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pretty cool if it's the same place
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at least that's something
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i am not the only one that misses sweet
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tomatoes and soup plantation
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dang
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if only i had known back then i would
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have doubled up on my buffets
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trips i am now back in my car starting
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to storm pretty hard
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i never realized this exists there's an
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orlando circus school
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right here
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yeah see all kind of netting and
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ladders and things in there orlando
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circus school interesting whoa it's
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raining hard
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throw my window back up
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roll them up and as it comes down to the
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precipitating
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i could say precipitating mode an
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overload of precipitation
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i guess i could probably turn my
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windshield wipers off because i'm kind
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of just parked here for one moment
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george's music a musician's superstore
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where there is this i always like to
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pinpoint and show this delorean
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every time i'm on my drive
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you can hardly see it there through the
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through the rain
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rolling down the window
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hey i always love a good delorean
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even though it's not a time machine
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and also through the window this
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astronaut
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oversized astronaut
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side of this gift shop a lot of gift
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shop goodness through here
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glad i brought my umbrella
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what's that big the foot
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you don't believe in aliens
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i thought you would
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all right you're entitled to your
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opinion
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where the rain is really coming down
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slowed up a little bit but you can see
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the water congregating there going down
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the
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drain
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what about dinosaurs big the foot
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believe in dinosaurs okay
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let's check it
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yeah volcano island still tucked away
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back here
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i've stopped by here before a couple
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times
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this is kind of tucked away back here
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you really wouldn't even know it was
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here
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in fact i went down i drive
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many times before i even realized this
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place existed and once i know about it i
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always stop to see if they've ever gonna
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tear it down
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still standard
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i guess until someone buys the property
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they won't tear down it'll just be
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or just be here
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volcano island
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and good to see hogan's beach shop
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still sitting over there
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waiting here for the light to change
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someone in a turn lane just went by me
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hogan's beach shop still going strong
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that's right brother made it over to the
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icon park
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parking structure
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3d this should be pretty
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easy to
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remember it is coming down out there
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there's the r there's the a
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there's the k
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this hotel over here has a very
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interesting screen on it it's called the
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element
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look at
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got a wax museum down there there's
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miley cyrus
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red pit
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take right here though
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i don't know why i said take right here
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but take a look right here
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the big ferris wheel does not run in the
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rain for good reason because the storm
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also what's not running is the slingshot
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over there and i think there's a drop
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tower which might end up
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never operating again
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now even though universal is on the
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opposite
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opposite side of me listening to that
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thunder
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that almost looks like hogwarts castle
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over there
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like the peak of it it's not it's not at
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all it's another it's like a castle
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hotel that's what it reminds me of got
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my trusty umbrella you can kind of see
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it faintly in the reflection see me kind
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of waving it around
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so i'm going to be down there see
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everybody running down there
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trying to shield themselves from the
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elements that's going to be me except
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i'm going to have
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a little bit of protection with the
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umbrella
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wander around icon park see what's
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happening now i personally don't know if
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i'd ever go on the starflyer it's not
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running today because of the aim because
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of the
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the rain and the storm and whatnot but
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it is open as far as i know it is still
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operating at the bottom i don't know if
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i'd ever go on though those swings go
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all
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the way up there and you're just kind of
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dangling by
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a couple chains
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i don't know
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maybe but highly doubtful i'll probably
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listen to that thunder
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it's going to roll
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there it is now back before i bought my
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scooter i would come out here and rent
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these
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these brand these new tiger went by the
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hour
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and i do recall
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doing little construction updates on
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when the drop tower would be finished
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well the drop tower is finished
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however it is temporarily closed and
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it's a good possibility
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but it may never reopen
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due to an accident that took place
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did not think when i was doing the
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construction update that i would be back
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you know after it opened i know
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a few people wrote it
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i think it was open a couple weeks
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and now there's a little memorial here
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now i've been on the ferris wheel
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i rather enjoy going up on there
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but that's about
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that's about as much as i would really
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do i'll go on disney coasters and things
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like that
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but even extreme coasters
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sometimes they're a little much but even
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coasters
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for me i feel a little more comfortable
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on than i would
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on the swings that are there
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or a slingshot like that or a drop ride
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has not been decided on whether this
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will reopen or not
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and the odds of me ever going on it if
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it did
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slim the nut
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found this little access road that runs
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behind the
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outlets over here off of i-4
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is the only remaining remnant as far as
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i know
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from dolly parton's dixie stampede from
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back in the day
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they used to own this field over here as
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well
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and there's a little horse stable
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dilapidated horse stable
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something or other
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right here next to this field where the
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horses
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would kind of run around directly behind
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me
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is where dixie stampede used to be now
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an outlet mall
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this is a fun little fact see some
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fencing over there too
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where the horses would gallivant around
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and dixie stampede stood right here
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i went there one time with my mom and
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dad
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for a christmas show and i wanted to see
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the dolly parton christmas show that
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they did at the stampede
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so we went it was fun but it's gone
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supposedly this outlet mall paid
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millions of dollars for this property
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and dolly said
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sure where do i sign
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zoomed in on the water tower i'm
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noticing there's a little banner there
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on that pole that also says celebration
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never noticed that before
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and i usually start the day in these
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episodes
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with a piping hot caffeinated beverage
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switching it up you're gonna end it with
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one
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i just noticed that the king's cafe
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one of the few different coffee shops
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here in celebration
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is open at the moment sometimes it's not
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open sometimes it is today well as of
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right now it is
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over here tucked away in the corner good
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way to
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to end the day a rainy day
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with a coffee
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it's always a good time for coffee
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do you like it black do you put anything
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in it i put a little cream and sugar on
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it
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oh got it accomplished
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i just realized why sometimes
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this place is not open because i just
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asked
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she said they're open from noon to six
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monday through friday and then
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sunday when services are going on
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and that's why because i usually have
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over
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on a quest for coffee
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we're on a quest a quest for fun
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it's clark griswold would say
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also like to point this out it's pretty
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neat
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so that's why i usually have an early
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riser and i get up and looking for
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coffee either at
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a few different places that i go to
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but it's a little later in the day now
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and that's going to do it for today
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i'll see the next video
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see if you can hear the goodness
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the vlog