What’s Currently Open and Closed on International Drive In Orlando - Forgotten Roadside Attractions
A visit to International Drive in Orlando Florida .
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welcome everyone had in me the whoo here
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today's adventure will take me up and
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down International Drive in Orlando
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Florida and just a few blocks from the
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starting point heading in that direction
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is the former mystery fun house so gonna
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begin here and just kind of peruse some
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of what is open
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what is closed during these current
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times as well as some of my memories of
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the past and landmarks inviting you to
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join me remember when there was a wizard
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right there used to be a wizard on the
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side of that building I'm inviting you
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to join me shalyah even though they have
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removed a lot of remnants of what used
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to be here there still is embedded here
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in the ground says fun laughs and
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surprises established in 76 the 20th
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anniversary they place this lets around
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the time frame early 1990s I came here a
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couple times
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happy 3 or 4 back when it was open and
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even though it's been closed for well
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over a decade maybe even close to 2 they
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just recently within the last year
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cleared out the decaying miniature golf
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course that used to be left over in here
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now it's a parking area some of the
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themed netting there so remains along
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the of a sealing line
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if you've ever seen the film Parenthood
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starring Steve Martin there was a scene
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that took place right inside there there
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were Chuckie Cheese or Showbiz Pizza
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type of animatronics they were having a
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party curious to know are those still in
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there even though the exterior a lot of
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the exterior has been taken out and
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removed maybe they're still in there
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the trolleys appear to be running going
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up and over I Drive now we're going over
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i-4 I should say heading to I Drive
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north side and then over to the south
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side underneath this tower is a soccer
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player about three or four times taller
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than that truck twice the size of the
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building behind him you used to be able
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to drive that way through the mall
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parking lot it's gone through a lot of
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name changes it's still under
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construction quite a bit of construction
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yeah a lot different now that neva was
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on my last visit now called desert land
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action park for the time being you
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cannot drive a vehicle past those gates
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as well if I remember correctly there
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was once water and fountains right here
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where this grass area is they had put
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some some murals up all around got a lot
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of memories here there was a name prior
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to the art agon which is what what I
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remember it has come on through some
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changes and there used to be a
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Fuddruckers hamburger place right over
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there and a surf shop of some sort right
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there oh that's gone from a distance I
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thought I thought maybe this was popping
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out of the wall or was a really good 3d
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paint job but the reality is it's a pole
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well it's a protrusion there out of the
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side of the building which makes it
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appear like it's a real gas pump at
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least to the human eye I was just
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informed by it was two gentlemen back
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there watching over the property that I
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am NOT allowed to meander here have to
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be on the road and abide by the rules
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and keep heading down
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I Drive did not realize that was the
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case didn't see any signage I was told
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that the cone should have alerted me
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said that's why the cone is there
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there's two cones there's one there I
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guess I should have known by the cones
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through all the closures this Bass Pro
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Shops has stayed active and this most
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likely will reopen at some point but for
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now it's still still I guess being
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renovated and completed it's like a
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Johnny rocket style retro diner let's
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close down right here
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yeah this is not open anymore almost
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like a route 66 style through the
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drive-through still see the neon up top
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very unique looking structure
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Funspot is open see the eros wheel
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they're going around there's two of
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these there's one in kissimmee at Old
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Town and then there's this one up here
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in Orlando not too far from each other I
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can remember a win a volcano was not
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envisioned cruising through here as far
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back as I can recall this DeLorean has
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always sat in front of George's music
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happy to say it's still here
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that is where wet-and-wild used to sit
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imagine that wet and wild right there
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whirly dome has closed its doors and
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they have built they built a chain link
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around this figure as well
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also holding a soccer ball I think
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that's a soccer ball also a unidentified
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flying object here in this shopping
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shopping area used to be a convenience
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store like a 7-eleven
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I saw Hulk Hogan right back here walk
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through the back door at one point this
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is now hits his beach shop still has the
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same the same formations of what it used
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to be a convenience store yeah pretty
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much a 7-eleven more or less just with
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just with the Hulk up there believe it
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or not it appears as if Ripley's is open
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over there I see some cars in the
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parking lot back in business it's almost
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become a tradition to get on the Orlando
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Eye well used to be called the Orlando
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Eye it is now the icon Orlando I've done
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this a bunch of times it doesn't look
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like it's moving though it is not moot
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moves very slowly but now it is not
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moving at all even from this perspective
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from the front fountain it does not
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appear to be moving in any fashion I
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went inside NASA they said they're gonna
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open up a little bit later on throughout
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the course of the day okay
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I'm carrying on the sliding glass doors
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here on the back are not accessible
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there you underneath that tree or next
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to that tree there used to be a Legoland
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little station there where they would
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pick you up here and transport you all
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the way to Winter Haven but they've
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removed it must not have been a lot of
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folks who wanted to go all the way from
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Orlando to Winter Haven
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so the little stand is now gone they no
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longer offering rides from here to there
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I'm gonna go all the way to to the end
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this direction and turn around and sit
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back up the other side well not really
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zip back up and just drive I like these
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trees here in the media
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nice little shade and ambiance where
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that dave & buster's now is used to be
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race rock many years ago and the Peabody
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Hotel is now the Hyatt Regency can no
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longer see the Ducks walking around in
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there one of the concours is here from
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the Convention Center
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loop back around and turned from
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SeaWorld I know they're open but I'm not
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seeing any of the coasters operating
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going under the 528 which is one of the
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Central Florida toll roads kind of like
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the Turnpike there's a lot of toll roads
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around here
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it's a little merge in the road here
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point Orlando just ahead used to be a
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place called fao schwarz you walk in
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there was a song that play over and over
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and over and over and over saying
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welcome to our world of toys it's been
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about 20 years ago now it's been gone
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are those those petunias helicopter
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rides take place
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occasionally right there and they have
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repurposed this little train car signal
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and the trolley tracks are still here
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from years gone by and at one point just
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recently there used to be a trolley
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sitting along this but that has been
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removed but the tracks they're still
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here
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see the switch track and then it just
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disappears right up here around the edge
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of these hedges that's it that's all of
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them
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oh wait maybe not no there's some more
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here it continues all around yeah
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continues all back there over towards I
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four even though none are landing or
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taking off these rules still apply do
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not want to go traversing over there but
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I would imagine that the tracks go all
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around the perimeter that way
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and then after this section here
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continue along here this direction goes
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through a bush and then past this there
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is a protective nesting Hawk and are you
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are you up there
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nesting Hawk but then going back down
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the tracks are non-existent here but it
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most likely would have gone that way and
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then loop back around around the
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building in that that direction no
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remnants from this side
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little history here next to interstate 4
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doing another u-turn here at WonderWorks
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that upside-down building there was a
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time when that mcdonald's claimed to be
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the world's largest used to be called
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the epic McDonald's and they renovated
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it and if you've ever seen the movie
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problem child to that gift shop below
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the Burger King sign and next to the
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IHOP roof you can see John Ritter and
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jr. walking in there at the start of the
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film the little musical montage they
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walk in and they walk out with some with
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some souvenirs going back by where
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wet-and-wild used to be looks so much
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different that lake still there however
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they used to have activities for wet and
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wild in that lake as well so the themed
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swimming area would kind of go right up
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against the waterway and will continue
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into the waterway and they would that
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would Austin that was also part of wet
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wild pirate's dinner adventure not sure
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if that's open or closed right now he's
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looking for a treasure of some sort in
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that barrel and the gates the gates
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closed
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there's no one here at the moment it
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might not have reopened during these
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times and I've gone to medieval times on
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more than one occasion but I've never
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been to the pirate's dinner adventure
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pulling back into what used to be a mall
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I'm really sure what its going to be in
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the future we've done the full circle
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more or less I had heard there were
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gonna be some very valuable vehicles and
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cars in there on display
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hopefully that's true it'd be cool to
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come back and check it out when it's
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open a very faded out van skate park log
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removed the signage kind of still there
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Hetch 10 and along this thoroughfare is
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a pathway that goes around the back of
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the property and I'm curious if I was to
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continue walking down this would I be
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able to zoom in on the outdoor section
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of the skate park that you cannot get to
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from where I am at the moment let's find
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out I already walked this far
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continuing continuing backwards just to
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give you the perspective of the
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direction I'm having but also showing
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where I where I walked from get pretty
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close over in that general area I think
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you have to go around the corner a
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little more and zoomed in but that was
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the outdoor section of Vannes
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and this is the parking lot around the
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front that they are tearing up
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pretty neat how its
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I'll closed off for renovations all this
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is most likely gonna go away and be not
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utilized in the future
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