Staying In Disney’s Riviera Resort Studio Tower - Amazing Fireworks Room View / Dinner at Topolino’s
Disney's Riviera Resort Spring 2022
Transcript
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today's adventure brings me to the
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riviera resort
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the first time i've ever stayed here is
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being a dvc member
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or for any other reason in fact this is
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my home resort
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just on the outskirts of epcot center in
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fact you see the skyliner platform over
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there
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my home resort means i'm able to book
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this a couple months prior
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to others who do not have this as their
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home resort
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and it's taken me until now to either be
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in town
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and have the ability to
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book a room here
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but it's happening
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as a recording of this
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march 22nd
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2022
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a tuesday
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welcome everyone adam the woo here
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southern california daphne also tagging
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along and this is kind of exciting for
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you
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because one of your favorite movies is
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tangled
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rapunzel yes and there is a lot of
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rapunzel s type of
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theming here yeah that big mosaic was so
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pretty
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you notice my glasses here i'm having a
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chevy chase from vacation where my
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glasses
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are starting to i might see i i
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got out of the car
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stepped onto the ground and i realized
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my glasses were underneath my feet
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and i really have no clue which tower i
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will be in
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possibly this one
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possibly another nonetheless
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i'm inviting you to join me
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shall you
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yeah this oh
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that's uh i knew that was gonna happen
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but i was trying to have a dramatic
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moment so these are now
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history and it's kind of a fitting end
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to your trip
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this being the last day
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staying here so we saved we saved i'll
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say it's the best for last we saved this
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for last very special we're not going
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into any theme parks today even though
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we are probably going to do
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a little skyliner tour around cool plus
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it's also i don't think we can check in
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until 3 p.m and it is currently right
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now
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12 48. i just realized the floor to the
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lobby is little bow ties almost like the
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shirt that i have on right now has
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little bow ties on it yeah so that works
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out out well also this is walt disney
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world celebrating it's 50th anniversary
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so they have the mats down here
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so this is us and good news
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we are able to check in early at 1pm
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the room is ready so we're going to go
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we're going to go ahead and do a room
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tour
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and then also the cars are fit here we
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got the cars that are 50th and we went
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with this one because this map matches
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your app outfit this matches my outfit
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and why did you want the daisy because
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holly madison got it but she stayed here
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a month ago so you want it you wanna you
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wanted to have the same card that she
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had yeah and here's a general layout of
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the land we will be staying in the west
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wing
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up up high we're not we're not on ground
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level so we're up a little high i'm not
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sure which angle that'll be we are in
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the west wing so where i am parked is
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appropriate okay heading over to the
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room notice and check this out some
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peter pan artwork here
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on the walls oh yeah all kind of artwork
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there there's rapunzel there's ariel
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cinderella snow white
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going up
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oh they're chandeliers
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there's rapunzel's castle over there too
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we're heading to the tower
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we're heading
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to the tower
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just use the card here
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that worked thank you donald
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i'm going in
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all right
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with every room tour it's always good to
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this is how i started all the room tour
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of my hotel room
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room tours my first impression upon
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walking in
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i didn't realize that it was going to be
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such a decent view here on the corner it
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really is
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a tower
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because outside
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that spaceship earth over there
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we got the skyliner going by
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he got hollywood tower off in the
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distance
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swann and dolphin
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so what i'm thinking later on tonight
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we should be able to see harmonious from
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here
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a little rest and relaxation
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at the yard at the rr at the riviera
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resort that's your joke you said that
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earlier but off camera so i'm just
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reiterating what you said let's do a
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little inside
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room tour as well so this is the balcony
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which i really love the balcony now i
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will say the size of it
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is kind of teeny tiny and cozy for a dvc
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studio in fact i have
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my disney vacation club bag
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over there oh this is neat you can pull
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down this
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to kind of to block the sun
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and you got a little more artwork here
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you got the drapes the themed
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drapes the air is on
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got a window here that you can look out
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upon this really does feel
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like you're in a tower because you are
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in a tower
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not evidently all the way on the top
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floor but also in a tower also a keurig
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unlike some of the other resorts which
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do not have
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a keurig i like these because they have
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the 50th anniversary k-cups so i'll be
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utilizing this
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as well which is really nice some of the
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other value resorts will have the
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smaller kind of old-timey
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type of type of coffee maker
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a little tiny desk here so i believe
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this is the bed you have to pull this
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out
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this pulls down we should probably
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demonstrate how this pulls down get the
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little coffee table slash foot rests
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over here
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you got the remote everything sanitized
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and then over the corner a big mirror
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the door
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microwave
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right there got our stuff tucked away in
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there plenty of room for
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accessories like the towels
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extra
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extra pillow and blanket there can
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opener
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little ice kind of noticing that the
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bathroom is almost as big
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as the room itself the bathroom is
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massive
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the size of this bathroom
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and have some of the disney resorts h2o
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plus i like the sea salt
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there as well pretty good sized sink
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just one standard sink
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got the tissues here
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you got the sea salt soap down there
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good sized mirror hello
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a little makeup mirror there
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wow
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what happens when you press the button
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does something happen
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oh it turns the lights on and off that's
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a good makeup mirror yeah so you have a
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small makeup mirror
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and then you have the big makeup mirror
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you could
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do double the makeup what's in there
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the closet
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okay here we go
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safe to say that's for the money
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little hidden mickeys
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very nice i got the level
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shower
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shower head there
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h2o stuff
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hey you were just talking about that how
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you liked it i was showing it they even
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have a dent i've never seen them have a
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toothbrush before do you mind if i don't
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know that's a toothbrush
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yeah
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i didn't realize i have that either
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an h2o ocean toothbrush or just disney
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resort toothbrush i've never seen that
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before either wow this pulls down
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maybe that's just supposed to cut it off
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it's full sound
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let's see how this is
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okay yeah these are supposed to go under
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here i mean
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or maybe that's it i think that's it
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yeah those have like storage and stuff
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and it's off to neverland
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look at that
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and then i would guess the pillows are
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somewhere around pillows go right here
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that's the bed and bookshelves right
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here and the chandelier up here
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that's kind of neat
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so that's it this is the tower
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the dvc tower room which i think is the
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lowest
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price point that you can get
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it was pretty nice i love the view the
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view is the selling point
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being able to watch the fireworks here
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is going to be awesome how many points
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was it
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and i just searched well i just looked
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it up
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this was 18 vacation points
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i currently have 150 vacation points
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on my plan but i've been thinking about
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buying more
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i guess this is good until you know the
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span of my life
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so i think i probably at some point
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we'll get more whatever you do
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don't look
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down but 150 is good i try to stay at an
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average of 15 which gives me 10 stays a
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year
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at 150 but some like hilton head when i
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stayed they were only six points a night
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you have found a discovery
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inside of there i didn't even realize
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that was in there
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but that is where the mini fridge is
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cool
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there you go
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fridge
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microwave drawers so wonderful gideons
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have been here
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gideon's
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there's a cookie
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it's different than the cookies
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different videos and now back down to
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the first floor
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gonna do a little exploring
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oh
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here's all four of them together
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now there is a fitness center down here
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on the first floor can't tell if it's
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inside or outside but
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down that way
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go check it out now and giving a general
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layout of the land here the fitness
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center which is shown right over here
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under p athletic fitness center is
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located right here in a pretty decent
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amount there's like three or four
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treadmills in there three or four
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cardio equipment three or four stair
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masters well not stair masters but
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ellipticals and whatnot and a few free
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weights and things like that and a lot
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of the
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rr's located through here walking across
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and then you got the skyliner going by
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one pool is over here
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and they have a little little little
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beanbag toss too yeah i really like how
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the skyliner station is just right there
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from this little kind of like outlook
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kind of poking out onto the into the
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lake or into the into the water just
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show kind of how the back side of this
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is and how big the property is elevators
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closing we ended up getting
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a few things from the gift shop mostly
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snacks for the firework display a little
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later we're also going to get her to get
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a meal later but just in case we wanted
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to have some snacky food
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back up on the balcony now
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looking at the skyline about to take a
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skyliner over just to show the distance
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it is over to epcot also before going in
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the gift shop to get some of the snacks
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and stuff
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for a little bit later notice that they
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had quite a bit of merchandise not only
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for the riviera resort
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riviera resort merchandise
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specifically themed to this particular
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hotel establishment but also had some
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new dvc well new to me
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disney vacation club
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member merchandise as well and when
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you're just kind of perusing around all
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of the movie posters are in french
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along through the hallways and along the
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walls
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which is kind of a nice touch as well
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and speaking of riviera there's some
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photos on the wall of walt and his wife
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lillian when they visited the riviera
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which gave the inspiration
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to build this resort as well
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which is pretty neat as well
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there's definitely a nice vibe here and
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i really like like the close proximity
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to the parks like epcot and studios via
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the skyliner and it's my home resort and
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by home resort meaning i think i can
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book this one a couple months earlier
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than those who do not have this as their
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home resort and directly below
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you got the dvc van down there
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the cinderella
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and then eight yeah
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where did that take you
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i'm gonna guess this is probably just
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somewhat something that a cast member
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drives around probably to drop off
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pamphlets or brochures or merchandise
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and i believe i'm going to zoom in it's
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going to get kind of grainy
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it's test track
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should see a test track vehicle zoom by
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at any moment
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there goes one right there
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faintly can see it once again it's not
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the best quality because i've zoomed way
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in
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that is so cool
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love it we're peeking out this side
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window here
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there this is a good view of the two
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pools
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kind of wondering is one an adult pool
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or the other one's not adult pool yeah
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yeah we called it quite cool oh i love
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that oh the quiet pool okay so the one
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here at the far end is like
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the quiet pool peter pan right here
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made of tile it's all made of tile
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see the tile work
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this is pretty neat
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and then the tangled mural is right over
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there the weight is so gusty through
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here we got all the lanterns here last
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time we were here you didn't know what
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the lanterns mean
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yep i've seen the movie since last time
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it's probably what a year a year ago we
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walked through here yeah we didn't stay
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here but we walked through and you got
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some photos here and you were telling me
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about the lantern scene but i had not
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seen tangled
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since then we have watched it or you
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showed it to me
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shortly after that so now i know all
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about tangled
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and the lantern scene and i want to time
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exactly how long it takes to get from
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riviera
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to epcot
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so i'm going to put the timer on well
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not the timer but i'm going to look at
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my
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look at my phone in the clock just to
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see exactly how long it takes
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to get over to epcot it is now 2 45 p.m
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the doors will now close
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and i have noticed a couple cast members
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and maybe one or two guests have
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realized who you you're bounding as yeah
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everyone's ever gotten told you show
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your show the hair
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i got these flower clips on amazon yeah
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it worked out pretty good yep and we're
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going to go back a little later get some
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photos in front of the mural
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and we're doing this experiment to see
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how far it is this is so cool
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into
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the turn station
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this is about the halfway point between
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and that pot
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halfway it's only three minutes
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has it been three minutes exactly since
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we stepped one
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i i almost said this was a kung fu panda
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but that's the wrong thing i was
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thinking does that look like kung fu
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panda yeah that's oh i said that i said
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the u word
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never say the u word they just stop the
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whole operation okay move it again
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remember yesterday right up here
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ratatouille that we almost went away in
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like two hours yeah and we didn't get
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lightning lights we waited two hours of
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closest we're getting to the right the
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one that just went by yeah they waited
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about two hours an hour and 45 minutes
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online and then we gave up because it
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was moving so slow we knew it was gonna
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be like three more hours and according
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to the time 252
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which would make it about seven minutes
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six or seven minutes didn't count the
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seconds but
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yeah not too bad
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seven minutes six or seven minutes from
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riviera to epcot and another fun mode of
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transportation are the friendship boats
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going right past the little floral
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arrangement over there on the side of
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the little grassy hill the berm
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if you will you got the skyliner which
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we were just about to rebor we just got
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off we had we're gonna get back on and
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go back over to riviera and now the
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return trip
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back to the riviera
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straight ahead and now we're gonna head
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over to
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topalina terrace gotta go up to the
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tenth floor
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up to the tenth floor we go
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the tip top club
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tip top club would be hollywood tower
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but close enough
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we're getting here 15 minutes before
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they open just hoping
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just look like a shirt it looks like
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your shirt see look i have the same same
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ones right here on the shirt
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okay the door is locked it says dinner
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from 5 pm to 9 30 30 p.m reservations
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recommended we couldn't get one we tried
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one on the app
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it's what time is it about 4 45 and
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worked out pretty well that all we had
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to do was ask once we got here right at
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opening 15 minutes prior
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and said can we sit at the in the lounge
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area and they said oh you have to wait
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right until we open to set the lounge
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but then i asked if they had
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reservations and they did have a
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reservations
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for topolino's terrace
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so just waited a little bit took about
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10 minutes and they sat us at topalina's
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terrace without a reservation so early
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bird not only gets the worm but also
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gets the delicious food
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got a few a couple of different entrees
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but also
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a few appetizers prior
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to the entrees showing up i got
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something called a frito misto which is
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artichokes clam shell mushroom zucchini
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and golden raisin sauce
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also ended up getting the ricotta which
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has a tomato jam an aged bassam balsamic
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cracked pepper and basil
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and we got the escargot
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i have never had escargot in my entire
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life that i can recall
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and i must say it was pretty good
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because it was very buttery and the
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sauce and everything and the way it was
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cooked in the bread the butter and the
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bread really kind of disguised the taste
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of the escargot the snails
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but i really enjoyed it
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and after the appetizers we ended up
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having
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some entrees
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i ended up getting
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well she ended up getting the filet
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mignon which had the
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pureed
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the potato puree
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and scallions and of course the filet
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mignon
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proper
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as well and i ended up getting a couple
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of shrimp of three or four huge
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probably the biggest shrimp i've ever
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seen
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added onto my pasta i got the rigatoni
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pasta which has a braised chicken
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and wild mushroom afterwards
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went out onto the terrace
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that if you eat here all you have to do
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you get done eating is walk out on the
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terrace and there's a little lounge area
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out here
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and you can just enjoy the night air and
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looking out on the horizon you can see a
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lot of landmarks as well out there
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from other areas other areas of wdw off
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on the horizon
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pretty good rooftop view up here from
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the terrace all in all
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pretty good experience this evening and
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at this hour sun is slowly starting to
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set
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this window is part of the the room
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tower as well standing on the balcony
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overlooking you can see
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the sun kind of starting to drift over
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little haze
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of light through those clouds
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all right fast forward about an hour and
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a half give or take
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spaceship earth looking impressive over
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there on the horizon
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just got done watching tangled
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felt appropriate
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also i'm noticing way off on the horizon
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over there
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that's the orlando eye or icon orlando
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the big ferris wheel way over in the
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now i'm zooming in at world showcase
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over there through
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the balcony
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metal platform hidden mickey
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okay this is pretty dang cool
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you can see the magic kingdom fireworks
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way off in the distance
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peeking over spaceship earth
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however that is not the epcot harmonious
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fireworks
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yeah i just cannot believe how stinking
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close this is
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from the room i'm in right now we were
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just discussing it's funny that the
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first night you were here we went to
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wine bar george
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at disney springs and on the parking
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structure we watch both these fireworks
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that was about a week ago give or take
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and now we're watching the same
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fireworks from a different perspective
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but from the parking structure in
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springs at that night of wine bar george
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your first night here we were able to
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witness the fireworks at magic kingdom
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and harmonious from the parking
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structure
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kind of feel like i'm back at my
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apartment in anaheim again i lived about
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a mile from disneyland
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and from my balcony at those apartments
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you can see
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disneyland fireworks
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just past the hollywood tower which is
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now guardians
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you can see them off on the horizon
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just over the castle it's about kind of
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probably not the same kind of
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perspective
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what are they great for now look at that
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it's just what a coincidence is right
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above spaceship earth from this angle
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whoa
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look at all that
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extreme close-up
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a little bit grainy a little zoomed in
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that's gonna do it for today from the
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with some scooter some trees obscuring
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the view
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you get the general idea
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see the next video the vlog
23:15
is over