The Unusual Heat Wave At Disneyland - Renewing My Magic Key / Eating Din Tai Fung At Downtown Disney
Disneyland In Heat Wave
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today's adventure begins with me
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crossing over Harbor Boulevard going to
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pop into the Disneyland
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Resort well more technically Disneyland
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as a recording of this Saturday
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September 7th
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2024 and I have some annual passholder
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news I just renewed my magic key for
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another year welcome everyone Adam the
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woo here at the ride share drop off
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facility turn in my hotel's over there
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across the street very short commute
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from here from there or from there to
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here if you will Montreal still not
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working at the time being also the train
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is not working Space Mountain opened
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yesterday I have renewed my magic key
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for another day for several different
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reasons because I'm out here every so
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often and it's good to have that and
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unlike Florida they are not on sale
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right now so if you do not renew it
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there's a possibility that you won't be
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able to buy one later so because I'm out
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here every so often and the price
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comparison I think it was $1,600 for the
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one with the less blackouts there are
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none with no blackouts Florida has a no
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blackout pass but here I think there's
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like 10 to 12 Days on the highest tier
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pass interesting thing is $1,600 a lot
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of money more than Florida's no blackout
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pass for four Parks more here for two
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parks because the demand is a little bit
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higher yeah things are a little
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different here on the West Coast than
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they are East Coast the demand is a
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little higher reservation system is
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still a lot stronger the reservation
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system game is a lot stronger here and
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because I have a DVC membership at the
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Disneyland Hotel it kind of makes makes
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sense also just to keep the uh to keep
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the the magic key going so grab the
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coffee across the street at the Cove
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what's it called
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something Cove The Cove Market the hotel
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I'm staying at at the Tropicana I'm
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going to head in the park see where the
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day leads have a magic key day I have
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the Inspire key that's the that's the
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top tier one and it's it's interesting
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there is there is not one here for no
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blackout anymore so you got a lot of
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Reser heavy reservations and you got a
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few blackouts nonetheless I'm heading in
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it's going to be a good day a hot day
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it's going to be a very short day in the
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park for me as well inviting you to join
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me cheers shall you I didn't even think
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about it but entering in here from the
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harbor side through the checkpoints over
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here might be really backed up because
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the Run Disney weekend 10K was today
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tomorrow I'm doing the 10K about 6 miles
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I'm doing the 13.1 mile tomorrow yeah I
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probably should have walked over here a
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little earlier or maybe waited an hour
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but the heat how it is I don't want to
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wait any longer I'd rather wait here
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when the heat's not as prominent still
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under a Heat Wave here in
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SOA hottest time frame in a while for
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this area that I'm
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hearing oh this is a
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yeah the bus turn around right
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there so my pass was going to expire in
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2 days and then I renewed it because I'm
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going to be back out here even though I
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am going to be leaving going to another
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state in a couple days and then I'll be
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home for three days yes I'm actually
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going home for 3 or 4 days and then I
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back out again here for the rest of end
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of November I'm also going to be or not
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November but the end of September and
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I'm going to be out here for the first
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week of December on a little few day
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stop off before going to Alani to Hawaii
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so it's good it's good to have the
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annual pass here just because I'm here
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all the time just popping in and out all
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right that took about 20 minutes well 15
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20 minutes surprising it went a little
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faster than I thought it would but still
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was very very bottled that I it backed
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up
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and I will say this till the cows come
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home I am team wdw when it comes to the
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security checkpoints versus here I do
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not know
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why they have the system they have
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here in comparison to Disney Worlds if
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you know you know if you go to Disney
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World you get kind of get through the
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system really quick here they check
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every single thing by hand and I'm glad
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they do because you definitely want to
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be safe going into a place however the
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way Disney World is set up you kind of
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go through an area kind of more airport
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Lish except you don't it's not like TSA
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you don't have to dis Roe but if there's
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an issue there's someone standing with
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like an iPad or a computer screen and if
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it shows up on their radar then they
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will like check every check your
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everything that you have but if not I
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would say nine out of 10 people just
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fluidly walk through in a single file
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line we're here every person is
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completely all the bags are searched and
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everything all right heading in
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underneath all the character pumpkins
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right here we got Pluto over here here
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we got Minnie we got Donald we got
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Mickey and we got goofy look like it's
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about 936 9 937 938 is right now I'm
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going to only be in here a short while
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because I do want to get out of here
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before noon so got a couple hours in
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here because it is going to be well over
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100 at noon and the interesting thing is
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checking the weather out this is going
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to be the coolest day of the last couple
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days and the next couple days and it's
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still going to be over 100 now it
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doesn't have that Florida humidity I'm
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not trying to denounce that Florida is
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not insanely hot too fact I loath it
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every fiber of my being during the
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summertime that's why I haven't been
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home in a while but it is uh it's no
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joke out here too it is uh the sun feels
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hotter here for whatever reason I don't
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know if that's mathematically and
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scientifically correct but the sun feels
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way hotter here my nose is any
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indication I put a little SPF 50 on it
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right there yeah got to try to stay in
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the shade as much as possible kind of
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caught me with other last week when I
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was going from Santa Monica to Venice
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and Venice and back walking and it was
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what didn't seem like it was too sunny
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evidently it was it was hopefully next
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time I'm in the park well I'll be in the
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park for the the Run Disney event
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obviously running through at very quick
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Pace walk quick walking pace but as far
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as in the park on a park day having a
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park day
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the train will be running again right
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now the train is down because of heavy
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construction that's going on over at the
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Depot near Toontown and over near New
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Orleans Square which New Orleans Square
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not listed on here nether tont T all
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right I stepped over into the Emporium
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take a look at these these little
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pencils that have now I have a couple of
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these from other like Roadside
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Attraction stuff I didn't realize they
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had these at Disney this pencil right
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here has Donald's head on it right over
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there as well looks like it might be
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Dory right over there then we got Slinky
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Dog right here no train in the park but
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there is the train in the Emporium going
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around the top of the little gift shop
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the farthest section of the gift shop up
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there so that that train will have to do
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for now for now got the wishing well
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over there if I had to make a wish right
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now I would say if it was maybe a little
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overcast or maybe a little bit cooler of
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course then with overcast this like in
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Florida not only you have the heat and
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humidity but you also have the rain I
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will say it has not rained here actually
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I don't know if I've even seen rain
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since I've been gone from Florida for
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like 8 weeks i' been traveling all over
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the US spent a lot of time in SoCal and
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I can't even remember the last time I've
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Seen Rain when I get back to Florida I'm
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going to be in Florida all of October
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not going anywhere in October I'm sure
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I'll probably see a little rain all
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right I am heading into Mr Toad's Wild
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Ride I'm going to go to Hades also you
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ever noticed the weasels on here are
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familiar to Roger oh I'm not going to
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stop copper I'm going to keep going but
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they're very familiar to the weasels in
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who Fram Roger Rabbit very very similar
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weasel I bet Roger Rabbit got its
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inspiration for the weasels from this
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attraction look J for this up here
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swinging around oh
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oh going through the dynamite I think
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winky up wiky right there there he is
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there's wiy wiy the Bary never know what
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the population is here in this area but
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I want to head over before the line gets
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too
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long for the Roger Rabbit cartoon
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I'm noticing when you walk in here
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there's still a reference to Splash got
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Zippity dudah right there there he is
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right there what's what's the pass I
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don't have wait I don't know the
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password there's Jessica right there in
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her new outfit I think she's concealed
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more as a detective but you can
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definitely tell us Jessica Rabbit right
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oh in fact this area is only
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specifically supposed to be for the
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weasels got to watch out for the dip
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though that will take care of the tune
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instantly looks like this dip machine
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has some dip going up the side look you
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see the dip going up that little tube
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right
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there again
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this the really good good uh waiting
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queue areas in the Disney parks I mean
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there's a lot of good ones but I really
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like this one I also love the film I'm
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going to be going on two attractions
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today that have similar
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weasel it's a weasel day thank you push
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to go thank you he said uh the person in
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front of me he said watch out for weasel
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so it's going to be a weasy day very
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similar weasels Mr Toad weasel and Roger
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Rabbit weasels both similar weasel there
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they are right there there's the weasels
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right there look at them look at the
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weasel like a bulll in a china shop I
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see what they did there there's me right
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there the mirror finin
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alley up the danger area I always like I
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always like this furnace over here looks
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like a fate as well says stand clear of
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the Furnace face
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company thought about maybe doing single
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Rider on matter horn cuz usually that's
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kind of a quick walk- on however matorn
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is currently down at the moment so no no
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single rider for matorn right now all
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right we're going to head up into the
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star view station go uh go up into the
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lounge right there Chris is here Chris
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probos you never been up in here before
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I no well actually I think I think you
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took me up one time before ever but I'm
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getting confused cuz it might have been
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Epcot oh yeah I who I'm excited I'm
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excited to get to breathe the sweeter
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air of DVC yeah you get to be up there
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too you get to look over Tomorrowland
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it's you get a star view star always
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like prefer being out here than in the
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actual Lounge itself cuz you can kind of
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Overlook tomorrow land out here I got a
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a little refreshment of the uh
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sugarfree persuasion right down here and
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you kind of like every time I'm up here
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I think of just how much space there is
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in Tomorrowland that's not utilized like
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in fact this building at the last was
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not here people move a track if that was
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removed all right I'm learning something
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new so the Rockets were removed from
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here and then Chris is saying that this
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right here used to spin like a clock
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after the Rockets were to putting down
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towards Main Street so the Rockets were
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there then they re rebish the rockets
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and they went to put it back on it's too
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heavy okay so they put it down the
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entrance of Main Street they put this up
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there and like every 15 minutes it would
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spin like all those all those satellite
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dishes would spin but they haven't done
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it for years here just rotting away
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right there oh my gosh it's Lord Vader
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your service to the Empire is
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appreciated your loyalty is expected
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then go forward in service to the Empire
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okay you will join
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me shall I all right we documented the
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moment for posterity there with Lord
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Vader he really liked Chris he wanted
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Chris to join the Dark Side he was uh he
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was kind of just uh he was bashing on me
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he was almost like a humiliating me in a
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lot of ways I it was almost like uh I
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was being like roasted by Vader it was
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like a Don Rickles Vader was like kind
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of just going after me look look at your
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Force Hand I don't even know I'm hold
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how to hold my hand you're trying to
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hold a coffee Vader roasted me enough he
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roasted me enough I don't need to hear
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from you Chris a piping holding a piping
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hot bever here Adam I have never had
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Vader belittle me so much it it was it
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was something it was just like what the
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heck is going on my eyes are actually
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literally I was laughing so hard he he
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lit was so
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funny I decided to go back to my hotel
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for about an hour and
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relax just had to head out meeting up
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with another buddy a little bit later
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and he get a new restaurant at Downtown
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Disney which I've heard good things
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about I'm going to relax here get out of
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this freaking
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Sun back to the room rejuvenate and then
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get a meal
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in a an hour or two probably head back
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over to downtown I almost said Disney
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Springs but Downtown Disney about an
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hour later a little relaxing getting out
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of the heat back in the elements
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again go back through downtown Disney go
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to the new restaurant at the other end
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closer to the Disneyland
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Hotel back on Disney property Fountain
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and well the fountain was in full effect
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I thought the fountain was going to be
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in full effect but then I started
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filming and then the fountain stopped
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being in full effect there it goes
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fountain
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in full of uh stopped off in the Grand
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Californian Hotel I was in here the
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other day but they just well this was
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this has been up for a little while but
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when I looked at it the sun was like
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permeating down on it now it's like kind
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of in the shadows evidently the the sun
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is not coming through the windows or
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possibly that window as brightly at this
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time of the day and now it is
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illuminated wasn't illuminated before
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but I love this this is all made out of
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sugar and marshmallows dark chocolate
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Etc The Cauldron there with the
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witch look at that all right we are
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heading into Den Thai FNG a brand new
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place here in Downtown Disney heading
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inside a reservation for two in
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here heard good things about this place
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look there's a bar area there too but I
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think we're getting a
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table Tim is here Tim is the one that
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made the reservation and invited me he
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did it they gave me this to fill out we
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got to fill out the menu there taxes all
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right there's also the paper they give
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you but you also have a physical menu
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here that you can kind of go through
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with appetizers bow buns steam dumplings
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wons Noodles noodle soup greens
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Specialties like pot stickers truffle
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pork bow buns beef black pepper
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tenderloin it also has the history here
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the legacy of Denai fun the story of
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Denai fun dates back to 1958 was
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originally founded as a cooking oil
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retail shop in
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Taiwan this plate of Ginger we mixed
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this in with three parts vinegar one
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part soy sauce we going to mix this in
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real quick oh thank you cucumber salad
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and seaweed salad seaweed bean curd
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seaweed bean curd and cucumber salad to
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start off we're getting a lot of food by
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the way L seed bean curd these are good
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too spicy
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D thank you
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oh wow there's the
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bowels they're bringing things up fast
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and furious too these are the uh I think
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these are the long to release the broth
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but the broth is going to be released in
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your mouth yeah good oh because it's
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very
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hot I chicken got a lot of food here
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rice over
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here thank you thank you yeah I think I
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kind of like it without poking the hole
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in then you get that you get that who
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heads up you get that you get that blast
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of the hot soup try just go straight in
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with it go straight in with it it's more
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of a kick feel it I think I like it
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better that way I think they recommend
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doing that because it could be too hot
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for your mouth too hot yeah too the
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safety issue this reminds me I lived on
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Hollywood Boulevard over on Sunset a
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block away there was a dim someplace and
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I would get these all the time from the
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dim someplace I was in heaven it was
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right next to the Arby's classic Arby
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sign that just closed now it's like a
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pizza place and now the old classic Arby
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sign says Pizza on it oh the steam more
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thank you man getting more dumpling we
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are have an Overlook oh these are full
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dumplings where these are the uh the
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dimsum uh little ball things fine yeah
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thank you all right so we got some soup
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also we forgot that we also got
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soup oh goodness this will be my only
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meal today I'll definitely be uh fueled
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up after having all this
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stuff that looks
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good we're we're trying what is this
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veggie it's a won soup so it's these in
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a soupon soup so if this is these in the
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soup right normally yeah so these are
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going to be the regular soup dumplings
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these are regular dumpling and those are
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like the Bon soup okay okay I got it I
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got it appr I didn't like this I didn't
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like the rice I am a broth connoisseur
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so I'm going to try it broth I do love
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some
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F I like that oh he likes it it's kind
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of me kind of miso is
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miso two green onion I really like that
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it's miso Mis I'm going to try one
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more I really like
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it give it give it one last little tasty
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taste here just to see it says it tastes
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like it has a miso
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flavor I don't like it not into it not
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into it s doesn't like it not my thing
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that's allor right more no soup for you
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no soup for me more soup for me I've
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been so excited eating I didn't even
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notice that they are making it all fresh
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right over here in the windows right
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there they're they're making it all
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fresh before everyone's eyes including
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ours were right here on the edge of the
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table it took me till now to notice that
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they are making all of it right there in
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front of me off to the side of me there
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they are the desserts thank you man so
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what's in here chocolate chocolate Mochi
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chocolate and mochi they didn't give us
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as many on this one they only gave you
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five the other ones they gave you like
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12 chocolate and mochi and then they
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give us what's called a cream CHP
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dipping sauce yeah just cream with salt
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on the top all right that's going to do
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it for
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today there goes
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no monor see you in the next video the
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