The Denny’s at Disneyland Entrance - Southern California Food Review / Will I Go to DL Opening Day ?
A visit to the Denny's just outside the gates of Disneyland.
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welcome everyone out of the whoo here
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today number 33 of this current series
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focusing on Southern California eating
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establishments this particular place has
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well over a thousand maybe even closer
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to 2,000 locations but the one I'm gonna
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be going to over in Anaheim sits just
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outside the Disneyland gates just right
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there you just exit the park get
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yourself a snack or a meal and go back
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in and it's one of the only things on
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that block currently that is open I'll
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go check it out inviting you to join me
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shall you I'm gonna be taking the bike
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out for a spin so they're gonna load
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everything up in the backpack get a
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little exercise
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I'm also gonna try to eat moderately
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healthy today let's see if I can stick
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to it
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I chose this spot for a couple of
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different reason reasons the port the
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plural of reason
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the uniqueness of where I'm heading
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isn't necessarily the exterior or the
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historical significance but because of
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its precise location as I mentioned a
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moment ago also we'll be chiming in a
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little bit about an announcement that
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was made earlier last week well last
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week about a few days ago to a week ago
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the theme Disney California parks are
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now going to be reopening and a have
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officially set a date I'll be talking
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about that and another thing that's in
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the neighborhood just up here that was
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postponed a couple of years that
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probably mentioning in well I eat my
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meal we'll be discussing that we are
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just about a month away to the day of
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things starting to reopen here well I
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mean some places already are take a look
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at that they're working on the
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electrical LCD board right there
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it is a real beehive of activity over
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there
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July 17th here in the parks here on
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Harbor Boulevard
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but once again rear their head about
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four weeks give or take and I'm kind of
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leaning towards and hoping that some of
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the other eateries here along the
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thoroughfare will also reopen prior to
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that maybe a week or two before the
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cross streets
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Disney way in harbour we're getting the
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kind of a bird's-eye from this little
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placard embedded in the ground and just
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across from where I am take a look at
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that will be plummeting soon enough they
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work owns a lot of these hotels will be
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back and others other little places
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along the way here I'm also ready for
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this will all be for posterity and
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something we can look back on because in
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the future it won't be like this there
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will be a lot more traffic on the
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streets
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here it is dining room now open
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I am however gonna get it to go a little
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take out this ice-cream stand
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they used to when you would go in there
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you could ask those who were scooping
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out your ice cream they would sing you
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disney songs not kidding I've requested
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it a few times one thing that separates
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the west coast from its Florida
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counterpart is that the monorail
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normally runs right along this street
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you can see it from outside the premises
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there goes no monorail if they have this
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thing running even though we can't board
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it necessarily due to restrictions when
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it first reopens it would be pretty dang
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sweet if just for visual purposes it was
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cruising up and down that railing just
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to give a little proximity some
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coordinates
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there's the Denny's right there with all
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its a lot of signage out there alerting
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everyone here is the rideshare pickup
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area which is normally bustling with
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lots of cars and there is the entrance
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pretty dang close right
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even though they do have indoor seating
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there also is a little stand that says
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order and pick up here so I'm guessing
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someone will come out you know that way
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you don't have to go inside and then
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while you wait you got a couple seats
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here that you can just hang out on and a
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menu board outside so really you don't
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have to go in at all if you so choose
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showing both lunch and breakfast items
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here along this they have a hundred
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percent beef burgers they have savory
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omelets
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they have seafood and steaks I'm looking
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for a salad of hope I wanted to get a
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salad a large salad couples a couple
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bottles of water I don't see this on
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this particular menu board
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no one's walking outside so I went ahead
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and locked up the bike I've got to go in
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and order then come back out here and
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wait went ahead and place my order while
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inside I noticed they had you know some
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stuff figurines when it comes to the
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Disney characters and little trinkets
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like keychains and whatnot I mean it
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makes sense cuz it's just it's right
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next door that's a go menu just to show
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what I ordered so there is a our salad
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options on here below the pot roast melt
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is the house salad and I added on some
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additional things I believe I got some
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chicken on top of there I'm not sure if
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it's going to be fried or grilled find
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out when it is finished as well as
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avocados from where I'm standing if I
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shift this direction Space Mountain Oh
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someone's yelling we offer that just
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another half a cup few hundred yards to
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the opposite side nowhere near where the
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camera is pointed someone is really what
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someone's angry
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it just brought my food out it's time to
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eat or at least ride over to a place to
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to eat couple blocks away not far just
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notice didn't see that before but they
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got the streamers they are going across
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between the trees if you don't realize
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this place is open you're not paying
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attention it's very prominent you know
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I've never been around to this section
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okay they'll have a little painting here
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a little mural good parking good eating
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and good weather oh yeah this is cool
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back here
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this is really good - no - our parking
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you see it itch there on the ground
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a little stained glass wow there's a
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stained-glass window back here putting
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you that badge if you want guineas you
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need to demand it
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there goes no monorail for now not just
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for now just just temporary okay I'm
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taking this path through the hedges here
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oops
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I almost bypassed it and get didn't get
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the photo-op you got to get the photo-op
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here there it is
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nailed it soon very soon a plane was
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flying over and I almost thought it was
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the monorail I'm so used to always
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listening and searching for the monorail
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but it wasn't but it will be again soon
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oh this is very good news this is the
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Anaheim walk of fame they're moving it
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back over here a couple weeks ago I
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noticed that they had taken them away
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from their entrance I thought they were
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discarding of them but nope they're
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making them into a different spot they
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were out of bottles of water which are
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really simple to carry on the bicycle
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so opted going to 7-eleven to get one
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when conventions start happening again
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and I remember this section all the
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times I've stopped off here when it's
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like this now here's an interesting
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footnote the Anaheim marina which is
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connected to the Convention Center
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check out the opening date month and day
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July 17 it's not 55 like Disneyland laws
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but 67 now that's interesting
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it's a futuristic looking structure that
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I'm pedaling away for I'm not paddling
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I'm just kind of cruising away from a
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lot of memories I've had here
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everything from VidCon to d23 to Star
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Wars Celebration which as of yesterday
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as a recording of this yesterday they
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announced was not happening this year
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tickets sold out thirteen months in
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advance to when it was gonna happen
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we've gotta wait till 2022 which means
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next year I think next year d23 2021 and
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in the following year will be
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celebration we must be patient
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and this is what we're dealing with they
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put the the cutlery and salt-and-pepper
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little packets of salt and pepper and oh
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that's the ranch dressing for the salad
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inside this separate almost looks like a
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little little snack bag and encased in
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this plastic almost see-through yeah you
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can kind of get a little hint there
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what's happening oh I can already see
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the delectable fresh goodness of the
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veggies yes
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I it's been a while since I've had
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something other than a burger or pizza
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or you know well obviously anyone that's
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been following along with this series
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knows what I have been consuming I
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wasn't going to get it with the chicken
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I gotta like kind of sway it out till
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ting uh so I can kind of sway it out and
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get it be more presentable oh yeah this
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is good we got the little teeny tiny
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Tomatoes croutons
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I almost exited the establishment
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without saying how can I get some
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chicken on that they charge me a little
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bit extra for the chicken and right down
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in here got some avocados cucumbers oh
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yeah I'm gonna put the ranch on it and
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go for it soothing sounds of the
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fountain in the background
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branches might go - I do like other
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types of dressings but ranch is
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definitely my I'm lathering this on it
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might be a little too much it's okay
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though it's a salad it's good stuff
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as stated Star Wars Celebration is not
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happening it was going to be the very
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the tail end of August it's not
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happening 2020 celebration
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and that's understandable there's a lot
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going on right now and because it was a
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sold-out it was a sold-out event
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how would you space everything no pun
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intended
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space Star Wars Celebration that is
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understandable brings me to the next
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point
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theme parks especially Disneyland
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which is right over there
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Tracy
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a lot of people friends family viewers
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have asked will you be going on opening
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day to be honest yes but there that is a
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myriad of reasons why on July 17th if I
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get a reservation if I can get in that I
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will be there I must state this I love
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what Walt Disney has created followed
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the man's career
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love the theme parks I love the idea of
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Disneyland the history which is nothing
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new I'm not expressing anything new to
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anyone who has been you know following
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along here on this platform that's the
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channel I've been to marceline where he
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grew up in to Kansas City where
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laugh-o-gram is I'm a coast to coast
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pass holder meaning I can go to Florida
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all the time I can go here any time
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other than the you know the current
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climate I closed out Walt Disney World
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which Disneyland here I was in Florida
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had no plans on doing a lot of content
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at the parks there
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and then all the sudden I did a few I
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did opening a runaway where why I did a
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DVC event that my friend Jamie invited
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me to so I filmed that document of that
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and then I was like I'm just gonna kind
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of not really put a lot of videos out in
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the parks and then all of a sudden there
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was this rumor that the Disney World
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Complex was going to close
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glad I got that chicken that's pretty
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good pretty good chicken right there
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yeah I'm gonna try to mix that in a
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little bit more almost like a two-part
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type of deal I love going to theme parks
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and let me express that I am more of a
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theme park person more than an amusement
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park and a thrill ride type of park for
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example I like occasional coasters but
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I'm not really a coaster guy I like
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theming I like walking down Main Street
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like going into Frontierland Knott's
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Berry Farm I like going through ghost
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town that is what I love I love dark
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rides slow movie I'm not a bloke I'm
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going around there's animatronics around
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me that is my my passion that's what I
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love it's what I enjoy my favorite
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things so when Walt Disney World
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announced their closures which is the
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13th of that month it seems like so long
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ago it was a day before that Disneyland
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was gonna close on the 13th which
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happened to be Friday the 13th for
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whatever reason the East Coast probably
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because there were some people staying
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in the resorts who had traveled
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internationally and from across the
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country as opposed to out here they were
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given a few more days so I was able to
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go the 13th the 14th and the 15th I
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don't think the 16th the 5th so I got 2
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extra days so I was able to kind of lead
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up to it and do the different parks
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closing it out at Epcot on the final day
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and Magic Kingdom in the morning Epcot
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and then at night for the final kiss
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goodnight the Magic Kingdom
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and I'm glad I did it looking back I
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have that documented and it's in my
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brain and I'm also I kind of battle with
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do I want to go somewhere just because I
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want to go or do I want to go somewhere
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well it's to me let me try to clarify
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that a little more do I want to go
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somewhere let's say the reopening of a
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theme park for my own curiosity to see
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what it's going to be like or is there
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some sort of documenter documentary in
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doc I by a documentary unist am i a
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documentarian in a way which I think I
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am I don't I don't like to put words in
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my own mouth but there are things that I
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have done that I feel others have looked
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back on so should I go for that reason
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and I'm excited now Universal Studios
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has not announced today as the recording
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that Universal Studios has not announced
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a Hollywood has not announced today yet
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nor Knott's Berry Farm or six flags
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there are some hard rumors that those
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might be happening soon there is a good
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chance I will not be at those
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establishments on opening day I might
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wait I might just wait a few just till
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things to simmer down as far as crowds I
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can watch others who have gone I can
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check social media just see you know
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what the vibe is like what the crowds
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are like so those establishments I am
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really on the fence with not going to on
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the first time maybe not even the first
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few days to a week city wok has already
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reopened and I want to get up there
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check it out but I have not yet
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now Disney that's a whole other ballgame
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and they really through kind of a monkey
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rich in my thought process in my brain
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by announcing the opening day on July
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17th which is the 65th anniversary of
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the Anaheim part of the original Walt's
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original magic kingdom which for those
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of you who do not know if you watch old
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films a lot of the early anniversary
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specials before 1971 when Florida opened
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its secondary coast parks Disneyland was
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referred to as the Magic Kingdom a heck
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of a lot if you go back through and
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watch a lot of that bad old footage but
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I digress
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since the announced Opening Day I'm not
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sure if they'll have a pass holder
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preview I'm not sure if they will have
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any sort of soft opening if they don't
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and all the ticket holders and annual
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pass holders are allowed in there even
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with the reservation system urges went
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by on July 17th if I can get a
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reservation I would love to be there for
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this reason there is a good chance well
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let me talk about the reason it's the
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anniversary it's this 65th every year
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since the 60th so five years ago I have
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been in there on Main Street USA too
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just to say thank you for this amazing
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place that has been created a source of
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happiness to so many people now if the
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day now this is talking out loud this is
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all just me speaking of thinking what
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I'm saying and kind of just spewing it
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out into the air not spewing too much
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though because you know in these times
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you don't do too much spewing if for
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some reason there were soft openings
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let's say on the 15th or the 16th and
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capacity was 50% I can't I don't know if
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I would go I don't know if I would go
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there on the 15th of the 16 I might but
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I'm leaning towards maybe if I had a
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choice let's say opening day let's say
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they soft open on the 14th of the 15th
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or the 16th which hasn't they have not
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stated this but if they do I don't know
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if I would go I would rather wait and if
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I could get a reservation on the 17th
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three or four days after
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you know in my mind to suppose that if
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anything else happens I would rather be
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there on the 17th
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I don't you have to be there at rope
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drop I don't have to be there lined up
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with the scaled-back masses walking in I
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could even show up in the evening you
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know they might even cut the hours back
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and not be open late but even if I just
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went in there for an hour and could walk
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down Main Street I don't even have to go
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on an attraction or a ride I didn't have
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to see a character I just really want to
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be in the park on July 17th of this year
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for the 65th anniversary so there's that
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and then there's the documentation
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aspect of it
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because when we look forward 10 years 5
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years 2 years 20 years it would be nice
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to look back inside I was there for the
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reopening of my favorite part be pretty
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fantastic
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but times are strange times are unusual
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I have been keeping to myself a lot I
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have been meeting up occasionally with
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friends for this series and very small
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numbers you know I might even go to a
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place that has a huge conglomeration of
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people even though it won't be full
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capacity I might think I don't really
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feel comfortable being here that might
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happen it's really tough to tell until I
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experience it but for now I'm just doing
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this not really I'm not really too
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overly excited about other parks
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reopening I it will be nice to be able
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to go back and visit nuts and Universal
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this is starting to get really filling
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Wow hey this is certainly I should
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probably scatter around those little
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miniature Tomatoes there I am going to
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be full after eating this a good kind of
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fall so just to reiterate and clarify
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when things happen they will happen I am
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NOT pushing for anything I'm not trying
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to
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I'm not trying to as soon as something
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is available to be there with bells on
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my opinion could change but for now a
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month out well less than a month out
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hypothetically based on some rumors
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or the other parks I didn't really want
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to go off on a tangent about the other
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parts I really wanted to focus on
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Disneyland
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I want to be at Disneyland 117th I want
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to be there if I can't get in if I
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cannot get a reservation my pass at the
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moment so this is another side note
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there are a lot of Annual Pass holders
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in California I heard a few years ago
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now I cannot confirm or deny this but I
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heard that in California alone that
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there are one and a half million annual
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pass holders for Disneyland if I am way
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off base on that I would like to know
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cuz I could that sounds like a high
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number but at the same time it sounds
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like a low number
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getting a reservation might be tough
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even at 3040 20 even a 50% part capacity
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on the 17th if I cannot get in on the
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17th I might wait a little while I might
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wait a week before I go I might not jump
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in there on the 18th of the 19th because
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the anniversary that new the historic
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moment of being in there would have
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passed and I could just kind of play it
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by ear but if there is the opportunity
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to be in there on July 17th at any time
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of the day I've already made my I've
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already made my my thoughts No
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2020 I'm loving the Furious I am really
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really loving this series I'll tell you
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why in a way it kind of saved me I was
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really kind of racking my brain out what
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I was gonna do not a lot of things were
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open I'm always tempted to travel and
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get in the car and go and honestly I've
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been looking at flights to consider
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going to Florida you know if I want to
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get on a plane you know I want to rent a
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car and drive cross-country you know
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just uncertainty abounds
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so this
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that's going out and doing low full of
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style I say local but you know within an
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hour of where I am going up to LA
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greater LA area and Orange County
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everything's very spread out but I'm
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learning a lot about the city scape you
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know where little suburbs and whatnot
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are and it helps me be creative stay
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creative you know maybe it's run its
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course but I'm staying the course on
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this and I do have well I'm really kind
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of unveiling a lot here I do have a date
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in mind for this to end I do have a
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number in my head to stop this you know
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on running series
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channel
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someone just went by on a golf cart they
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just see me over here hiding in the
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shrubs mother didn't even look they
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probably know I'm here if you enjoyed
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this particular episode give it a big
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did I mention the ring that notif wrote
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that I ring that I say to mentioned I
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mention to ring the notification valve
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bring that notification bar and I'll see
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you in the next video
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you can't do this the parks aren't open
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when the parks open you can't really do
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this as easily in Florida you can't exit
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out into the Esplanade walk a hundred
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yards to an establishment that has
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nothing to do with the company get a
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meal feed your face fill your tummy and
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go back in within a matter of moments
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and be in the Tiki Room a ride mr.
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Toad's Wild Ride for being on the Astro
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orbiter it's a little more difficult in
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Florida I'll see in the next video