A Friday At Disney Springs - Eating At Boathouse & Die Hard Christmas / Splash Mountain Thrift Finds
Disney Springs December 2023
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of this it is Friday
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December 8th
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2023 got my coffee here from
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Duncan oo that is definitely piping hot
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this Dunkin Donuts right here no Donuts
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but coffee for me this used to be I was
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standing on Highway 192 by the way here
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in CMI and we running some errands today
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a lot of errands one of included going
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to a thrift store dropping off some
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stuff I'm in the process of
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preparing for a move so getting rid of a
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few things dropping some stuff off
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giving some things away and also
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dropping stuff off at local thrift store
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so today I'm going to HP over to Hope
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Thrift in there as well this used to be
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a restaurant which was sitting here
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empty and abandoned for a long time and
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they finally tore it down pointed that
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out in the past but doing my intro here
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I'm inviting you to join me today I
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don't know really really do not know
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where the wind is going to be blowing
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the wind's not even blowing right now in
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fact it's kind of stagnant the air see
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the trees aren't even trees aren't
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even even blow it in the wind in fact
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this tree has not one leaf on it I'm
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probably going to end up at Springs a
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little bit later at Disney Springs a
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little bit later so that might be
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throughout the course of the day
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nonetheless this is a this is a true
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Vlog if you will where just kind of show
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in the day join me long
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TR
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warm shall you yeah felt like a little
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changing up the the coffee today this
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place is
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located right over near the Big
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Orange it's in a hurry still crossing my
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fingers for them
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and waiting for the announcement of the
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grand opening of the regr opening I
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should say the inside side of the Big
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Orange there was a fire here a little
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less than a year ago and I kind of
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feared the worst and thought maybe the
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fire would tear the whole place down
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they would end up having to repurpose it
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but it was salvaged and they are
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completely revamping the inside but for
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now the
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outside is where they have all the
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merchandise for sale so it is still
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quite operational I'm just waiting for
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that moment when they say hey regr
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opening of the inside I'll I'll I'll go
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check it out love this love this
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roadside Relic I really like this thrift
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store Hope thrift is open 7 days a week
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you got a really good collection of
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Disney pens in there too if you're doing
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pen trading but notice how the dip and
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DOT sign is like massive in comparison
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to Hope Thrift in the dollar store which
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is kind of interesting it's located
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right here along 192 the one thing I
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never
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realized so there was the oena which was
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where the magic used Orlando Magic used
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to play was imploded years ago and now
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there's a new
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Arena called something else and it was
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called the oena cuz it was short for the
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Orlando arena but take a look at this
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shopping center home of The Rock Church
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which is used to be where the American
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Gladiators Dinner Show used to take
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place inside
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there but take a look at the name of
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this place what the heck I never noticed
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this before here in
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CMI Orlando
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arena what the
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heck oh away
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Orlando
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arena when I think of OA I think of
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ordinary Adventures this caught my
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attention space available so does that
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mean that The Rock Church has pulled out
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of their current home and is this now
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empty I'm going to check it out it used
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to be a helicopter tour area right over
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here it's like someone's been doing a
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little peeling out here doing some
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circles this is at marker 10 see the
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marker over there no one really goes by
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the markers but if you're following
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along with the markers on 192 this is at
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marker 10 here on earo
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Bronson peek up here and see I would
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imagine they're probably just referring
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to a lot of the
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storefronts here below The Rock Church
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or like next to Hope thrift and the
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dollar
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store I would like to do a full tour of
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the inside of this place match up some
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of the American Gladiator stuff one day
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but it's an active church so probably
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probably not something I would be able
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to all right I peaked in the window
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looks like it's still pretty active so
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that sign out front must have been put
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up by the little strip mall to coincide
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that some of the other establishments
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are for rent one thing that's
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fascinating about this though they still
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have the ticket boost look at this they
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still have the old ticket booth Windows
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back when it was American Gladiators
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they haven't even replaced that which I
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love kept it old school look at this
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safe really great architecture of this
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there's a lot of availability on these
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stores no idea what one of these stores
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would cost to rent or if it even be
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profitable to have a store here on
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192 but for anyone interested there are
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some
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available it looks like someone just
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plowed into the side of
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this yep someone took this sign a little
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too far go that be pull all the way up
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to the sign so here's the drop off point
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no digging in it though do not
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dig in there and no trash this is for
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the drop off area only there's a lot of
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good stuff in here too even if you're
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not dropping off you can go in and Shop
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yeah just a treasure Trove of goodness
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in here at reasonable prices I mean
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there's a lot of good thrift stores
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around town but this one was probably is
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probably like the closest to kind of
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like my neck of the woods with like a
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really good selection of just odds and
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ends and knickknacks and
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things okay this parking lot is ConEd
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off so just just like me I go to drop
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stuff off and then I end up I mean there
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I purchased small items so obviously
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dropping off bigger stuff
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but penss don't take up a lot of space
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but I ended up finding some pens I had
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to have they were like buy me
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$35 for what may or may not be official
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Disney pens but you know what they're
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they're pretty awesome nonetheless now I
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love the official ones but sometimes
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these these makeshift ones are look at
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this one Justice for
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Splash oh doesn't get that's good and
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then look at this who would have thought
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figma and
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Jessica were like piling up on a pin
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together so good that one I love this
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officer Mickey right here have a pretty
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good collection of Mickey pens and then
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it's a Zippity doah day it really is the
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caffeine's kicking
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in you know it would be kind of
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interesting if there was a a pin is
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someone made that had
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Jessica and
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Brer I don't think Roger would like that
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though copter going
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over oh yeah I totally forgot to mention
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I'm going to see die hard in the theater
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at 400 p.m. that's where I'm going to be
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out at Springs a Christmas flick I
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always like this the this kind of Mr
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toades vehicle here has been christofi
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christmasi with the wreath on the front
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and this one has a power core looks like
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it's like charging up yep putting a
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little juice in it getting ready to go
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nowhere in particular
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Justin oh that's you you're Justin oh
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that's right hello you're in town Adam
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the woo this wasn't a bit at all this is
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all organic this is completely organic
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I'm here with my car as you know I
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always drive this car remember when you
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used to like jump out of the the uh
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laundry area at my orange house laundry
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area remember the orange day
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those were some good times those are
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some Fine Days fine weather we'd always
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hang out a lot there we were kind of in
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the same general vicinity getting coffee
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well you were getting coffee I wasn't
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drinking coffee then now now I'm
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drinking coffee you're drinking liquid
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death well I ended up having a I had a
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coffee earlier now I'm drinking of water
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yeah they do fake snow down here they do
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the snope on Market Street really light
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it all up they have a h drawn carriage
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is through here they have a train I saw
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sand the other night down here was like
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a rock stars getting mobbed walking up
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to the tree like thousands of people he
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was like walking down Market Street it
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was like quite the quite the vibe do
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they do that in California does like
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Santa CL show up there and do like a
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street fair and things well you know in
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the orange circle we do the uh tree
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lighting ceremony oh yeah sometimes we
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get Santa down there
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parades yep there is uh there's there's
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cool so every gator in the celebration
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Pond is almost like Shamu at SeaWorld
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how there's been multiple Shamus yeah
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there's multiple Gators every Gator is
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referred to as cool the gator and that
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that's cool right there he just hangs
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out can you pet he's very I wouldn't
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recommend petting but you know if you
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wanted to you could swim out there
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sometimes he's up on the shore but yeah
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he just just kind of hangs out here in
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the celebration like Lake Reinhard here
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at Celebration does he like Starbucks he
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does yeah Fountain working here so
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Burbank I think that might be where the
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crow flies
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2,197 mies dang St piz 104 miles ATA
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Island Walt Disney World's listed on
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here Boston not sure where they pick
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certain ones I'm guessing maybe Burbank
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because of the Walt Disney Company
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that's where the studios is I'm not sure
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why St pet is on there I mean I get
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wdw I like how there's no miles on wdw
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no miles cuz I yeah we're basically in
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it cuz Disney World built this built
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this
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town with a theater that isn't open oh
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man no movies for no movies for you I
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was going to run in here I was going to
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say I need a shower but look at the
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signs you have to shower before entering
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yeah you got to shower before and do not
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run through this if you have a if you
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have a little upset summer don't do it
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don't do it you know I got to thinking
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of I ever walked around celebration with
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you uh a long time ago so this is the
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fountain they've turned the water off
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and now they have the the Holiday
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Flowers there coas but all these
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buildings were built by Disney they
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hired different Architects so do you
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know who built the post office over
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there no what famous architect known cuz
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you're Disney guy you know a lot about
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Disney who do you think built that
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famous architect built a lot of Disney
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stuff including something at the studios
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and also here on property two resorts on
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property I know so the same guy that
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built the Swan and Dolphin and also
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built the Seven Dwarfs building at the
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studios oh I cannot think of that guy's
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name think of one of the misfit singers
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different same name different guy Graves
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yes same first name Michael Graves yes
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Michael Graves the same name yep Michael
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Graves built just reading about the
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seven dwares building yeah Michael
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Graves that's crazy he built that Post
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Office right there Tower this Tower I
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don't know who built that but it was not
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Michael gra but it always reminds me of
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what's the Harrison Ford futuristic
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movie Blade Runner Blade Runner it
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always reminds me of Blade Runner can
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you go up there no people always say
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that that reminds them of the orange
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circle over there it kind of reminds me
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of it too a little bit Yeah the little
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downtown area so what does this remind
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you of I think California a little bit
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Venice yeah the Venice canals a little
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bit Venice I always think of Nightmare
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on Elm Street Johnny Depp up there
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eating a sandwich this is a little
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better than ven cuz there's a little
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more walking area okay you can enjoy it
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a little more you don't feel like you're
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so you're saying this area is better
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than than California I would say so but
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I California has his charms Adam the woo
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I want to get your reaction over here so
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you've been to Savannah Georgia right
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yeah so take a look that's true the
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first time we did the tour together way
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back TNT and the scar tore so take what
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does this remind you of
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e I'm waiting for the number
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four these look like comfortable shoes
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dude this is so cool what the heck is
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this awesome this is gorgeous over here
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right I like celebration how it has like
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completely different architecture if you
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go two blocks you got a whole different
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kind of theme but can't you just picture
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Force Gump right here dude yes this is
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what this is and it is called Savannah
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Square so confirmed I would love turning
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the corner and just seeing Tom Hanks
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over there yeah he's been here really
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yeah well not here he was at Disney one
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time promoting a Toy Story movie but
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yeah there's very unique trees up
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here yeah Savannah Square I remember
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when I first stumbled on this place I
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was like this exists de maybe I should
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move to Celebration we could hang out
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all the
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time
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yeah and now heading over to Disney
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Springs where I will be seeing
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well dare I say one of the best if not
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the best Christmas action film ever made
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lethal weapons and TI I say neck and
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neck top of the orange
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structure seems like I always kind of
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Park up at the top of orange the balloon
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is running and then after the film a
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little nighttime fun will be had out
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here at Disney Springs I don't know if
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I'll go up in the balloon but who knows
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who knows where the who knows the way
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the W well depending on the wind I don't
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know maybe now I got head over to
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theater number one this is new they must
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be doing like some construction through
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here see I'm looking for theater number
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one for this throwback film a lot of
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times with these throwback movies you
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don't really see any kind of like
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paraphernalia or any kind of like
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posters for it I kind of wish they would
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throw like a poster out for the
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throwback movies oh check it out it's
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playing over here in the Dolby so it
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should have a pretty good sound look at
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this 400 p.m.
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classic yeah I got to say I don't know
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which one I think is the better
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Christmas themed action film of the80s
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Lethal Weapon or maybe should has stitch
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up there I think Die Hard might be a tad
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bit better than lethal weapon lethal
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weapon's awesome I was also joined dipp
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Kay mother Die Hard by Kevin heimbach
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was here great we were sitting next to
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me during die hard would you consider it
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a Christmas movie Yes like the entire
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score from the entire film is Christmas
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anybody who says it's not a Christmas
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film oh does not watch the film like
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okay is a Christmas movie through like
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from the opening shot to the ending
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how awesome was it to seeing it on the
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big screen so like growing up right it
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was just VHS for me and like watching it
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edited on TV to watch it in
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Dolby was good you feel for John
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McLean's feet he's bleeding everywhere
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oh it was intense I was I I think I
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almost got a standing ovation from us at
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the end from us well yeah I stood up
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when theater but yeah we were we were
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very excited to be in there yeah also
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Ryan's here he he's showing up cuz we're
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going to go to the boat house later you
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you seen Die Hard you didn't see
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uh have you seen either of you seen the
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Die Hard Advent calendar that they're
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selling this year no every day it it's
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it's a forc perspective of the the tower
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and Tower day you move I have one in the
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office you have one you have it goes
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down what do they say it's not Christmas
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Eve until Hans Gruber falls off the
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nakomi plaza absolutely celebrate with a
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Twinkie on
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Christmas Carl Winslow was in it too
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that's how he got the roll tell me about
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the twinky twinky every ingredient
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you're like you're cting Ghostbusters
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and someone from Ghostbusters is in Die
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Hard who played like an
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a-hole Conn the
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80s oh yes the gator here is just haming
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it up for everyone right here in front
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of the base of the rainforce look he's
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got a oh he's giving a little smile oh
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wait is this thing about ready to
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erupt it was growling that's just
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everybody's stomach stomach as they
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eating refor Captain look it's
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rumbling I think it's about to yes it's
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going to
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happen see I know my
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sounds yeah we got a good angle of this
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yeah oh there it go
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H
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Epic
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I love
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it I love the gator over here and I love
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the erupting volcano
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about love the sound
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too sights and sounds of Disney
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Springs I think that's it might be done
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all that's
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awesome all right going walk around
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Springs see what we can
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see so this is one of the new characters
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from your new favorite Disney film right
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this is how I felt watching the entire
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film the film is garbage really do not
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go watch it all right so you'd rather
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see die hard again yes okay I would
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rather go see what the fourth no the
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fifth Die Hard the one where they Russia
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where that that one is terrible I'd
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rather watch that than seeing wish I
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haven't seen it yet what if it ends up
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being my favorite what if it's better
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than Aladdin Lion King Beauty and the
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Beast and mermaid combin I think we
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revoke your uh DVC I do like a lot of
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the new merchandise like the all about
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the Disney parks like they kind of like
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the 9s fashion is kind of coming back in
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here so look at this hat that's
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definitely kind of like a '90s style
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yeah still got a little time before we
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can check into the boat house so
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contemplating maybe going up on the
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balloon also Tampa J is here in the
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balloon you got to go up in the balloon
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sure man let's get hot Greg is here also
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hello is today your birthday or
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yesterday your birthday yesterday was my
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birthday yesterday was 34 years old 34
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plus something I won't say ex that is
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definitely a thing of beauty up there in
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the sky though I've done the balloon a
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few times fact a lot of times I've tried
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to do the balloon and it's so windy that
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the balloon will not be quite
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operational but tonight even though it's
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is kind of drizzling a little bit the
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balloon is up in the air look how high
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up it is up in the air yeah we have a
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little little time before reservation at
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9: for boat
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house are you uh you getting excited
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there for the you know how many times
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I've tried to ride this thing and it got
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you've never done it never done it
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always want to tell I've never done it
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either but I want to say one thing did
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you know that December 7th is also
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Priscilla barnes's birthday company so
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her and I sh the same birthday no closed
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du to high winds every time every
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stinking time this a close dude
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to hey change my mind High wins dang it
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every time I come bad luck or something
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you put it into the universe I'm never
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going to ride this thing no neither is
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Right change my mind I'm going to go
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with you guys it's close high wind do
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the high W oh darn all right Jay's total
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you get to get coffee Jay yeah Starbucks
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the the balloon catastrophe was
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definitely me oh it's upside down it's a
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$9.99 oh there you go no there's no
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Starbucks drink under $7 J it's
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$9.99 I tell you my grande latte it's
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smoking oh they are on roller skates
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there look at that little snow angel
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stops off in the LEGO store now this is
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like the 89 Burton
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Batman I'm the
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M I don't know what era Batcave that
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would have
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been not sure what that was but I like
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the I like this one though look that is
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the uh Batman Returns uh that's Batman
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Returns tell
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just wasting time until we can check in
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for boat house oh take a look at
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Dobby Dobby is
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free the house elf look at this there's
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like a guy playing playing the game
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right there that is
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wild
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centipede
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asteroids so little
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joystick
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cartridges I think for that price you
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could just buy a vintage Atari with a
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ton of games
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plutonium chamber and everything the
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plate that fell off the car are you
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telling me this sucker is nuclear yes we
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need a nuclear reaction to generate the
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1.21 DRS of electricity on all I tried
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getting in early but they said you can't
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go until your reservation time so it's
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almost time to check in for the boat
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house that is some glistening buttery
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looking bread right there and that's
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also like the honey butter as Well's
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going in hard on cut very efficiently
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there this looks
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great all right going fully in on the
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crab cake here and for the table got the
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uh Mac and chei here which is like a
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kind of New Orleans flavor kind of spicy
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and then also the some of the best
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asparagus you could probably get
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at that is a cauliflower steak so no
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meat just made out of cauliflower look
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at that thing that is awesome I got to
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get that next time that is a mahi mahi
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sandwich that is correct sir look you
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are
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correct what is that J New York and
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Fries my friend medium what you get ran
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these are the Fon um spids and that's
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going to do it for today from almost
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said Downtown Disney from Disney Springs
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a very full day eventful day I'll see
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you the next video the Vlog is over