Disney's EPCOT Monorail Has Returned - Finally On Board After Year & Half / Park Views & DVC Lounge
EPCOT Monorail Loop August 2021
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today's adventure begins by looking at
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mickey power pole
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here at i-4 westbound
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it is a monumental day
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as the recording of this wednesday
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august 18 2021
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the epcot monorail loop is happening
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after waiting for well over a year
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probably closer to like a year and a
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quarter
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give or take
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being very patient
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waiting for the loop now the one from
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ttc to magic kingdom has been going
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but not the epcot loop
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but it's back
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it's back
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pretty excited and naturally going over
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to transportation and ticket center
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to start off
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so the beam over there to the far end
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that's the one i'm going to be going on
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be appropriate if one went by right now
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but
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because it's not in the cards
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oh yeah
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ask
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and you shall receive
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it has been a long time
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since i've seen a monorail on that beam
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yes still no word on when the trams will
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start running again
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progressing slowly at least we're
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getting the monorail loop the epcot
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monorail loop as of right now
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next up could possibly be
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the courtesy trams
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been sitting here for a while as well
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welcome everyone adam the woo here i
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will also add in
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that this reared its head once again
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about a month or so ago
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not the beam but
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the transportation
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device that is now
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cruising
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by i was in california and i've been
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busy the last week or so so this is my
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first time
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witnessing
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this going by after all this time
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my game plan today
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have a reservation for epcot
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i'm gonna head over there via this
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and just enjoy the day this will
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probably be the only attraction or ride
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i will be on the entire day
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and that's fine
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inviting you to join me oh yes
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i'm stoked shall you looks as if the
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this parking lot designation
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family of the day
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guess the family
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they were cones
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and when the trams do
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start to come back won't be able to walk
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down this angle anymore this is
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technically the tram route
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they're walking off
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now just to clarify this one here
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has been operational for about the last
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year or so this is the resort monorail
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loop from ttc to magic kingdom but
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seeing this
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accessible
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for guests to walk up is a wonderful
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sight that is for sure and wearing an
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appropriate epcot shirt world of micah
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with captain eo yeah representing yeah
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even though you've been around these
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parts since the reopening of the
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monorail you have not been back on it i
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waited for you you waited for me wait i
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knew we'd do it we're gonna do it it's
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finally
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happening
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not to see a stanchion to use your word
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yeah you're the one that taught me that
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word yeah no stanchions right here in
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front of this little walkway up
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what does that say that does not say
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magic kingdom or resort monorail
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that says epcot still look they haven't
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capitalized all the letters yet they're
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bringing back the all capitalization but
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not
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they haven't changed the signage out
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nope not yet
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all right we gotta we gotta we gotta
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take a little walk up here i know this
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is very confusing
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this is the magic kingdom monorail
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not gonna be going on that one
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there's a lot of beams and a lot of
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monorails
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you gotta choose you gotta choose
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choose wisely okay speaking of
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stanchions
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that's what those are right there those
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are stanchions micah
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i blame you for that word
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now you can't get it out of your head
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you're like a stanchion stanchion and it
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seems as if
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the resort loop and the mk loop are a
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little more frequent
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than the epcot one
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we're just standing here
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kind of waiting for the waiting for it
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to
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pull in because we want to we want to we
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want to document this for posterity i
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see an inkling i see a glimmer pulling
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in which color is it
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it looks like silver
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there
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there it goes do it with me
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there goes the monorail silver silver
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silver edition look at that beautiful
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thing right there
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yes
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you can no longer ride in the front here
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at wdw
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so you can't ride the front of that one
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either at this moment
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yeah notice but notice how the back is
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the same as the front yeah it can
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reverse these bad boys yeah
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okay let's not miss this one let's get
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the right this on there
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these have always
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oh that's gorgeous
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please stand clear of the door
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we're going to see the skull airport we
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are going to see if we are going to go
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past that on the bottom i'll be here i
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haven't seen that in a long time
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see where the buses are all parked over
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there too
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this is going to be awesome yeah as soon
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as these doors close
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also we might get a little construction
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update as well
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where they have removed
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the party zone
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starbucks and the
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fountains of the world what do they call
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it fountains of the world fountain of
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nations
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granted we could have our own party zone
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and go up in the dvc lounge
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all right good morning everyone and
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welcome aboard monroe silver the saturn
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highway in the sky two and a half meters
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requirement of you to keep those face
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comings on at all times and for those of
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you standing please stay clear of those
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automatic doors our travel time today
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will be approximately eight minutes
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welcome eight minutes of glory there's a
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lot of buses down there today
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a lot of non disney buses as well
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something must be happening
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now as mike i was mentioning a moment
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ago
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the old airport runway is over there
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that walt and the other executives would
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take in and fly the plane in
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you still see the runway it's kind of
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over there
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next to the trees now just using the
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parking lot
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fun back making our way up to the the
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parking terminal
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the pay station here
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for magic kingdom and ttc going the
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opposite way
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all those cars have just paid their
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i don't even know how much parking is
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now because i have an ap probably 20
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i bet some of them are looking over here
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going oh heck yeah the monorail's back
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oh just caught a little bit of that it
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went by like a blur yeah very very fast
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i think i caught about a a millisecond
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of it
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a speeding car now this is not the
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hidden mickey solar panel that one's a
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little farther
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this is just a
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regular solar panel the hidden mickey
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solar panel is over there on the side of
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this retention pond you can kind of see
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them kind of sort of see them over there
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across the light there getting the first
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glimmer of guardians off in the distance
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and there it is all its glory
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spaceship are approaching
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parking lot does not look too incredibly
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busy
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granted i believe rope drop is at 11 and
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it's
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a few minutes prior to that but still
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yeah i just checked my phone it is 10 52
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a.m
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so technical row drop is in eight
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minutes
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perfect timing you bypass the station
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you're gonna be seeing that again
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momentarily so you don't pull
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immediately into the station you have to
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do
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the epcot loop
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no stanchions down there either oh
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getting a good little bird's eye here
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look at this
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very nice
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so oh cool
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here we go well behind the scenes
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you know from a guest perspective from
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the monorail that is oh yeah and then we
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got the guardians
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construction down there
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and the former allen's energy adventure
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this could be the play pavilion over
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there soon
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and then the new space restaurant oh the
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glorious loop
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one thing i'm most excited about is
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they're going to be putting a walt
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disney
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statue in
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somewhere on this side of spaceship
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earth
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think out of everything they're doing
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wow look at that
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there is no communicator communicator
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has been erased from existence there's
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only one side of communicator left
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no communicator over here anymore
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no club cool no party zone no starbucks
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no fountain of nations
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that is a real beehive of activity down
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there look at that
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no more electric umbrella
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that is a
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boy they have demolished so much
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and now pulling into
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the station
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we made it
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pretty mind-blowing right that is so
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crazy
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monorail silver thanks for the first
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ride back yeah haven't been on this
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platform for so long
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thank you
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dude that was the same
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mountain you remove all those buildings
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the building's gone you see how it knows
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how big it is doors are opening heading
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to the exit
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gonna go get some some angles of the
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monorail from some of my favorite
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perspectives this is a ramp i have not
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walked down in like a year and a half
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and speaking of beautiful sights
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spaceship earth should not go unnoticed
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well it's hard not to notice this
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beautiful sphere a grand and miraculous
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you know thank you phoenicians got
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monorail blue approaching now past the
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little spires there at the fountain
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recently added probably six seven months
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ago should be able to catch monorail
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blue as it does the circle around past
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living with the
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living seas as well
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directly above the image works
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in the what if labs is the dvc lounge
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i'm gonna go up top and get a probably
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get a view from up there
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as well however before going up there i
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can see one approaching i'm waiting here
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next to the pvc fountain now this is
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something that i used to always stand in
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this spot
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to get this angle and i am happy to say
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that probably one of my top two or three
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favorite monorail views is back
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here next to the
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upside down waterfall the pvc fountain
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it is happening
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going by right there
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monorail gray and all its beauty
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oh yeah oh
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yes it is so good to have i know
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i know i'm a little overly excited but
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trust me not not many love the monorail
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more than i do i mean i think i'm in the
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top tier of love for the monterey made
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it up to the lounge got a nice little
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seating arrangement with a decent view
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right down over here at this table okay
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i'm just now gonna confirm the monorail
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is on a 15 minute loop i timed it out
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every 15 minutes the monorail will do
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the epcot loop not a bad view from up
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here in the dvc lounge either a little
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bit of a glare on the windows obviously
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but other than that pretty nice pretty
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nice view up here in the lounge i did
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kind of guess it would be 15 minutes but
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now confirmed every 15 minutes the
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monorail loop goes around the epcot beam
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yeah nice i like it up here and there's
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not too many people today it's pretty
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empty in the grand scheme of things
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plenty of open tables which is nice and
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back out to the pvc fountain as well
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watching it go by and a pretty good view
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of it kind of cruising down the beam
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with spaceship earth off in the distance
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i always like it from this angle next to
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image works and the dvc lounge kind of
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up here on the little fountain area i
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always call it the pvc fountain i don't
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know if it's really made out of pvc but
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it looks like pvc stepped inside the
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land pavilion now it's kind of shattered
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out silhouetted out with the way that
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this other section is obscured from the
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sun we've got the windows on this side
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gonna go into sunshine seasons
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which i believe no longer has a
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mobile order option you have to walk up
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i'm gonna get myself a little treat here
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take a take a break
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from the subject matter and
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get a little snack you know in all the
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times i've been in here i've never
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noticed these metal trees they're trees
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but they're not traditional branches
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they're made out of metal and then like
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aluminum up top yeah the things you
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notice for the first time strange the
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park is not very busy today
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obviously you can see by the amount of
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people in line for food
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try something a little bit different and
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go with an
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with an asian vegetable noodle salad for
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11.99
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tuna pokey and spicy mayonnaise yeah i'm
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gonna get that and also getting two
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sides of this pasta salad i really like
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the pasta salad you got to go to a
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different area to get that though look
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at the size of that sandwich down there
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i'm not getting a sandwich this is my
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meal but yeah they have plenty of
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options here thank you
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you get this do you get the same thing
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yeah
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no what is that pasta salad i always get
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sides of pasta salad i'm gonna try that
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yeah it's pretty good it looks pretty
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good and this is what we're dealing with
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they also supply
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chopsticks if you decide to utilize them
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and i went with two complimentary waters
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as well so i got two of the sides
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two waters no charge for those even
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though they're in a small cup that's why
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i got two of them
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and i got the little
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the little noodle dish with the pokey
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tuna
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as well oh you went with two waters also
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yep
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got the carbon copy following suit
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that's it it looks so good because they
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don't have large bottles large cups of
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water complementary so you got the the
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double water got these
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it almost looks like wall once a little
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bit want some wall
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look look he's smiling he is he wants
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the hockey i think i've ever tried this
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before and it's not served hot it's not
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a dish best served warm
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it's a cold dish
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slurp it up
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okay i'm gonna say that this is
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something i will be getting again
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i'm disappointed that i've never tried
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this entree before it is really good
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you like it
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one thing these beams really
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are helpful for is finding the shade you
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can see there's sun over there
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there's sun over here you want to get
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out of the elements and be in the shade
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you can stand right there also a good
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reason to get out of the shade is to get
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the the perfect angle of the
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transportation device going by one of
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the most epic
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attractions anywhere on wall disney
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world property spaceship earth yeah
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that's going to be a good one that's
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definitely gonna be a good one also fun
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fact they're making the announcements
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again about having to wear facial
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coverings inside they just made the
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announcement over the the pa oh dang
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almost missed this one the blue going by
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also you could hear test track off in
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the distance this is right outside the
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former odyssey building now the epcot
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experience yeah got monorail blue
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cruising by just about missed that one
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before hopping back on the monorail
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going back to ttc gonna take one of the
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friendship boats here across the lagoon
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what's gonna happen is the friendship
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boat's gonna pull up and do a kind of a
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loop-de-loop do a turnaround pull in
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right here and then we're gonna board
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the friendship boat go over to the other
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side of world showcase and then take
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this same friendship boat back to the
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same spot before getting back on the
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monorail pulling into
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i'm gonna head right to the back take
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this back seat right here there's a
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little area where there's some shade so
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kind of sit right here in the middle you
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can also sit up there but it's not gonna
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sit up there gonna sit
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and sit back here at the rear
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getting a little view here of the
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harmonious
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barges which is going to be the new
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fireworks show for the 50th anniversary
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of walt disney world officially starting
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october 1st
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just kind of figured throw another mode
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of transportation and
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we're heading back over to
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transportation ticket center ttc
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those oranges over there the one
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although the one over to the far end
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reminds me of a big taco
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a very big top
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and before boarding the friendship boat
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got a pretty good view
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with saying hello to some ducks
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a couple of very friendly ducks
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and they reminded me do not forget
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about the monorail that's going by
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so i looked up the ducks reminded me
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that the monorail was going by with
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another very epic view of spaceship
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earth off in the distance
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it's always good to have
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ducks
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reminding you
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oh yeah perfect timing there it goes
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right past i'm actually exiting out
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perfect timing as it goes by
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beautiful
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and had to wait for another one
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just every every 15 minutes or so
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another one comes back just kind of went
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in one of the gift shops to wait around
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a little bit
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came back out
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going around spaceship earth
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right here next to the newly renovated
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fountains i'm throwing it back to an old
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school 80s
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nostalgia style
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and i also got it from this angle
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kind of looking across
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monorail silver
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rewarding us to go back over to ttc
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i had to walk very grisly
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to get up up the ramp at a kind of walk
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at a brisk pace to get off the ramp
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now the doors are shutting
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made it
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now back on
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the monorail
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the parking lot over here is not too
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full no it's not
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it's kind of cool you can see the the
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land pavilion over here but you can also
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see the
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little bio dome
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thing as you pass over this area you'll
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see in the back here
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if that
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usually at about the halfway point
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where they cross over should be crossing
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over the other one right
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now
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nailed it
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and once again
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going through the tool closet without
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totalizing the parking closet
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and once again that is the monorail
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loop
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for
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the resorts
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the magic kingdom
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i have been on the epcot loop
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and that's gonna do it
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for today
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i am very content and happy that the
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epcot loop monorail is back on track
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back in business
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after well over a year how long do you
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think it was like a year and a half
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something like that like a year and a
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half yeah at least but i didn't last
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aren't you warm wearing that outside oh
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yeah humidity you can take it off that's
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right
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i you can't keep up with everything it's
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tough to wear the fun board
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epcot was missing something without
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these
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going around a little showcase while the
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forefront of world showcase
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and the loop
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spaceship earth all that it's much
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better
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with the monorail i'll see you in the
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next video the vlog
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it's all great you know you want to
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micah
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you know you want to say it you wanna
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here goes the monorail
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nailed it and for good measure
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one last one from the parking lot
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on the beam that sat empty
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from 12 13 14 15 months i lost track
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following it around
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the not so empty beam
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anymore is it