The State of Florida vs Walt Disney World - BIG Changes To Walt’s Vision & Reedy Creek District Tour
Changes To Walt Disney World
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welcome everyone adam the woo here has a
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recording of this wednesday april 20th
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2022
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standing at the threshold of market
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street here in celebration florida
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my homestead where i reside
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an interesting twist on walt disney's
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vision of epcot
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not exactly what he had in mind but
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kinda sorta in a weird way
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i talked about a lot
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you know that sort of thing over
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my tenure here but there is something
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else that i want to tie into
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walt and epcot and why
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walt disney world exists as we know it
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almost i think
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it's like channeling jim barney there
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here from earnest dave's christmas
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in central florida
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there is some news has come out today
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that there is going to be some
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large changes
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to wdw and the way they operate if
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florida the state of florida
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has their way and i am kind of
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impartial to the whole thing but i find
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it very fascinating you know whatever
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happens
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you just kind of kind of roll with it
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it hasn't really to do with my life so
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much the park still will stay open i
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will still be able to live here in fact
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celebration is not part of disney
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property anymore but really
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history
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of the disney corporation and especially
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walt disney world really holds a special
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place in my heart and
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i want to cover this subject matter
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because this is very relevant very
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prevalent
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relevant or prevalent one of those words
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join me
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classic car alert
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very nice
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reedy creek
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could be going away there is a a real
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possibility
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that reedy
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creek be a thing of the past
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very soon a bill went into effect it was
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signed
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i think it's going to the next step now
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keep in mind also i am not an expert
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you know on all this stuff
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just
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throwing out some opinions some thoughts
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mulling around in the head
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but reedy creek
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the district that reedy creek was part
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of
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had to do
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with improving the almost 40 miles
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square miles
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of wdw and that might not be something
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that will happen anymore and it's
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something that has been going on for
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well over 50 plus years
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two or three years before
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walt disney world even opened in october
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of 71 when magic kingdom first reared
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its head to the public
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it's going to be very different if a big
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if but a good possibility that reedy
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creek
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ceased to exist things are going to be
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changing around here what is reedy creek
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exactly
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it is an area
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that self governs itself
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so it takes care of business on its own
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whether that be the fire department
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taking care of roads
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taxation
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things like that if that goes away
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osceola by the way we can see a 705
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pm look at this obviously reminds me of
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clocks that are on main street usa both
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disneyland
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and here in florida at magic kingdom but
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if that goes away there is a possibility
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yes as i said i am not an expert on any
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of this that osceola and orange county
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here in florida will see higher taxation
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rates
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for those 40 miles because
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those areas will have to take care of
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fixing roads
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servicing things
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could
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the fire departments be switched over to
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those counties instead of being reedy
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creek will the name reedy creek even
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exist anymore most likely yes
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but who knows
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i certainly do not
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in the next few days it will all come to
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fruition and as this guy is out here
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doing a little bit of fishing
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showing the hotel over there
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and as i was saying this is kinda
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kinda sorta
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an epcotian
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type of place
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downtown celebration because people live
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here and epcot center originally was not
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just going to be a theme park it was
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gonna have theme things was also going
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to be an area where people could live
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shop
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and work
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and when walt decided to bring disney
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world to central florida he knew that
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he'd have to cut through some of the red
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tape and that's why came up with the
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idea and at that time florida agreed to
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it the idea of reedy creek
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instead of
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that's osceola
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that's osceola county there one of the
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counties
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well that in orange
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that might be end up picking up the
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slack if reedy creek goes away and again
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whatever the decision is really does not
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affect me
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at all other than from a fascinating
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standpoint
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on history and to see how it all plays
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out if that decision is made
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you know over the next series of years
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and what the history it could be good it
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could be bad
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no one really knows when a decision is
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made but
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time will tell
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change is inevitable and obviously when
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walt was here in the late 60s a few
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years prior to the 71 openings things
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were different in the state than his
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concept and even the way
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florida operated things might have been
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different there the vision was there
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this is kind of an unusual to put it
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lightly an unusual time in the
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the company of walt disney the
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corporation the entity of the walt
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disney's vision is it like it what he
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wanted to be is he looking back now he's
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passed on but is he looking either down
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or from up whichever direction thinking
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this is how i wanted it to be
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i don't know
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no one really knows i never met the man
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is 17 or 17. it's 7 17 i'm asking myself
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too late for a piping hot caffeinated
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beverage from the coffee stand across
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the way there
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i think not
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actually got a little nap in today which
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was nice
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got back flown in flew in last night
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from chicago
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got a little snooze on today for a
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couple hours how beautiful is this
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pre-sunset since that's
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slowly making its way over on the
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horizon there
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now this is technically not reedy creek
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but once i get out of celebration
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cross over onto what is now for a while
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this was owned
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or you know walt disney world had a hand
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in this they were the one that created
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it open back in 94 celebration
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but as far as i know
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reedy creek does not have
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you know any part of celebration at the
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moment but once you cross over i4 i'll
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show the mickey power pole
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that is when you get into the reedy
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creek the 38 39 mile of rocks but just
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under 40 mile
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square miles that reedy creek takes care
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of that is their zone that is their
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district
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also take a look at howard right there
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not even moving howard is the fake duck
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you know howard the duck the movie
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that duck doesn't move it's a decoy duck
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not
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owned by reedy creek now this is
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interesting
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this is where reedy creek is everything
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that's outlined the darker colors
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celebration is right here so not part of
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reedy creek as again doesn't affect me
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but
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about a mile or two away it affects all
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that
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that right there is celebration
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so celebration is
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kind of right in the middle of all this
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it's also good to be back in my personal
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vehicle
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big the foot at the rental car the last
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week up in chicago
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good to be back
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it is a beautiful eve
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and even though not going
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into the parks to film
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it is appropriate to show the mickey
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power pole here at i-4 westbound
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i-4
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westbound more times than not always
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backed up
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always bottlenecks right about here
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okay i'm now as of now
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going into the reedy creek district
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as of today it still exists and this is
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looking back the opposite direction
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that traffic goes back for miles and
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miles and miles and miles every day
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around this time greedy creek
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improvement district tour
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last look
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april 2022 well first look
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because i don't think i've ever shown
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any of the reedy creek stuff or talked
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about it before in fact
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i think a lot of people are now
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wondering what the heck is reedy creek
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it's all over the news
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now my assumption again i don't really
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know much my assumption is
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that even
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worse case scenario if reedy creek
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disbands
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and it gets taken over by either osceola
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or orange county
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these buildings still will remain
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also if you wait for it there's a
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skyliners going by over there
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because obviously you need a fire
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department here on property
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but it might the name probably still
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will stay
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reedy creek but the id may go away
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very interesting turn of events
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this week and waving up there in the
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breeze is the reedy creek flag
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also the florida state flag of u.s flag
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the reedy creek is the one closest to me
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nice little breeze today
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it's a beautiful evening
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all right gonna head over to another one
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i think there's four of these
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on property
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stationed all around
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the almost 40 acres the wdw owns the
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reevy creek development per
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see if i can find the other ones
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and also over on hotel drive is the main
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headquarters
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stop by there too
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also i'm noticing here at the former
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preview center
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also give a little strobe light warning
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because the
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lights from this wrecker behind me are
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flashing pretty good so
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if that is bothersome
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to any of the viewers just a heads up as
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i turn the camera here
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i'm noticing
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there is some news people over here
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with a drone
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it is frowned upon to fly a drone in wdw
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property
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so there must be proper credentials to
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to have the drone grow it going
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but up top here's
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at the drone
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this is pretty big news this is a pretty
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pretty big event
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but i parked over here at the former
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preview center which is the athletic
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union now
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which for quite a while before
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magic kingdom opened
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that was the first park there was only
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one
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back in 71 until epcot opened in 82
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this was the preview center they had a
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big model in here
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they had some characters out front they
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had some cast members the first cast
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members
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ever on property and it really is
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fitting that next to the preview center
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is where the headquarters for reedy
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creek are
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fountains are on
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i'm not really sure what's going on
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they're focusing more on those records
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they are anything else
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but reedy creek headquarters is right
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next to the athletic union which was the
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for quite a while until
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disney world opened obviously there are
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good and bad points
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you can see both sides when it comes to
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greedy creek having their hand in
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in the in the acreage in the mileage of
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38 39 miles
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one of the things that is a positive is
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there's not
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a time differential between road work
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for example when the news broke i
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was watching a few newscasts and reading
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some articles and that seemed to be the
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most prevalent prevalent thing
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that anyone
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was bringing up was how the roads would
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be that and the taxations that could
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change
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but will some potholes develop because
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they won't be fixed instantly
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like they would you know just a quick
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call saying hey get the road guys out
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there and take care of it without having
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to go through
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the county or the state or the cities
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this is it
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here at 1900 hotel plaza boulevard reedy
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improvement district this is the sign
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and really you know it's interesting
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i've never walked over here from the
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former preview center before i have
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never
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checked this out so in a way this is a
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learning experience
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for me as well this is a kind of a
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futuristic
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looking building
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will this end up turning into something
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else
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or will it stay
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the main offices for reedy creek
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this is a cool looking building look at
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this thing how does this slip past my
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radar all these years
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this little design work over on the side
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right there
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it's very very close it's just the next
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property over
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from where the preview center was
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i have a preview center mug they put out
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some retro merchandise recently and i
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have a coffee mug at my house
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that i'll make coffee at in the mornings
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sometimes
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and that's just sits adjacent to this
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look at this building
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this is awesome
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all the offices up in there
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that has to be
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quite a conversation piece around the
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water cooler today
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inside there and will be tomorrow
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should know pretty soon what's going to
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happen
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i think it's interesting about you know
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doing videos
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getting out of the house and seeing
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things and then when
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a new development happens and you want
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to
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learn about it
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you go to places you've never been to
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before
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i always knew about reedy creek and
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always would spout out those facts and
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figures of people that would visit go oh
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you know there is a there is a district
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it is not
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you know taken care of by the city the
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state the county disney has its own you
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know government system
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but now i've been to the building
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sometimes it takes certain turn of
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events
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to get you to go places and learn things
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to get a little more in depth
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and that's what's happening right now
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now gonna walk back over my car
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next yeah to the athletic union
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where the preview center was
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promoting wdw
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all those years ago
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see if i can find the other fire
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stations
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there's a couple more still got the
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flashing lights over there for whatever
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reason it is no secret
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you know i love history
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and i love disney history disney world
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this is fascinating to me it inspired me
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here's my shadow down here
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i thought about not even filming got
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back from chicago last night
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just kind of had a relaxing day taking
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care of personal stuff things like that
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and then i saw this and i said heck it
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this has to be documented for posterity
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maybe no one will care
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i care
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breakfast club seems like it's just one
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thing after another after another after
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another
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the disney corporation
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recently especially since this is the
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50th anniversary
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of the florida parks
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a lot of the decisions you know they're
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making
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probably not the best this isn't the
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finest hour for the corporation i will
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say that
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i still enjoy going i love going to the
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parks have a lot of nostalgia a lot of
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good memories still an annual pass
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holder dvc member no longer a
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shareholder thank goodness
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sold my stocks
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when they were
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well above what i paid for them because
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that is in a decline at the moment it'll
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go back up you know the company will
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rebound
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but this is probably just another hurdle
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that they are facing
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not their finest hour
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i wouldn't say it's their worst hour but
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another interesting thing about all this
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is the fact that one of the biggest
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tourism markets
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for the state
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are the parks
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but now it's kind of like
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florida versus
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disney
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in a weird way it's an interesting time
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and located over here at 1928 east
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buena vista drive
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is yet another
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the fire departments of reedy creek
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this is a pretty amazing looking
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building also
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and there's a big helmet out in front
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i've never seen this building either
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it's kind of tucked away
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one of the back roads
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around disney springs
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and it might be tough to see under the
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shroud of nightfall
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but there is a fire hose
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over there as well so you got the helmet
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out front
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very impressive looking architectural
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building
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there's a fire hose fountain look at
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that is pretty dang neat
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this slipped past my radar until now and
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a better look there at the fire helmet
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i am now running parallel to the
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polynesian resort heading over to
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another one of the stations
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just past the golf course shades of
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green
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and the entrance to the grand floridian
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resort spa right here
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this one not as fancy as the other one
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but has an architectural style of its
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own as well
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almost art
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and since i'm passing by the speedway
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stop in
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show this neat little mural that's on
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the back side of this this is the gas
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station closest to ttc transportation
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ticket center
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there is a fuel station here with a
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retro mural
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on the side of the speedway oh that's
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pretty neat timing it perfectly with the
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fireworks
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across the lagoon over there and that
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mural i was talking about let's see if i
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can get one more little burst of the
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fireworks going up in the air there's
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one going up there it is one more little
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burst there
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but the mural i'm talking about i've
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shown this before
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but it's been a while
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pretty neat they have the family up here
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someone in the back seat with the mickey
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ears on you got the griswald s station
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wagon
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also says speedway gets you there
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the little orange
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on the side of the welcome center sign
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and yes
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walt disney world the retro walt disney
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world bumper sticker here the vacation
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kingdom
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of the world can't tell what their
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license plate says because it's kind of
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blurred out but that's i always like
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this here
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on the side
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of the speedway as one of the buses goes
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by that fuels up behind where i'm at and
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looking way across over at magic kingdom
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pretty neat little view from here
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sorry i'm getting distracted this wasn't
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supposed to be about fireworks
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but how can i not stop and look at this
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and it appears as if the fourth and
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final station for reedy creek is right
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next to these solar powered
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mickey d's
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also did not realize that until just now
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i've been to the solar-powered mickey
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d's a couple times
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didn't realize there was a reedy creek
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station right next to it and it appears
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as if even at 9 15 at night
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there is a beehive of activity of those
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leaving the parks
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wanting to get a little
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late evening snack
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there's the foliage
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golden or not the golden arches but the
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foliage arches right there
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the green m being spelled out in leaves
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on the side of it
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and noticing from here there is signage
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saying authorized vehicles only but that
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is the fourth and final as far as my
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recollection
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station for reedy creek
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tucked away back in here next to the
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solar-powered mickey d's near animal
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so went by hotel drive went by opening
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into downtown downtown disney disney
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springs
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talked about some new developments
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the state of florida
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versus
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walt disney world
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it's almost like a soap opera
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of sorts but by the four departments
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by the preview center went by the reedy
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and
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solar-powered mickey d's
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which i will not be waiting in that line
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dig the foot
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any thoughts
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any assumptions any opinions
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what do you think about all this big the
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foot
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you just like waving in the breeze
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that's kind of my stance on it too
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it'll be interesting to see how it plays
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out over the next series of days
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the state of florida versus
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who'd have ever thought
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it would come down to this
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one of walt's dreams
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you know epcot center
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never his his dream of episode center
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never took place
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became a theme park
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but he wanted to have the old
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the government
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system
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not be in the state not be in the county
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and he achieved that for well over 50
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years 52 53 years a couple years prior
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to the opening of wwe
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that could all be coming to an end soon
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big the foot
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very interesting i'll see you in the
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next video the vlog
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is over
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i like how big the foot just stays
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neutral
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on all of it