A Very Stormy Saturday at Disney World Magic Kingdom - Ride Closures / Rain Poncho & Puddle Overload
Magic Kingdom in Rain Storm March 2022
Transcript
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today's adventure begins by looking at
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the mickey power pole i-4 westbound as a
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recording of the saturday march 12
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2022 it is very gusty out there
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got the window down
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a little inclement weather is happening
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here in central florida
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and i have procured surprisingly when i
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woke up this morning there are
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reservations available for magic kingdom
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so maybe the wait times will be short
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maybe no one will be in the park
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it's going to be quite an experience
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yeah it is it is windy up here what
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normally would be busy weekend crowds
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might be a little light
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you know just because of the storm
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warning it's also 10 a.m
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at the moment
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going under the archway to mk
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also should mention this is my third
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visit inside the disney theme park so
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far in 2022 stating that just to keep
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myself accountable and also to find a
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healthy
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balance you know just in the content and
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just doing other things so this is my
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third visit so far in 22. look at that
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dark sky at 10 04 a.m but there are
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people pulling in here
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it's not really deterring people in
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droves
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then again supposed to get a little
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worse as the more oh there was some
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lightning
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there was a little bit of lightning this
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is looking at the weather there you can
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see it's 75 degrees
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and for the next few hours that's what
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it is lightning
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a lot of lightning out there it'll be
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all right big the foot oh
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you're used to this though trouncing
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around in the woods well lately you've
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been kind of here here in my car but
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back in the olden days yeah you're used
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to this
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inclement weather right
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all right just in the last minute or so
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going through and showing my ap to go to
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parking
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it really started coming down
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okay now it's not and now
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it is again
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i went under that underpass oh
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lightning city
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gotta wonder if the trams are gonna be
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running there's a few of them parked
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over here
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doubt the tram will be running on this
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i'm gonna find out soon
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oh there's a line of cars backed up over
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there i can see it from here
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okay it appears as if
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the trams are in fact running in this
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take a look
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well it's hard to take a look now my
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window's
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raining this could end up being
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anti-climactic or this could end up
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being quite an experience
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depending on how the next few hours go
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tram moving by
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doesn't look like too many folks are on
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it they just drop some others off on the
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other side
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could be stopping up here
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taking the tram would that be wise or
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walking all right feet prepare
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to be
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soaked today can i make this tram in
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time
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can i make this my feet are
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already wet could be a little bit of
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flooding that's fine
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all part of the experience all part of
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the experience russ
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did i get on
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this i get on this right now
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drag it on
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holy cow
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what the heck am i doing i just sat in a
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puddle of water why am i doing this and
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why not it's an experience i'm always
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looking for new opportunities to show
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different things
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instead of this aren't you boarding the
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tram this is where you went board right
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here folks right here
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we are boarding right here folks welcome
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aboard welcome aboard
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folks we are boarding right here i don't
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know who she's talking oh she's talking
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to the people down here with the pawn i
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might have to buy a poncho
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please watch your head
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watch your head in your step
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okay where should i go over here
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slippery
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everyone has ponchos but me
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i can just get to a store i can get a
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poncho
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look at this gentleman over here he's
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like really bundled up he's like
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crouched crap stabbed
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driver hold
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we're no longer boarding no more
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boarding no more boarding no more
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boarding there's another tram right
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behind us guys sorry no no please pass
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the poles please pass the ball thank you
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driver clear for dispatch
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how's it going i'll see you up here for
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ttc
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man this is already
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memorable
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this is pretty cool this is the first
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time i've ever used a little tram circle
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here that was built
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you know back in 2020 and it just
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started being used again it's like a
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little u-turn
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to drop off over here i've never been
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around this little tram circle before
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you see in the tail end of the tram
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over there
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that's cool welcome everyone out of the
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woo here my took us is officially
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drenched as the monorail goes by i know
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a lot of people are heading over to take
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my favorite transportation viewable from
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the road but i think i'm going to go
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take the ferry boat across why not just
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get a little more
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moist out here i'm inviting you to join
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me as i experience this rainy
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thunderstorm possibly a tornado warning
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day here in central florida shall you a
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poncho is probably going to be on my
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to-do list i'm the only one without a
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if i can make it on the ferry boat over
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here see the castle off in the distance
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the thing of beauty
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you can see it through the haze
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of the rain there's a lot of people over
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here thinking shelter as well i'm gonna
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take shelter on the ferry boat
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oh please let me get on here i don't
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wanna wait for the oh this it's windy oh
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i was the last one to walk over this
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little kind of this gangway before they
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close the gate behind me the admiral joe
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fowler awaits pulling away from the
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platform
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notice how no one's standing next to the
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edge there because look at the look at
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this water just pouring down from the
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side
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step away step away from the stream
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oh i've entertained by the small tags
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hey i might have to stand corrected it
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doesn't appear as if this has dampered
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anyone showing up
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people are here oh yeah another monorail
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going by
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i feel like if i got a guide map it
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would get
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we get a little too too damp a lot of
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people are kind of under under the train
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station here a little archway in just so
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stay out of the elevator right now it
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seems to be a little bit of a lull and
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it's not raining at this moment but
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there's another one coming through
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starbucks is really busy so i think i'm
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gonna see if i can find a joffrey's to
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get myself a piping hot caffeinated
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beverage ah look at the castle beautiful
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all right i guess for a saturday at 11
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a.m at the moment
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this little walkway isn't so busy but
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there is another storm going to be
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rolling in in a few minutes this will be
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100 chance of rain the next couple hours
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and there are some closures i'll show
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the app and show the wait times looks
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like there are some ride closures right
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now mostly over in the little circus
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area
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and then
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big thunder's down oh yeah big thunder
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is down splashes down
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the
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ferry boat is down the liberty bell
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dang i wanted to go on the the ferry
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boat but i guess that's not gonna happen
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i guess i can walk over there and see
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all right yeah so now that that crowd
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has kind of dissipated getting off of
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the boat transportation device it
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definitely you can tell this isn't too
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busy for a weekend uh okay starting to
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rain again put my umbrella back up and
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looks like over here at tomorrowland
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speedway i almost called it autopia
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autopia east if you will cast members
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recall under the all kind of tucked away
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out of here out of the elements the race
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cars are not going obviously because the
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track is a little too slick and being
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out in the elements when you're in these
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cars doesn't really make sense however
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joffrey's no line for droppers only
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usually this is like a good 15 20 minute
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wait 20 people deep
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i'm gonna call people in line for
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joffrey so coffee time now looking at it
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from this angle there are quite a few
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people with ponchos in line for space
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fountain
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yeah still people still people brave in
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the elements got myself a hazelnut latte
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with the 50th emblem on there race cars
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still are not working and it appears as
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if
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the seven dwarfs mine train is also not
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quite operational but a lot of people in
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line for the teacups probably because so
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much is closed that everyone just heads
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over to attractions that are open i
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would imagine when the ride track is a
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little bit wet it probably is probably
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not the safest thing to have a ride
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vehicle going across here that's why
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it's closed until they realize no more
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rain will be rolling in and even these
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little snack stands are closed at the
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moment snacks snacks but dumbo one of
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the two dumbos here is working look no
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water in a splash pad for obvious
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reasons and also barnstormer is down
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currently cast members stand in front of
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barnstormer so goofy great goofini he's
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just taking a little bit of a rain delay
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and i for one cannot wait for the train
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to come back here once tron is completed
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you can see they're really making a lot
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of headway on tron and i'm still kind of
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on the fence if i should get a poncho or
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not i haven't decided looks as if oh
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look okay check it out they have now
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brought the mine train back some lucky
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guests were able to get on board and
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probably got a short wait time
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check it out right there i do have to
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wonder how long this is going to last
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though because the rain is rolling back
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in not sure if i'll be riding anything
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or not but if something's short enough
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maybe i'll pop on but i'm just kind of
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here to wander around one of the nice
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things about being an annual pass holder
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if the reservations open up i was really
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surprised to get a reservation on a
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saturday one popped up i got it this
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morning there was one available said
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heck it i'm going to magic kingdom so i
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am uh the more i think about it if i
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could get a best removament today then
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that would be very very nice
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yeah a lot of pots a sea of ponchos
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through here there's a lot more people
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here than i was expecting i thought it
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was going to be pretty
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lackluster as far as attendance with
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this rain but it people have proved me
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wrong everyone's out here oh goodness it
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looks like the ferry boat is back on
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track and plenty of people have lined up
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for the haunted mansion yeah the liberty
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bell seems to be about ready to check
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i'll see if i get on the next liberty
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bell
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ah
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i love that sound oh now this is
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interesting
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oh that's not good i'm just noticing
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this huge long line oh
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this is the lightning light line huh
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still haven't done lightning like thank
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you
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one of these days i'll do lightning but
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goodness gracious this is the fastpass
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launch what the heck
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oh big thunder's running big thunder's
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running over there
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big thunder i'm on my way
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dang
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i would i wish i would have gone on that
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liberty bell cruise there's like no one
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maybe they're just you know what maybe
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it's just cast members on it maybe
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they're just testing it out no there's a
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guest on there
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yeah i could have gone on the first
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cruise of the day in between the
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rainstorms there is no one on the
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liberty bell ah not the mark twain here
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mark twain's in anaheim liberty bell
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here at wdw oh there's a little bit of a
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little bit of a puddle right here over
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here
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through this little bit a little bit
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flooded through this section and it
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looks as if at the moment now it could
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it could be down for a reefer if i'm not
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sure we're gonna be doing that complete
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refurb but at the moment splash mountain
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is down and dry there are none of the
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logs going but then walking around over
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towards big thunder notice there's some
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cast members standing here which kind of
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gives me the impression that big
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thunder's just down because of the storm
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and not because of the reefer rainy day
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cavalcade in full effect now there is a
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brand new parade that just came back
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last week give or take within the last
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few days there's a new parade that has
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kind of reared its head again today is
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not today to witness that however they
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are doing the rainy day cavalcade which
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is the exception when there is inclement
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weather they do that but i gotta say
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there's a lot there's a big cast of
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characters rolling through frontierland
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turning towards the hub and then gonna
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be going around towards main street usa
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a lot more than i was expecting it for
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for basically what would be the
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replacement for a parade it's a
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cavalcade but this is there's a lot of
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characters in the rainy day cavalcade
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pretty good pretty neat also if you're
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wondering what that noise is i'm here
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standing here on the back of the
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riverboat and this is the the water
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wheel from the riverboat looking over
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there at the line
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of the haunted mansion
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yeah let's take the riverboat
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always good to go around the rivers of
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america i'm just standing here
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overlooking frontierland and realizing
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back in october
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but i had really made the statement in
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my own mind and vocally that i was
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really going to taper back considerably
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on doing theme park disney content
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and i have
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and i thought i wasn't going to do any
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in
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2022 but i am here to say that
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i missed the magic and taking and taking
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that long road trip really kind of made
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me re-evaluate and try to find a balance
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and i feel like i'm finding a balance
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with the parks it's not going to be a
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constant thing but every once in a while
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if i feel like i feel like coming out
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i'm going to who am i to deny myself
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you know enjoy in the parks as an annual
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pass holder but you have my word you
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have a promise that i'm not going to
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overdo it
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but every once in a while but that's my
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statement on it i miss the parks and
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sometimes i just want to go to the parks
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and because i do a lot of daily videos
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i film my day i feel like 2022 as far as
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a balance here on this channel and in my
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life
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i think i'm doing pretty good so far but
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then again
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i'm just speaking for myself so i don't
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know what what everyone else out there
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is thinking but i feel i feel like i'm
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this is a good year for me so far i'm
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pretty happy and content the most
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content i've been in a long time as far
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as creating
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creating stuff living my life looks like
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nobody can get over to
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tom sawyer's island right now splash is
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still down also also baseball season is
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back the lockout is over so i have a lot
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of away ray away games across the
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country coming up very soon so
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i've got to get some park visits in
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as a local
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all right now the wind is really
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starting to pick up again look at the
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steam kind of going off there at a quick
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pace over into frontierland remember
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when they announced they were gonna
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overlay and completely redo splash
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mountain is that ever going to happen
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is that ever going to happen is it ever
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going to become princess and the frog
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it's been like two years since they
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announced that no wraps going over to
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time sawyer island confirmed it just
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parked here and look at the congregation
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of ponchos over there in front of best
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remove them at the moment i will not be
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going back that's probably like an hour
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away because so much other stuff is
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closed everyone's heading over to big
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thunder
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as they should it's a good look it's
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look at how many people are just kind of
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crammed over there it's like a poncho
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fest oh up close and personal
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with the poncho extravaganza i never get
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a poncho this umbrella is just suiting
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me just fine unless it starts let's just
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start pouring i was either oblivious
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before or so focused on the attraction
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on the other side of the boat but i
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never noticed the smoky cabin over here
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until now i'm always looking across the
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way of big thunder they have a smoking
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cabin here too just like they do at
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disneyland and take a look at the old
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fisherman over here on this dock you can
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see that fish is jumping out of the
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rivers of america right there next to
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the dock
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look closely
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see the fish there it goes
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hopefully that's not a piranha
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now these spitting cheeky's over here in
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adventureland i have a photo from 1991
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of me standing in front of these these
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spitting tikis all the way back you know
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i was probably what 17 years old in 91 i
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was born 74. but yeah my mom and i were
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out here busy my grandma was in town and
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i got a photo right here in front of me
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i have a lot of memories here at magic
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kingdom a lot of nostalgia as i'm
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walking around i'm always reminded of
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certain events when i'm kind of just
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cruising around the park here and there
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is the photo right there my mama and i
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back in 1991 it was like the same tikis
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and everything they've been repainted
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but but that's them
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it appears as if the sun is attempting
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to pop out i just walked past the castle
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as i was walking by i'm also noticing
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that they have started to bring back
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some of the castle entertainment with
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all the characters in front of the
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castle i've never seen that before you
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know for a long time they weren't doing
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a lot of stuff in front of the castle
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but castle entertainment appears to be
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back
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and it also appears as if
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the rain has stopped
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completely for now
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and people are starting to make their
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way back in ponchos are being removed
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the crowd levels are starting to grow
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again and i have a lot of bubbles
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heading my way i guess someone made a
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wish here in the wishing well that it
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would stop precipitating from the
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heavens this wishing well is
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considerably different than snow white's
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wishing well at anaheim this is the
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cinderella wishing well
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on this side of the castle it's kind of
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tucked away over here way over here and
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at this moment i believe just getting
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the one attraction in taking the river
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boat around was good enough when we
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started heading down mainstream you can
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see everyone is now heading in as they
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realize the storm has passed except it
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is very very windy you see the balloons
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here on main street the balloons are
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kind of whipping around very very quick
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like i think from here i'm going to walk
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over the contemporary before doing that
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i'm going to go over to the emporium and
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see if there's any new merchandise i
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can't live without now those look like
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very comfortable pants with the 50th
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emblem on there and this is something i
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haven't seen this coat now it is 64
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degrees today you probably get away with
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wearing this but normally in florida
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it's not that cool
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and a little emblem there with mickey on
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the front celebrating 50 years
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of walt disney world this is a year and
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a half long celebration that they're
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doing here
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even create your own mickey cookie
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down there and some popcorn for the 50th
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as well
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quite an assortment yeah this would be
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pretty good i've been eating pretty
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pretty well if i'm not having any treats
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today
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here on property
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not about the treats right now doing
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some good pretty good on the weight loss
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but that looks pretty pretty tasty i
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kind of like these socks down here
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50 socks as well got this little
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backpack here little book bag if you
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call oh figment is on there figment also
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celebrating the
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the 50th and this they had this on
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opening day on october 1st of last year
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was the start of the 50th i haven't
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bought this yet but i think at some
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point i'm going to get this i have a lot
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of mickey shirts
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this one when i get down to the weight i
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want to be at i'll probably buy a few
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new shirts as a celebration here's the
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partner statue here
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i like this orange bird shirt
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wow that's pretty dang cool
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what's the price on that ooh
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125
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that is pretty awesome though here's a
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50th one here too
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this one's also 115 dollars pretty
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standard for the collared shirts
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i think of all of them i like this
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one i like that
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there's also a very dapper mickey
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long sleeve sweatshirt right there too
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now this would be pretty awesome to have
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as like a rain jacket you can have the
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poncho but look at this
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i like this and here's another one i
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really like relax and recharge with
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mickey there just kind of like almost
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like he's resting out in the field under
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a tree enjoying enjoying the day and
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this says let the good times
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roll i must say i'm not really much of a
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sweatshirt kind of guy and i wear it you
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know i wear a hoodie when i'm on the
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road and it's freezing cold but in
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florida florida i don't know how often i
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would use this but these are
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i like this design this kind of like
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aqua color over here in the main street
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theater some great retro merch part of
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the retro collection look at this one
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over here with the contemporary and the
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castle and everything look at this game
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right here
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look at this this is awesome you could
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walk through
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magic kingdom right there a visit
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to walt disney world magic kingdom park
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i decided to do the walk around
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seven seas instead of taking the
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the ferry or the monorail back and oh my
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gosh it has gotten very
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windy but i am loving this weather high
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of 67 today doesn't get much better than
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that when you get a high of the 60s
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in florida you have to embrace it quite
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a blustery day it's not raining at least
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but it is very very
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blustery i'm just waiting for a monorail
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to go by looks like gonna get one here
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through the clearing and this is a
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little
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ravine where they bring out the floats
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for the water patch at the end of the
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night
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there
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goes
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the monorail i doing this walk get your
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some cardio in get some steps in
21:36
very beautiful
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as this transportation
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wonder goes by
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taking more guests
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and the magic kingdom
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on the descent
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oh yeah i gotta get the long approach
21:54
here good angle as a monorail just kind
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of circles across the monorail beam
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very nice
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and go in the reverse way
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another one
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love it
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i always love doing this walk
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now until about a year and a half ago
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you couldn't go you couldn't walk down
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this this was not an active walkway so
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i'm glad they they changed that
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see the castle over there in the
23:01
distance on the far end of the screen
23:03
see the castle even from way back here
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a lot less precipitation here at the
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tram turnaround
23:16
when i was over here earlier this
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morning
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so cloudy and overcast but not
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downpouring
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i believe i'm gonna end this episode
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here at heavy metal mickey because he's
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a mickey made out of probably aluminum
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but some sort of metal so
23:29
it's a clever thing heavy metal mickey
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my next road trip probably will not be
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till after the opening day of baseball
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which i think is april 8th for the race
23:38
april 7th april 8th don't quote me on
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that but soon after that a day or two
23:42
after that i'll probably hit another
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road trip in the same length
23:46
mickey's acquiring that's why i'm
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telling mickey right now
23:48
talking directly into heavy metal mickey
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and i'll probably be gone for at least
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the same time period i was last trip was
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seven weeks so
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i think it's a good balance and it gets
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me excited actually going back in the
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parks
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recently a couple times my third visit
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this year
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i'm starting to kind of get the magic
24:06
i overdid it for a long time
24:09
and i'm not going cold turkey but i'm
24:10
also not going to overdo it anymore but
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i am going to pepper it in
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from time to time
24:16
the taking people back to their
24:18
cars
24:24
all right i'm just going to walk it i'll
24:24
see the next video
24:26
the vlog
24:27
is over oh no it's not over well it's
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over but it's just this is bonus
24:33
bonus footage
24:34
the 50th anniversary
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monorail oh there's also a heavy metal
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mickey on that side never realized that
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very gusty
24:48
it's a blustery day when the pooh would
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say
24:52
there is a seagull nowhere near
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the sea
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go home seagull
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oh you're just kind of fluttering around
25:05
ttc parking lot
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use the breeze
25:14
seagull
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this is what i call a peaceful ending to
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a video
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post