Staying On The Disney Private Island - Disney’s Hilton Head DVC Resort & Room Tour in South Carolina
Disney's Hilton Head Resort DVC
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welcome everyone adam the woo here as a
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recording of this monday morning about 9
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00 a.m
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january 10th
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2022
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i have arrived yes
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for my first ever dvc stay in south
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carolina
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a private island
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owned by disney
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disney's
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hilton head island resort a disney
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vacation club resort
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completely private
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two
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guests
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which i am one checked in last evening
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and i'm gonna give a little tour
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down this bridge hilton head island is
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on the outskirts of this which is its
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own island and then this is another
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island that's a disney island
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that i am staying at
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for a couple of days
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as stated checked in last night
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staying tonight and staying the next
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night today i believe i'm just going to
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give a little tour around the property
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relax show all the
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additional
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wonderful things that you can see on
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site that will be the course of the day
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and the afternoon
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property tour room tour property tour
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and then tomorrow i'll venture off into
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hilton head island
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proper i'm inviting you to join me also
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have this it's a little overcast and
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raining
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shall you to say i'm excited about this
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would be an understatement i bought into
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dvc about a year and a half ago
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by the way
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right here along
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where the little harbor where all the
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boats are
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parked boy it is windy
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very gussy feels good there's some other
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other resorts over here but where i'm
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heading
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is over to these buildings on the island
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itself
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there's a little tiki little tiki boat
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called tiki echo
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right there
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now the plan i have if you're familiar
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with dvc disney vacation club you
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purchase an amount of points every year
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that you can use now when you say stay
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on property at walt disney world or
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disneyland some of those points
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are pretty high up
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you know in the numeral system well this
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one during january the room i got was
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only six points a night
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now as the when the busier seasons roll
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around your summer
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and christmas and things like that there
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are a lot more
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but if you do the math on six at night
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if i were to somehow procure
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25 nights at 6 points a night that would
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be
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150 points if i'm doing the math
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correctly
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now that's probably not possible because
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there are some sometimes they go up to 8
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10 points a night but during january the
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room i have the deluxe studio six points
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a night
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that cannot be beat and i was kind of on
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the fence kind of like these birds are
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on this ledge
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on whether to film this or not or just
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utilize it as a stay but i know a lot of
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people are interested in it and it
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really
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it's been documented a few times but not
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as heavily as the ones at walt disney
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world or disneyland i'm not really
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filming the parks anymore at least for
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you know a while a long while
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so this is this this is kind of a nice
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little treat and no pets are allowed
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here on property
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it says private
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just letting everyone know that you're
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not supposed to be in here unless
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you have a reservation
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now the way it works when i pull my car
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in
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they do not have a
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you know a little security shack like
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some of the other ones do
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they do have a shuttle service also
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which i'm going to go over to another
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property that's one mile away so i might
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drive over to it or i might take the
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shuttle service the shuttle service
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runs from 10 am
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to 5 pm
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every day so some of the other dvc spots
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especially in florida you will go past a
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little station that has a cast member
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right here in the middle this is not the
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case here you use your room card after
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you check in
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and if you have not checked in which
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last night i had not checked in i went
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up here and i pressed the little button
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and it talks to the office and once you
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talk to the office they check to see if
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you have a reservation they open the
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gate for you so that's how that works
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and to check in
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is right next to this topiary mickey
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here
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a delivery driver
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next to me that's what the noise is
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putting this
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card away
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the live oak lodge check-in registration
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located at 22 harbourside lane
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you have to go up these stairs
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to the second floor to the registration
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area
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and they also have an elevator
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right here
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and if you do not want to park your car
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outside which i chose to do i didn't
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realize this until right now
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there is underground parking
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when you walk in where the registration
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office is
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you go through the
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door handles look like a big big hidden
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making not so hidden mickey and then you
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walk in there here's mickey over here
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in the corner they also have a pool
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table
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with you know pool sticks and pool balls
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and all that
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and then a nice little lounge area here
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over here
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to the side as well
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and then stepping back out there's a
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sign here it says may river seafood
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i like the theming of this place it's
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very
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relaxed and quiet
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you got the vintage
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shell premium gasoline
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and a little outdoor stove a little
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barbecue
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pit as well and this is nice
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little
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coca-cola signage
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and for those who are smokers they have
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a designated area here
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as well
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i've just got to peruse around you can
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see
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pretty decent sized property
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first level is the
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parking the shaded parking and then
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there is one level and two level
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and that pretty much goes for all the
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way around as far as i know i'm gonna do
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a little walking tour take the horseshoe
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and you try to launch it and get it
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around the little
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pole there
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it's been probably 10 years since i've
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done this
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ooh
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pretty dang close with the instructions
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and the way score is kept put this back
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one thing i am noticing unlike some of
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the other
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resorts on property there's not blaring
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music
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being cranked out of every
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little area as you walk around
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not a lot of theme music there was some
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in the office that i talked over about
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and by the pool there will be some
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that's about it the property itself is
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just a nice little ambiance but i was
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looking at the weather online
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and later on today it's supposed to
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clear up and then tomorrow supposed to
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be sunny so this evening i might be able
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to utilize the hammock this is nice too
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and these are the same size they have a
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wdw the same exact ones
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but if you're familiar walking around
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bay lake or seven seas
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these might look familiar to you first
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priority is to go over to the broad
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creek mercantile where the general store
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community hall exercise room
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and the swimming hole pool is also bike
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rentals
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and get myself a coffee
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so basically the store the food options
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and all that here on this particular
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island without taking the shuttle a mile
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away over to the other property that's
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attached let's try it
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my hand's probably gonna get really wet
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when i grab this corn filled bag
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try number two
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oh
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closer but no cigar i thought about
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taking my scooter around they have bike
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rentals but i do have the scooter as
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well that i've been utilizing but it's
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really wet
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i don't want to probably be pretty slick
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taking the tires through these puddles
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here because of the inclement weather at
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the moment the butterfly garden
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i don't see any butterflies out but
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these are the ones on a nice sunny day
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you'd be able to see
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the eastern tiger shallow tail the life
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cycle
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of the shallow tail
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and this shows a few of the butterflies
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you'll be able to see
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here in this very beautiful butterfly
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garden
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the pipe
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ville swallowtail
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all right the gate to the pool is open
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decent sized hot tub here
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and the pool is called the big dipper
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and it is located and this is the gym
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workout room last night after i checked
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in i was on the treadmill for a little
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bit i've been doing the treadmill for
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quite a few nights in a row doing pretty
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good haven't really kind of hit up any
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weights or anything i used to do about a
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half hour to 40 minutes on the treadmill
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it's kind of my new year's resolution
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and i've been kind of sticking to it and
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eating a lot better too
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pretty happy with the the progress so
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far it'll take a while we just wanted to
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showcase all this they have an
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elliptical in here they have a couple
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treadmills this is the treadmill
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i use right there and probably will use
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tonight and tomorrow night and they also
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have this
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and there's me
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and hopefully over time i'll get a
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little bit thinner by you know carrying
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on this course i'm not weighing myself
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i'm just
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just doing it just just trying to eat
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better and work out a little more get
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some cardio at each time going up to the
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second floor above the pool kind of
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overlooks the pool is the broad creek
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mercantile section
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and this is where i ended up getting
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myself a piping hot caffeinated beverage
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from the tied me over snack bar and if
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you turn the other way and look across
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the water you can see mile markers to
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all the other dvc disney vacation club
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resorts
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around
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around the country which is pretty
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pretty interesting going you know to
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walt disney world disneyland and even to
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over to hawaii as well you wouldn't
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think so many miles from wdw that you
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would find
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cast members
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in south carolina it's like it's like
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almost kind of twilight zone it's
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away you get here it's like oh i'm i'm
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on disney property
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except you look over here
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there is no skyliner designated fishing
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pole pier now you cannot swim and you
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cannot dive
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but you can fish
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please handle all wildlife with respect
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and care
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you can see all the little condensation
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and rain there
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probably don't want to sit on this
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oh that's cute air mail
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i like the the sounds of all the birds
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crowing off in the distance going about
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their day
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they also have a it's called bocce ball
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also should add in this
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is a really nice touch the first visit
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button here
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yeah that's pretty cool love the way the
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trees are just scattered along the
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ground
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definitely can tell you're in south
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carolina well i'm in south carolina by
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the way the trees are and
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the moss up here
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all through the area
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there's a squirrel up there hello
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squirrel
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hello squirrel how are you
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yeah it's my first time i got the first
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visit button
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yep you see a lot of first-timers come
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through here and of course you got to
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mix the content up a little bit not
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everyone wants to see you know abandoned
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towns and
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small communities and back roads every
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single every single day even though i'm
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gonna do that thoroughly
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you gotta get a pepper in other stuff
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from time to time
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and kind of
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plant some roots for a day or two in one
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little area as well
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no pun intended because there's roots
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underneath these trees
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also like the mats here saying welcome
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home
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and the
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card that i got right here
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mind mine
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mine
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and i have the room occupied
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a little signage there and you just tap
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this
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and go in i have now taken my shoes off
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turned all the lights on gonna give a
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little room tour
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starting off here with the kitchen area
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and this is the deluxe studio which is
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the less
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inexpensive or the least expensive room
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they have got my umbrella over here as
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well
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of course you got the sink in the fridge
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and all that but i just want to say
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how incredibly
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overboard nice the cast members here
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have been in fact the coffee
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they didn't even charge me for the
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coffee they said you know it's cold
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outside i could either
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stomp my feet which they didn't say that
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or
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they could give me a complimentary
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coffee so they did not charge me for the
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coffee which was really nice because
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it's very gus i think they were
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surprised i was even over there in the
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coldness or the you know the windy and
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raininess
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so
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thank you for the the coffee now i could
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have made
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coffee here but i don't really drink a
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full cup or a full pot but they do have
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a coffee maker
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in the room also a microwave
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but take a look at this
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so i got the first visit pin
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earlier when i walked over to the little
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gift shop area but then also this is
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this is my room key
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and on the door
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was this
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so there is a
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hilton head island mug that they have
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given me
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they probably give this every guess on
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their first visit but
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it makes me feel special
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and then also this magnet that i could
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put on my refrigerator back in
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celebration florida and a personalized
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note
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look at this
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welcome home
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handwritten
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we hope you enjoy your first visit
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to disney's hilton head island resort
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and for some reason the room seems
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larger than some of the ones at wdw
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as far as the same deluxe studio room
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for the same point areas
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there's the sink there
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i have my
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toiletries there and yes
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they do have the h2
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oh plus ocean
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beauty supplies
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which is great
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now the
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the sink not the sink but the tub and
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the shower
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there's nothing really super spectacular
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it's just basically a
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normal
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type tub but
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they do have yes my favorite the h2o the
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h2o plus body wash sea salt
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when in rome no
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went at disney in south carolina and yes
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on the tv
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they have
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here as well i was not expecting this to
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be the case but i turned the tv on
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and just like in florida
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they have this on there in fact they
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even have
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the date
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time stamp
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weather conditions and park hours
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there is no bus transportation or
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monorail that goes from here all the way
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down to our land
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remotes down here there's two remotes
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because one of the remotes
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there's not a lot of dvc resorts that
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still have these only a couple that i've
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seen
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but here
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is a dvd player and at the mercantile
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they have dvds for rent so i'm gonna do
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that later i'm gonna have myself a
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little bit of a
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a relaxing day
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and i took my hoodie off but
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i have worn out this hollywood studios
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hoodie
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it's really it's i put some miles on
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that thing of course my laptop up here
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also love the fact that any room has
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a ceiling fan
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this has a ceiling fan but i always
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bring along my own personal fan i have
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to have circulation i have to have noise
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when i sleep
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but because it was kind of cool and
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crisp last night i have it way over here
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but just to have a little bit of faint
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noise
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i have it right here on this couch this
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pulls out
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so if you really wanted to
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you could have two couples here you have
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four people
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two in that bed
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and two in this pull out bed or
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two people one here so if i had a friend
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with me
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they could pull this out
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and sleep on the pull out couch
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and i could be here all for six points a
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night during january it's not a sliding
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door it is a real knob
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oh i gotta adjust this
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just like bed nubs and broomsticks knob
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except it's not a it's not a bed knob it
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just looks like a bed knob this could be
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okay it's a totally wrong analogy that
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is a that is a door knob not a bed knob
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but it's still a knob
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it's very wet out here but
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over the tenure of my stay i've been
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using the word tenure a lot
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i will probably sit out here quite a bit
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got two rocking chairs and a very decent
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sized porch bigger than some of the
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other properties as far as dining goes
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here the hours eight to five to tied me
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over
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which is right up here
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that was where i was where i got the
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coffee it has breakfast lunch
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they also have beverages
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and
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surprisingly yes they have dole whip so
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i'm gonna get myself a dole whip later
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and they have beignets
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just like they have over in new orleans
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square disneyland they have the
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refillable mugs here if you so choose a
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layout of the land of the mainland so
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hilton head island is its own island
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so you can see how it's off the coast of
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south carolina
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so this here is the whole section but if
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you look right down here
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where the arrow was pointed
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to shelter cove harbor
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think that's pretty neat
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and then if you venture down here you
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can see where the beach house is so
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beach house there
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i am now going to walk over and
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try to catch the shuttle
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no fishing from this dock
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over to the other property on beach side
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i like it pull it into the station
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it arrived pretty quick quicker than
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quicker than they stated which is
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or give them to your good
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okay we'll start right here
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sergeant station
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there are showers in there
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a lot of our guests who live close like
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you do will come up for the day
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shower and then dry
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so the key works all day okay all day
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and they're heated to 84 degrees no
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kidding
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all the time both holes yeah
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okay so not open now except the
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refillable mugs where do you buy the
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refillable mugs
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oh nice
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14 spots underneath when you bring all
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that stuff over with you your food your
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umbrella you just peel it right out
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cannot express how kind the cast members
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are here
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and the other lady that was on the
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on the shuttle over she says she stays
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here for a month sometimes her and her
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family
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started off with just a couple days here
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and there
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but we were talking about how the points
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are
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so much lower
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that she ends up staying here a lot more
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and the driver was also saying the cast
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member driver was saying
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how a lot of people when they're
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commuting down
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to walt disney world will stay here for
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a couple days
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and then go stay down there with dvc the
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driver was also saying that in the
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summer time
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they do fireworks now disney does not do
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the fireworks hilton head island proper
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does the fireworks however where they
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are launched from
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is right behind or in view
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of disney's resort
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so it's like getting a free firework
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show people bring their chairs they all
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watch it from the
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from the shore
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that'd be pretty cool to witness right
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here at the beach look at this
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very close a mile from
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where the resort is and the beach house
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is here which is the second property
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attached
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into disney's hilton head
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and very hard sand
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she was saying a lot of people were at
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bikes and drive along her ride along
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the hard packed sand there
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and to get back in from the beach
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must be a member or a guest only and
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have the the card here the
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tap that on there
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and go in
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and just like that about every 20
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minutes
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right back on schedule
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my chariot awaits hey thanks see you
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later
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she was so sweet
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said the two room villas are right here
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and they give a good view out of them
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and i kind of walk around and show the
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view she was showing i'm not staying in
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a two room also said this is the second
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oldest resort after old key west they
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stopped running the car they stopped
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running the kayaks years ago
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from this little area
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there's some beautiful trees she
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told me about this beach fact she
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dropped me off back here
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not even at the drop-off point
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where the shuttle usually meets she was
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nice enough
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to bring me around to this area so this
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was the former
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kayak drop off or the kayak rental spot
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and you could go out onto the water
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right over there is that pier i walked
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out on a little bit earlier now walking
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back over to the broad creek
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mercantile next to the pool
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and once in there i'm just going to kind
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of peruse around at the merchandise
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some of the dvc merchandise
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the property specific merchandise
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they'll probably end up picking up some
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items a couple t-shirts
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and other accessories that they have in
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here they also have snacks
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and whatnot all through the course of
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this and dvd rentals
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peruse through the dvd rentals and i'll
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choose one for the evening
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and of course all obviously disney
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related movies here at the dvd rental
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i think i might get one for the eve
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there's also a community hall as you can
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see here
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right next to the little snack bar
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inside the community hall or a couple
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you know community type activity areas
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for guests and
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and what inside the community hall also
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and there's a basketball court
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on site as well
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at least a little not half court but
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quarter court
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the dvd i got the evd rental included
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with your stay i went ahead and went
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with aladdin haven't watched it in a
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while always love the robin williams
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aladdin and picked up this shirt here
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as well as this shirt both have the
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dvc on it
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a pair of swim trunks hello squirrel
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you feeling talkative
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doing good today
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talk to me squirrel
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say something
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say hi
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pay no attention to that heavy equipment
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what was that
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what was that squirrel she says
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i didn't catch that
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i know i'm glad to be here too
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it's nice to meet you squirrel
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i'll see you later okay
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i'm on my scooter now
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i am
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scootering around
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that's pretty dang cool
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don't have to go across that busy
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intersection goes underneath it
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that's neat
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i did turn around not going back all the
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way over to the beach but i found this
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spot that shows a pretty good angle of
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the island itself with the bridge
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it's only one way in and one way out or
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unless you wanted to swim
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he didn't think i was going to leave you
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there did you
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time for something very important
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a doe whip
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procured it
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a thing of beauty right here not the
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float version
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but the pineapple
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dole whip
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oh it's as good as it gets
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oh yeah
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oh it tastes exactly the same
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i feel like i'm in central florida right
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now
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we're at disneyland
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behind the tiki room
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offside as well and a bunch of places
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have started to
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you know sell dole whips but man
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always the best way to get it on disney
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property
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now walking back along the boardwalk
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back over to the main area where the
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check-in registration office says it's
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in the same area as where the laundry is
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i just want to check on that laundry
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room
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just so i know where it is later in my
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stay
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so i gotta do some laundry i've been out
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for
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over a week on the road already
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i take that back a week and a half even
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so it's new year's day when i left
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yeah the laundry room's up here
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next to
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the main area
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someone's vacuuming up here casper is
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vacuuming
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okay he wasn't vacuuming he
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was omitting the water i guess it was a
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vacuum vacuuming up the water got the
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detergent here
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and also
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someone spilled some water maybe from
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the rain earlier yeah probably from the
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rain earlier
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got the washers
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got the dryers two of each
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not an overload of machines but
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enough to get the job done
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okay this is amazing
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there's no charge
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these machines are absolutely free
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there's also a performance stage of
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sorts right here with some seating
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to watch said performance if
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if and when it happens
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there's even a stage
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and sound booth
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perhaps or lighting yeah lighting
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rig
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i do believe i've covered pretty much
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the extent of the property
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and all the
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things it features and we'll go back to
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my room and relax for the evening and
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then
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get the treadmill later the treadmill
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what i've been doing is i'll edit
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at the room and then when i save it and
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when i proof watch it when i watch the
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entire video back i do it
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in each hotel gym each night so that's
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what i've been doing that's it i'll see
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the next video the vlog
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is
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also don't know what i'm gonna do
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tomorrow
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something around the area not
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necessarily here at the resort so
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something around the area because i'm
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staying here tonight as a recording of
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this and tomorrow night i'll see the
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next video the vlog thanks for watching
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the vlog
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it's over