The Night Before Halloween At Disney Fort Wilderness - Golf Cart Parade / Headless Horseman Arrives
Fort Wilderness Halloween Parade
Transcript
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Today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Thursday,
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October 30th, 2025, into the wilderness
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right here on Bay Lake, right on the
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shores of Bay Lake, which is adjacent to
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Seven Seas Lagoon, which is adjacent to
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Magic Kingdom. It's all kind of in the
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same realm, all here on WDW
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property. Look at this place. Look at
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this. Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo
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here. I have just checked into
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Wilderness Lodge, Copper Creek is the
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room that I got through my DVC points
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and I wanted to stay here because
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tonight just adjacent to this property
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is Fort Wilderness Campground where they
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are doing the golf cart parade one day
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till All Hallow's Eve. It's the night
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before Halloween 2025. Also, the
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one-year anniversary of when I misplaced
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and or lost my wallet, losing my credit
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cards, my driver's license, and
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everything else that was shoved in my
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former wallet, which I never got back.
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Don't know what happened to it. Erased
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from existence, if you will. I think I
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left it on top of my car, was driving,
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fell off. That was before I started
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using the Air Tags. Now I have Air Tags
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on everything. My luggage, my wallet,
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mini march, my golf cart, my car, my
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backpack, etc. That was a learning
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experience. That was one year ago today.
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Oh, how the time has flown. Let's get a
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little room tour here while the intro is
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still happening.
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This is a DVC point room. Got the bed
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here. Also have a Murphy bed that pulls
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down. This is a pretty nice view of the
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pool which I will show momentarily. Also
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have a curig and coffee maker,
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microwave. You have the fridge right
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there. You got a sink, etc. You have the
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restroom facilities over here.
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Again, I showed the bed. Nice little
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woodland theme. Got a hidden Mickey
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right down below there in the form of a
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towel. Nice
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shower area over here. No tub, just a
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shower. Always like the Murphy bed. You
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can pull that down into a secondary bed,
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which is just as comfortable as a
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regular bed. It is not the standard
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couch type of pull out. So, this here
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does not pull out. This goes down into a
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full-size mattress. This is the view out
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the window. Really nice. You got the
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pool down there. You got the rest of
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Wilderness Lodge. I am in the Copper
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Creek Villas. Really nice that the hot
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tub is down there. I might have to
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utilize that a little bit later. You got
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the pool over here. And then you look
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out across Bay Lake. The weather is
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very, very nice. And there is the new
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Disney Vacation Club tower popping up
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right over there, which is where River
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Country used to be. And I think they're
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going to utilize part of River Country,
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I think, for a lazy river or at least
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part of the pool area. They have a
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pretty good view right here. I didn't
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know what kind of room I would get. I
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just basically book the room. That way I
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have access to go over to over to Fort
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Wilderness to check out the golf cart
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thing. So, just going to end up being
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being a good day. As soon as I soon as I
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go ahead and do the intro, we'll get
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going. I am inviting you, yes you, the
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day before Halloween to join me at the
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golf cart parade right next door. Well,
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right right there. Actually, it's right
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there. Join me, shall you? Ah, the
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weather feels so nice out here. I'm just
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taking a little stroll around the Copper
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Creek Resort. They got some scaffolding
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up there. They're doing a little bit of
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work. This is the main little waterfall
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area here with the river kind of going
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underneath my feet and then jumps into
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the pool. Kind of a neat effect where
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the water goes to here and then jumps
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into the pool directly behind me. There
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are a number of pools. My room is on the
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other side of this building. So, it's on
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the same side, but it's looking out that
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particular direction from where I'm
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standing right now. It is nice. It's got
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to be low 70s, high 60s right now. I am
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I am loving it. But take a look at this.
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Yeah. You see how the water goes
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downward and then it just dumps right
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into the pool right over there. Pretty
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cool. Nice. Just under 70°. 69° at 148.
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They let me check in at 1:00. Normally
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check-ins at 4:00, but my room was
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ready. So, I'm going to be enjoying this
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nice temperature. It's only going to get
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up to 72 at 400 p.m. 71 at 5, and then
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it's going to dip down into the the high
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60s like corn just right on the 70°
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mark. So, can't complain about that. I
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am all about cooler weather.
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Florida cool. Over here in the lobby,
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got this bubbling up geyser right from
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the ground. Well, I wouldn't call it a
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geyser, but it's like a water water
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flowing pool of water that's pumping up
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almost geyserish. People are throwing
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some coins in there. There's some
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pennies, dimes, nickels, etc.
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down inside there. And you got the
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bridge that crosses over it. And just to
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kind of tie into all the scaffolding
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outside, please pardon their pixie dust.
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area is being refurbished for future
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enjoyment behind behind that little
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courtyard area. And with Halloween being
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tomorrow, right after that, not long
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after that, the Christmas tree will
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probably go up in here. Christmas right
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around the corner. Yeah, pretty much a
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final look before that massive tree goes
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up inside this impressive lodge. The
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wilderness lodge really is really is a
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thing of beauty. Reminds me a lot of the
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Grand Californian, but I think this
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might even be tall. I think this is
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taller than the Grand Californian out in
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Anaheim, but kind of kind of similar
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style-wise. Oh, there's the give a hoot
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don't pollute owl over here. Pack it in,
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pack it out. And then you also have
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Thanks folks for preventing forest
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fires. And you got Smokey Bear up here.
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Not It's not Smokeoky the Bear, by the
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way. They He never has athe before. It's
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just Smokeoky Bear. Fun fact. Yep.
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Halloween is going to be a thing of the
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past very soon. I don't think I I mean I
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wear Crocs, but I don't know if I want
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those particular Crocs. I did get this
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though as a little souvenir. So, I love
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Mickey pens. And I do not have a
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Wilderness Lodge pen. So, I got Mickey
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there with his hiking stick. Nice. I
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think I got enough Halloween merch for
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this year. Hard to believe that
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Halloween is going to be over just a
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couple days. Also, I know this is kind
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of a a small win for coffee drinkers on
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Disney property, but I mentioned this a
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couple weeks ago. I just so happened to
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get a regular coffee. The coffees used
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the cups used to be up to here. That's
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the regular size. But now on Disney
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property, Joffrey's Blend Coffee has
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large cups. So now they have venty size
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cups. Well, almost venty. You'd have it
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like a Starbucks or something. So pretty
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nice. Cuz before when you get a coffee,
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it would be this size right there. But
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now they have the large cups. They
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listened. They listened to the coffee
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drinkers. Large coffees for the win. All
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right. Here's a ground level view of the
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side I'm staying on. Over here you got
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the little topiary Mickey right here
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with the Disney Vacation Club DVC
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emblem. And you got the Boulder Ridge
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Railway and Mining Company cart right
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here with the boulders on top of it with
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a nice little mesh over the top of it so
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the boulders don't roll off. I really
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like the theming through here. You got
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the you got the train tracks or you got
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the tracks there for the the train
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carrying the boulders. Then you got the
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Boulder Ridge Railway and Mining Company
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water tower right there. Take a look at
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that thing. All right, I'm going to try
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to take the bus over. The parade starts
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at 4:30, I believe. It is 2:47 right
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now. So, try to get over there in time.
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Don't not see any buses though on the
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specification. Oh, here we go. Fort
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Wilderness Resort and Campground.
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Separate bus. Magic Kingdom. Disney
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Hollywood Studios at Epcot. Okay, they
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must be
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like port number one has both of these
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two different buses that come in. So
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this one here is going to MK. Yeah,
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right there. Magic Kingdom. So once that
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leaves, the next one will go to Fort
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Wilderness
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Campground hopefully. Here it is. for
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Wilper's bus. You're at the number one
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port.
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>> It's hard to see, but so right now the
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bus is driving past the new DVC resort
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over here on the way to the campground.
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Kind of interesting next year when the
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DVC resort is open, be able to if you're
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staying there, you can just walk right
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over to the golf cart parade. I don't
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know how they're going to like limit the
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amount of people from what I heard. If
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you're trying to park in like TTC or
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Magic Kingdom trying to get over to the
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golf cart parade, sometimes they won't
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let you over. But if you're staying
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right next to it, I don't know how they
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would they would limit anybody from
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doing that. But yeah, this was where
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River Country used to be right here.
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>> River Country,
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>> formerly River Country.
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>> Maybe you'll see the headless horseman
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come out tonight here.
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>> You'll get one of those. You only get
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one, two, every year. You have to stay
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here.
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>> All right, success. I have been dropped
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off here at the bus stop.
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Now going to start heading in. There's
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no electric golf carts beyond this
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point, but plenty of places for the
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bicycles and electric carts. Yeah, this
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looks to be the either the staging area
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or the parking area for the golf carts.
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Everyone's got their stuff all these are
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the ones that are not as extremely
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decorated. A lot of people who have the
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campgrounds really go all out. These are
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just the normal golf carts for people to
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cruise around. This one's got the Boo on
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the front and the pumpkins
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and walk over and see the horses
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right over there.
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One thing that's kind of neat about the
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Circle D Ranch spot is they have a
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horsedrawn carriage, a musical carriage
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that was used at Disneyland for many,
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many years before bringing to Walt
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Disney World. And then I also saw some
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photos as well after it transferred from
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Anaheim to Central Florida. They use it
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down Main Street down Main Street on
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Magic Kingdom. So that was kind of cool
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to see that inside of there. And then I
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would imagine that these are the same
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horses that draw that take the horserawn
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carriages down Main Street occasionally.
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I don't think it's as common with the
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horserawn carriages going down Main
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Street as they are in California simply
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because of the crowds. Crowd levels here
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are a little little much, but all the
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horses are well taken care of here at
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Circle Circle D Ranch right next to
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Fort Wilderness Campground,
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which is going to be an interesting
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sight line. The sight line is definitely
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going to be I don't know if it's going
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to be ruined, but the sighteline is
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definitely going to be changed in time
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when you're here at the campgrounds and
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you see this gargantuan thing appearing
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over there.
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I guess if you're deep in the
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campground, you wouldn't really notice
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it as much. But if you're going over to
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Hooptdoo or the gift shops or anything
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like that or the boat dock, that's the
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first thing you're going to see. And not
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campgrounds and not tents. So curious to
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see how that works out.
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All right, here's some I don't know if
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these are going to be in the parade or
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not, but here are some that are slightly
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decorated. Feels so good out this
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breeze.
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Yeah, I don't think these are parts of
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the ones that got to be in the parade.
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These are just normal golf carts.
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>> The parade starts in an hour at 4:30.
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It's 3:30 now.
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Check out over here. Everyone's got
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their chairs all set up. Trying to
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designate a spot.
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You got some inflatables. A lot of
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inflatables over here.
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Inflatable overload.
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Look at this guy. He's dancing.
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Nice little breeze. This skeleton's like
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lurching over.
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Now, there are a lot of places that have
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inflatables.
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Seems like that's the consensus is
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mostly inflatables, but there are some
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places that kind of went an extra step
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without inflatables and power and set up
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kind of little more unique things. There
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was one called Bony Island, which was
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pretty neat. They did a thing called
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Bony Island years ago in LA at Griffith
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Park, but they don't do the Bony Island
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there anymore. It was like over near
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where the haunted train was next to
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Walt's Barn and all that, but there's a
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Bony Island here and a family. I passed
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by this quickly last year, but didn't
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really get out to look around at it. But
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they have completely set up the
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poltergeist house with Carolan there and
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the bird that passed away and the
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skeleton and the doorway and the rope
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and all that. Even the even the sink
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that the guy rips his face off at, they
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had all that in there as well. So, kind
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of a neat setup. A lot of lot of
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skeletons and non-inflatables as well,
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but I think the majority are like Mickey
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mini
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>> nightmare inflatables.
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A little Frankenstein coming out of the
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ground there. There's a skeleton all or
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a graveyard all set up with the
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skeletons. Beetleju is laid to rest
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there. And we got the
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caretaker of want a mansion.
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Oh, look at this. Someone's even doing a
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little pen trading. That's cute. Bring
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my pens with me, but
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that's fun. All right, got Five Nights
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here. Look at these Five Nights
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inflatables. Those are cool. The heads
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tilt.
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Think I've seen those before.
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The skeleton is definitely taking that
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bike down some sweet slides, but the
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skeleton is like perched up there. You
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got the big handlebars. That's a very
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cool setup there with the
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skeleton's really having a good time on
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that vintage bike.
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We got Stitch popping out of the pumpkin
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It's like going into the pumpkin
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and then momentarily we'll be popping
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out of the pumpkin. Check out the house
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phone over here at the comfort station.
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Look at that. That relic.
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Such a nice relaxing vibe out here.
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It's like stepping back in time into the
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wilderness
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to the campground. Here's a little info.
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Howdy, folks. On Thursday, today the
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30th from 4 to 6, they will host our
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Halloween golf cart extravaganza. During
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this time, this loop will be temporarily
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unavailable to exit our whole winners
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trail until it is completed from 4 to 6.
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Here's another Myers wedged in between
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of a bunch of Disney characters.
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I guess he's officially a Disney
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character now.
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Little graveyard over here.
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Like these gargoyles.
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Oh, I like these gargoyles a lot.
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There's a skeleton. Snow White.
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She's got the poison apple.
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>> Are these the dwarfs down here? I think
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they are.
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Seven dwarfs there. Maybe that's
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supposed to be the witch.
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One is arriving to try to get their
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spot.
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All right, it's officially starting. The
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horses are leading the way at the
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entrance. It's like they escaped from
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the mental institution right there. You
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got the ghoul on the back there. The
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banshee, if you will. Oh, look at this.
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The Pandora there. I got Avatar.
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That's kind of ne That's a That's a neat
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setup. Toy Story coming through.
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Oh, it's the Titanic. Look at that. I'm
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getting a pirate ship coming through
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now. Check out the pirate. Oh, no. It's
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a bunch of Vikings. A Viking ship.
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>> [screaming]
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>> There goes the Oh my gosh, there's
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actually an Art the Clown.
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Got the Muppet. Oh, Muppet Vision 3D
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coming through over here. Really good.
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We got uh
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That's a really good Muppet Vision one.
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There we go. More pirates. [music]
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Disney game night. Disney trivia
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right there. There we go. Another
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haunted mansion. Nicely done.
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Hitchhiking ghosts on that one.
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Oh, there's a Mandalorian.
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Oh, 101 Dalmatians. That's a good one.
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Throwing candy. All right. This one's
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really good. Check out the Hollywood
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Tower. The Tower of Terror right there
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coming through. You can even see it's
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opening up and the thing drops. That is
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great. More pirates.
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More pirates over here. [laughter]
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More Wilderness Engineering. And then
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this. Can't tell what that is.
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So, it's a big popcorn bucket. [music]
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This blockbuster coming through.
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>> Now it's like a really Look at this
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backup here.
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That's a lot.
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Golf card overload. Golf card overload.
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right in the center of it.
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>> All right, wandering around a little bit
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in the eve
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now that the sun is starting to go down.
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>> Take a look. Oh, there's a witch right
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here. Look at this. This witch is
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stirring her brew
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right there.
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>> Oh, hello.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Poisonous bubbling cauldron. Okay, now
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take a look at these.
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Those are nice. Those skeletons are all
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lit up.
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Grim Reaper right here.
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Graveyard.
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Full moon cemetery.
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over here.
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>> This werewolf chowing down on that ant.
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>> Some zombies over here.
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It looks like it. Anyway, sitting
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around.
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>> Yeah, this is really an impressive
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street. I mean, there's just like lots
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of ghouls,
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creatures of the night,
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banshees,
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gargoyles.
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There's an RV back in there. The dead
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zone.
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This is incredible.
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Oh,
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>> this graveyard mall
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for 1,000 houses and right now we have
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999.
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Would you like to join us?
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>> Amazing.
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This is next level.
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This is on a Disney campground.
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All right. One year when I stay here, I
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want to stay in this neighborhood. This
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is the best. Look at this. You got this
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bartender over here pouring drinks. The
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skeleton. You got this guy. He's like
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playing some cards. You got these guys
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just chilling. Look at this. The band
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right here playing the instruments.
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Awesome. Super Mario World over here.
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They built this whole facade.
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All right, now we're getting to some
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more horrific stuff over here. Creepy
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clowns, free hugs. This fisherman right
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here sitting in the chair.
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>> Oh, I see the clown over here as well.
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>> She's very scary.
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>> There we go. There she goes.
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>> Oh,
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much more than you.
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Love the evil laugh granny. Right, we
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got some serious fog kicking down here,
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>> man.
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Inflatable central.
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Definitely nice to wait till nighttime
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to see all this. This is awesome.
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Some point we got to go back over to
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Circle D Ranch and see the Headless
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Horseman. There's just so Oh, look at
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this over here on the kneecaps of Jack.
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There's like little bats.
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It's a nice touch.
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This is all the corner lot
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belongs to one group of people. It's
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like a week's worth of work. We were
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just saying this them on the golf cart
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Awesome.
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>> All right, he's coming out.
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Here he comes.
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>> Want to pick you up,
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supposed to be out there.
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>> I thought I thought Jamie was sitting
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with the tail. [laughter]
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>> Here he comes. Brier,
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>> is he going to get your head?
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Oh, look who's going to get you.
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>> All right. Taking Figment back over to
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>> Wilderness Lodge. Back to the party.
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>> Wilderness awaits.
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>> Oh, okay. Yeah, I missed that. Come on
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down, Andrea.
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much of the song.
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All
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right, back in my room now. That's going
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to do it for today. Took the bus from
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over there. Now back over in this
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direction. There is nobody at the pool.
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Nobody at the hot tub. Then again, it
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might be closed, but I might end the
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video and head down there and actually
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soak in the hot tub down there. Well,
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thanks for watching. That's going to do
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it for today. I'll see you in the next
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video. The vlog from the Wilderness
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Lodge and Fort Wilderness Campground.
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What a good time seeing all the
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Halloween decorations over there. The
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vlog is over.