My Flight Experience To Orlando Florida While Hurricane Approaches - Airport Shutdowns & Turbulence
Flight to Orlando American Airlines
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today's adventure brings me to Salt Lake
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City International Airport where I am
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going to Houston oh I'm sorry not
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Houston Dallas Fort Worth has a
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recording of this it is Tuesday
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September 27th
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2022 I have a layover and then I am
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heading to Orlando International Airport
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where a hurricane is approaching
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Florida and the line doesn't look too
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bad at this hour however I this is the
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screening area but I am not a general I
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think I can still probably get a massage
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it's always interesting to me how each
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one of the screening processes at every
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airport is completely different so this
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one I had to take my shoes off they
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didn't say if I had to take my belt off
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I took it off anyway I put it in the
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same bin as the laptop and inside here
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they told me I didn't have to take the
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external keyboard out so I took that out
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of the bed with my laptop put it back in
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here this had to go into bed that had to
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go in a Bend but I put this in a bin
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with my shoes and then they said whoa
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whoa whoa put it back through on its own
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so at this particular airport this has
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to go through on its own in its own
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death and then all this other stuff in
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its own bed and then this and its own
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bed it's a little confusing but you know
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it's all part of the experience here's a
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reflective view out the side of this
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window you can see the sun is starting
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to rise over the Salt Lake City
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mountains this is a very interesting
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piece of artwork I thought maybe they
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were doing construction over here but I
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think this actually is a piece of
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artwork through here with the like
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pieces of wood what not heading over to
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all Gates you can see a very unique
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looking airboard I really like the the
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design of the sort of corridor through
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here and take a look at Pilot bear here
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junior airline pilot he's get he's going
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to get his wings soon he's a he's a bear
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in training right here I wonder if he'll
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be flying my flight welcome everyone out
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of the woo here my flight departs at 8
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40 out of Salt Lake City into Dallas
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Fort Worth where I have a layover I'll
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be going to Orlando International I've
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stated this before but I'm just kind of
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reiterating and then the excitement of a
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storm that is approaching
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should be interesting I'm inviting you
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to join me shall you I am a little tired
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at the moment it's like once the first
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flight takes off I'm gonna get myself a
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piping hot caffeinated beverage I am
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also flying first class I've decided to
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go ahead and just pay the money for
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first class A little I don't say I'm
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nervous but I am a little bit on edge
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with you know not really going to Dallas
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up here
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so right have B13 no not B13 yeah B13 at
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804 or 8 40 a.m had to get up really
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really early had to return the rental
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car and then head over to the gate
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itself and get through the checkpoints
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and all that so British Airways which is
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also a subsidiary of America so I have a
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window seat on both flights and I'll be
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sitting near the front of the plane but
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I could definitely use a coffee you know
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it didn't really get a whole lot of
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sleep last night thinking kind of
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looking at the news and just trying to
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figure out where the storm was and all
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that but looks like everything is good
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on time
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to Dallas now from Dallas to Orlando
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that might be a whole different story
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I'll wait and see and if I was going to
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get a souvenir I could get it right here
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at this gift shop I think I got a magnet
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last time I was I was in Salt Lake if
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you look at this is the got the real
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beehive of activity when it comes to
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stickers here because this is the The
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Beehive State I think I got a magnet
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last time it's on my fridge at home kind
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of looking forward to get home got some
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hoodies over there destination media I
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think I'm starting to wake up as the
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deporting progresses but yeah it's gonna
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take me a while kicking me a moment
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you're gonna to kind of wake up
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just a little bit today I also used to
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use these back in the day these little
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like neck rests but I don't I don't know
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I just never really never really use
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them I'd bring them with me I use them
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once or twice and I just end up staying
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in my bag this is a long walk to these
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Gates Salt Lake City Airport you got to
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do a lot of walking
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to the gates and I always like these
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moving walkways so I end up walking on
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them but it seems as if I'm walking
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twice as fast
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and I am on them and you got some pretty
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cool murals through here
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as well here's an antelope or a deer on
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the side and then you got over here you
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got a little squirrel got some birds and
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whatnot and up ahead oh even bigger
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squirrel next to that bear over there
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this squirrel is like eight times the
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size of the other squirrel I just showed
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it's artwork
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all going through here yeah this is
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definitely quite the stroll to get over
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to the B guides
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walking for probably at least 10 minutes
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no exaggeration it's good though get my
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steps in because I might be sitting
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for a number of hours I think it's like
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two and a half hours on the first first
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flight and then like an hour and a half
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layover then two and a half more to
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Orlando assuming that flight does not
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get postponed now I had thought about
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maybe taking a red eye last night or
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maybe even a fly out yesterday or even
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fly at my original plan was to fly out
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tomorrow but I decided today would be
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better because just my assumption if
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this storm makes landfall the airport's
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tomorrow
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might be closed now this is not my plane
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but this one this is over on the
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American Airlines side you see the guy's
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kind of doing something with the wheel
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there getting ready for takeoff this is
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B12 I am looking for B13
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which is my gate and with one passing by
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off in the distance so you got b11 over
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on this side and adjacent to b11 is B13
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you can see we see the control tower
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right over there as well check it out I
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think that is going to be my plane I
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have a window seat I can't remember so
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basically I booked near the front of the
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plane window seats on both flights
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including this one and the layover and
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then into Orlando but one on either side
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so I'll have a peek out the left window
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and the right window but I can't
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remember which I did first but yeah B13
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this is going to be me looks very
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beautiful out there this weather
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probably much better than what it's
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going to be like when I arrive at MCA
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Orlando International okay I ended up
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getting this going into this store
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called in motion and I ended up getting
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an OtterBox quick charge for 35 dollars
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I realize you do not have an external
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charger for my phone and because at some
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point I might lose power in Florida I
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figure I might name this I'm going to
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kind of juice this up and have this just
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just in case at my place in celebration
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I lose power and the reason I'm getting
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it now and not waiting till I land in
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Florida is because I just do not know if
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there's going to be just in case worst
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case scenario there's no stores open or
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if these are sold out in Orlando so I
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figured I just saw it impulse buy go
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ahead and grab it and be done with it
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look at this look at the haze over there
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the sun rising also this is my flight
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this is B13 and this is pretty nice
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there's a little charger down here next
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to the seat while I'm waiting for for it
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to be time to board so I'm able to
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charge up this little
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external charger right here on the USB
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check out the walkway to nothing so this
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walkway just completely ends down there
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and then ends down here it's a walkway
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to nowhere just ends into a wall and
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this whole thing's closed off you have
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these stanchions here saying walk away
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closed
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wonder why maybe they did some
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construction down there things that make
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you wonder now I'm not sure if this is a
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good sign or not but the plane takes off
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at 8 40. it's 8 28 right now am and no
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one has started boarding yet so it's
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going to be a quick board or this plane
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might be delayed just a few minutes
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okay they're making the announcement now
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all right I am in group one I'm sitting
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in seat 5A
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I appreciate it if you've elected to
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bring out two carrying items we have the
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smaller the two like backpacks
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briefcases purses laptop bags and
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shopping bags they're so good classes
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during the overhead bit we go first and
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continue to be flipped up on their side
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this will allow us to accommodate many
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more bags
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I do apologize for early arrival this
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morning it was due to crew rest last
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night so your cooperation with getting
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seated as safely and especially as
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possible it's greatly appreciated as we
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know many of you do have connections to
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the Dallas Fort Worth area if you're
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seated in one of our exit rights please
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for the safety card the save back pocket
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first thing I'm noticing it's a lot
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quieter up here off of the wheels by the
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wing whenever I sit by the wing it's
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like a lot louder
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past those a few months ago on the way
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to Moab going south out of Salt Lake oh
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yes the first view of clouds granted I'm
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still in Utah
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I will say clouds are very fascinating
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very beautiful
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I don't know random thought of the day
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incredible that technology exists to fly
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directly above them
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and check out all the Canyons directly
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below them I don't think it's the Grand
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Canyon but it's Canyons nonetheless
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all right my coffee
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has arrived it's kind of interesting
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it's not in a styrofoam cup because it's
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fancy because this is first class so you
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could have done a little ceramic cup
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this thing is Tiny it's like
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that's probably about the same size as
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the coffee that you get in the bag but
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it just looks different because it's in
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here
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and they cut the cream and sugar in
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there for you one cream one sugar
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I hope I can drink all this
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I'm sure I could probably get a refill
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too if I asked yeah it'll it'll get me
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to the next spot
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got some
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crop circles down there
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right that answered my question they do
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come by and top it off it's a kind of
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refill
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right here's an entire grid of what
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looks like crop circles I don't think
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there's any crops down there though
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they're just circles
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now it's interesting these down here
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have no color to them but these
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they're all green
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it's like a whole cluster of them
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take from the movie Signs it's Mel
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Gibson
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well you know what I don't really know
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if those are crops though how could they
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be crops in the desert
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also brought my pack of gum here
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they also serve a continental breakfast
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which I opted out of but I went with the
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Dr Pepper so a little caffeine from
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coffee and then a Dr Pepper not in a can
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but in a glass
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now in all reality
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the best thing about having these seats
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is legroom there's plenty of leg room
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it's not really about like the service
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of the food or the drinks or anything
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like that maybe
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but soda I don't drink alcohol but it's
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mostly just having root
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all this Elbow Room
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although I'm kind of surprised there's
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no TV sometimes there'll be a TV here
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there's no screen you can put your phone
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there if you want
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being six
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six and not thin it's kind of nice to
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have a little more room then
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sitting closer to the back it could be
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on the ground
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at about 12 25 minutes
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all right about to land now Dallas Fort
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Worth airport this is the Greater Dallas
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Fort Worth area
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about halfway through my truck it's a
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little hazy but there's downtown Skyline
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over there
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but as we make our way to the game we're
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scheduled to arrive this afternoon is to
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get A9 that is out the nine and if
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Dallas is your found destination checked
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baggage can be claimed at 8 15.
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if you're connecting to a flight that
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departs from a different terminal DFW
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Skylink trains operate from all
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terminals every two minutes inside the
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secured area of the airport
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like Bon Jovi says I'm halfway there all
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right I am pretty happy that I flew out
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today and not tomorrow I've just heard
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some news after getting off the plane
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during my my phone back on that the all
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the flights at MCO I believe the whole
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entire airport is going to be shutting
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down late tonight tomorrow
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now heading over to gate C15 C15
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should be about that direction holy cow
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talk about cutting it close boards in
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five minutes now arrives at 449 not much
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of a delay though 1 13 p.m is witness to
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party and that is my plane right over
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there at gate C15 of course they board
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like 40 minutes for the planes take off
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the last one didn't board until about 15
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minutes before the plane took off
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because it was a little late had to kind
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of rush over here but still got plenty
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of time you know even even if for some
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reason I didn't make it over here right
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when boarding started as long as I get
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here before the game closes I've only
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missed one flight that was at LAX years
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ago and that was very stressful I had to
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go all the way back home right the next
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day be on standby so glad I'm not going
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to miss this flight and I'm also glad it
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has not been postponed oh look he's like
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cleaning the window
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over there look at that let me zoom in
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on this a little behind the scenes here
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extended window washing mechanism there
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and even though it won't be here very
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long I'm going to show some of the
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merchandise so just prove that I am in
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Texas for what 10 minutes and I always
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like this big neon Eagle it's American
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Eagle that's here I've never seen it
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turned on I've been through layovers
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here before but I've never seen this
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thing ignited before once again group
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one I think I have the front seat seat
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one F which is still a window seat
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just getting on look a little static
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electricity there when I just touched
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the side of that
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onboard the aircraft as well as expedite
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our boarding process so when you come in
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please we ask that you put your bag in
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Wheels first and turn it on inside
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for those of you that have brought on
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two carry-on items we have to replace
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the smaller item underneath the seat in
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front of you
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this will also accommodate more
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passenger bags we're not outside
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departure
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all right turn the seat belt sign on
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just make sure your seatbelt starts
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really fast then we're bored I'm sure
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your safety I'll show the seat belt sign
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off that's your indication is safe to
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move by the cabinet if everyone receives
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a new question you can see about faster
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once we get airborne two hours eight
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minutes north including USB ports and AC
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Outlets we're coming to dial now for our
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final safety checks we appreciate you
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appreciate it
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oh yeah
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I love it
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the seat belt sign was off for just a
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little bit but now seat belt sign is
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back on because the turbulence
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starting to happen a little bit only
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about an hour into the flight
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another hour and 15 to go but seat belt
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signs on I got another Dr Pepper some
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peanuts and I got a turkey sandwich
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coming for a late lunch
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all right this looks pretty dang good I
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didn't expect it to be like a whole
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Smorgasbord of items so do I want a
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turkey sandwich I said yes and that was
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like a little potato salad over here a
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little brownie
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wet wet nap thing
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some nice cutlery
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after eating that brownie got myself a
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coffee
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I'm seeing the shore lined out there
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but I can't tell if that's a Texas city
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or if that's New Orleans it's starting
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to get a little bumpy
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well hope for the decent uh into Orlando
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seat belt signs on if you're up by the
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company's charity season pass receivers
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for the duration of the fight current
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weather is a lightweight and Scattered
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clouds 82 degrees
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I appreciate you flying with us today
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we'll have to be on the ground about uh
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30 minutes maybe 25 minutes from now I'm
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touching down right around 4 30 local
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time all right no mention of the
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hurricane said light winds some rain
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when the captain came over the intercom
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it like scared the living snot out of me
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I was zooming in on that cloud and it
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just startled me because it was really
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loud oh yeah supposed to catch the bumps
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on the way in I think that's report for
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that just make sure your seats in your
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seatbelts faster thank you I think
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that's the Trap down there I think this
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is Saint Pete
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all right ladies and gentlemen we're not
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going to be able to do our compliance if
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I'm collecting trash and maybe try your
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seatbelt are securely
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come on uh we need all passions to
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remain seated
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make sure your seatbelts are fasted
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raise your seat up so we are okay
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they're not going to pick up trash
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and hold on to your trash for the end
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okay that's interesting
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um
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it's gonna be interesting
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so I got these cups here
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all right uh
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I don't know what to do with the ceramic
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cup
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I think that was Saint Pete down there I
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think that was Tropicana Field
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okay the captain has advised the flight
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crew not to pick up the trash they can't
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they have to stay seated too
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absolutely probably the bumpiest right
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I've been on there is one of these in
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here which I don't think I'm gonna need
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but they do have the
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it says waste on it but you could use it
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for regurgitation
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I'm saying some sort of land down there
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coming into the greater Orlando area
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it doesn't look horrible but it
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definitely does not look good
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I guess probably about 10 minutes so we
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touched down maybe less than 10 minutes
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five minutes
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home stretch
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all right it looks like we're bypassing
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MCO we're probably gonna do a U-turn but
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mco's over there going past it
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I'm gonna guess we're probably gonna do
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a hard turn
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to go back to the runway just like us
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because there is downtown right there
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there's Lake Eola
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it is clean it's a it's kind of magical
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how it just like cleared up right over
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downtown like all the clouds just kind
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of okay
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the plane is slowing down maybe I have
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my bearings off maybe that was not MCO
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back there
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but this is definitely downtown Orlando
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there's the Citrus Bowl right down there
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that's where the Orlando Magic play used
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to be called the Orlando arena I don't
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know what they call it now
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the old Orlando arena used to be right
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down here by Lake dot I believe it's
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called where they imploded it years ago
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okay I knew I wasn't going completely
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crazy we are doing a complete U-turn so
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that was Orlando International back
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there so gonna do a U-turn and go back
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over downtown I'll see if I can get a
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zoom in View and see if I could see
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Disney off in the distance once I get
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past downtown might be able to just
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depends on how much cloud formation
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there is this is pretty awesome give us
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a good
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downtown Orlando
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I-4 Interstate 4 right there running
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beside it
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so Disney would be just to the right of
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I-4 way over there in the distance and
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as enjoyable as it is getting a nice
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little view I am ready to be on the
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ground here at the Landing
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approximately 4 39 pm
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you may now use yourself
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he said we have uh all right
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I made it to Orlando I have my doubts
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with the whole layover thing got in just
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a couple minutes before 5 PM
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and I talked to one of the employees
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here and they were saying at 10 30 a.m
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in the morning is when MCO completely
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shuts down will be shut down for at
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least two days and it's the last airport
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in Central Florida to shut down Tampa's
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already closed Sanford's already closed
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and now Orlando International closing
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very very soon oh it is good to be here
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Orlando it is good to be here of course
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I might be regretting that decision
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tomorrow when the storm makes a landfall
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but as of right now it is good to be
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home after 27 days I guess it's about a
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month one day shy of four or four weeks
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we're all on the road before I flew to
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Atlanta for DragonCon
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ready to get back to my place
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I'm probably not going to hunker down
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this was just like the terminology which
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a lot of the newscasters say I'm not
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really a hunkering down kind of person
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but yeah I'll stay safe
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I know the term Calm before the storms
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is probably a pretty overused cliche
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that's kind of what it is
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calm
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before the storm I have arrived in
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Orlando Florida I made it
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back to Central Florida now I'm gonna
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head home
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I'll see you in the next video thanks
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for watching
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not sure what tomorrow may bring but
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I'll see you in the next video the Vlog
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is over