The Most Expensive Taco Bell EVER & Big Changes Coming To Universal Studios Hollywood / Summer Ends
Universal Hollywood Updates 2024
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today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Sunday September 22nd
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2024 up in my room overlooking the
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valley here
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in Hollywood
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California Los Angeles peing down upon
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Universal
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Studios West Coast
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Edition I think I'm going to have a
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Studios day an
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impulsive non-planned day City walk down
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there front entrance looks like they're
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having some sort of an
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event where the old restaurant used to
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be they tore down now it's just a Event
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Center it was very foggy an hour or two
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ago but now that I've started the video
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the fog is kind of cleared off a little
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bit also be showing a little bit of
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construction when I get down there
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fasten the Furious going full vert over
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there got the
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minion I probably even go down to the
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lower lot to that area you're a
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helicopter I don't see it though there
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it
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goes it is bright out well the sun is
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obscured by this palm tree which is
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nice that fog is definitely burning
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off
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Turtles koi fish
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always pass them when I'm walking from
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the hotel over to
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UNI got myself a piping hop caffeinated
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beverage koi fish just a regular Pikes
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Place welcome everyone Adam the woo here
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now I showed this in yesterday's video
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well I kind of teased what I bought but
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now I will show what I got at the gamble
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house wearing an appropriate t-shirt
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because you know Back to Future was
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filmed at Universal probably won't show
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any Back to Future things probably won't
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even do the tour today I do the tour a
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lot most likely will not do it today but
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I am wearing the shirt picked this up in
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South Pasadena yesterday as I'm as I was
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on my way to Warner Brother studio for
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the Batman 89 event which was freaking
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awesome I'm still still have a little
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natural excitement over over that
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heading to Universal now no real game
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plan just going to wing it today I'm
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inviting you to join
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me woo that's warm shall you I also
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always wonder what these flags are for
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on the walkway and I am hearing a hype
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man even from here I can hear someone on
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the intercom hyping up people as
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probably the event that's over there
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where I think it was Smoke Tree ranch or
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Saddle Ranch saddle Saddlebrook Ranch
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some sort of Ranch restaurant used to be
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right there next to the globe years ago
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and they tore it out melanoma carcoma
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some kind of a Noma
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but now it's just used as a outdoor
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event space but I can hear I hear
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someone talking on the microphone that
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you usually will not hear at this time
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of day from this spot so that's probably
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what that is I walk over to Frankenstein
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parking also there is this there's a
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shuttle that goes to the bottom and lets
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guest go from the bottom of the hill to
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the top of the hill it's not a Backlot
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tra in fact it's not even needed to have
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a ticket to go on that but if you're at
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the bottom of this hill there's a lot of
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Hills here
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yeah you can take the tram up and down
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the side of the Hill look at that this
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is maybe my favorite artistic
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representation of Frankie some people
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kind of give me a little crap for uh
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calling him Frankie and not
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Frankenstein's monster but I like to
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call him just Frankenstein or Frankie
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sometimes I call him Frankie some I call
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him Frankenstein but there is a select
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group of people that will uh be very
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negative towards you if you call him
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Frankenstein's monster if you call him
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Frankenstein see I'm getting confused
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now I'm getting flustered but the
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reality is if you say Frankenstein
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everyone knows who you're talking about
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so this is Frankenstein's Monster's hand
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see it's just too many it's too many
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syllables Frankie's
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hand okay it makes more sense right
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right it's also the same contingency of
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folks that
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will that have the opinion about it
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should be called an an atat not an adap
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when I grew up Star Wars
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me and all my friends when I was young
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we called it an adap and everyone my
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generation that I asked everyone that's
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about my age give or take 5 years 10
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years all call it an ad app no one calls
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it an at at it's like a a newer thing so
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I think it's just what you grow up
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saying like I always call Frankenstein's
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monster Frankenstein and then when I
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started going to the hauns and our
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Universal and i' always see
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Frankenstein's mon out I just start to
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call him Frankie we were on a we were on
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a person we were on on a personal level
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so we're on a first name basis a
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nickname basis Frank I don't know where
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I'm going with
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this told you this video was going to
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just basically
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be just very
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random there's my
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hotel this might
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be the most impromptu
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unplanned Universal day ever oh you can
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kind of see that retro sign the ride the
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movies era my favorite era of universal
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remember Universal Studios Florida now I
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think it's called Universal Orlando but
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they had the ride the movies campaign
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and I love that logo right there the the
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Retro neon logo pre ticket make your way
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down towards the Arches at the end of
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the plaza ride the movies that will be
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handed to you by the team member who
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scan from here there's the archway but I
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got to walk around this way from the
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entrance I came in past the globe and
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then go through the checkpoints head
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back towards the archway when it goes
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through when it comes to going through
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little checkpoints going into theme
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parks my least favorite is definitely
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Disneyland my second least favorite is
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universal my first favorite is Walt
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Disney World Disney World just has it
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dialed in as far as going through there
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with no weight whatsoever okay evidently
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they are filming something for a water
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company yeah I really like this Chucky
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popcorn bucket I think this is the
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little pumpkin little boo I think they
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call him but take a look at this minion
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I saw this when I was here for hhn
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opening and I really love this like
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monster the monster minion Series this
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is so cool I did open the night of hhm
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but I also have one more night I'm going
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to be doing the rip tour at some point
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uh before the end of the month before I
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go back home but check it look so they
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never did put any Texas Chainsaw on any
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of the merch it's not on all the the
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full shirt and it's not on the
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individual merch no Texas Chainsaw mer I
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keep I keep harping on that but yeah I
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wonder why on my second hhn night I'll
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be able to try one of the nice delicious
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treats down on the lower lot that's kind
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of gone uh very gotten very very popular
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it's the uh the mini Marsh it's the uh
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staypuff mini marshmallow roasted
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marshmallow similar to that but you
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can't eat that that's a stuff thing I
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just love all the minion monster stuff I
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don't know something about the minion
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monster stuff really kind of uh just so
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dang just so dang cute I mean the the
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the normal minions are pretty dang cute
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too they're still cute too I'm going to
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make Aerosmith kind of crowd I'm going
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to go over here to the edge they were
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they were living on the edge I'm just
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going to look over the ledge oh The Edge
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living on the Ed never mind forget it
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was bad it's it's not ledge it's Edge
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but I guess the ledge would be I mean I
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guess that would be an edge of a ledge
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but every time I come over here and do a
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little construction
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update it always is progressing a lot
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faster these uh these little bushes
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aren't really doing a lot to Shield it
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at all and also there's an 80ft drop
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right here so do not you don't want to
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you don't want to get too close like
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Aerosmith I don't know why I keep bring
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it up it's that's a different franchise
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that's that's a another Studio it's
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Hollywood Studios for now it's a rumor
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that Aerosmith might be going away but
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it looks as if right now because today
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is a Sunday the workers are not working
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but they are not uh they're not it's not
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a real beehive of activity here when it
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comes to the the construction that's
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happening the coaster is going to be
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going all the way down the mountain all
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the way down the side of the mountain
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and the interesting thing from what I've
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heard is it's going to be going over the
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top the first section of the massive
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immense tallest well I might not be
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correct in this but the one of the
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tallest theme park escalators at least I
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have ever seen maybe in the US or the
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world but it's going to go over that
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segment of it right over there yeah it's
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going to be it's going to be a good time
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for the future no pun intended because
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I'm wearing a Back to the Future shirt
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the future Universe Studios Hollywood I
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love this park lived on Hollywood
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Boulevard for a couple of years 20 2017
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to 2019 I obviously lived in Orange
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County for many more years than that I
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would always come up here but when I
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lived on the boulevard I was in here all
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the time couple years in a row I had the
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hhn pass where I could go to Halloween
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Horror Nights every night if I so choose
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it didn't include front of the line or
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anything like that but was able to just
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pop in the lines were short get some
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food grab a quick little walkr of a of a
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maze so I have a a soft spot for
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Universe Studios Hollywood quite a bit
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especially the movie history the Backlot
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Tram Tour done it a million times and
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will continue to do it hopefully another
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half a million times yeah check it out a
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super silly fun land over here a little
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Splash Zone it's a little warmer today
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than it was yesterday but definitely not
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as hot as it was 2 weeks ago when I was
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out here when they had the massive
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Heatwave the massive heat wve all right
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going to be entering in through
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Springfield now I'm also kind of
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interested what will happen is
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Springfield always going to be here or
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is it eventually going to go away
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because I think there is like some
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rights issue I don't know if Universal
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owns The Simpsons at least a have I know
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Disney owns The Simpsons but when will
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this area go away like they have the
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right to the theme park section of it
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I'm not sure how all that worked but
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there's definitely a Sirin going on as
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the officer of the law out here all
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right going down the first segment of
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the escalator but yeah take a look at
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this so this is going to go up and over
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the escalator so in the future again no
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pun intend Right Back to Future shirt
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we'll be able to go over the top of the
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escalator be able to go down the
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escalator and see the ride vehicle
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people screaming and yelling above you
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and I'm also very curious because of the
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uh because of the people living over
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there well they have scream tubes like
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California screaming now called in
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credit coaster has I would imagine
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they're going to have to have scream
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tubes to block the sound yeah take a
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look at that me flip this around get
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this get this for posterity construction
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is happening here at Universal lots of
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construction at Universal always try to
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do hhn twice I usually try to do the
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start of the season and I do it a couple
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weeks later I try to do so they have a
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thing called the rip tour which is
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basically just a a VIP tour so includes
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front of the line it includes like a bu
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food buffet I kind of like to Showcase
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that and ex experience that so that's
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what I'm going to be doing before the
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end of this month and then at the end of
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this month I go home and I'm going to be
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home if all goes well I am not going
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anywhere from home in October all of
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October going to be Central Florida
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videos and relaxing hoping during that
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time I could get one of these mini
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staypuff s'mores available only it says
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right there on that little the fine
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print only available only here during
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hhn but yeah I've seen uh I've seen a
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lot of stuff online this fills up I
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think people like rope drop hhn they run
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down here to the lower lot and they get
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in this line kind of a fun fact over
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here at the studio commissary there's a
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couple things on the ground that most
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people do not notice for example you got
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best picture of Hamlet right here you
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have Apollo 13 right down here you got a
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little placard for Apollo 13 you also
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have the top grossing film of 1982 ET a
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Steven Spielberg film and for some
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reason these are here obscured by uh by
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just not seen by most guests in front of
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the Panda Express Chinese Kitchen yeah
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it's kind of a weird spot for these to
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be at you even have just a random James
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Garner plaque right here for an
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outstanding actor award 76 of 77 from
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the rock rock bird files he was also in
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the notebook tank and a bunch of other
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movies remember back in the day the
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studio Cafe used to be a little Museum
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and they used to have the Back to Future
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DeLorean that they have since restored
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and now it's at the Peterson Auto Museum
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the acar used to be right in here which
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is now a little Studio Cafe keep hands
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and feet away from the brushes oh you
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know what the brushes would be so going
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up up up up up up up and away also
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remember when Jurassic Park became
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Jurassic world but evidently these those
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are the brushes there keep your hands
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away from the brushes and they don't
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want you sitting on the escalator no
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sitting on the es massive massive theme
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park escalators going back up going back
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up up up I also want to show something
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over here as I continue to show where
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the the new escalator is going to be so
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if you look from here kind of hard to
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see it but right in the center of the
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screen in front of stage 30 right there
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the big white building the big Sound
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Stage is Hill Valley and that is the
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clock tower again I'm not doing the
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studio tour but yeah it's right down
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there right this is looking at the we TI
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Harry Potter's 30 minutes the Hipp was
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30 minutes forbid Journey 30 minutes
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despic me 35 Simpsons 45 Jurassic 35
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Transformers 50 mummy 30 and Mario Kart
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50 I'm heading out it is it's getting
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really really busy and I think the
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weight times are going to exponentially
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go up throughout the course of the day
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and whatever event over here is
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happening looks like it's uh people are
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queuing up for it over there look at the
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look at the line to queue up for
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whatever that is over there that is not
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a shark fin that is a surfboard fin yeah
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it's definitely filling up pretty
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quickly and I also had to pop in here as
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well I had to go to guest services and
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figure out when I do come back for hhn
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there's a time frame that I have to show
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up at and the chicken I bought I didn't
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buy it online I bought the chickets when
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I was out here last time for the next
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time I'm going to be at hhn didn't have
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a Time on it so now I have a time
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confirmed on when I need when I need to
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show up this just open it's called the
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hello Kitty and friends Cafe they have
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snacks sweets drinks and treats over
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here this just just just just opened
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here on on CityWalk a little Hello Kitty
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spot you go through CityWalk you
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continue to go through CityWalk you go
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up the escalator past King Kong I want
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to kind of I'm going to I'm going to
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probably show what is probably the most
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expensive Taco Bell in the history of
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mankind but I'm kind of in the mood for
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a burrito supreme and I just kind of
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want to showcase the fact that it is
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there's never anyone in here and for
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good reason because it's very very very
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pricey but look at the look at the price
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of the burritos
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579 for a regular bean burrito just a
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standard bean burrito burrito supreme
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849 five layer
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779 let's say you just want a regular
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Taco a regular soft taco is six no it's
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soft taco supreme is
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$699 crunchy taco regular not even a
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supreme
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579
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right and I did order something in here
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just
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because just because I kind of feel it
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was the right thing to do I want to come
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in here and like show the place without
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ordering anything but I've gotten stuff
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in here before there was one time I got
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like a few burrito Supremes and a and a
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uh a couple tacos and they were like
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it's going to be like $64 and I was like
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are you freaking kidding me so anyway
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most expensive Taco Bell I've ever seen
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in the history of me eating Taco Bell is
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at City walk and out of all the places
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on the upper level it's the only place
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oh it's the strawberry squeeze lemonade
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try
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that it never has anyone in it ever
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there's never a lie and I think you know
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why I'm probably the only person that
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ever gets anything here at least I've
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never had anybody in front of me in line
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most expensive Taco Bell in the history
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of existence right here at CityWalk
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don't my recommendation if you just want
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one taco you don't want to wait in the
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line you know pay the five bucks or
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whatever it is but don't order like a
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massive meal just get enough to tide you
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over this is the tide you over place
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just just just get tied it over don't
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don't order like four or five tacos or
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you'll have to basically sell a spleen a
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nice little seating area up here as well
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if you so choose to I'm going to go back
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to my hotel but yeah there's a seating
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area up here too if there is another
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Taco Bell that is more pricey than that
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one I certainly have never found
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anything I mean that may be not even
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Taco Bell that might be the most
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expensive relatively fast Quick Service
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fast food place that I've ever seen and
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I get it it has to be inflated because
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of the you know basically because you're
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in a theme park environment but goodness
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gracious that is a that is one pricey
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freaking Taco Bell menu right you could
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probably go over here and eat a full
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meal with a tip at Bubba Gump for the
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same price as having a few tacos and a
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beverage I'm getting a burrito supreme a
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regular hard shell taco and this uh this
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lemonade thing right here this wagon
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right here is very happy that I
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contributed to the fact that the uh the
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business is here at CityWalk yeah again
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just go to a sit down place if you're
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going to order like a full meal with a I
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can't imagine how much a family would
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spend in there if they had to if they
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were if you were feeding an entire
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family you have to take you have to
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basically take out a second mortgage or
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what they call that you have to
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basically what whatever that is we have
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to it's a lot of money it's like
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something else is going to go in here so
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whatever was here now it just says
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Universal CityWalk so whatever was right
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there is no no longer happening I'm
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going to head down here so Starbucks for
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a while was up there they used to be a
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brewery on top of anito I remember when
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anitos open that Mexican place pretty
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good I think I went there right when it
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opened it was under construction for a
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few years and then right after 2020 21
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at 22 it reopened pretty good but it
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used to be the Starbucks used to be up
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there first it was a brewery then it was
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a Starbucks and now Starbucks has moved
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down a bit to closer farther down
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CityWalk by the parking structures I
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kind of darted around the backside of
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these doors over by the what used to be
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the premier parking lot but a preferred
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parking I don't know if it still is or
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not but now I'm walking along here
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because CityWalk is starting to get
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pretty full the only place that wasn't
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full was that upper level where the Taco
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Bell is because when I was talking to
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the employee in there I said you ever
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get bored in here she goes oh sometimes
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but usually it gets a lot busier after
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4:00 5:00 people showing up for hhn then
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after hhn I would assume I didn't ask
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her but I would assume if they're open
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late people don't realize might have a
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few few beverages adult beverages and uh
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not ever look maybe they don't look at
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the price point and then they get the
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bill and they're like whoa wait a second
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or maybe they don't even pay attention
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went up the side of the hill I caught it
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on the way down catching it on the way
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up I go back to my room and enjoy the
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most expensive Taco Bell meal in the
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history of existence also take a look at
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this there's also a universal shuttle
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that you can take from Universal buil
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where I'm staying over to there too so
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I'm getting all kind of Transportation
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devices as I go along I never noticed
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this little uh Bungalow style whatever
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this is
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before interesting how have I never
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noticed that before because I've never
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looked over at that corner I'm always
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too busy
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focusing on the
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minion it's a little warmer today than
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it was the last couple days I'm in
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California for about another week give
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take a day and I again like I like I
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said I'll be home
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today's going a super mellow day I'm
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just going to kind of
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relax possibly go out do some other
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stuff
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later just see how the day goes no real
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game
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plan didn't have a game plan in
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Universal then I thought about the Taco
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Bell I thought you know what I have a
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hankering for an overpriced burrito
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supreme so I got one but I would not I
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would not recommend doing that I do get
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Panda Panda Express there much more
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reasonable I do like Panda I like Panda
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Express and as much as these fish would
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like an overpriced
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Taco I'm not going to feed them not that
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I would feed them anyway because the
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sign says don't feed them but there's no
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way I'm going to give a $5 regular Taco
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that's just regular not even Supreme to
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a
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fish but maybe Nemo I I do like
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Neo I would feed I would feed a $5
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regular Taco that you could get for
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probably 79 cents at a regular Taco Bell
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but $5 a
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CityWalk to a hungry Turtle
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though I'd probably give it to the koi
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too what am I saying I probably would
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they probably never enjoyed Taco Bell
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I'm not going to feed those fish though
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because it's probably not it's probably
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not a good don't don't feed fish tacos
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especially fish talko because that would
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be really
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awkward
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and this is what we're dealing
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with for the price point I think this
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was
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like you know why I did get a supreme
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what was that like six bucks seven bucks
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for that five or six bucks what was this
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like 10
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yeah that's going to do it for today
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from my hotel short and sweet well kind
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of
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short it is getting so busy down there
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look at that getting know that's where I
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just was right down there there look at
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that both of them going down the hill so
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this one behind it the smaller one's
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going to take a left right here come up
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towards the Hilton
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right and is it nope it's going down the
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hill why is it going down the hill
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interesting so there's the minion I
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don't know what I'm talking about then
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you got Nintendo land down there look at
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how many people are wedged in that
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little section for the Transformers meet
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and greet maybe they're lining up
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already for the mini State puff
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marshmallow also this building has
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sprung up in the last year has a helipad
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on it that was not there a year ago that
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whole building is brand new and this is
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hopping down here now where the event is
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going on so yeah just kind
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of an impromptu nothing day at the park
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except overpriced tacos and construction
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update of sorts
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that's where the Taco Bell is over
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there thanks for watching I'll see you
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in the next video the
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Vlog
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is over