Staying At Disney Village In France (Retro Overload) Newport Bay Room Tour/ Ballon Ride & Le Frenchy
Disney Village France 2025
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Welcome everyone.
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Adam the Woo here as the recording of is
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TGIF. It is Friday the 4th of July 2025.
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Starting off here on the balcony of my
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hotel here in Paris, France with an
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incredible view
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of the one and only, the real deal, the
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gargantuan Eiffel Tower that I walked up
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yesterday to the second level. First
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level was there, second level's there.
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Top level was not open.
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I am checking out of this hotel and I'm
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heading about an hour from here to some
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other accommodations for an undisclosed
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amount of time.
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Welcome everyone. Adam
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Woo here. Going to be staying at
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Disney's Newport Hotel.
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Never stayed there. And I'm going to be
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checking out not Disney Springs, not
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Downtown Disney, but Disney Village is
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it still called here on the outskirt
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outskirts
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of France. But first, I got to check out
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of this hotel, grab a taxi and or Uber
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or other ride share and head about an
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hour commute
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to some new accommodations. But I'm
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still in the general Paris area. I'm
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inviting you to join me. It's good to
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have you here. Happy 4th of July, shall
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you? I got a late checkout at noon. It's
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11:30 right now. I'm noticing that
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Disney Village, that's what
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Downtown Disney and Disney Springs used
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to be called in Florida, Disney Village,
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but still called it here here in France.
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They have a Characters and Flight andor
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aeropile style balloon.
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Maybe I'll
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maybe I'll do that
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when I get over there, too.
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Just sitting here relaxing a couple
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minutes before heading out. This is the
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balcony.
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Name of this hotel is the Pullman.
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The Pullman Hotel. It was really nice.
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The first couple days the AC wasn't
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working. It was really hot. But other
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than that, great place.
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I think that wasn't really
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that wasn't really their issue, though.
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I think that was just a
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it was just a heat wave.
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Going to miss this view. This was really
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something, especially at night when it
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was all illuminated. This was
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so cool to be this close to this iconic
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world famous landmark.
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All right, see you, Eiffel Tower. See
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you. I could either order an Uber or
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there are some taxis lined up over here.
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So, possibly
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could just take a taxi.
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About hour commute. I'm I looked it up.
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It's about an hour from here to the to
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where I'm staying. All right. Have
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arrived. It was about an hour. Had to
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show my reservation. Well, the taxi
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driver had to show my reservation. Going
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through the checkpoint over there.
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something I'd never seen before, but the
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person at the
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the front
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had him open the trunk just to be on the
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safe side and make sure the taxi driver
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wasn't bringing anything in. They were
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really strict on showing the reservation
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before even going through there. And it
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looks as if I'm going to have to go
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through some sort of a bag check here
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before even walking inside. It is early.
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It's about 1:00. If I check in, it's
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until 4:00. Yeah, there's a clock up
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there.
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100 p.m.
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I am in need of a coffee right now. I
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haven't had a coffee yet.
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Pretty pretty nice looking place.
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I'll be staying here for a little while.
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See if I can check in early. All right.
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As I went through and had my bags
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checked, it was kind of like a roller
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thing similar to how you'd have it at an
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airport.
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Had the bags checked and then went
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through the metal detector. They told me
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I could not film in the lobby. So,
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couldn't film in the lobby.
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All right. Little room tour now. Have
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walked in. Yeah. They were very adamant
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about
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no filming
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inside the lobby. Even before I went in
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the lobby, I said, "Well, can I film in
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the room?" They go, "Oh, yeah. Once
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you're once you're in there, you can
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film." So, but just can't film in the
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lobby for whatever reason. So, there's
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two beds here. Got my backpack there.
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The nautical theme here.
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One thing I noticed even at the other
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hotel I just checked out of. Oh, here's
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my key as well. Kind of a neat little
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little Mickey with a sailor cap on. It's
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called a magic pass. He said, "I'm going
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to give you your magic passes, which are
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just hotel room keys." That's all they
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are. That's the magic pass is a hotel
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room key. They call it a magic pass,
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even though it's just a key.
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But the waters that you get, the bottle
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waters are in glass bottles, not plastic
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like you would have elsewhere.
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Got a Newport there. Newport Bay. Looks
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like there is some sort of a coffeeesque
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machine right here.
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Oh, there's a C. This a kettle. Nice.
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Got to make some tea. Very nice.
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Very nice. I drank a little bit of tea
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when I was over in England and I really
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like tea. Yeah, I'm kind of getting on
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the tea the tea train
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as well.
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Got a TV here.
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Got a nice bed by the window, which is
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probably the one I'm going to choose
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because this is a lake view room, but
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really
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it's kind of you have to peek out the
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side to see the lake cuz when you look
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out this way, that's the view. And when
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you turn this direction, there's a pool
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down there. There's no one in the pool.
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Probably because checkout was at 11:00.
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Most people don't check in until 4. It's
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about 1:30 now.
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grateful that they had early check-in.
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There were other guests checking in as
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well, which means probably all the rooms
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weren't completely full. And there's the
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balloon that does not look as big as the
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aeropile. Formerly, the characters in
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flight in Florida, but I'm going to try
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to go up in that bad boy
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and uh walk around a little bit. Just no
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filming in the lobby for whatever
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reason. Maybe the gift shop. I'm also
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going to hit I almost said Disney
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Springs, Downtown Disney, but Disney
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Village as well and kind of just get a
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perimeter of the land.
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So, this is my accommodations. Newport
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Bay Club Resort
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outside of Paris. Oh, yes. There's also
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this curtain here. This drape.
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Oh, that's neat, too. The light has the
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pretty cool looking light to keep with
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the theming. as well. But you pull the
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drape across.
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You got the safe there. Looks like some
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extra maybe blankets and pillows here. I
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don't know what that is. No, that's
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heavy.
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That's something else. Got an iron.
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Got a
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ironing board
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as well. A little room tour,
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if you will. Got this. What does this
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do? Oh, that's interesting. Just to keep
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the water from splashing. I've noticed
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this outside of the US. So, we go to the
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US, there's always enclosed plexi for
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where the tub is and all that, but I've
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noticed in other countries, they only
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have like a half plexi. And that's the
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case here as well, cuz the water doesn't
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go all the way back here. But I've
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noticed also sometimes the water will
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splash down in there. Also got a little
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seat over here. And let me turn this.
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Another seat. It's a commode.
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Look at this. You got the strong flush
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or strong flush, half flush. Look at
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this thing. It's a shaver.
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Oh,
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Wasn't expecting that. I thought it was
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a shaver.
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Different brand of soaps that they use
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here. This is Savon soap. It's not the
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what formerly used to be H2O Ocean.
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They've changed the name. It's cuz
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they're the same kind of stuff.
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This is
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This is the brand they use. This is the
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shampoo
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conditioner.
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All right. I stand completely corrected
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and excited that I was wrong. That I
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thought the only view was out that
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window. There was a big curtain here.
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I've removed that curtain. And this is
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the lake view. This was enclosed with
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the curtain. So, let me flip this around
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and show this door. When I So, I open
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this and I thought, "Oh, can it little
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windows here with the lake." And then I
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realized these are not all windows.
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These are doors. So, I open this up and
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you walk out here. I have my own
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh yeah.
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Oh, this is nice.
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I mean, it was nice before, but now that
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I have this little walk out area, here's
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an interesting thing as well that I'm
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noticing. There are no tables or chairs
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on the balcony.
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Every other Disney resort I've ever
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stayed at, no matter how small the
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balcony is, there has been a table and
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chair. And there isn't on this one,
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which means I probably could just go
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back inside the room and, you know, take
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one of these chairs and bring it out
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there if I so choose.
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Wow, that's nice. So, that must be
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Disney Village over there.
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Wonder if they have a Starbucks.
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I'm excited to be here. I really am. I'm
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excited to be here. All right, walking
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down on the ground level. The lobby's on
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level two.
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which is interesting because usually the
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lobbies on, you know, zero or one. I
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just noticed the
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way the rooms are with hotels
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a little bit different over here out of
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the US. Level one,
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if you're have a hotel on level one,
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you're you're on level two. Your room is
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on level two. Looks to be a few resorts
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around this lake.
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Probably don't have the Skyliner here.
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They do have a balloon.
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And I do love going up in balloons even
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though it's kind of windy. Maybe I don't
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know. Maybe it won't be running. Whoa,
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there are big fish in here.
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Look at these things.
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Goodized fish right there.
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Just chilling.
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Yeah, look at these things.
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I hear you up there, bird. Sounded very
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beautiful.
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All right, from here it looks as if this
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thing is not running. Is not running.
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And it looks like they might be doing
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some kind of work on it or construction
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over here. It could obviously be a more
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of an evening nighttime thing, but I'll
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check on that a little bit later. You
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know, that might be the same size as the
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Aerop file. Oh, wow. Okay, look at this
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Earl of Sandwich over here. It is a
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double-decker
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Earl of Sandwich. That's pretty cool.
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That is the rainforest cafe. A unique
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style in comparison to other
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rainforestes I've seen. has a different
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kind of architecture they're using for
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the for this particular rainforest cafe.
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In fact, the one in Anaheim is closed.
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It's now a Star Wars pop-up store, but
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this rainforest is still open. There's a
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rainforest at Disney Springs. There's
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also one at Animal Kingdom. I believe
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the one in Anaheim, if I remember
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correctly, is closed. It's a good sign.
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It's off the ground. Uh, it's going up.
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They may be opening this thing. They may
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be opening it. It's called
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Panaram
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Magic. Panorama. Panoram
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Magic. It is Panaram
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Magic.
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Over here we got the uh I like this.
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Here you got the Oh, look at this. This
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has above Eiffel Eiffel Tour Eiffel
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Tower there. since late '9s. Well, mid
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to late '9s era of Disney Springs,
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before Downtown Disney, before all that
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was Disney Village, the one portion.
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It's kind of over by where the Lego
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store is now and the pen trading shop
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and the uh Rainforest Cafe that's over
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Disney Springs used to that area used to
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be called Disney Village. This whole
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area here still currently called Disney
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Village.
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That's something.
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You got Disney, Downtown Disney in
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Anaheim, Disney Village here, and Disney
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Springs in Florida. Holy cow. Starbucks
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sells donuts here. Starbucks with
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donuts. What the? That's different. Look
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at this. I'm inside right now. And you
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see like look how retro this is. We've
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got Goofy up here on the bottom of the
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plane right there going around. This is
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like their version of World of Disney.
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You got the Spirit of St. Louis right
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there. You got uh look at the look at
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this over here. You got space space
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Mickey. You got all the other characters
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floating around it almost like like on
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the rockets over there. Wow. Yeah. This
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is a whole whole retro vibe in here.
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This is This is so good.
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I don't know why this makes me happy.
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Oh, look at this over here, too. You got
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Minnie going over there. She has the
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little light pink rocket going that
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she's sitting in. And then here's
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another. This is nostalgic. Nostalgia
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central in here. Very dated, very
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beautiful, very kitschy. Something you
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don't normally see anymore on Disney
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properties. They've got they've kind of
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gotten rid of the kitsiness and
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streamlined everything. But here in
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Paris, it is as kitschy as it gets, and
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I am here for it. And then on the exit
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and entrances in, check out the old
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school neon right there. Look at the old
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school neon. That is a thing of beauty
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as you're going exiting and out the all
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the entrances and exits. I got a 15
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screen cinema over here. Okay, here's
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World of Disney. Totally different
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store. There's a thing says unique
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shopping experience. Got a mini
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sculpture on one side and Mickey
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sculpture on the other. All right, this
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is World of Disney. There's a hot air
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balloon and you got Mickey and Pluto and
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I think Minnie might be on the other
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side there. A lot of construction going
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on out here. Keeping up with the retro
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theme. Look at this interesting
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architecture. This place called
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Annette's Diner. Here's a look at the
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Golden Arch. Just a little up more up
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close
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as well. Oh,
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€20 was the cost. 20.
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And not too long of a line. I think I'm
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gonna probably get on the first first
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one after making my payment.
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Making its way down. Oh, I guess you
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could take balloons on there, too. From
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what I can tell, this is just a smaller
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version of the one at WDW at Disney
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Springs, if you will. Yeah. Going up.
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So,
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vlogging.
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Yeah. If you look up here,
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look closely. You can see it does read
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the words a file. So, it's the same
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balloon.
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Oh, okay. All right.
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There's the hotel. Now, it's the Marvel
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Hotel, formerly something else.
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That's kind of reminiscent of the same
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architecture at the studios as well.
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That right there.
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All right.
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That is uncharted territory for me over
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We can't even wanting to get photos or
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videos from that side. So, I am the only
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person over on this side. I'm the only
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person
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over here.
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I guess very one-sided heavy. There's
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the Mickey De's down there.
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again.
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My room is somewhere over in that area
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just to kind of showcase that. Sorry.
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How how
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we
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should I go on the other side because
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it's better. It's better here. You can
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really see how much construction they're
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doing on the Disney Village area.
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Again, those are words I have not
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uttered in a very long time.
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Coffee is not allowed in the gift shops.
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However, you can bring it up on the
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buller.
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Man, that was easy. That was a That was
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a
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Okay, maybe not. Smoke too soon. This
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whole thing is shifting. Oh, look at
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these. They have their own version of
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the Euro here with the Panoram Panorama
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Magic. Panoram Magic.
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5 each for a zero
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euro. So I bought two. So 10 euros. I
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got zero
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zero euro worth. Except these are just
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these are priceless in my opinion. This
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is really cool. It says Disney Village
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on there. Take my€ 10uro for these. Wow.
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That's really cool.
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Right.
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That is a good souvenir right there.
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That is really cool. I'm glad I saw that
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on the window on the way out.
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There's a nice one with the balloon kind
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of teetering over the top of World of
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Disney. This is the home of the world's
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greatest sandwich.
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Self-proclaimed from the Earl of
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Sandwich. I have never seen a double
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decker with a rooftop terrace barred
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earl
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of sandwich. Look at this. This might be
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kind of something I probably should try.
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They have something called the lefie
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right here. Ham, bree, and honey mustard
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sauce. I'm going to go up to the second
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level up there and eat up there. Also, I
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think I screwed up and I ordered two of
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the kishas. I think I went to order two
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waters, but I ordered two kishas. Also,
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no plastic cutlery. They give you real
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utensils.
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Thanks, Earl. I'm going to be I'm going
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to be pretty content with the uh the
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amount of kiche that is right here.
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That's what they're called, right?
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Kiche. And that's a that's an oversized
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sandwich, too. That looks Look at this.
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This is this is larger. Down with a
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bottle or two of water. And this is
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what's inside. This is what we're
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dealing with. This is the Lefrrenchi
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right here. Has all the different items.
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I can't even remember what's in it, but
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it looks pretty good. Usually Earl
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sandwich does not disappoint. You know,
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I didn't even check to see if they had
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the mac and cheese. That's why I fell in
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love with this place in Anaheim. I
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didn't even look to see. This is might
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the replacement for the mac and cheese.
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I'll go with that. I'll go with that
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instead. This looks good. This is like
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This is warm. The first kiche was
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really, really good. The second one got
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cold too fast, so wasn't the most
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delightful and most edible thing. But
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the first one was amazing. but they get
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cold really quick. So, getting two was
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uh was wasn't my plan, but that's what
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happened. So, the first one was great.
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Second one cold. And then the sandwich
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itself, I said I don't know if I'd ever
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order this again. I ate about half of
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it. Granted, it was a big sandwich. I
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might eat a little bit of it later or I
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might just I don't know. I might just I
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might just toss it out. Yeah, I think
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I'm good. I think I'm good on this. I'm
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going to I'm going to toss the rest of
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it.
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I mean, why eat something that isn't
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completely enjoyable? It's so bready.
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Also, look at this. There are ashtrays.
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What I was just saying about the smoking
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thing. Look at this ashtrays.
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Next series of days are going to be very
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exciting for me and a little unusual.
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It's going to be a little bit of a
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Twilight Zonees type of mentality
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because I'm going to see a lot of things
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that I'm familiar with,
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very familiar with from both the East
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Coast, Florida, Disney World, and the
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West Coast, Anaheim, Disneyland, Walt's
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original Magic Kingdom.
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But there's going to be some
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differences.
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I've probably given too much away, but
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I'm sure there's probably not one person
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watching that hadn't already figured out
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what's going to be happening during the
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duration of my stay here on property.
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I appreciate you watching. Happy 4th of
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July
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and I'll see you in the next video. The
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vlog
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is over.