My Return To Disneyland Rope Drop & Early Morning Rides - NEW Star View DVC Lounge / Shakey’s Pizza
Disneyland Rope Drop June 2023
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today's adventure brings me
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into the catacombs
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of the Disneyland Resort parking
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structure as the recording of this
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Sunday June 11
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2023 I have returned
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to Anaheim California to Walt's original
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Magic Kingdom Disneyland
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I'm gonna Park
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head in
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it's about 7 25 a.m I was hoping to get
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to the top of the roof view but looks
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like I'm gonna be second level for the
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top traffic from LA on a Sunday morning
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is beautiful
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no traffic at all which is very rare for
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La kinda like in this June Gloom that's
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been happening in SoCal lately I don't
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really like heat which is you know kind
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of interesting because I live in Florida
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but I don't really like heavy sunny days
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it's kind of cool and crisp it's like
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high 60s
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70s perhaps now often the distance past
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the Disneyland Hotel
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they are building an almost finished I'm
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gonna see if I can get a peek at that
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too I recently bought some DVC points
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for the Disneyland Hotel expansion of
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the DVC Disney Vacation Club wing
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so maybe I can get a a little bit of a
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better view of that today
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and just to show how far the parks are
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from the structure itself
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so you got guardians there and you got
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incredi coaster and Mickey's fun wheel a
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former Mickey's fun wheel over there so
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it's a little bit of a walk it's pretty
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amazing how fast time goes I still
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recall the day when they posted and
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showed a photo of them installing this
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overnight this put this uh Bridge the
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ghoster on The Barking structure over to
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downtown Disney and that was years ago
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time just rolls on it really is a
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beautiful thing now you don't have to
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wait at that light over there on the
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corner anymore cross through traffic you
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just go over the top of traffic even
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though it's kind of early there's not a
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lot of traffic I don't know if my feet
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at the moment welcome everyone Adam the
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woo here wearing an appropriate t-shirt
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got my magic band got my reservation all
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Linked UP
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fun fact it is a lot easier to get
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reservations at Walt Disney World than
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it is here in fact there were none
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throughout the course of the last week
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or eight days since I've been in
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Southern California however long that's
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been their tenure on my stay until today
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but I'm head again I'm inviting you to
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join me
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shall we these crows over here do not
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need a reservation they can simply just
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fly in head over to rivers of America
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we going over to rivers nope you're just
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gonna perch there okay cool but it
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worked out really good because traffic
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was smooth
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from Hollywood down to Anaheim on a
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Sunday morning
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and it's about 20 minutes until rope
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drop rope drop is happens when the park
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opens today it's 8 A.M
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I think I'll be in there
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for the kickoff I'm gonna meet up with a
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buddy over here well in there I think
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he's already on his way in
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we're going to have a little Disneyland
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fun and just see how the where the day
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takes us hello sorcerer's cap
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hello
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they may have repainted this a Bluer Hue
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than it was before and take a look over
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here they reminisce started going
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vertical with any of this construction
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but they have all the ferns and walls up
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always good to see you Mickey also it's
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the 100th anniversary of the company
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unless I want to make it just in time
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for eight o'clock right on the thought
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yes indeed the clock says five minutes
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to eight so made it just in time for
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rope drop 100 Years of Wonder oh
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monorail going by over there and to make
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it even better Jay is also here
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part of The Ropers
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East Coast that's right well you were
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over in Florida I ruined the whole bit
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about The Ropers so you were in Florida
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and now you're here and now we're gonna
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hang out at Coast to Coast Coast we're
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opening it up but we used to call
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ourselves The Ropers as we'd be here at
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rope drop we used to we still do we
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cursed it we still do we're the wipers I
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forget that the park is back open here
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and the if things are back to Summer
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normal yeah let's get in let's let's
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rope drop it up let's Roper it let's
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Feed The Ropers and get some coffee that
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sounds great that's a nice hat by the
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way I like that always remember clear
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you leave today and into the world of
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yesterday tomorrow and fantasy I do like
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the entrance in here I like the here you
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leave today placard here better than I
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like the Disney World now I like a lot
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of things at Disney World a little bit
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better but there's a few things here at
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Disneyland that I prefer this is pretty
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nice they've all dressed for the
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occasion for me today all right the
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ropes have dropped go to the different
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lands we are gonna well first I kind of
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want to point out the Rope drop back in
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2015 a lot different
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2015-16 a lot different than rope shop
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now the crowds a lot heavier than it
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were though so our first move is to head
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over to frontierland we're going to try
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to get on Big Thunder Mountain We're Not
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Gonna Do lightning lane or fast pass or
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any of that today so we're just gonna
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try to walk on Big Thunder and then
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maybe just kind of play it by you after
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that they are making the opening
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announcement they just said Yeehaw it's
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probably like maybe a eight minute wait
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give or take not too many people in line
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so rope drop for the win with rainbow
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Ridge that way and Coyote Canyon a half
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mile that way I've never noticed that
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dinosaur Gap and never mind is that way
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look there's one coming around the bend
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right there
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we'll get a little we'll get a little
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caffeine after this but we might be able
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to get this we'll get a little
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excitement first for some of the
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blasting powder we're gonna wake we're
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gonna have two different wake-up calls
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oh look we're so early no one's even on
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the first train
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oh you're already getting ahead of the
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game and you're already yes
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the greatest of all time
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always good to go on Big Thunder
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kiss your bones
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it's a great way to start off with it is
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get that sled going get a good start off
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right
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again we're not doing lightning light
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today but we're here early enough that
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the standby is only 20 minutes and I'm
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gonna I'm gonna probably guess it's
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probably a lot less than 40 minutes
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probably a walk on it this time even
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early enough to wear alien Pizza is it
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called alien Pizza Planet I don't even
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know what it's called Pizza pork it used
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to be called Pizza Planet isn't even
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open yet
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yeah they don't even have the side doors
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over here over here so it's like just a
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short cue
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maybe 10 minutes I'm about to go into
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the catacombs of space
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Mountain
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oh yes nothing like a morn on
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the reason I say that is the opening of
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Space Mountain at Disney world that's
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how Mickey talked when he said Space
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the opening ceremony
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we're going on all these rides and
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attractions that painting people feed
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coffee
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I haven't had coffee yet how many have
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you had so far there's that two before
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you got here and after this I'm gonna
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have a third
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yeah even with extreme rides still need
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to get Cafe
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we don't need that once in a while no
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decaf rides no decaf no decaf ride
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remember uh remember the no bam shirts
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no man shirt yeah
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they need no no decaf ride shirts
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someone needs to make that
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number four
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do not need the Damian line
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five five
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front row of the second pod here
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also I am team Disneyland when it comes
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to Space Mountain
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Disney World is okay but I don't like
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the toboggan style I like the double
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style whoa
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ghosts in that one
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this style
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team Disneyland for space all right
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we're taking off I will see you after
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and just like that we're back let's see
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how the photo turned out hopefully the
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photo turned out good all right it's
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time to exit and see our photo for a
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possible hold on we gotta wait that's
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how we were getting out there we're
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about to get out right up here yeah you
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end up having your eyes open try to get
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that photo and then the The Flash kind
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of gets you and it's like oh wow I uh
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got stars in my eyes I have twinkles in
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my eyes
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it turned out pretty good look at me I
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was very very confused right there it is
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confusing Ryan yeah I don't know which
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way to look all right let's try to the
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battle of the wells I have to use a
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restaurant oh that was a horrible ride
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to do oh exactly is that your restroom
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face
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all right rope drop is going according
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to our plan
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and so basically they've been two
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Walk-Ons more or less and it could go
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well we see Harold the yeti up here
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if we walk on that it's going to be uh
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just like the old days olden days the
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old the days of old
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I wouldn't get a few rides in all right
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this was not a walk-on this is probably
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like a 25 minute wait here I'm just 25
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minutes I will be sitting in the front
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number one of the Matterhorn bobsled the
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icy Peak so I was going to show the icy
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peaks but I'm gonna I'll go this way the
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icy peaks the Matterhorn I was
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obstructed by this by this view right
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here number one
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the way that the number one I'm in the
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front you're in number two we don't sit
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no but we're in the front car we're
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gonna go meet Harold the yeti are you
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ready everybody
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I'm ready for the yeti and maybe some
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spaghetti
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every time you talk the monorail goes by
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magical and every type of bell rings Jay
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gets his wings he all settled in back
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there ready you're ready for the yeti
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oh
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I can hear him I can hear him
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back is gentler than the front the
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middle I think is the best
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gosh Arrow
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all right
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bro
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holy Lord
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's up here oh it's rough up here oh
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hey oh we're racing slow down you ain't
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racing yet
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this will realign your spine
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I was just given the nether Region's
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view there
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it's gracious
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that is a rough ride
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still as rough as ever
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the icy peaks there is an icy slopes of
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the Matterhorn this thing does not play
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around when it comes
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to comfort
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maybe you guys I'm tall and not thin
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but yeah man that really I don't know I
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still haven't dialed in what is the more
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like is the front legitler or is the
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middle gentler some say like the middle
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of the two nor the back I had the front
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seat what do you think the most
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comfortable seat on there is you all
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right all right it's so nice and smooth
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I love it yeah it's good right you're
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back you want to visit the chiropractor
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yeah
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oh and upon exit getting a nice little
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view here of the Neptune at the fight oh
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and the monorail look at that
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oh that doesn't happen too often
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crossing the streams
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a few rides and attractions out of the
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way kind of head over to Main Street get
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a coffee we are not the only one with
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the same idea
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so looking at the wait times it's pretty
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mellow at 9 30 a.m so space is already
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up to 45. the Matterhorn which we just
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did is up to 25 now so everything's kind
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of going up small world's five minutes
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Mickey and Minnie's looks like it's 20
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minutes oh I gotta go back to two times
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I've been back to toontowns and say
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that's right you've been back there yet
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let's say redo tuned yeah once but
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that's right back there too but then
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you're looking over at Fantasyland rides
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right now five minute wait 30 minutes
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for big Fender which we already kind of
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knocked the big ones out yeah we could
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go on Splat oh that's right yeah Splash
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mountains down a couple Pikes hikes
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places here piping hot caffeinated
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beverage and here's kind of a neat thing
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cream and sugar is back out for anyone
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to access yeah but cinnamon isn't oh you
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watch cinnamon I love cinnamon and they
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haven't brought it back out yet
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it'll be fine we'll get you some
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cinnamon all right before the end of the
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day awesome how about I just get you a
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churro there's cinnamon in those dip it
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right in there over in front of Great
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Moments of Mr Lincoln the Disney Gallery
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presents Disney 100 Years of Wonder film
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to attraction attraction to film have
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you been in here yet I don't think I
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have let's go check it out real quick
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yes and then we're gonna do a main
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street or should we do the Main Street
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vehicle there's one waiting for us right
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there
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there's a few Main Street Vehicles oh
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snap let's go in here real quick but
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another fun fact I have this very photo
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in my room in celebration right here
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this very one it's pretty it's about
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this size too I always love this photo
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of Walt walking through his original
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Magic Kingdom underneath the castle the
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best pictures ever yeah it's great all
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right I have been in here I remember the
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Dumbo and I remember all the different
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items I have been in here before I have
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Main Street vehicles on my mind so we're
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gonna board this little red Chariot go
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down Main Street all right that vehicle
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was occupied so we are now on the horse
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trunk Carriage we are the important my
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chief not a bad way to go down right
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down the middle of Main Street USA we'll
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get that decaf we'll get that decaf box
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there's a lot of pen Traders out today
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over here and Frontier land everyone
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trading their pins take a look at all
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these taking a little stroll through New
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Orleans Square now I gotta say the
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weather is great out here today and
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really is not as busy as I thought it
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was going to be keeping my it is a
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little bit early so they've already
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started transforming this over to
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Tiana's
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so it's going to be I think there's even
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some artwork over here what it's going
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to look like
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and that also reminds me that Splash
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Mountain so I went to the last day of
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Splash Mountain at Disney world but I
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think last week was the last day here I
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did not attend that
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so they're really going all in on the
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Tiana Tiana's Palace this is what it's
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going to look like right here I really
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like the movie I'm kind of looking
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forward to see what they're what they're
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doing I believe this guy here his voice
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by John Goodman right there I remember
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correctly
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and now that we've got a lot of the
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rides out of the way we might end up
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doing one or two more but we're just
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gonna have a kind of a Vibe kind of day
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so I'm thinking Grand Circle Tour
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am I thinking what you're thinking what
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are you thinking I'm thinking Grand
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Circle Tour Grand Circle Tour
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an outside of Main Street though I love
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this little guy right here that's like
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the he's just like create he's like
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stirring the popcorn
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hello good morning
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all right Grand Circle Tour thank you
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they're just construction everywhere
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let's remind me we got to go by the
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former Splash Mountain and check that
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out too definitely
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I would hope they're still going to have
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Beignets over there I'm sure they will
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I'm sure they're still going to have
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been yeah it's all aboard Disneyland
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Railroad
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and the morse code still happening here
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I think it's more called Morse code
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typing okay the word I was looking for
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is telegraphed Telegraph not with the T
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connecting our country the telegraph
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right here Thomas Edison Brewing the
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electrical printing machines and I've
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always heard that the telegraph that's
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going on over there is the opening day
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speech that won't set on Main Street
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have you heard that rumor too
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yes they're telegraphing Walt's speech
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what do you think speech
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I could hear it
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that I gotta be honest that is a
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beautiful sound right there
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that is a beautiful sound
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the thing I like about the Disneyland
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railroad unlike wdws is they have these
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seats that you can sit and look out
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this direction obviously it has
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construction you don't want to see that
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but yeah the proper direction yeah oh I
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almost forgot they got the canoes out
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here
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no shaving a haircut tonight
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one thing I do love about the Disneyland
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train is that you get the World's Fair
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exhibits of the Grand Canyon Concourse
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and the Primeval world that you're going
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through so first you're going through
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kind of sort of modern day Grand Canyon
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and then you go back in time to the
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prehistoric creatures of the Primeval
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world and the dinosaurs like my favorite
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part of the train well there's a lot of
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things I like about the Disneyland try
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but this is definitely the Pinnacle when
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you're kind of rounding around back
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towards Main Street USA love it and
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we're doing the Grand Circle so we're
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back over again and at some point we're
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going to head over to DCA over there
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there's also a photo of Walt with this
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Kalamazoo manufacturer company little
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train car though uh what do they call
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this thing what's the name of that bag
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what do the kalamas do what do they call
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that though
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who makes the kalamazoos okay I gotta
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find that photo of all time there yeah
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there he is he's right there on the old
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Kalamazoo
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that's him
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they're refilling the train and steaming
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it up it is an actual steam train put
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the water there get the steam going I
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love it uh remember back to the day when
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you got the paper fast passes
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right over in this area used to have the
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paper fast pass section
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Board of Doom buggy 990 Ghouls and
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ghosts
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tying to meet you I actually have a
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paper fast pass from August 9th
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of 2019 was the 50th anniversary of
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Haunted Mansion I still have my paper
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fast password that's on my mirror in my
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room in celebration I got it from right
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over here 50th anniversary
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of the Haunted Mansion open on August
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9th 60. I get that day right August 9th
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1969 was when Haunted Mansion opened
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that's the day that's it it was a
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Tuesday
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was it a Tuesday it was slightly cloudy
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it wasn't a Tuesday dang look at this
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Splash Mountain gone on both coasts
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so I was talking about what I am
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team wdw or team Disneyland on I
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definitely was team wdw when it came to
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Splash Mountain I think Splash Mountain
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at Disney world was far superior it's
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Disneyland and I kind of paid my
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respects on the last day there that's
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why I didn't show up to the last day
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but I definitely had a lot of memories
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here we had a lot of splashdowns you and
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IJ right here these are epic uh log red
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challenge right extreme it was extreme
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we went we went from here to Knott's
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back to here back and forth like three
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or four times insanity and then we uh we
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ended up here I think we rode like maybe
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six or seven different log rides that
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day bounce back and forth are Buena Park
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to Anaheim it was a good time
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and now Bray rabbit has retired into
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this doorway right here you in there
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Brea you in there
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shaving a haircut
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that's the rumor anyway that brayer's in
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I don't know if it's true or not but
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yeah if you give the secret knock rare
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rare will stick stick his uh head out
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there and go
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how do you do are you good
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what's up hey how you doing
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pretty wild not hearing the music from
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more weird to see the freaking cones up
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there they were cones
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sad day
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there is just construction happening
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everywhere out here so look at the tree
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house here which I think they're
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converting the tree house back
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to its original form it was Tarzan's
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tree house if they're bringing it back
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to Swiss Family Robinson Adventureland
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Tree House
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minus the Swiss Family part though oh
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there's no Swiss Family anymore there's
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a family it's not Swiss Family oh no
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it's a different family oh it's well it
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says it says inspired by yeah inspired
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so it's not really the Swiss Family
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Robinsons it's just inspired by okay
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inspired by Walt Disney's Swiss Family
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Robinson
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so they're not going to have the family
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in there anymore this is a they're still
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two kids
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okay there you go
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they're still gonna have the org in
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there yeah very nice
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and this is an artist's concept only
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that's it
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kind of exciting though
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you go back up in that tree house one
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day I'm glad that stuff
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honestly oh yeah the stump that was
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right here that had the job of the Hutt
24:40
yep the hidden secret job of the Hutt is
24:43
gone really used to walk up here and
24:45
then you'd go across
24:47
that wild Bridge
24:50
all right starting to fill up a little
24:52
bit as the morning progresses towards
24:55
noon more and more people are now
24:57
starting to appear definitely why I like
25:00
rope drop you get a lot done in the
25:02
first few hours we are going to make our
25:03
way over towards the DVC Lounge should
25:07
be about time to check in now this is
25:08
something that just recently opened I
25:11
think a couple of months ago I've been
25:12
to the DVC Lounge at Epcot before which
25:15
is above the journey to imagination
25:17
Pavilion but they've added one here at
25:19
Disneyland which I'm pretty excited
25:21
about so once it's like a couple minutes
25:23
till 11 what's 11 o'clock hits gonna
25:25
head in there see what happens right
25:27
next to Tomorrowland Terrace one thing
25:28
that's kind of interesting about
25:29
Tomorrowland Terrace used to be a band
25:31
here back in the day that would play
25:32
here Josh Freese who's now the drummer
25:34
of Foo Fighters he uh has been finally
25:37
given the uh given the Reigns behind the
25:40
behind the drums of Foo Fighters also in
25:42
the van I know from the vandals Perfect
25:44
Circle Devo he got his start right here
25:46
and the vambles they were watching they
25:48
were watching him play and they were
25:49
like oh we want him for our punk band
25:50
one of the greatest Punk drummers ever
25:52
Josh freeze just play right here a
25:53
couple rope drop moments we are about to
25:55
rope drop the DVC Lounge at 11 A.M here
25:58
at Star Wars launch pad so I don't think
26:01
we actually go I know I don't even know
26:02
I've kind of stayed spoiler free on this
26:04
I'm kind of curious to see it's called
26:05
the star view station Disney Vacation
26:07
Club star view station a member Lounge
26:11
which is located you got to go right
26:13
over the echo spot remember the echo
26:15
spot right here yeah you talk right
26:18
I haven't been in this building in a
26:21
long time a long time ago in a galaxy
26:24
far far away there it is star view
26:28
station oh launch bay lay down that
26:30
brings back some serious memories right
26:32
here with the straw going across people
26:36
are liking the I like in the Ambiance in
26:38
here with the lights going across you
26:40
get some of the I haven't it's been a
26:42
couple of years since I've been inside
26:43
this building before look there's Batu
26:46
over there back when we were like super
26:48
excited about seeing Star Wars land
26:50
being built before we knew what was
26:51
going on I'm standing right here over
26:53
the binding and over the power of the
26:56
force and over launch bay
27:00
oh I hear Vader over there too I think
27:02
they brought back the Vader photo op on
27:04
the other side of that wall that curtain
27:05
oh Vader's right there look
27:07
there's Darth Vader in there he's right
27:11
Vader now I would imagine this would be
27:13
a lot like the one at Epcot where they
27:15
have the uh the drink of fountain drink
27:17
so you can get coffee you can get little
27:19
snacks and things like that I'm assuming
27:21
it's going to be very similar to that
27:23
kind of it better be right because I'm
27:25
hungry and thirsty at the same time
27:39
you're like one of the first ones in
27:39
here right at 11 like 1103 right now
27:42
at this place
27:47
look at this
27:47
Pro see oh look star view station right
27:50
over here look at that that's cool all
27:54
right you start off by walking through
27:55
this little Corridor here once on Earth
27:58
discover Iceland with Adventures by oh
28:00
this is just kind of like a promotional
28:02
thing for DVC like a futuristic style
28:04
okay now I kind of get it and at some
28:06
point I'm going to walk over and take a
28:08
look at the new tower that is not
28:10
finished yet but I'm gonna be able to
28:11
look at that in a little bit but this is
28:12
the lounge itself take a look at this
28:14
beautiful find a similar type of chairs
28:16
that they have at Epcot like this little
28:18
little section over here in this corner
28:19
capacity 392 according to that sign
28:22
there's a little space backdrop with the
28:24
Stars I like this a lot the furniture is
28:27
great there's these little pods that
28:29
look like they'd be something out of
28:30
Mork and Mindy over here for the
28:32
youngins and here is a space suit K7
28:36
space suit oh wow wow this is the uh
28:39
Tomorrowland astronauts K7 K7 spacesuit
28:42
as shown in that photo right there from
28:45
back in the day all right that's pretty
28:47
dang awesome right there something from
28:48
the little relic of the past Disneyland
28:51
style and this little space item is
28:52
pretty awesome too and there's even some
28:54
Mary Blair inspired small world artwork
28:57
style right up there too okay Jay is
28:59
getting himself a Diet Coke and I will
29:01
say this is definitely far more Superior
29:03
to epcot's coffee maker their coffee
29:06
maker I don't want to say it's
29:07
lackluster but it's nothing in
29:08
comparison to the coffee here you can
29:10
get complimentary cups of Disney 100
29:13
Years of wonder
29:16
I don't want decaf I want the the
29:18
regular coffee but this is this is this
29:20
far exceeds what they have at the
29:23
journey to imagination oh you're getting
29:25
a new machine so there's gonna be a
29:27
newer one than this one yeah different
29:28
okay because epcot's machine is not this
29:32
good yeah
29:38
okay
29:38
ah so this machine's going away right is
29:43
it active now can I use it now yeah okay
29:51
I'm gonna hold off on the Oreo action
29:51
but Jay's about you get Oreos you're
29:53
done with the PVC yeah you know me I
29:55
don't think I don't think that's made
29:57
for you even though you look you do kind
29:58
of look like uh you're like Mork you
30:00
look like Mork from Mork from orc all
30:03
right we just asked and you can in fact
30:06
go outside here on to the Terrace look
30:11
at this
30:12
this is legit
30:15
what
30:17
what's going on
30:20
this is awesome
30:22
oh man this is a game changer honestly
30:25
this is a game changer people move a
30:28
track right there octopio I'm getting
30:30
views you don't usually get from this
30:34
area look at the monorail going by
30:37
premium bars later man I don't know
30:39
maybe premium bars I'm not sure how that
30:41
works
30:43
the old people mover track
30:49
this is legit yeah this is pretty
30:51
awesome you're getting like kind of a
30:52
bird's eye perspective you got the
30:54
Matterhorn over there you got autopia
30:56
down here
30:58
this is definitely an area that you
31:01
usually don't get to so you got the bar
31:04
style that you could sit here you also
31:06
got all these tables
31:09
oh look at this got the monitor okay
31:10
look look above the submarine Voyage
31:12
sign you can see the monorail pulling
31:14
into the station
31:20
I say this is kind of a kind of a game
31:20
changer you can look at this you can
31:22
look over here where the the Rockets
31:24
used to be you could see the old cue
31:26
there the load-in area for the People
31:28
Mover which became the rocket Rod so
31:31
this is like a you're kind of getting a
31:32
different view of Tomorrowland that you
31:35
usually get
31:37
plenty of tables here plenty of tables
31:40
got some more crows over here maybe
31:42
those are the same crows earlier I saw
31:44
after I was doing the intro got alien
31:46
Pizza Planet you got the rocket right
32:00
holy cow and this might be my new
32:00
favorite little uh little area here at
32:02
Disneyland definitely get a different
32:04
perspective
32:06
what do you think I mean I'm just
32:09
kicking out on all the people mover
32:11
stuff from this vantage point the
32:13
loading area the exit
32:16
plenty of tables out here too tons of
32:19
tables we're kind of wondering if you
32:20
could go get food somewhere one of the
32:23
restaurants like Tomorrowland Terrace
32:24
the pizza place and then just bring it
32:26
up here and get a better View and
32:29
there's no one I mean there's people in
32:30
here but not it's like there's
32:31
definitely plenty of tables that are
32:34
completely wide open there goes the
32:39
bottom rail from a different angle I
32:41
don't usually see it from that excites
32:44
me
32:48
in the same frame in the same frame
32:50
all right and just like that we went in
32:52
we came we saw we looked at the Terrace
32:55
we looked at the outside look at the
32:57
kind of looking down and then heading
32:58
out I really like the theming in here I
33:00
have to say really a great new addition
33:03
and you go back down the stairs take a
33:05
look at this I just love the theming
33:06
here look at these lights lots of like a
33:08
good photo opportunities back out past
33:12
the launch bay so
33:14
lay down who I hear I hear Vader I never
33:17
realized that Vader who's right through
33:19
this door was a Disney Vacation Club
33:21
member as well hanging out in the
33:23
Starview station even got a photo to
33:26
document this occasion for posterity he
33:28
asked us about the rebel plans which I
33:30
didn't give him any spoilers Jay and I
33:32
we uh we kept our lips sealed yeah who
33:34
knew that Lord Vader was a DVC member
33:38
here's another one here's another photo
33:39
here where he's got the grab this is a
33:41
little bit better you don't know the
33:43
power of the DVC program probably
33:47
doesn't show up on oh I am echoing hello
33:49
yeah I can hear the echo probably
33:51
doesn't translate to video but hello
33:54
it's like an echo spot right here
33:56
outside the former Carousel of Progress
33:58
we stand right here on this
34:00
and you get a little a little Echo spot
34:03
because one of these at Epcot too
34:05
I think we're gonna continue the
34:08
tradition of
34:10
2015-2016 The Ropers and maybe go over
34:13
to shakies
34:28
happy hundred celebration
34:29
right down the middle of Main Street
34:35
all right now I'm gonna walk over to the
34:37
Disneyland Hotel and see if there is
34:39
anything get a peek of the new
34:42
towers that are over here they're
34:45
vacation Towers
34:47
see if there's a possibility if they
34:48
have any kind of displays or rooms we
34:51
could see or anything like that
35:04
all right this is the first time I'm
35:04
seeing this I like my own eyes upon this
35:07
that is really
35:10
coming along nicely very beautiful area
35:13
right there so there's obviously pool
35:15
room views they're going to have their
35:16
own separate pool and if you're staying
35:19
there you can not only have the this
35:21
Tower's pool but also the regular
35:23
Disneyland Hotel pool
35:25
that is going to be awesome when that
35:27
finally opens one thing about this
35:29
parking structure though when you're
35:30
exiting it does take a little bit of
35:33
time
35:34
to get out of
35:36
it's not like a quick get in your car
35:38
drive out of a flat parking lot so you
35:41
have to have a little patience of people
35:42
coming in going out
35:45
maybe I just have shakies on my brain so
35:48
close I can almost taste it
35:50
the Southern California staple Shaky's
35:53
Pizza but they also have chicken they
35:55
have Mojo potatoes they have the salad
35:57
bar
36:05
I'm on my way shakies all right here
36:05
we're here shakies ready
36:09
did you find out if they have the buffet
36:10
or not today I walked in yet but they
36:11
better be prepared what's about to
36:13
happen what's gonna happen who's
36:15
damaging
36:17
I think it when was the last time you
36:18
ate here was it with me yes it's been a
36:21
while it's been a few years
36:27
do now just like old times you can see
36:27
us in the reflection here you come over
36:29
here see the reflection right here
36:31
better move over this way just a little
36:33
bit
36:34
we have a Peppers ghost effect
36:43
Mojo potatoes and I could tell that you
36:43
want to get in here you are ready this
36:45
is this is the shaky man himself right
36:47
here look at this guy and they do in
36:49
fact have the buffet look all these
36:51
different pizza slices that they have
36:53
over here they have mac and cheese they
36:55
have spaghetti they have chicken they
36:58
have the Mojo potatoes they have Fried
37:00
Chicken they have baked chicken they
37:01
have corn yeah potatoes they have rice
37:05
definitely going to load up on some of
37:07
these different items that are through
37:08
here they have the bread over here they
37:10
have the Twisted pepperoni bread they
37:12
have the Supreme they have the meat and
37:14
the pepperoni and the cheese and the pie
37:17
I'm not really big on pineapple Hawaiian
37:18
pizza I'm not really super into that but
37:21
of course over here they have the salad
37:22
bar as well yeah so I guess any day of
37:26
the week you can get the salad bar with
37:28
the with the pizza all right so Jay just
37:30
asked the old notice shaking has no core
37:32
for those who suffer less they know what
37:34
their product is worth so every day from
37:37
11 to 2 is the buffet it's a specific
37:40
name for but yeah so we cut it just we
37:43
just almost do it's like 1 30 right now
37:45
so I got a half hour left and here's the
37:47
info here bunch of lunch that's what
37:49
they call it
37:50
Monday through Friday is 12 99 Saturday
37:52
and Sunday 13.99 every day from 11 to 2.
37:56
and I went all in on some chickpeas I
37:59
might come back and get a little bit of
38:00
salad but I've already filled up my
38:02
first plate over here I have some very
38:04
interesting items they have a as you go
38:07
through where shaky Johnson is he kind
38:09
of like it's interesting name shaky
38:12
Johnson that's that's the guy that
38:13
shaking his named after very interesting
38:16
first and last night but over here they
38:17
have some Walt Disney stuff and they're
38:19
supposedly a signature that Walt signed
38:22
this like I don't know I don't remember
38:23
fact check that this is actually won't
38:25
sign this but I kind of find it hard to
38:27
believe the actual Walt Disney sign this
38:29
and it's inside the Shakey's Pizza
38:31
outside Disneyland but it could be
38:33
okay let's bring it back memories being
38:35
in here what's exactly the same as it
38:37
did back in 2015-16 when Jay and I were
38:39
coming here and constantly eat that
38:41
shakies after a boat job we're just
38:43
having a full-on seven year ago rope
38:46
drop day yeah this is just like like old
38:48
times loaded up and they brought they
38:50
gave us a couple extra plates underneath
38:52
there so we can just kind of go back for
38:55
refills load it up load it up move is
38:58
stack them up and knock them knock them
39:01
down you know as well here they know us
39:02
well man so yeah it's been a couple
39:05
years since we ate here so excited yeah
39:07
just like old times I am full
39:10
how you feeling
39:12
people as well mission accomplished we
39:15
did it we had a 2015-16 rope drop day
39:18
The Ropers
39:20
in full effect they said it couldn't be
39:23
done you know I have said many times
39:25
that hypothetically I was to move back
39:28
to SoCal move back to Orange you were to
39:30
pick me up at road shop and we were
39:32
trying to recreate the 2015-16 era of
39:35
Disneyland that it couldn't be done but
39:38
today it kind of did it it kind of felt
39:40
like it I don't think you're gonna get
39:43
I don't think it could be done on a
39:45
consistent basis like we did those many
39:47
years ago because the Park's a lot
39:49
busier oh you're gonna have to move back
39:50
for us to find out so it'll be a I don't
39:53
know if I'll ever move back if it will
39:55
it will be anytime soon we'll see you
39:57
never know but no plans to
39:59
I forgot what I was gonna say I'm so
40:01
full right now something about something
40:02
being over or something like that oh
40:05
I'll see you in the next video
40:07
the Vlog is over
40:11
yeah yeah