Why I’m Stepping Back From Making Disney Theme Park Videos - WDW Without My Phone / Genie + Thoughts
Some thoughts on the future of my Disney visits
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today's adventure begins by looking at
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the Mickey power pole as the recording
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of this Thursday October 21st
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2021
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I had to remember that date
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because there is no calendar in my car
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from this overlook
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and I have left my phone at home do not
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have a cell phone on me for the first
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time and I can't even tell you when
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into Walt Disney World now obviously
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when I was at home I had to use my phone
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to book the reservation for Magic
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Kingdom where I'm heading but once I'm
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in there it'll be no mobile ordering and
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no lightning Lane no Disney Plus for me
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what I meant to say was Genie plus the
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new paid Fastpass system that just
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dropped here at wgw
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I don't have that I'm not going to be
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utilizing that tonight because you have
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to have a cell phone
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for that to happen and I'm not going to
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pay for it Disney plus is a whole other
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thing which I do am subscribed to that I
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don't think I've ever seen these little
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washboard signs before walk time to TTC
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from this point five minutes
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my idea this evening it's about 7 30.
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park closes at nine I believe
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to enjoy the evening without being tied
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down to a phone
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it's kind of my response to
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the new Genie Plus
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got me think got me doing a lot of
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thinking
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here well
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not necessarily a response but just got
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the wheels in motion turning in my head
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based on
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you know the way GD plus works is you
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pay an additional I believe it's 15 and
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then certain higher tiered attractions
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you pay a little bit extra per ride and
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attraction but you have to have your
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cell phone and with mobile ordering with
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booking reservations anything
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really has to have the cell phone or
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does it
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back in the day when I would come here
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you know a long time ago before you were
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kind of Tethered to that information
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little
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device in your hand that was originally
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used for talking on the phone but now
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it's become a mobile computer which is
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amazing I edit everything on my phone I
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could not do what I do here on YouTube
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without it
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but it it kind of takes away from the
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experience a little bit
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in my opinion
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theme parks are based on oh look at that
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you're trying to like really glance at
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every detail but you will not be
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glancing at every detail as it should be
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if you are constantly on the phone not
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saying I will never not use or I will
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not never use
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the genie plus because I will
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but not tonight tonight
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phone free join me
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shall you and all that inspired me to
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just head in
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just with my camera
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and I've got got me you know pondering
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some other things that I'll mentioned
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throughout the course of the evening as
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far as how often I'll be doing Disney
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and theme park videos and whatnot
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gonna taper down just a little bit I've
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already kind of tapered down some
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that's going to be even more dramatic
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but there might even come a time when I
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not only don't bring my phone in but I
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also don't bring
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this camera in
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I was just told to follow the blue line
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under the former tram route trams are
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not back yet and that will take me to
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TTC proper and then over to MK Magic
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Kingdom and while it does feel a little
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unusual not having my iPhone on my
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person
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it's kind of a freeing experience even
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just in the short time frame not having
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it in my pocket
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it's hard to explain but
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are not even having it on the car drive
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over here
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now the first thing I'm noticing is the
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impulsiveness of walking to reach in and
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see what time it is on my phone I don't
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even know what time it is I think that's
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probably the biggest habit that I have
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with my phone
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I got this whole seat to myself at all
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times and do not let against those
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automatic doors
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next compartment we're very excited oh
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they still have the Plexi up over there
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between the two monorails
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they're about to do the fireworks so
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they have opened up the area over this
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way so I'm going to take this over
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to the area to go on some of the
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attractions maybe it would be some short
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wait times Tomorrowland the time says 7
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54 on the lightning lane side which you
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go into another entrance this is the
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normal standby cube in six minutes the
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fireworks will be happening
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there's a really good chance I'm going
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to get a magic moment and see them from
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the autopia or autopia east Tomorrowland
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Raceway is what they call it here Disney
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World
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to say an Anaheim version
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they only have one side of the
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automobiles going so taking a little bit
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of time to get up I think I'm still
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going to be on the attraction when the
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fireworks happen at 8pm see this whole
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row is kind of stationary though
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number three
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waiting for my automobile to go in
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might still happen I might be on the
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track maybe for the grand finale which
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would be pretty awesome
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I can smell those fumes smelling those
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fumes all right I'm here for the grand
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finale this is gonna work out perfectly
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but the people mover going up above
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there oh yeah people mover is happening
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give me those fireworks I gotta get
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around the area where I can see them
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they're kind of over my shoulder now
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like that but once I get a little bit
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closer and roundabout I'll be able to
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see them from a very good proximity
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yes yes look at that magic moment if I
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do say so myself
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and those on the people move are also
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getting a really good angle
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I could have done that that might be
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another
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another time
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wow yeah look at that
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right here from my
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my vehicle
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this worked out so good
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so good of course the future Tron and
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Space Mountain
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now as stated
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I will not always be here without my
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phone but occasionally I will
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you know sometimes if I'm with friends
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or family
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I'll have to bring it I'll probably end
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up doing the genie plus because I can
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see its Appeal on some level but me here
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by myself either going at rope drop or
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early in the morning early in the
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morning or later in the evening when the
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wait times aren't so bad for me it
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doesn't really make a whole heck of a
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lot of sense chance but I can see how
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someone who's planning a vacation
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you know if they are already spending
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money on a resort already spending money
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on you know a full family a lot of
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family members being here staying on
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property
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buying Park Hoppers and whatnot I can
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see how it makes sense
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unless I'm with a group of people hardly
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ever heard
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you know we're just kind of doing it
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because they want to get on some rides
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and attractions
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really for me
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oh look at that over there
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the grand finale is this it
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is this it right now
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is it happening
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I don't know if this is a grand finale
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but it's pretty it's pretty Grand
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nonetheless
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I'm loving the untethering
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me being attached to my cell phone it's
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been pretty nice and as I said kind of
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freeing it won't be an every time
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occurrence either sometimes I'll have it
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obviously
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but I think I'm gonna start trying to do
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this more often
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is that the grand finale
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I think everything is I always assume
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everything is a grandpa I think this is
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it right here this is definitely the
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grand finale right there
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audit at the exit
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yeah with it you know relating to
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filming in the Parks you know theme
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parks in general certain events you know
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time Christmas time opening events of
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certain things you know the 50th
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Anniversary that has happened I will be
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here to document stuff like that certain
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experiences but what you cannot count on
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before we should do
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a plethora of different types of content
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in the Parks from that one I really kind
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of want to this is kind of you know
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recently probably in the last year but
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really in the last couple of months I've
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really been thinking about tapering it
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back I've stated this before and it's
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probably been noticeable that I haven't
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been here as much it really kind of all
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turned for me when I didn't go to the
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reopening of Disneyland in Anaheim
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didn't go to that and after I missed
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that I didn't really have any regrets on
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not going and since then I've missed
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quite a few other things I haven't even
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been on Ratatouille yet
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plus yet
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things like that
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I will still do occasionally you know
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maybe one
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maybe two videos a month if that at the
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parks and I still will be an annual
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Passover here and an AP
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whatever the version of the AP they call
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it on both coasts here and there and I
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still will go but a lot of times I will
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just be here on my own accord not
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filming obviously I have the cameras but
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I had to bring the camera to document
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this and make this statement then bring
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the phone but I think maybe even in the
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future if not not only not having my
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iPhone but also not ringing not bringing
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my camera
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enjoying the day
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I think most times I'll have my phone
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and not the camera
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and those will not be documented
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obviously because I won't be filming all
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right moving on I've said so much get
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upset so now there are a couple other
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reasons of why I want to do this kind of
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why I want to step back a little bit
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from just documenting every single time
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I'm on property I went ahead enough
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headed over to Big Thunder Mountain
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Railroad right before close doesn't look
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to be too long of a line it says 10
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minutes that this over here is the new
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Fast pathway right over here so maybe
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that's why this Line's backed up because
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the thing about any sort of fast pass
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it's great when you were the ones with
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the fast pass but it slows down the
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whole rest of the queue for everyone out
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there also fun fact Tony Baxter's image
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is right up here yeah Tony Baxter right
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there in case you didn't know available
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how it goes without saying anyone that
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knows me well this is a must do every
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time
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the greatest the next time I'm on this
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attraction it won't be documented it'll
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it's almost like when a tree falls in
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the forest if no one's there to hear it
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does it really fall is that the quote I
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don't know what the quote is
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oh there's some awesome
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there's some pasta there's a pig
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I get a good view from up here
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how's the castle
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say hello to the goat
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next time I see you goat Ram I will not
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be filming you just remember that
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I will see you with my own eyes
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bones
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was that a counting Crow song
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oh that Mr Jones I think
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just had to ask the cast member what
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time it is 8 47 13 minutes until close
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this is the first time I've asked
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somebody what the time was without just
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glancing at what I had in my pocket in a
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long time there's a couple of different
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reasons that I don't really want to
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cover the parks as thick as I have been
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the main one obviously is when it comes
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to filming I just want to do other stuff
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I have a lot of different passions a lot
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of different things I've worked hard on
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making this Channel about that feels
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really good with that breeze you know my
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camera might be getting a lot of wet and
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it is kind of speaking of the water kind
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of going on me I'm a little over
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saturated and I feel like Disney content
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right now from a lot of people is a
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little bit over saturated and some of
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those that are doing that do it much
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better than I can do it I feel like I
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really have nothing that I can add that
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I used to add to the equation just
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because there was a select few doing it
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and now that select few has grown by
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leaf and Bounds I think it's a good
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thing because it does come
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Disney Community the whole the whole
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conglomeration of it all has become
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really quite a thing
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but for me personally I don't want it to
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be all that I do so there is that as
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well as the fact is I need to bring the
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magic back from me at the parks and the
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magic has been slowly deteriorating
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mostly because
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stressing out over filming stressing out
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over what to show the music is a real
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big part of part of my stress level you
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know because a lot of the music you
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cannot put in without a lot of heavy
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editing so there is that and the fact
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that everything is covered to a great
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extent by time I even get around to it I
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do go to a lot of I do a lot of first
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events I'll be the first to say that I
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do that but there's a lot of things that
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I will take a little time to go and see
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and I feel like by the time I get around
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to covering it it's kind of already been
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done better than better than I really
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want to approach it in so I figure going
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out of the parks and doing other stuff
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makes it a little bit more sense for me
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granted as stated I will be doing one
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occasionally obviously I have a DVC
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membership so I'll be doing Hotel stage
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Resort stays I want to cover that kind
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of thing by doing those videos it does
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kind of help you know pay for the
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membership because of the way YouTube
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works with ads and things like that so I
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will still I will still do it
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occasionally but it will not be a heavy
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thick amount of Disney content on here
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anymore and I just want to as stated as
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I saw with the ghost not the Ghost with
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the goat making a haunted mansion the
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goat over there I want to see things
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again with my own pie
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I think that's what's been missing for
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me personally can't speak for everyone
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else but for me
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I'm always looking through a lens and
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not
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not seeing the Beauty and the
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majesticness of the parks for what they
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really are and it happened for a while
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and a lot of that is through my phone
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through the camera
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stressing out about the editing
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stressing about when this episode going
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to be about and I just I want to move on
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to other things and bring the parks the
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Disney parks back into my life as a
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piece of joy not as content this is
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speaking only for myself everyone else
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does their own thing just kind of what I
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want to do so I just wanted to get that
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off my chest and
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move forward and while I'm on that
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subject matter I I definitely realize
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this has been a problem over the years
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that when I'm filming and with others it
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I know I have to be definitely on a
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different mindset and that can be very
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very difficult and irritating for anyone
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whether it be friends family
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acquaintances
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who are not looking through the lens who
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are looking through their own eyes and I
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just want to be part of that when I am
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with my friends and family acquaintances
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Kindred Spirits people who love theme
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parks that are not trying to put an
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episode together
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as stated I will on occasion do them
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let's just say once a month I'll just
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make it once a month maybe pop in two a
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month I would say once a month but I'm
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not going to go any more than that maybe
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unless it's a hotel stack or something
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like that I'm just putting that out
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there don't think it's I'm gonna go cold
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turkey on it and just completely like
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cut it all out because I will be here on
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my own accord
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but it won't always be it won't always
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be on camera and I'm honestly just
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saying it makes me very excited pretty
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excited about about this I guess what
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I'm trying to say is enjoy the theme
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park life and that theme park mentality
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and memories and making new memories
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without necessarily making it theme park
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content or at least Disney just say
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Disneyland Walt Disney I mean I'll do
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other theme park stuff but yeah not
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necessarily have to be doesn't
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necessarily have to be content still
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have memories without it being posted
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somewhere now this is pretty interesting
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you can see well no one's coming over
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because the Park's closed so both of the
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boats across seven seas are being filled
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up with guests that are exiting but
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check out the this little Contraption
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here that will take you to the top level
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probably upon exit probably not probably
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not entering going on the Retro Richard
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F Irvine I think I'm gonna go up to the
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top maybe go up to the top level I think
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I will yeah take a look at this so here
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you can't stand up against this railing
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anymore and they have tore down the old
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little white area here and put in a door
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so
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in my mind you would use that upon
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exiting he used to be able to stand
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right up there on the railing I would
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always lean right in there and look at
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the park as I would depart across now
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you have to go back a few feet
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what it was before
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love it I love this place and it really
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honestly a big weight off my shoulder
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stating what I say to tonight and yet
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another boat going to pick up more
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guests as
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the park is closed for the evening
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a lot of people leaving and I am one of
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them still no announcements on when the
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trams will be coming back as well they
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are not operating today and have not
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been operating
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for quite some time just to reiterate
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stepping back from Disney content now I
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do have a DVC stay coming up early into
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November and I might do one there's one
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other event that I might do but other
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than that
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will not be covering the parks whether
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here at Walt Disney World or at
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Disneyland at a great extent anymore it
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will be tapered back noticeably and
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considerably will not completely go away
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as I stated not going cold turkey on it
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but
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you will notice a massive
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difference and I am
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I'm pretty happy about that decision
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where's the trams Rebecca
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I also have a couple of reservations for
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the next couple of weeks for the parks
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here at wdw
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but I won't be filming and just saying
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that
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is nice be nice if these were back and
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who knows this might be a complete
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well at the beginning of a completion of
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never doing any content here I was just
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going to say from what I've been doing
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over the last year it'll be probably
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three four five percent
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way less than 10 percent of what I've
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been doing in the last year or two it
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has been overboard I will acknowledge
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that I have really been hitting the
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parks pretty hard even with the DVC
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membership I've been doing one night
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just so I could kind of show stay on
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property but also document some of the
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new DVC stuff is opening and a few of
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the places I have not done episodes of
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and documented but I think down the road
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let's say another year or two from now I
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won't even show I won't even document my
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studies at DVC and I will stay longer
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and use it more of like a staycation
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three or four days at a time and just
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kind of use that as a little
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decompression say it a nice place for
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now it is still still content and you
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know paying itself off but
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that's the the end goal of eventual goal
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is in the later years of my DVC
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membership to not even have that so as
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stated with this
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you know the theme parks will not be
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content driven anymore unless it is a
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certain thing or a great idea that I can
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come up with a unique idea I will Pepper
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them in occasionally but do not expect
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me to be a wdw or a Disneyland
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full content creator anymore now this is
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kind of
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I it's been it's been kind of an
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evolution over the last year or two I've
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definitely do a lot of other things I
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always have but this year's been heavy
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but you kind of notice probably in the
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last few weeks
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I've already kind of started this this
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mindset just stating it thought about
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doing a out of the park
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kind of walk and talk
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but I thought it'd be good to bring this
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up on property and just write a couple
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of a couple of the attractions I really
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love ended with Big Thunder Mountain
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I feel good about this I'll see in the
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next video and they will be
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more information on what my future plans
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are travel plans travel plans things
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like that
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most likely after the holidays maybe
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even before
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the future looks good I'll see you in
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the next video the Vlog be great if
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another monorail went by now but
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it's only like a 15 minute loop I just
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showed the other one
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see you next video the Vlog
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kind of went off on a little bit of a
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tangent there shall you wait that's not
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the end the ending is
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what's the ending Vlog the Vlog
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if so for shall you kind of amazing how
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habits and muscle memory works
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on more than one occasion that I reached
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in trying to get my phone just to see
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what time it was see if anyone texted
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anyone called
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and mostly just force of habit
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that happened probably a good four to
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five times this evening even though I
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knew there was nothing in my pocket
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where I usually have it
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also you know I have stated I will still
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be going to the parks on occasion so you
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see me probably see me pop up
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possibly in other videos
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from other people but won't be my own
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oh one more thing
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when it comes to force of habit as well
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I usually as soon as I get in the
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parking lot I type in the coordinates to
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my home
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even though I know where I live it's
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just a just a habit
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if I didn't have I wasn't able to do
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as well as put music on you've got to
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put music on plug the phone into my car
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put some music on
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I guess you do rely on the phone a lot
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you don't really need it
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because I know my way home