Finally Staying At Disney’s Aulani Resort In Hawaii - Room & Property Tour / Incredible DVC Hotel
Disney's Aulani Resort
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welcome everyone
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Adam
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Mr Wu here as the recording of This is
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Tuesday September 26 2023 I am standing
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here on the balcony at my hotel room
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overlooking
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the ocean
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in Hawaii
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my first time ever staying at Disney's
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Aulani
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Resort
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and this
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is my view right well almost bright soon
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to be bright
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probably in another half hour or so when
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the sun has completely
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started to come up over the horizon it
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is 5 57 a.m and this is the view from my
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balcony
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got in yesterday flew in on Hawaiian
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Airlines
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my mom and I checked in put our bags
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away
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we went to the grocery store
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got a few accessories
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necessities
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food items
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things that we're going to need for the
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next week here
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I head down there before it starts to
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get too busy and give a little tour of
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the property then come back up here and
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give a room tour
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I am so excited to be here at this
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beautiful Disney Vacation Club property
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Disney's
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a lot I'm inviting you
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to join me check this out
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you can see my reflection right there in
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the window
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it's kind of hard to get it
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Focus but you get the idea
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join me
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shall you now we ended up getting us a
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route a one bedroom Villa
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and this is more or less the layout of
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it you have a full kitchen over there
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you have a dining room table
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you have a TV here there's also a TV so
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this room here is a separate room that
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connects that we do not have that room
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this room over here so my mom
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is sleeping
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where I just was
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this is a pull out bed
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here
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so this is where I'll be sleeping I
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pulled this out last night and slept and
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she's in the one bedroom in there
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which I'll show a little bit later
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there's also
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for anyone interested it's a one bedroom
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Villa I believe in the two bedroom and
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three bedroom Villas as well but
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anything that's a Villa has a washer and
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dryer in unit
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which is really really nice
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so we got the fridge we got some
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sandwich stuff over here
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coffee creamer things like that some
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snacky stuff I will be showcasing some
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of the restaurants
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and things around
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as well
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but nothing
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nothing too dramatic
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and then of course the facilities back
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in I'll show that a little bit later
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this is pretty nice also
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the main bedroom and this one underneath
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the pullout couch
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I believe it's a queen size pull out
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have their ceiling fans which is really
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nice and you can just sleep with the
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window open there's a screen for the the
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balcony so I just had the balcony door
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open
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screen closed and the ceiling fan on and
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it was very nice just like that a couple
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minutes later it's already a little more
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illuminated out there to see
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I am going to be hitting one of the few
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pools that they have on site
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also this is a lazy river that continues
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and
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weaves through the very beautiful
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property down there with the foliage
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really
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looking forward to a little Lazy River
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action
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all the days that I'm here my goal is to
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hit the lazy river at least for a short
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time crime every day
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while staying here
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there's also a splash pad area over here
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there is a snorkeling section over there
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with fish there is a volcano right here
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man-made that you can go down on an
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inner tube it's a water slide there's an
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assortment of hot tubs I think I counted
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at least two maybe three if not more
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yesterday when I was walking around
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after check-in there's another Resort
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non-disney related right over there and
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it's right here
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along the ocean and yes down there is
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a private beach
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I'm heading down now there's a couple
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different ways you can unlock the door
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you have a key card
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which I was given at check-in here
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that you can utilize that will open but
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also I put this back in my pocket if you
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have your magic band as long as your
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magic band is linked up to the Walt
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Disney World My Disney Experience app
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that also works part of the reason I
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wanted to come down here so early it's
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about 6 10 at the moment because
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yesterday at check-in this place was a
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full-on beehive of activity and probably
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will be again today
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stores aren't even open yet
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so I kind of wanted to showcase
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the pools the property this whole area
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when there's not a whole heck of a lot
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of people in here
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because I don't want to film a bunch of
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people
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in the pool so if that makes any sense
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is it the perfect time
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to be walking through here
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oh I just felt my magic band look my
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magic band is giving a Magic Moment
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doing a little vibration here with all
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the artwork up here
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I heard some pressure when we checked in
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last night and got to the room I was
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like oh my gosh this is great
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not disappointed in the lease and I
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think I'm really going to learn to enjoy
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this place over time not only this day
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but for years to come I am a DVC member
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and I did buy DVC points here my hook
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has given me a Magic Moment again
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vibrating again even my magic fans happy
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you got a general layout of the land
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now it does not State exactly anything
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by name but I am just going to assume
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this is a wahoo
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now I might be incorrect on that
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but that's my impression of what this
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would be
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I could be wrong there's a few islands
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in Hawaii also I will only be going to
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this one Island so this will not be
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island hopping
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on this trip in years to come when I
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revisit and I get to know Hawaii a
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little bit better that will change but
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this is more of a just this island being
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here with my mom joining some mom and
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son time
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and over time I'll get to learn Hawaii
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in general a little bit better but I'm
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going to do a lot of stuff on Oahu
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and in this general area
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but plenty of time for other island
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hopping
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so yesterday there were some characters
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meeting over here
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Chip and Dale Stitch hope to meet Stitch
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at some point long line to meet the
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characters right through here but this
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is this is about the general area where
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they meet okay this is a little more
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detailed of the entire Resort the
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different Towers so we're on this side
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there's another Tower over here it does
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the Horseshoe you have the entire lazy
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river right through here you got the
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snorkeling you got the splash pad there
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you got a pool here pool here pool here
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hot tub
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I think there's another hot tub up here
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so there's hot tubs everywhere but here
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is the coordination of everything
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according to what you know according to
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this and then you park you park up here
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and DVC members parking is included with
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their stay
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this lazy river is going to be hopping a
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little bit later
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the lazy river is open from eight to six
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this time of the year and the pools are
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open from eight to eight
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it's not 8 A.M yet
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this is like a little man-made Paradise
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it really is look at the
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little volcano there the good thing
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about jet lag well it's not a good thing
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but one of the good positive things
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about jet lag and time differences
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you get up really early I got up at 3
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A.M today when I say 3 A.M you might be
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thinking wow that's really really early
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why'd you wake up with an internal alarm
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clock at 3 A.M because that's 6 a.m in
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California which I'm on that time
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schedule because I've been in California
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a couple weeks but it's also 9am
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3 A.M here is 9 A.M in Florida
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my schedule's all off got some breakfast
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being served over here early they also
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from what I'm being told have
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a mug of free refillable mug that you
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can get and I don't reach soda anymore
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but I heard it includes coffee through
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the duration of your stay what
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you see if they have on a purchase one
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okay now these are sold all over the
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property and I was told it's good for
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all of the freestyle machines coffee
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juices things like that anywhere that
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you could just walk up and pour yourself
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a beverage whether it be caffeinated of
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the hot persuasion or cold or
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they're just carbonated Soda Pop drink
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so this is kind of kind of good now we
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do have a coffee maker in the room
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but I figure since I'm walking around I
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will be at the resort for a series of
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days I might as well get this and it's a
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little I got myself a little souvenir
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25
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Unlimited
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beverages while staying at the resort oh
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I'm gonna rack some up so the pool open
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today yeah 8 A.M as I stated now there
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there are 18 and up pools like this is
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reserved for guests 18 and up oh this
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pool could talk could probably tell some
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stories
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I mean an 18 and up pool
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not safe for work
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private beach
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Lonnie's private beach right here got a
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beautiful Resort behind me got a coffee
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enhanced piping hot caffeinated beverage
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at a souvenir mug
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in my mouth
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and I don't have to travel I mean I also
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just want to get in the rental car and
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go somewhere you know very short
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distance
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for a week
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not to get on a plane don't have to go
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anywhere too far
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just doing local stuff touristy things I
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have some ideas
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and I'm winging a lot of it and there's
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going to be a couple days that are just
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including today today's just a relaxing
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day try to Showcase most the pools
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some of the pools are hidden
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some of the pools are in plain sight
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look at this Grotto over here just to
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Showcase it and this is one of those
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where it looks like it's the side of a
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cliff over there like it's like a it's
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called something like a zero gravity
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pool or into the line pool I'm just
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making I don't really know what it's
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called
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but what kind of awesome photo could you
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get
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right over there and then you got a hot
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tub over there
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oh this almost you know art is up for
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interpretation but this almost looks
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like a mermaid fed from this angle okay
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pool towels and wristbands are for
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restaurant Hotel guests only where
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wristband utilize the pool new
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wristbands required each day I saw some
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people yesterday wearing multiple
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colored wristbands so each day has a
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different color and I think it's like a
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rite of passage you just end up having
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like seven if you say seven days you
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have seven different colored wristbands
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and there are little Cubbies put some
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money on the Cubbies
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provided for your convenience
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but they are not responsible for lost
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and damaged items got some cute little
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beautiful birds down here there's some
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bird watching
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that one's got a little piece of bread a
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little morning breakfast snack
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right up top there on the umbrella
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there's a little splash pad over here
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that has a decorative octopus very happy
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looking octopus okay here's a piece of
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art right here
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of this flying bird
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another Pool over here that they are
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preparing to open
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kind of uh shallow pool I got the
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Zamboni out cleaning up oh I like that
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that's a quiet leaf blower oh I need
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more quiet leaf blowers in my life
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okay the ULU Cafe is where you can get
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more this is where they have the
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freestyle machines over here
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as well so if I wanted to get
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freestyle if you go over here you could
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also I could also get unlimited iced tea
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ice they have Dole Whip so I don't think
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the doe whips are included and yes I
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will be having a doe with at some point
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in my study great little seating areas
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everywhere you turn
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this is Rainbow Reef right here
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like the theming of this place got the
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stickers on the side
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little signage like a little roadside
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stop stand it's called Mama's snack shop
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open a little bit later you can get fish
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and chips and get sandwiches
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shrimp mini corn dog bites
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things like that
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all the cast members getting everything
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ready for the day
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this is the perfect time to give a
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little oh yeah and some shaved ice will
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happen shaved ice is kind of like a
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glorified snow cone
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I'm gonna get one of those look at this
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as well this is a haunted stanchion
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what's going on with that also another
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gift shop over here called the lava
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Shack located at the base
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of the volcano see lava is spelled out
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in the shape of a volcano you get ice
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cream snacks
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Sundries
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and then over here you can see the fish
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hey
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this is the splash pad and climb around
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area
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look at this little hobbit door
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why I said it that way your guess is as
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good as mine oh nice touch nice touch
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the Disney Corporation is 100 years old
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this year they're celebrating their
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100th anniversary and look at this
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nicely done nicely done Easter egg in
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order to respect the balance of the land
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do not feed the fish or the Birds
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so even though you might be tempted to
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toss a little snack
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to the koi
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best for the resort and the cast members
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and those who know about Wildlife more
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than I do
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to feed the fish it's a lot of them over
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there koi
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oh my gosh Mickey's over there look
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early morning Mickey does he have his
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coffee look how big this freaking koi
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fish is Holy that's like a
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oh nothing's massive yeah Gotta Love
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early morning Mickey
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looks he looks like he's half asleep too
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he probably needs a little coffee need
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some coffee mix all right real quick
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like walked out to the front drop off
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section of the valet section and just
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the check-in area over here next to the
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parking lot so this is what the front of
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the building looks like and I got to go
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back over to my rental car and put the
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paperwork on the dash
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that is required when you have the DVC
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membership to give you the paperwork to
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put in there and then your room key acts
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as in and out
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and the part the parking areas over here
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in this little garage a little parking
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High lawn areas there the electronic
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meters here's the pricing if you're here
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for under half hour free everything else
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there's a charge 37 dollars per day or
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if you see free oh you get two vehicles
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per registration that's kind of nice
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I only have one
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all right back in the room now I'm going
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to show a little bit more of the room
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villator so you got the it just does
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come with an oven comes with a microwave
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a coffee maker a dishwasher a rice
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cooker an ice bucket plenty of cabinet
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space the groceries we ended up
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purchasing last night and I will say
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groceries in Hawaii are a little more
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expensive than elsewhere because as the
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cashier was telling us that they have to
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ship them over so at least that was the
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the reason it was the reason that they
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gave now keep in mind we did check in
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last night so we've already utilized the
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shower
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and the accessories but still pretty
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pretty tidy
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as well so you have the
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two different options you have this
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nozzle here that you can use or you can
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use the one like waterfall style and
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they also have the H2O ocean down there
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and there's also a tub in here so you
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have a tub and a shower
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as well as another sink over on this
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side and here is the main bedroom here
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you got a closet here
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a little coat rack there ceiling fan in
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this bedroom
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as well a desk over there in the corner
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and a secondary
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balcony so this is the second balcony
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one out of the bedroom and one
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out of the living room
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that overlooks the property as well with
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the mountain range off in the distance
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you see the waves crashing in over there
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now the sun will be setting
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right
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over there later oh yeah I also
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purchased this yesterday too I have the
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big brimmed hat keep the Sun the Sun out
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this was provided as well also a layout
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of the land right here they also do have
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a gym and I was going to go in there and
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show the gym but there was like 50
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people in the gym early getting a
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workout on and I just didn't want to
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didn't want to film in the gym there's
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also provided two of these and the thing
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is neat about this this is not just
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not something you could just like toss
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away you could put this in your hair
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right here so it's got the flower mom
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said she was going to wear that at some
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point
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I think we about got the hang of this
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um
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latch on because you don't have a lot of
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control if you're in the water it's not
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too bad yeah if you're walking we're
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throwing but when you're floating like
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this you're floating like this you're at
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the you're at the mercy of the current
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love it
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also Magic Band is also waterproof
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but a magic fan
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through the cave of Wonder
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we're going through the cave
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yeah
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that's cool
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that is really cool
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here we go
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oh wow is that moving
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that was fun here we are in Paradise
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is it a hot
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tube
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oh it is a hot top oh my gosh this is
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amazing this might be the greatest thing
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I've ever seen in my entire life oh
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a hot tub with a waterfall
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this is the 18 and up Zone
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look at this
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oh my gosh this is great
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you just barely made it
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now have made it out onto the private
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beach
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in the ocean now
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in the sand
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ers
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okay back at the resort there
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foreign
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a little bit of slight wave action
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nothing too heavy though
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break over there
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feels so nice
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oh it's getting deep curved
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all right I am definitely
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not able to touch the ground here so you
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have to be able to swim out here
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I'm gonna go Atlas for a moment
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I gotta go sunglasses
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came back up to the room for a little
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while took a shower
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relax for a bit and now gonna head back
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down
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and walk out out onto the little area
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out there watch the waves crashing I'm
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gonna head over there and close that sun
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should be setting in about two hours
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there's either a shrimp or a grasshopper
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that is a dragonfly you see the wings
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you see the two eyes and the dragonfly
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itself and that's some sort of a lizard
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or I can't tell exactly what do you see
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the face you see the arms or maybe a
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crab it has like some crabby type of
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arms there Mom it's enjoying a Mickey
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ice cream bar
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with her I love Hawaii t-shirt on how's
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the ice cream
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good
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I went with the coffee
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found it
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over there with that little stand
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just realizing I left my sunglasses in
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the room but the sun will be going down
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soon
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cheers
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seeing a lot of people from earlier that
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were in line to get the wristbands and
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it's later in the day and they're still
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out here pool hopping been out here all
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day we went back to the room for a
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little bit some people down here all day
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in the pools
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pools plural of pool
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how many pools that you think there are
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if you have the gas
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I don't think I've even seen them all
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yet my mom took off her wristband but I
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think I'm going to leave mine on the
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whole week and just see how many I can
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have going up down the arm with
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different colors
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you're slipped off
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huh okay
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do you know where it is
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oh okay you can maybe slip it back on
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and here's a farther away view of that
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the pool there we were sitting at
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earlier where it just looks like it just
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goes off and ends into the Horizon what
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an effect I guess more like this would
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be the angle they probably imagine is
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designed this to look like it just runs
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into the ocean forever and ever it's
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also a ship way out there
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it's all the scenic Beauty
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out here the palm trees the mountains
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the waves crashing in it's gorgeous
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and from this angle gives a view of the
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rocks
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out there and then the little
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divider line on how far you're allowed
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to swim out and then there is a lengthy
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view from the beach side of Disney
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Disney's Aulani resort all right it is
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now time for the sunset it's about to
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dip Over the Horizon right over there
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behind the tree right over there dipping
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behind the foliage and the palm trees
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very beautiful a good ending to a very
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very nice day
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really good ending beautiful ending
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if you will all right gonna head back up
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to the room now and get a view from the
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balcony call it an evening and I started
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the day at Sunrise out here and it is
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now Sunset it's come full circle today
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as I look out across the ocean the sun
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has set Nightfall is about to rear his
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head head and we are gonna call it an
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evening here
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at Disney's Aulani resort looks like
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there is a siren going by off in the
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distance Under the Mountain
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I'm Looking Out on the Ocean as the sun
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has descended on the horizon thanks for
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watching see you in the next video Vlog
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is