Disney World Has Gotten More Expensive - NEW Price Increase / EMPTY Magic Kingdom & Resort Check Out
Disney World 2025
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from my room here at the Polynesian
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Village and Resort, Walt Disney World.
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The sun is just about to rise. The day
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is about to begin.
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It's checkout day for me.
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I wanted to get up early to get this
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magnificent view
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Making a cup of coffee
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to sit out here on the balcony and start
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the morning.
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The park isn't even open yet.
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They're doing the preliminary opening
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procedures.
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fairy boat in
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>> It's a little bit before 7. Mom just
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told me the technical sunrise is 7:23
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when you'll see the sun come up over the
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horizon. Already getting the
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getting the light
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permeating.
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It's tough to see, but off in the
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distance way over there,
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Spaceship Earth.
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Couple final views from our roomstay
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here.
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That duck is awake.
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So far, just my mom, myself, and the
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duck down there are the only ones awake.
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Today's adventure begins with a coffee.
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Cheers.
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>> Two ducks.
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>> Two ducks playing around.
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Three of them. I see three of them.
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on the edges. The water is really clear,
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but it's just all guess all the reads or
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reads on the bottom of the that makes it
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so dark on the other part of it.
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>> Right.
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>> They're making the announcement.
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I could hear it from even even from over
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7:13 they made the announcement.
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Something in the park about enjoying
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your stay at the most magical place on
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earth, which means they probably are
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doing early entry starting at 7:30.
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You can faintly hear it. I just love
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this though with the clouds and the sun
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kind of glistening across,
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bouncing off the clouds. Also getting
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the reflection here at 7C's Lagoon.
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Really a perfect start to the day.
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It awakes. The sun is also awake.
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7:30 about 7:27
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peeking up there over the horizon and
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over that cloud.
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The day begins. The day has begun.
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Welcome everyone. out of the Woo here as
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the recording of this Thursday, October
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9th,
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2025. Gosh, is it already the 9th? Yeah,
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Thursday, October 9th, 2025. Getting
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ready to check out here momentarily. My
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mom and dad are going to head back to
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their home. And I could either head to
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my house or I could utilize the fact
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that the Magic Kingdom, since it is a
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party night, has very low weight times
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until 3:00 p.m. Because a ticket holder,
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most ticket holders will not purchase a
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$175, $185, whatever ticket it is if
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they are here on vacation to go into
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Magic Kingdom when the party starts at
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6:00 p.m. and party guests can get in at
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3. So on party nights, there's a lot
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lower wait time. So I, since I am right
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here, might head over into MK
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for a couple of hours cuz I was checking
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the wait times and there is pretty much
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no one in the park. Like I don't want to
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say no one, but there's 15 of the amount
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of people that are in there on a normal
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day at this time than there are on a
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party night. I'm just kind of
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guesstimating that in a fact. I'm not
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using any kind of factual information,
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but checking the weight times at this
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time of the day. It is very mellow in
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there. Right now it is 9:52. I watched
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the sunrise and then kind of just been
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lounging around talking to my parents.
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We've been, you know, just catching up
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and enjoying the time here on the
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balcony and in the room. And uh we're
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going to check out. Since I'm right
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here, all I got to do is put my my bag
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in the car and head in. Uh, I will
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probably do that just for for a little
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while. And to keep the tiki theming
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going on, I'm wearing my Aloha shirt and
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I might get a Dole Whip over in Magic
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Kingdom cuz I did not get a Doe Whip
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while I was here. So, yeah, that's
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that's that's the one plan I have. Pop
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into Magic Kingdom, get a Dole Whip,
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maybe do an attraction, and then head
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home. Got to utilize those short wait
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times being this close. Nonetheless,
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I'm starting my day. I'm inviting you to
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join me. I'm going to miss this balcony.
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Definitely going to miss this balcony.
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This is the
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This is the best thing about this room.
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I don't know if I'll ever stay in this
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particular tier room again, but
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did it once and was worth it. Had a room
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here, had a room there. Both of those
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are our balconies and a huge living
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room. And now checking out.
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I'm checking out of the hotel and I'm
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going to check out low weight times
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at Magic Kingdom. Join me, shall you?
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Checkout achieved. Just dropped my bag
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off in my car and now I'm going to walk
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over to the Montreal station, pop into
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the park. Probably only going to stay an
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hour or two at most, but I mean I'm
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right here. Why not? Definitely a little
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warm in the sun, but when you're in the
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shade, not too bad. Currently 81° right
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here. going to get up to 84 by 2 pm and
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around 1 to 3 p.m. it's showing 30 to
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40% chance of some lightning storms and
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rain. But 30%. Not too bad. It may be
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Oh, weird.
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I didn't realize this had a siren on it.
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I guess it does. Those are the security
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boats.
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All right, I got a Montreal to catch. I
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want to show this. This is 10:15 a.m. on
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a party night where the park closes at
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6:00.
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Look at this. Tiana's Bayou Adventure 25
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minutes. Pirates 10 minutes. 35 for
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Jungle Cruise. 5 minutes for Aladdin.
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30 for Mansion.
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5 minutes for Tomorrowland Speedway. 35
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minutes for Tron. 35 minutes for Tron.
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5 minutes for People Mover.
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35 for Space Mountain. And that'll
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probably diminish a little bit because
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no one's really going to go in the park
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unless you're an annual passholder now
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at this time until 3 p.m.
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Not bad. So, I might get a couple couple
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of attractions and rides up. Don't mind
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if I do. It feels really good in the
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shade. Really good in the shade. But in
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the sun over there,
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not as nice and comfortable. But there's
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some guys fishing fishing out there on
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the pontoon.
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I don't think you can rent the pontoons
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anymore to just cruise around. I think
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you have to do a fishing tour now. But
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these have pontoons lined up right here,
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but they're not here anymore. Perfect
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timing. I walked up on the platform and
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the Montreal here is waiting for me.
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You don't mind if I do?
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Nice.
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Please stand clear
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for more.
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I don't know what they said over the
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intercom, but
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sound positive.
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Got to pass right by the tower I just
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stayed in. Maybe the opposite side view.
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Same tower coming up.
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Love the Polynesian Resort.
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I haven't really stayed here too much. I
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stayed in the main area once years ago
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and this is only my second time staying
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>> Wouldn't stay again.
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>> All right. Quick and easy. made it over
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here. Also want to point out the fact
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that Disney just announced that starting
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next year, the tickets, the annual
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passes went up and parking went up a few
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dollars, but one day tickets are going
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to be going up next year. So this time
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next year in October 26th, a one-day
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ticket for peak for a peak day, like
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let's say you wanted to go during the
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busy season or the holidays or Christmas
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or anything like that. For the first
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time ever, a one-day ticket for a
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non-anual passholder is going to be over
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$200 a ticket. So, quite the uh quite
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the the price jump has just been
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announced. They have not taken effect
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yet. The annual passes, I just renewed
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my annual pass to Disneyland.
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Disneyland's also raising theirs and I
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got to renew my one here, I think, in a
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I don't know, in a few months, I
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believe. And that has also increased.
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and parking. Of course, if you have an
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annual pass, parking is included. But
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yeah, for one day ticket gas and
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parking, it is uh is hitting a all a new
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alltime high pretty well. I mean, they
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always go up, but it just it's just
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crazy. Over $200 a day starting next
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year for peak season for just just a one
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day ticket. Nonp park hopper, just one
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park per day. Think about that. 200
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bucks. Again, everything always
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continues to escalate, but just seeing
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that number written down makes you
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think, "Wow."
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Yeah, I'm all about the I'm all about
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that annual pass life if you go as much
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as I do. Totally worth it in my opinion.
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Got the passover line over here. Give it
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a little test here. Do that and then do
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that and see if it illuminates.
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And it did.
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>> Ah, what a perfect walk-in. I think I'm
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going to pop over into Tomorrowland
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first. Space Mountain, according to the
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My Disney Experience app, is 15 minutes.
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15 minutes.
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Hello, Chip.
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Oh, hello.
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Good to see you. Good to see you, Chip.
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I've never seen characters well in years
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in Tomorrowland. Years. Chip is in a
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space suit in Tomorrowland. Yes, the
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wait times are true. 15 minutes for
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Space Mountain heading in. Yeah. So far,
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really no backup in the queue
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whatsoever. I mean, I'm almost up to the
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switchbacks [music]
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and it's just constantly flowing. I
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think I'm going to predict this is
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probably going to be less than 15. Don't
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[snorts] call this a roller coaster.
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It's not a roller coaster. There's a
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thrilling high-speed turbulent roller
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coaster type ride in the dark. It's
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roller coasterish.
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I mean, it's Oh, look.
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We have single rider here. I didn't
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realize they had single rider again
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here. I don't think I really even need
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it, though. I mean, this is like hardly
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anybody here. But I will
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I will let them know it's a party of
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one. But that's the cue. There's only
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like the full double back's not even or
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their quadruple back is even filled up.
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That's the line on the other side.
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Hello.
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That's the line.
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Not too shabby.
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Yeah. Usually, even on a slower day, you
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can get right into this point. And this
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is all filled up. And even this moves
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pretty quick if you don't have the queue
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stretching out down the main corridor
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and then outside. But this is all it is.
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It's just these two rows of people.
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That's it.
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And I'll see you after. There's no
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filming allowed on the this attraction
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anymore.
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One of the few ones where you'll see a
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washboard sign like that.
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So total to this point,
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h
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12 minutes. 12 minutes. H 10 minutes.
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Let's call 12 minutes. 12 minutes from
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the side out front to right here.
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So 15 is pretty accurate. Yeah, just
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made one. Thank you.
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Oh, 666
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evil.
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>> Clear for launch. Mac row.
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That's me right there. See you soon. See
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you real soon. All right. They're going
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to do the train now here at the Fantasy
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Land station.
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The David's here. So, we've both been to
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Walt's barn at the Carolwood Barn.
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>> That's right.
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>> If you I'm sure you noticed the
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Carolwood clock up there.
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>> Yeah.
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>> As well. So, we're going to
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>> Is that the only representation here or
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>> That's the only one I always see. That's
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a good question. I don't know.
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>> It might be.
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>> I mean, they do call it the parallel
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park.
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>> We're going to take a riveting ride on
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the oneway to the main street station
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and then one way back. Are we doing a
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Are we doing round trip?
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>> Uh, we can do round trip. We can do one
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forward, one backward.
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>> Yeah, the the possibilities are endless.
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Something you used to never see ever was
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a train backing up like this and now
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we're going to see it for the next
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countless amount of years. Goes from
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here to Main Street and back. Storybook
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Circus and back.
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Listen to those bugs out there.
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>> Those aren't. Those aren't California
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bugs.
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>> No.
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>> Do you have bugs like that in
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California? Make that noise?
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>> No. Well, I No. No. We got crickets.
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That's about it.
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>> We have scarier bugs here.
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>> You don't have You don't have these
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insects. These insects want to eat you.
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>> Street USA.
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>> Hello, folks. As we're pulling into the
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station here, please remain fully seated
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and fully inside the train. I give the
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words a clear, but it is safe for you to
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disembark.
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>> It always freaks me out not seeing DCA
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over there. I know that no
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[clears throat] DC.
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>> We're almost there.
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>> Mr. Conductor, can Stitch drive the
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train?
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>> They can make a wonderful addition to
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the grid.
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>> Well, would you fly as high as the
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rockets we just left behind?
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>> Story book service.
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>> All right, forward and backward
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accomplished. Also, speaking of forward
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and backwards, look what they did to the
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seats here. So, you can choose to sit
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forward or backwards. However, I don't
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think you can nest. This is almost like
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a cradle. You can like cradle in there.
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It's probably frowned upon if you wanted
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to.
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>> It's like the red and white light bulb
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that uh refreshment corner like
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>> Oh, yeah. Main Street at Disneyland. The
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light the light bulb. [music] It is kind
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of like that. That's a nice uh nice
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analogy.
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>> You know, it might be a storm of
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brewing.
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>> Those clouds look pretty pretty uh
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vicious over there. Wind's starting to
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pick up. I'm going to grab the Doe Whip
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and start heading out. It's a nice
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little wrap up to my tiki stay over at
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the Polynesian Resort. Go over here to
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Aloha Isle Refreshments. Get myself
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going. Oh, I never noticed they have
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some of the poles from inside the cheeky
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room right there. Shiki room.
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This might be the ones that actually
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used to have the mouse movement. There's
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a couple different options. I could go
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with the juice float or the soft serve
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cup. I'm just going to go with the go
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with soft serve. Sometimes I get the
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dough with float. I think I'm just going
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to go with the saucer.
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I don't know. Pretty cool right there. I
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never noticed those before. Right there
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above the above the counter. All right,
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there it is. I went with the swirl cup,
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the soft serve, and dole whip mix and a
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cup
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accomplished. It feels like that's a
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that's a good ending to my my few days
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at the Poly or two two two overnights at
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the Poly.
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Cheers. All right, heading over to the
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resort loop Montreal.
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Going to do the resort loop and get back
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over the poly to my car. All right,
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until next time, Magic Kingdom.
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Until next time
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Really trippy from this perspective.
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I've learned English.
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>> Oh yeah,
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>> that's fine.
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>> I guess even more wild when you see it
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from a distance
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tower coming soon
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country.
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Yeah, looks like it's coming along
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pretty quick.
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I made the short commute back over to
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Celebration.
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Almost home. I think I'm going to run it
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over to Publix and get some food for the
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eve, but I placed some solar powered
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lanterns out here. I'm curious to see if
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these are going to work when I get back
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after dark. There's also one right there
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that's going to shine up on this guy.
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Also a lantern here
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that will semi-illuminate
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And these ghosts,
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which I think I got to turn the switch
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on to see if these will work.
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Turn that one on.
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And the little ghosts are also working
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now.
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We'll see if the other ones are when
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nightfall rears its head fully.
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Sunset time.
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Nice and cloudy out. Well, a little bit
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of clouds in the sky, which creates a
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nice little sunburst off the clouds. I
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caught that this morning at sunrise
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at the Polynesian Resort. And I'm
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getting it at sundown in celebration.
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Beautiful. Yeah, sky looks pretty cool,
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actually. There's some pretty pretty
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interesting clouds over there. So, there
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might be some little late night storms
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at some point. Also, then you got up
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here,
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sun kind of bouncing off those clouds
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just the way I like it for a good sunset
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andor sunrise that I achieved both
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today. And then above the very retro art
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deco
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Publix over here, which uh let me get
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around this tree, get a get a better
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view of it. I'll show the Mickey Power
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Pole. Maybe I'll get a nice little
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sunburst across the Mickey Power Pole
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also. Or at least the clouds above it.
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Get a nice little sunburst. I think it's
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starting to sprinkle.
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You kind of see it over there
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silhouetted out beside the other pole
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way on the other side. The the bigger
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pole is in the foreground closer to me.
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Then you got the Mickey Power Pole.
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Gargantra Mickey Power Pole way over
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there, but tough to see, but it's over
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there.
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All right, it's starting to rain now.
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But yeah, looks pretty good. Looks
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pretty good at all lit up and
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illuminated.
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Gotta say,
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got to say it looks pretty good.
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It's getting there.
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Yeah, it's coming down.
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It's coming down right now. Let me get a
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far away shot.
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The lights definitely add a little
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something to it. I feel like I might
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need some more though. Maybe up on the
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Maybe up on the balcony
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possibly.
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And that's going to do it for today.
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Thanks for watching. I'll see you in the
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next video. The vlog is over.