Disney’s Hollywood Studios Opens TWO New Shows On HOT Florida Day - Disney Villains & Little Mermaid
Disney's Hollywood Studios
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here. As
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the recording of this, it is Tuesday,
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May 27th, 2025. Shortly, I'll be heading
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over to Hollywood Studios, Disney's
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Hollywood Studios, formerly formerly MGM
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Studios, where there are two new
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shows rearing their head today. a
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villain show which is behind rock and
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roller coaster kind of wedged between
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Rock and Roller Coaster Hollywood Tower
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and then also The Little Mermaid musical
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adventure believe it's called is opening
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or a musical something is taking place
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in the old Little Mermaid show in the
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animation courtyard next to what is now
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Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway
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Chinese Theater, formerly The Great
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Movie Ride.
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RIP. I'm excited to do some new stuff at
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studios. Head over there shortly. I'm
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inviting you to join me. Not one new
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show opening today, two in the same
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day. Pretty cool. I might also check out
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the Beauty and the Beast show while I'm
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there.
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My two favorite animated
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classic Disney films, nostalgia reasons
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are Beauty and the Beast, my number one,
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and Little Mermaid because it's my
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sister's favorite movie. So, growing up,
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I would watch Beauty and the Beast, she
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would watch Mermaid, we watch Mermaid,
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Beauty and the Beast, back and forth
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constantly. We had them on VHS. So, both
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of those films kind of hold a special
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place in my nostalgic heart. I'm going
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to get going. Join me, shall you? I
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don't know if I'll be purchasing any
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pins or if they'll even have any
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specialty opening day pens for both
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those
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attractions. Doesn't really fit into the
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collections that I have. I did used to
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have a few Maleficent pins and I'm sure
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well I don't know for sure but she
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probably will be in the villain show but
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don't really have any Maleficents
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anymore. I've either traded Oh, wait. I
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do have
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some. Okay. If they have a Maleficent
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opening day pen for the
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show, I might get the the dragon or
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Maleficent herself, the original
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version. I'm also, this is over here in
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the corridor of Goons, my nerd room, I
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call it, where I have all my pop culture
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and or Disney stuff, things like that,
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all kind of scattered through here. But
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I'm going to need to get another pin
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board at some time. We're starting to
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get a little little congested over here.
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I'm thinking maybe a small one tucked
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away over here by the Nintendo and all
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that. Or possibly if you pass by Urkl
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and Blair Witch, I have a little spot.
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So, you got the Dawn poster, Back to the
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Future poster. Got my Chuck Norris
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signed, Silent Rage, and I have a spot
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right here if I wanted to put some pens
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that are kind of hidden by the
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door. I don't know. Maybe I'll figure
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something out. Corridor of
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goons.
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Abraham Lincoln here. Well, more more
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technically, Wraham Lincoln back from
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the large Marge
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days. Yeah, I'm I'm a little I'm
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ridiculous. But to be honest, I do need
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to taper back my pen collecting a little
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bit. It's starting to get a little out
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of hand. I do want to buy certain ones,
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but I need to start, you know, slowing
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down the collection a little bit cuz
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before you know it, going to be pins
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everywhere. I don't want that. Since I'm
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going to
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studios, it's kind of appropriate that
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I'm going to walk past this piece the
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way out my
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door. Like this piece of art here. This
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is the theater, the Sparkle and Sunset
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Boulevard Marquee. Legends of Hollywood
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Theater. as you're walking to Hollywood
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Tower, right when you turn off Hollywood
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Boulevard here here in Florida onto
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Sunset on your way to Hollywood Tower
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and Rock and Roller Coaster. It does
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have a double meaning because I enjoy
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Hollywood, lived in LA, love Hollywood
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Boulevard and Hollywood history.
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Speaking of my friend Luis, who I met in
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Mexico, he knows I like Hollywood stuff.
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He gave me this which has Hollywood
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movie themes on it.
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and it is from Mexico. Now, the
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songs are the are the songs in English
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from the from the Hollywood movies, but
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he gave me this after the couple days of
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us hanging out. I bought a couple albums
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also, but he's like, "Hey, I'd like to
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give you this as well." So, kind of
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wanted to show nice little tiein to
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Hollywood, Hollywood Studios, me living
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in LA and loving Disney World Hollywood.
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So, I forgot to show this when I was in
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Mexico. All right, walking in. About to
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walk. Which I should do first? Maybe the
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villain show first. All right, there's
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the Hollywood Tower. Corner of Sunset
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and Gower. Is that the the fictional
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corner of Sunset and Gower? Rock and
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roller coaster over there. And start off
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with the villain show world
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premiere. Disney Villains Unfairly Ever
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After is the name of the the show over
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in Sunset Showcase right over here.
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Yeah, I used to live really close a
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couple blocks from the corner of Gower
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and Sunset. So, every time I pass that,
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I always think of my my Hollywood days.
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Going to go back over here where the
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Light Demon Queen show used to be on the
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back side of Rock and Roller Coaster.
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All right. They also have a little thing
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set up with the the wait times as well.
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Looks like it's like every hour and then
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sometimes even more frequently than
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that. And there are uh quite a few
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people over in this little area. Over
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here, you got the This is the staging
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area. Maybe this wasn't the smartest
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idea to come here on opening day. Holy
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cow, there's a ton of people here. All
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right. So, the 1:00 show, I guess, is
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already full. The 1:30 show is lining up
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over here is what we're told. So, you
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got one over here and then 1:30 over
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here. They do have umbrellas over here.
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They're making announcements. I'm
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underneath the bottom of the Hollywood
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Tower kind of waiting over here in this
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external queue under the umbrellas. It's
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a couple minutes past 1. I was
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originally told I was going to be in the
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2:00 show, but I've been coralled over
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in this area now. That's also the Rock
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and Roll Roller Coaster Show building.
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And this is used to be the Mater Show
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and now it's the Villain Show. To be
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honest, I never saw the Mater Show. I've
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never been in that building before, but
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I'm going to be going into the 1:30 show
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now. So, it's been it's been uh
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progressed up a little bit time frame
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wise. I'm really glad they have these
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umbrellas out here because it is
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ridiculously ridiculously hot
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inside. Well, in the sun, if you're over
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here, so right here, I'm like kind of on
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the right on the cusp of this umbrella.
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It's not too bad. You know, the sun is
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very, very toasty and permeating when
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everyone brought their own umbrellas as
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well. Of course, I have my Mexico big
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rim hat that I purchased. And I'm
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underneath here, so I'm good. So, we go
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inside the go inside the building over
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here, which should be pretty soon into
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the preq. All right, there is a group
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exiting out now, which means about ready
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to head in over here to the next show.
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Can't tell by everyone everyone's faces
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if they liked it or excited by how it
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was. About to have my own opinion after
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watching it. The villains unfairly ever
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after. I thought I was going to be going
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in a little quicker than this, but I
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think it's every half hour they let you
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in. So, there must not be too much of a
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pre-show getting
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in. I was thinking maybe every 15
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minutes they let you inside, but looks
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like it's every half hour. Line is
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moving. You got a fan up there. The
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line's kind of all bottlenecking over in
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this little section, but the doors are
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open. Going in slowly but surely.
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Definitely uh definitely elbow to elbow.
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Very scrunched through here. Definitely
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very uh bottlenecking through here
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dramatically going and getting in there.
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These fans are nice. Back where I was
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standing, there weren't any fans, but as
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you get closer though, it's a little bit
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better.
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Oh, I can feel the
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AC. Can feel the coolness
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hitting my body. This is a full a full
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theater already. Take a look at this.
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This is a It's already filled up in
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here. Think
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again. Which is why I have summoned you.
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Your turn. Who's the fairest?
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Hello, darling.
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See how it worsens and dress to kill.
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Oh, I like
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that. Everyone thinks they know you.
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Hello, darling. You
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see my
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fin. Oh well. Hey Gucci cool and Captain
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Hook at your service. No blocks that
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perhaps Peter Pan you're too late gets
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all the attention even likes him better
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than me. Do you dare you boo me
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too? That's just because horribly
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misunderstood.
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Do you not realize what a benevolent
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captain like myself?
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I hate to say the wrong
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words.
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Maleficent here.
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Maleficent frightened the nave in the
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mirror way. Have I? Why? There's no need
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to be frightened of me. Isn't that
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right, my pet?
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I'm merely here to propose that I am the
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most misunderstood of
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all. But it's my girls that brought
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sutura. What am I doing? Does anyone
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ever think of it like that?
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took me
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home. Misunderstood.
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Villains do love a
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dramatic funny face. Why don't I get VIP
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access?
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Hello. She is the only one who's feeling
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a
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Uncre. You are the judge. Clap, stomp,
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and scream. Show who you love. And when
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you do, the smoke will rise. And you do.
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You cheer for the spider waiting for the
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kill. I'm an original, not a criminal.
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Hello.
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It's going to be Maleficent. I love
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that. It's going to be Maleficent.
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All right. Here's the cheer though. 100%
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below% of people.
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I
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must
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misunderstood of all.
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My day embrace your inner.
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Oh
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no, that was awesome. That was awesome.
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I really really enjoyed that. There's
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only one part in there when they magic
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mirror does like a whole singing montage
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at the beginning and the end. Didn't
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like that. That that I didn't really
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care for. I don't want to see the magic
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mirror singing. But every all the other
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characters, I loved them singing for
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some reason. But yeah, I really liked it
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right here. Right here behind towers
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here. And honestly, that was way better
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than I expected it to be. I didn't know
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what to expect, but that was really,
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really, really good. have high hopes for
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Mermaid now after seeing that. Right,
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back down Hollywood Boulevard. Heading
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over now to The Little Mermaid. Also, I
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think the gift shop back there should be
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open. The gift shop hasn't been opened
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in like 5, seven years, something like
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that. So, we kind of need to go in a
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gift shop that hasn't been open for a
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long time. All right, now over going
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underneath the former MGM archway, now
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the Hollywood Studios archway. Going to
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turn this corner and we'll see the new
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signage for The Little Mermaid. Standby
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60 Minutes. Little Mermaid, a musical
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adventure right here. You see before it
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used to have used to have Flounder. It
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used to have Sebastian. It used to have
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Ariel and it had Ursula, but they've
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removed everyone that was on there
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before except for Ariel. And she's just
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kind of like looking up at the sky,
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doing her thinking. I do like that they
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have fans in the cues here. This looks
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like the original artwork from back in
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the day they had from the other show
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right here. AC's kicking in here as
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well.
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I have not been in this theater in
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years. This is like the original show.
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The seahorse is just making an
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announcement right
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there. Musical performance is about to
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begin momentary.
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It's been so long since I've been in the
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theater. I don't even remember it. I
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mean, I remember the old show. I
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remember how the theater size of the
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theater
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was. Troll booth back
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there. For the longest time, I didn't
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think they were ever going to open this.
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I thought they had kind of forgotten
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about it with a lot of other projects
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they say are going to happen, but nope.
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Opening day.
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I'm really looking forward to this
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performance, Sebastian. Especially my
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little Ariel.
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Ariel. Ariel. Oh, Flounder. Have you
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ever seen anything so wonderful in your
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entire life?
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Harry, daddy, was that your
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hiding? No, you went up to the surface
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again, didn't you? Didn't you? As long
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as you live under my ocean, you obey my
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rules. Is that clear?
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there, I just haven't met the right
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girl. yet.
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Well, believe me, Max, she's out there.
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Who? Ara, what? She's on this. It's my
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collection.
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Oh, your
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collection. Have you lost your mind?
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It looks like
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children bring
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Angel, you're here because you want to
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be with the humans. Find your brains.
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Fall in love.
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Well, the solution to your problem is
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quite simple. Become a you yourself.
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What's your name? What is
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it? Can't speak. Well, somebody's gone.
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You got to do it yourself. First, we've
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got to create the
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mood
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perussion kissing her by sunset for
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sure. Well, it's time for us to map into
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our own.
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Love you, doesn't she,
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Sebast? It's like I always see your
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majesty.
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doing some filming out here. Got all the
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filming gear going out. Yeah, I like the
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like the mermaid show. I really like the
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part where Ursula meets her demise. That
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scene was just really really cool.
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Definitely recommend that. And the
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villain show in the gift shop would be
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the one on the end inside, but it's this
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it's this one inside where all the
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squirrels were living for years over
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here. You know what? Honestly, they
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don't really have they don't really have
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a whole heck of a lot of Is this the
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only mermaid shop right now? The one on
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the end's not open yet? Yeah. Okay.
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Got Kyle. Um, well, I got some Little
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Mermaid merch. You know, with the new
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show, you got to like kind of, how do
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you say the word? Commodorate
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commemorate. Commemorate. Commemorate.
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Yes. Commemorate the memory with some
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like you were you were just saying in
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your video that this is not specific to
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the attraction. It's just random mermaid
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merch. I'm getting you a bubble wand.
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Not really. Just in spirit. What were
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you saying? I don't know what I was
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saying. What was I saying about the
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merch not being exclusive? Nothing is
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like specific for the new show. It's
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just general Little Mermaid stuff. But I
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love that show though. I was saying it
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brings up all like the nostalgic
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memories that I have of seeing it over
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the years, but like brought into the
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modern age. It was amazing. Yeah. You
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know, the squirrels used to live in here
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for years. Yeah. Squirrels were all in
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here. They used to have the they used to
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have the little drapes drawn over here
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and the squirrels would crawl out
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underneath. Every time I would do like a
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construction update, the squirrels would
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like crawl out of their home in here. So
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they the squirrels aren't Where did the
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squirrels get relocated? Yes. Yes. It
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was this these things over here right
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here. They they pull around this way and
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clo was closed off for like seven years.
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And the squirrels were all had nests
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right here. Like they're not, you know,
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selling a bunch of Little Mermaid merch.
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We need to take this back for the
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squirrels. For the squirrels. Donald's
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here now. Nothing says a mermaid show
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like a duck. Who is over here? Mermaid
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excited about mermaid is Goofy.
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Goofy is over here in front of the
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mermaid sign. I think they're doing like
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a new event called called Cool Summer or
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something like that over here near
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Launch Bay. Over here in this they have
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like a little dance party. Here comes
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Donald. He's walking by course. Goofy
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right here front of there. Check out
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Donald over here.
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Donald walking in. Look at this.
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Donald's Donald's going to the dance
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party. See Clarabel over there. Oh, do
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No, Donald just doing laps. Donald's
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just doing laps through here. Shaking
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his tail feathers. It shows Hollywood
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Tower standby 40 minutes. If it is 40
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minutes, I might jump in line and see.
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We'll see when I get up here. You can
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easily kind of figure it out when you
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see the you see the line itself. I love
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this attraction. I just watched the
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Twilight Zone movie the other night and
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then I also went after I watched the
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liftout version of the the gremlin on
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the plane. I went back and watched the
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Shatner version nightmare 20,000 ft. So
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I watched both the plane the plane
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versions. The lift one is like
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terrifying. This is definitely going to
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be way less than a 40minute wait. It
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only took me about 15 minutes to even
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get inside the building itself. It's
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like you got the cobwebs over here. You
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got the check-in desk. Yeah, I love the
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Twilight Zone. I just need to go through
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all of them in order at some point.
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Going to check in and then drop
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in the tiptop club. The tiptop club
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right here. The top of the tower. A
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scene in the Steve Gutenberg movie. And
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Kristen Dawson. Here he goes. Oh my god.
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Oh. Oh
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god. Oh.
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there. Oh, back
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up. See it all. See, he's Oh, sleepy
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ball. That was a long drop.
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How was
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that? That seemed longer than normal.
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And that's going to do it for today. Two
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new shows. I enjoyed both of
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them and did a couple other couple other
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attractions as
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well. Disney's Hollywood Studios has two
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new attractions. They have so many good
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shows here.
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I didn't do Beauty and the Beast, but
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did some other things. That's going to
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do it for today. Thanks for watching.
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I'll see you in the next video.