Disney World INSANE Holiday Crowds Have Taken Over Hollywood Studios -Long Wait Times & Cold Weather
Disney's Hollywood Studios Dec 2023
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today's adventure brings me to Hollywood
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Studios as the recording of this it is
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Tuesday December 19th
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2023 about 5:15 p.m. getting here later
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in the afternoon driving directly
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under the
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Skyliner and over speed bumps or speed
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humps look at the sun right there sun
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setting over there oh beautiful right
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down over bat
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nice all right I'm all parked ready to
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rock park closes at 9 tonight dropped my
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sister off at the airport a couple hours
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ago she's heading back
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home and with her most today just kind
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of catching up reminising having some
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good times she was in town for a few
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days to celebrate Christmas a little bit
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early with my
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parents and now I'm going to hit the
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park for a little late afternoon well
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early evening I should early to late
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evening fun very very
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busy
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packed fun it's also going to be cool
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and crisp it's currently 57° 8:00 is
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going to be 51 and at 900 p.m. when the
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park closes it's going to be
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49° should I take the tram or should I
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walk I think I'm just going to walk I'm
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just going to walk it last night I went
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to Epcot and when my sister and I ended
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Magic Kingdom and and getting out of
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there oh my gosh that is like the worst
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I
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think if I don't compared to to
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Hades but man that is like yeah hell
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would be basically stuck not being able
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to get over to TTC at
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MK after fireworks during the
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holiday in a roundabout way this is a
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lot easier just walk into your car and
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walk it ride in love Hollywood Studios
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for that and Epcot and am magic can is
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just a challenge welcome everyone out of
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the woo here with every Adventure I go
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on each and every day when I go out and
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do something I'm inviting you to join me
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I might have to put might have to put
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this on at some point because it is
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going to drop hey how you doing
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man you I have no Genie plus tonight no
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lightning Lane it's a little too late in
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the day don't know how many attractions
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if any I am going to get on maybe single
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up here for rock and roller coaster
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which looks like that's Mickey and mini
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is 90 holy Lord Rock and roller coaster
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150 I almost said hot and match but that
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is a Hollywood Tower
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145 60 Minutes it looks like that is
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Star Tours then we're getting into 155
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speaking of the franchise we got rise of
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resistance a cool crisp 155 minutes
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130 to fly the
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Falcon
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130 what the heck man 130 minutes for
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Slinky and
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105 for what is this this is Midway
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Mania what the goodness gracious that
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those are some weight times and that is
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also a very beautiful sunset right there
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very beautiful I'm just going to enjoy
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the evening have a little holiday
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Ambiance wind down the day with the last
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3 3 and 1/2 hours is maybe a little
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longer than that cuz the park does stay
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open an hour later check out some merch
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get some coffee at Starbucks man it
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feels good out here I'm
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excited so close so close to Christmas
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Day the 19th right now was at 6 days as
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I'm filming this is the 19th yeah
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something like that ooh I hear a it's
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coming
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in woo that breeze look at this the
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breeze the
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breeze
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I'm not even going to put an edit here
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this is going to be a long long cut here
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long
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shot
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action
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Action Jackson Remember Action Jackson
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call
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weathers Apollo himself and think of the
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crowds that are in here here this is not
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going to be an annual pass holder crowd
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in fact I believe unless you have the
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cheer pass that has no blackouts you
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cannot get in so I have quite a few
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friends who are not able to even get in
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the
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park during this time frame time frame a
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week up until Christmas then a little
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bit after that can maybe even the two
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weeks maybe even be a week before
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Christmas up to New Year's so there's
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not going to be an annual Passover to
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crowd in here it's going to be a lot of
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tourists a lot of non-locals maybe some
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locals but a lot of ticket holders so
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it'll be a nonap day I'm going in though
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cuz I have to Full Pass why on Earth
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would I want to be in here when it's so
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busy why would I want the full pass to
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be able to go possibly during the
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holidays I guess I'm just kind of a
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glutton for punishment in a lot of ways
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I'm just kind of one of those people
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that if I have a pass to something I
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don't want to be told I can't go in on a
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certain day so I just pay for the the
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Full Pass I've always kind of been that
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way I don't know I'm weird and I have
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made it in here at the recreation of the
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crossroads of the world located in
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Hollywood is now here on the East Coast
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Hollywood I always like seeing this
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little Beacon this one has a little
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lightning rod at the top of it though
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shape like Mickey my go coming to you
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live from disy Hollywood Studios what's
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going on right now gather together round
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Echo all right the line for Starbucks
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was out of control so I think I'm going
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to do a Joffrey thing on the area going
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over towards towards Toy Story Land over
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by one man's dream but they just made an
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announcement they're going ready do a
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tree lighting over here I decided to
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stop over here on the corner of Echo
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Park Drive and see the tree lighting
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when that ends up happening very very
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soon momentarily see Gertie over there
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the dinosaur also going to watch the
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tree lighting well not really Gertie's
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facing the other direction she's facing
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Indiana J and I really love all the kind
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of old school look at the Christmas
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decorations there it's kind of like
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throwback to like the 50s and 60s I love
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Hollywood Studios Christmas oh Mickey
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and Minnie are also going to do the tree
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lining countdown that's kind of neat I
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didn't realize they were going to do
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this I walked in just the right time 3 2
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1 all right now coffee time also check
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out the maroon Studios up there you got
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baby Herman Roger rabit and Jessica
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Rabbit a little nod and then over here
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at pees there is a Rocketeer little
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Easter egg yeah some classic MGM
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goodness right here look at this The
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Rocketeer jetpack and helmet yeah I'm
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just going to bypass Starbucks and go
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and see how it is over at the joffre on
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the way and I love this this is also a
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creation of something in Hollywood in
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fact it's located right outside Warner
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Brother Studios the WB next to the
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SmokeHouse this is actually right
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outside of the SmokeHouse restaurant
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it's exact Recreation all right I
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changed my mind the line for joffre is
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wild to if I'm going to wait in a wild
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line I think I'm going to go get a large
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Starbucks the cofes at joffre are a
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little smaller and I need a large cof
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let go back to Starbucks how the heck
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are these even real weight timeses look
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at these freaking weight times and the
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line for Starbucks didn't get any better
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so I decided to mobile order of coffee
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from Backlot Express with no weight
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whatsoever hack it's a hack in fact
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there's only one line in here that's for
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ordering everybody else is here for the
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mobile pickup I would say the Starbucks
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line for coffee was probably a good 45
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minutes this is way this is way more mow
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all right got my cup and it's a
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self-pour over here so they don't even
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you make it all yourself they got the
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coffee pot around the corner so you just
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mobile order or you wait in line and pay
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for the cup and then you come over here
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and you get the coffee wait a second
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wait a no
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no
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no I'll curse you all right it helps to
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look around the other side got to stay
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away from this though that is a bad word
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so go right here with the full piping
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hot caffeinated self
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pumping
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fuel Soul gas nozzle right there and
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then and over here got the cream and
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sugar going to go one in one on the half
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and half and the regular sugar nice got
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the bust of the King right there as I
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walk back out and then right next to
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Elvis Presley is not the backside of
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water but it's the backside of an Adat
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or an at at depending on what generation
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you're brought up in I call an Adat and
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then I got my coffee right here cheers
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at at have a
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little yeah get caffeinated it'll help
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your attit yeah going to soak in those
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late December holiday Vibes here
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underneath the Ewok village and this
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monstrous icon that they do not have in
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California at the California star TS the
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q line here I must say considerably
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better than socal's version of star chor
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and they just announced some big news
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for Hollywood Studios this morning right
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over here in the little animation
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Courtyard I am pretty dang excited about
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this news for now next year wouldn't
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classify this as breaking news but
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within the last you know but by the time
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this video is uploaded it be within the
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last 24 or 20 hours give or take but the
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building that houses The Voyage of the
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little mermaid is getting a little
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mermaid show once again in 2024 right
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here in front of launch bay this
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building is going to once again it's
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going to be a completely new show but
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it's going to have The Little Mermaid
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and little mermaid songs and theming
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inside this show building once again
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they're not tearing it down which I it's
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I'm shocked with this whole area not
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being used I was for certain that they
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were just going to level this whole
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section this is a big footprint they can
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use for so many more things and maybe
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they still will level that and maybe
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launch bay the little building over here
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at some point but as for now this
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building right here at least in 24 and
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who's to know who's to say maybe that
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show will only last a short time and
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eventually they'll get rid of this but
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this building is here to stay for a
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little bit longer it's going to be
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exciting to get back in there once again
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it's been many many many years and I can
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guarantee I will be here to witness it I
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don't know if I'll be here on the first
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day but I'll definitely be here soon
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after it open there's some old animation
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cells over here from mermaid got Ariel
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there and Prince Eric and those doors
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will once be opening and closing once
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again and these turn Styles will be
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turning yes and can't wait to see these
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gift shops open one they're using this
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for jollywood ice but other than that
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these gift shops haven't been open in a
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long time either going to continue
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moseying along here got all the
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decorative lights look so like again
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just I just love Christmas at Hollywood
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Studios got to start making in my way
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down Sunset Boulevard now see what's
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over near the Hollywood Tower also see
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what single Rider looks like kind of
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curious what single Rider looks like for
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a rock and roller coaster and if it says
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it says it's like 100 100 plus minute
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wait but maybe it could be like a quick
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little walk on for single Rider usually
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single Rider over on rocking is not the
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best it doesn't work out that well but
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maybe tonight will be an exception and I
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can just hop right on maybe oh yes the
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Hollywood Tower looking very ominous
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looming down here on the corner of Gower
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and sunset the reason I say it's Gower
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and sunset because it's a recreation of
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the real Gower and sunset see it says
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Gower and sunset I used to live right
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over there I used to live on Hollywood
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Boulevard like maybe two blocks from
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Gower Gulch Jordan the LI used to live
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in my neighborhood too we'd always a
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meet up over on Gower Gulch corner of
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gawer and sunset so it's kind of fun to
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sit here and see it from here I'm also
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oh startled me all right Rock and roller
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coaster be kind with your single Rider
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hack I've already got got a good coffee
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hack today maybe the single Rider hack
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will work out again single Rider on
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Aeros Smith Rock and roller coaster is
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not always something that is never never
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really works on a normal day but today
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maybe it'll be a Christmas time meou
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also I'm surprised that Aeros Smith is
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still running this ride they've talked
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about overlaying and putting a new theme
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over it check how the uh the fretboard
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goes up and then turns into a coaster
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going that way all right I'm going to
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pass on the single Rider even the single
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Rider which goes up to the top right up
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there looks pretty pretty dang lengthy
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so no go on rock and roller coaster all
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right back looking over at the weight
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times again rise of resistance still 205
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Smuggler's drun is down to 80 Mania is
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115 Slinky Dog okay rock and roller
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coaster 105 you can meet some characters
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for 55 Muppet Vision is only I mean you
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know what I got to do Muppet Vision it's
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only 10 minutes for Muppet Vision yeah
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don't mind if I do even swirling
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saucers 40 minutes isn't too bad but 205
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I mean come on Ah that's why I didn't
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see Hollywood Tower on on the list
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Hollywood Tower is down some of the cast
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members are explaining on the fact that
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it is not up but the people that are in
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line are still waiting so and there's no
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single Rider on Hollywood Tower not that
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it would make any difference whatsoever
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because even this it's busy very busy
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yeah I just love the hello the Ambiance
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through here is great got the palm trees
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you got all the the lights got all the
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decorations stretching down you zoom in
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here yeah I think this might be my
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favorite decorated for Christmas Walt
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Disney World Park I just love the Retro
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Vibe of course I love Hollywood the
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history of Hollywood and The Vibes of
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Hollywood I just love all the kind of
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like archaic antique
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style decorations even the balloons are
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all lit up and flickering right there
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little uh flickering balloons right here
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on Hollywood Boulevard so you got the
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recreation of sunset this way and then
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you got Hollywood this way and then you
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got of course the iconic Recreation of
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the Chinese theater down at the end of
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Hollywood I don't think there's a
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Highland here I don't think there's a
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Highland crossover there's a Gower I
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don't if there's a Highland no but there
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is Vine Stree right there so Hollywood
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and Vine that's kind of cool more
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Christmas decor look at the little
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doggies right here and you got the
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Christmas tree on echol Lake all right
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going to walk through Toy Story Land now
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and then through Galaxy's Edge and see
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what's happening oh they got the track
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all lit up I can't remember if the track
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was lit up before or if it's just for
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holidays probably all the time at night
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most likely I'm guessing than probably
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most like yeah probably is probably is
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lit up at night I had thought about
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going and getting a mobile ordering a
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mobile order over at Docking Bay for
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possibly a meatless meatball or maybe a
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ronto ra or something like that but then
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I remembered that the ABC commissary has
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some great shrimp tacos so I am going to
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bail on this idea and then go over to
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the ABC commissary and get some mobile
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ORD some shrimp
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tacos out of bat I go o it is really
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brisk out here it's a little after s
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it's about 710 right now and the
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temperature is definitely dropping the
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ABC commissary this has been here for a
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heck of a long time and this is where
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I'm going to get the shrimp I almost
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said fish tacos but the shrimp tacos one
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of my favorite things to get at Studios
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just mobile order and get the shrimp
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tacos and I also got a little little
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extra black beans that go on the side
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kind of a little more filling so you get
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the three shrim tacos and you got the
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the beans on the side as well and I also
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got a also got a water got to have a
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little something to to wash it down yeah
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I like when you're in here they have a
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lot of the Classic
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Hollywood you know spots and place
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places landmarks if you will of course
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there's Mickey climbing the film strip
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and then you got the crossroads there
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you got the Chinese Theater the
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Hollywood
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Bowl this is right above where the
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mobile order pickup is oh even the
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earful tower up there which is nowhere
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to be found anywhere on property anymore
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where what did they do with that thing
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is it in a landfill somewhere also
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should say even with the mobile order it
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took a really long time it is really
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busy in here definitely quicker than
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waiting in the regular line but
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definitely did take a little while also
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take a look at this here's a little
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Disneyland reference here on the East
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Coast for the remake or the new
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reimagining I guess you'd call it or the
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the newer Wonder Years I remember the
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one with Fred Savage I haven't seen the
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new one but it looks like they went to
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Disneyland in one of the episodes you
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got the Mickey ears there you got the
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Matterhorn shirt right there yeah a
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little uh little Disneyland here at
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Hollywood Studios in Florida take a look
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at these all illuminated these like
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little spheres these balls oh almost
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like a Hidden Mickey right there when
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you're walking from here back up beside
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the Chinese Theater oh I can hear the
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boat whistle going off walked over here
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in front of the Chinese Theater where
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Mickey and Minnie's runaway is now down
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here on the ground are a lot of these
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handprints that have been here since '
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89 9091 and I want to here's Chevy
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Charles she that was Chevy Chase I know
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Chevys around here somewhere see can't
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that's Douglas Fairbanks right there
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then you got Sally Struthers you got you
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got John Ritter right here here's Chevy
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here's Chevy right here also LS Gosset
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as well and over here where is he oh
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here he is Jim Varney who played Ernest
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P warl Ernest Saves Christmas one of my
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favorite Christmas films which is kind
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of nice that it's getting a little
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recognition over time it's now on Disney
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plus you can see it there Jim Barney
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handprints right there one and only
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Ernest P warl he saved Christmas Ernest
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Sav Ernest Saved Christmas oh here's
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Michael Jackson right here too signed in
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1990 his handprints and his feet Prince
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like the captain eio a little left
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Captain IO time a Audrey hurn Bobcat
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gold do not spit here I'm just imitating
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Bobcat even like the little Christmas
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trees they have here on the side of the
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poles too just love the holiday de cour
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through here it is definitely a little
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chilly I think I might start heading out
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it is it is kind of brisk out here right
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now for for Florida it's cold over here
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is a little grou or maybe a Yoda I can't
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tell it's grou or like old school Yoda
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ears with the the Santa cap on right
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there happy holiday I think that's grou
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and walking out of the store back
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looking down Sunset and down Hollywood I
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think I'm going to actually go over to
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the pin store maybe get a pin or two and
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I am opting to walk again also this
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might not seem like much to many people
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probably to No One by myself but this
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this the only store the pen training
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store on Hollywood Boulevard the I think
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it's called the dark room that has small
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bags that has bags that are not the
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gargantuan bags nowhere on Walt Disney
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World property has these small bags
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anymore but they still have some as I am
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filming this so if you want a small bag
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for a souvenir that's where you get it
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these almost look like candy canes it's
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only like 50° 49° but with the wind
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blowing my goodness it feels like it's
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like 25° with that wind chill coming
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through
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here risk and then I'm getting two pens
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and I'm getting two different pens I'll
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show when I get to the car look at the
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wind blowing my
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hair it is freaking chilly
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cuz it's a studio they don't
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fil they don't film anything here but I
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do that's why I'm using it as a studio
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stud walking on the way out was able to
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see the performance from a distance
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Fantasmic that's going over there past
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Hollywood Tower you go down like the
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little walkway and there's the
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amphitheater for Fantasmic the tail end
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that as well as walk into the car it's
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right there on that water well it's not
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probably not too much of the too much
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wind coming off that little fake Lagoon
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that they created around the mountain
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that Mickey is on but yeah I don't know
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what it is this the windshell makes it
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definitely feel a lot
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cooler now I just got to find where I
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parked you can also see spaceship earth
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over there kind of see it off in the
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distance you got to look really closely
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but Hol studos is really close to Epcot
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as
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well all right where the heck did I oh
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there's my there it is all right I'm
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here here it
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is okay I I was going to have trouble
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finding it didn't go too wild on the pin
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tonight but I did get an Al Aladdin pin
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and I also got a stitch pin as well so I
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got a little collection of Genie and
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Aladdin pins and I have a few Stitch
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pins so I'm going to add these to it as
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well thing I like about pins they don't
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really take up a whole heck of a lot of
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space they're easier to travel with and
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and whatnot but yeah got some got some
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new pens
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here like a stitch wear in the glasses
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there
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nice all righty that's going to do it
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for today pulling out the park lot here
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Studios brisk this is the coldest night
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in a
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while that's going to do it for today
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I'll see you in the next video the Vlog
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is over