Goodbye Forever To The Magic Castle In Kissimmee - Hwy 192 Landmark / Update On Holy Land Experience
Goodbye To The Magic Castle Inn
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here it is
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a very bright sunny day here in Central
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Florida as the recording of this Tuesday
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February
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21st
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2023 got my Tampa Bay race cap on I
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haven't worn this one yet this is one I
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got Tropicana Field last year I will be
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dipping into spring training today but
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only for a brief couple moments there's
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a couple other things I want to check
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out first I want to go over to the Magic
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Castle that was used in the Florida
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project the film on
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192 I've heard that it is some new
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owners have taken it over and they have
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Stripped Away the classic purple from
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the film and possibly change the name
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then I'll be going to Wide World of
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Sports and then after that going to go
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over to the remnants and the remains of
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Holy Land Theme Park on I4 I have heard
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that they have started tearing that out
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I'm enjoying a piping hot caffeinated
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beverage these sunglasses need to be
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replaced so possibly I will purchase a
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new pair of sunglasses today I feel like
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Clark Griswald in vacation when he's
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talking to Rusty and they're drinking
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the beer this is a
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coffee woo that's hot
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woo join
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me shall you the soothing sounds of a
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leaf
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blower going over on the Market Street
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and Market Street is where I got the
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Starbucks but I wanted to
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showcase the clock up
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here we the minute up the minute hand
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just moved it is 2 minutes until 10: I
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think by time I finally get over to
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spring training I probably only catch
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like maybe an hour of it so I want to
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head over to head over to Magic Castle
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first okay I've arrived to the parking
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lot across from the Magic Castle also i'
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triying to cut back on lattes lately
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I've been going with the the Pike Place
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Style with just a little cream and
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sugar it's also a little quicker than
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trying to order a latte and and waiting
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for the Bur instead of have to make it
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they just turn around they give you
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sometimes if there's a line it's a lot
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quicker but this is a little
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disappointing the fact that it's no
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longer the awesome
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color that it used to be in the 2017
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film the Florida project over here I did
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a full filming location a couple years
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ago my friend chrisper
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Goos in fact he's the one who alerted me
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that they had repainted it he's the
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writer of the film
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now obviously I know that can't always
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keep something the same as it was for a
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movie that very few people have even
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seen it's a great independent film I
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guess you call it independent
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film it's not for everyone but it really
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does kind of showcase how Highway 192 is
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you know me growing up here well moved
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here when I was 17 in ' 91 and I kind of
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started my YouTube career on Highway 192
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filming a lot of places and getting the
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vibe of what is really like and I feel
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like that that movie kind of showcases a
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lot of that there's also a helicopter
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about to take off I'm going to walk over
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there though and just like in the
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film helicopters do depart daily right
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in front of
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it that one is simply just moving from
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point A to point B
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you know one of these days I've
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considered doing one of these helicopter
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rides I don't know if I feel comfortable
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I feel comfortable in a plane but a
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helicopter what are they doing are they
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testing it
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out oh I think they're I think they're
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testing a pilot out I see another guy in
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there learning how
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to how to drive that
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thing it is very unusual not seeing the
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color of this tell purple and I'm
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looking at the sign now they have
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changed the name it's no longer the
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Magic Castle sadly pce of Highway
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192 has been
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erased
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existence I'm fascinated by this maybe I
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shouldn't be standing here I mean I'm
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I'm off to the side next to this
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restaurant zoomed in but yeah
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I can't turn away from
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this goodbye Magic Castle hello
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developer in
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Highway developer Highway in the highway
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of the developer in at 5055 erlo Bronson
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also known as Highway
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192 in CMI there's arrows pointing that
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way the developer in on the highway
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change the sign and everything I don't
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even know if this place is open for
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business they might just be doing some
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construction on it in fact there's some
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fencing up so they might not even be
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open always kind of wanted to stay in
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the the room got to go in there oh no
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they're not even open they just doing
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some you can still kind of see some of
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the castle
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esque type
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of architecture
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here but yeah dang the sign's gone I'm
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going to go up and see if they have any
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of the the sign maybe I can buy a a
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relic of the Magic Castle if it's
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something small obviously I can't have
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like this huge sign so if I have the
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huge sign wouldn't be able to fit it in
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my place
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but I don't know if this is open there
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is a little security here in this
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car maybe they're not
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open I'll show a photo at some point I'm
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going to go up here and ask they have
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anything left over on when they're going
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to open not open for business I asked
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one of the workers and they said they
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are not open yet but they will be and
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her room was like right up there and
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this is where Willam defo kind of walked
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out and said everything's all right go
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back to watching your your
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VCRs can't remember the exact quote but
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yeah Will and befo walking right through
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here okay I talked to the gentleman who
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was working on the office area and
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redoing it said they do not have an
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opening date in mind but I'm just
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picturing William defo right there
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saying no harm no foul when the sandill
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cranes are walking by there and I asked
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if they had where they put that they
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said they do have some of that stuff in
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storage but right now they don't know
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what they're going to do with it and he
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said he just works here he doesn't know
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he doesn't know where the owner is at
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this point but yeah pretty cool we have
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to stop back by when it reopens there
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was a Magic Castle signage right up
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there you can even see how this looks
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like the front of a castle but dang you
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oh look at this relics of the past you
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even have the little purple so this is
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the color
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of the castle itself it was a purple
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castle and as a couple of the workers
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when they were kind of they were kind of
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excited about the fact that a movie was
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filmed here and they looked it up I said
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look up Florida project 2017 they go
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holy cow this that movie was filmed here
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yep it
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was I mean it's kind of a deep cut it's
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definitely not something that everyone
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would enjoy but I feel like people who
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are into the you know Central Florida
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history and Highway 192 and the vibe of
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Highway 192 it's a little different when
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you get away from the Disney Disney and
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Universal once you get out of that
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little grid if you will things change a
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little bit on Highway 182 I think that
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kind of showcases it pretty well goodbye
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Magic
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Castle not only a piece of film history
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but huge piece of Highway 192
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history I was going to ask to buy a a
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chunk of any some Magic Castle stuff but
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no luck no one knew where any of it was
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I might have to stop back by at some
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point too and inquire
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there's a traffic monitoring site right
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there this thing monitors
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traffic but I might have to stop back by
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at some point and inquire if they have
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any any relics from the Florida project
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in there from the Magic Castle I'd like
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to own a piece of the Magic Castle if
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it's in one of those storage bins over
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there I'd like that never hurts to ask
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does it that's not a stor you know I
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call any kind of tall lanky bird a stor
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this is a Sand Hill crane which they
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have the rideway if they cross over
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traffic but never hurts to ask about you
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know stuff from you know relics that
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they have might have in storage right no
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harm no
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foul am I
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right wonder if these related to the
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same acting bird that William defo acted
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with in that scene possibly
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yeah if this thing was to cross the road
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this has the rideway no matter how busy
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the intersection usually they don't
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cross busy roads they'll cross like a
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road like this but if they were to cross
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Highway 192 all the traffic must yield
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to the Sand Hill crane that's what I've
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heard anyway that's that's the that's
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what Floridians that's the Floridian
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Legend he's digging down in there for
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some some for a me nice delicious meal
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it's also kind of nice in this day and
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age when you tell workers oh yeah this
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was used in something know back in the
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day they'd be like get the heck out of
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here you
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liar well they wouldn't say it in that
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tone but now now someone could just pull
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their smartphone out and do a quick
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little internet search and go oh holy
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cow Willam defo was walking around
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here I'm also paraphrasing that's not
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exactly how the gentleman I talked to
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sounded but you get the idea the
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internet is a beautiful thing everyone's
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got a little mobile computer in their
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pocket they can look things up and now
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probably all those workers over there
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are going to throw the film
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on maybe not why they're working but at
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some point it's so weird not seeing this
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in that purplish
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shoe oh there's the pool over there
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where she was
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sunbathing with her with her birthday
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suit on
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nude I think she said something like I
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just want to bathe in the sun with my
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well I'm not I'm I'm not going to say it
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but
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all right moving on and just to show
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what it looked like before how
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iconic was this building was it the
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nicest place on on 92 by any means I
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don't know staying here would have been
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like it's probably going to be a little
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nicer now that they're fixing it
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up there's the angle with the two girls
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looking at the rainbow over it now
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there's just all storage units there
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little pods
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yeah this is a this is definitely a
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staple of Highway 192 in
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CMI truly is hey head over to spring
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training now for just a little bit not
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for too long though cuz I imagine the
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players will probably only be out for
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about another hour it's 11: now they're
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usually out till about noon or 1 and
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then I want to head over to the Holy
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Land Experience former Christian theme
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park see if if they started tearing that
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out or not as the as people have said
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that the rumor is they've been tearing
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that out on I4 and do a variety of
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things today just just kind of cruising
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around I really do hope that the wizard
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sticks around these parts also used in
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that film and also an iconic piece of
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192
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lore history and goodness a gift
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shop of magnificent proportions known as
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the wizard one of two wizards on Highway
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192 this has the less less creepy eyes
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than the other one
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not heading to the parks yet haven't
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decided when I'm going to go back into
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the Disney
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parks but the razor spring training on
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Disney property for the rest of the
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month so got to utilize
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it quite a considerable difference than
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yesterday which was a holiday
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President's Day the first day day of
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spring training there was all kind of
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soccer matches going all through here
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hundreds if not thousands of people
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there was a cast member on the way in
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that we had a little one of those little
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clicker things he said that only
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55 Spectators have showed up other than
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the teams workers you know all those
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people who going through the different
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entrance but through the main entrance
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which by the way you got to walk a long
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way you got to really want to go see the
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spring training cuz you got to park over
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there and walk through the whole complex
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and around where I'm at but I was the 50
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fifth person total in here today which
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kind of makes me wonder yesterday with
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quite the congregation of people that
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were over there watching the ray play or
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spring train maybe they were just people
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that were at the games the soccer games
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and whatnot that were like oh there's
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baseball over there so I'm curious to
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see if anyone I mean obviously 55 clicks
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on the way in but how many people are
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over here watching The Players doesn't
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look like many now unlike yesterday they
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weren't even using this field they were
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using a couple of the fields that were
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indisposed yesterday because of the
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soccer games that were going on and it
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seemed like there was more players today
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out I saw more players today than
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yesterday because they were not I guess
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they weren't practicing in the main
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stadium like they were yesterday so
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there were a there's a lot more
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accessibility to the players obviously I
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didn't get any signatures didn't bring
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my cards like yesterday I bought some
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baseball cards but today I just kind of
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watched you know I was out here for like
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an hour watched The Players warm up and
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got some photos with a couple of the
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race players that I really like everyone
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was very personable and willing to take
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phot phot and stuff which is cool so I
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got a couple photos with a couple couple
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of the guys but some guys yesterday I
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didn't get to see I didn't see Randy
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yesterday I didn't see Harald Ramirez
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yesterday I didn't see Brandon Lao
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yesterday Josh low guys like that
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there's still a few players I haven't
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seen I haven't
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seen Shane mclanahan yet I haven't seen
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Jason Adam yet but I saw you know most
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pictures are probably in back in a
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different area but and this is pretty
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dang cool got a quick little photo with
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Randy rosarina who Rookie of the Year a
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couple years ago love that guy and also
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yandi Diaz probably has one of the the
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the best behind the plate as far as like
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watching the the balls and Strikes
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really has a lot of good plate
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discipline I really like really like
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yandi as well so met both those guys got
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yandi and I got Randy rosarina nice
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they're both really nice it's about
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12:15 12:30 now so it looks like their
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practice ends at noon believe it starts
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around 9 maybe 10:00 also parking out
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here is free I think when the Braves
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were spring training out here years ago
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go I think they charged for parking but
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the yesterday and today no parking fee
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to park out here at ESPN wild waterer
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Sports to watch the Tampa R Spring train
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if you so choose just keep in mind it's
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a long walk to exit and enter you have
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to go in around around the entire
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stadium and then out to the parking lot
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which is way over there and I'm going to
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take a short commute feel probably 15 20
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minutes or so over to where holy land
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used to be give a little update on that
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all right right since the last time I
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was here months and months ago they had
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put up some
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fences this little guard shack here as
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well which they used to have someone
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kind of watching over the property and
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there's this little I'll call it like a
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strip mall but there's like a an area
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over here with offices and whatnot that
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I believe used to be owned by the same
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organization the same church that used
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to own holy
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land and now they got the fences
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up kind of sort of they're kind of sort
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up
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big old sign right there on the side of
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the gates gates are open but no one's
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allowed in no one's allowed to go in
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there before you can just walk right in
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there kind of see what they were
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doing but they have not started tearing
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any of this down
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surprisingly I had heard a rumor that
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they started tearing some stuff down but
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doesn't look like anything's been torn
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down that sign says please make sure the
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exterior and interior gates are always
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locked
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right up here's another set of
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gates these are close and obviously
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there's a fence there where the walkway
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is believe a hospital bought this
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property Advent health so at some point
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this will be a
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hospital or at least something
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affiliated with that
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company they have not destroying any of
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us this right here on the side of
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I4 do have some markings here on the
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ground with some some paint and stuff
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which is usually means that future
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construction projects are going to
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happen and they've kind of started to
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uproot some of the trees through here
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but nothing too
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major construction update oh and no
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parking oh yeah no parking right here
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you can't yeah please don't park right
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here next to all this in case you were
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wondering do not pull a vehicle up and
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park it right here found
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upon you can see they've started to
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level some of it in fact they've
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uprooted some of the concrete right over
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there construction update all right that
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fence has been torn down I remember
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waiting the last day it was open they
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were open for 2 days a couple years ago
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and I showed up to one of the last days
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they were open they had been closed for
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a couple years and they
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reopened just for 2 days for what people
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say is for was for tax
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purposes and I showed up to that and
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that fence was standing over there and
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now it's
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Fallen I'm filming a fallen fence behind
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a Now new place fence must be why they
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put this fence up because they took that
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other fence down and it would be easy to
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just kind of walk right up in there so
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they have started demoing some of it but
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not a whole heck of a
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lot the sign used to be right there
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actually there's
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the the old piece of the
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signage this used to be the really
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accessible spot you could just you know
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park close by and then just walk right
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through there and go up there and get a
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kind of a close angle can't really do
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that now because I got the chain link
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ups but yeah it doesn't look like I mean
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definitely some things have been removed
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but all in all they haven't brought the
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bulldozers in yet really has seen quite
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a bit of damage since the last time I
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was here so the main entrance
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here that gate has been removed and the
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doors are open over there take a look at
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that anybody could just walk right up in
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there if they were on the property then
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over here there used to be a big fence
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and that's where you could like peek
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over the fence and look at the rock that
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was rolled away for the resurrection
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scene just kind of over that wall a
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little bit and now it's like completely
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open this is the back angle of where a
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sign used to be too you see the Three
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Wooden pylons there and you can see the
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big whale from Jonah and the whale still
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there but some stuff has been
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removed right over here as well yeah
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some stuff has been
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removed from the last time I was here so
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they are starting to get some of the the
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props that were in there out of
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there if I remember correctly there was
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a Moses holding the Ten Commandments
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back in there this was like a Noah's Arc
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area they have started to gut a little
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bit and there was even something wedged
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on the side of that wall there too but I
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can't remember what it was you see some
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of the artwork still kind of painted on
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and whatever was here has been broken
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off of that whatever was on that little
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wooden pedestal definitely a noticeable
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difference just because I've stood from
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this angle and looked at this over the
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years years since it closed so I'm
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noticing a few things but nothing
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nothing drastic wonder what's going to
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happen to the big whale fin is that
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going to end up in someone's home as a
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little
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souvenir oh also the gate right here has
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been removed they've removed all the
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gates probably you know for scrap metal
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you'll notice that door right there is
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also open and take a look down here
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there's like a little trap door a little
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open entrance right there on the ground
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again that's probably why they have
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those fences up you don't want to step
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in that and fall and injure yourself I'm
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just waiting to show back up to this
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property one day and all this is leveled
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I feel like without notice just going to
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be completely
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bulldozed I can understand why someone
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want this property look how much land
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there is right here Prime real estate on
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I4 it's kind of how it goes with a lot
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of stuff like this it'll sit empty for
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like a long period of time it starts to
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get into bad shape falling apart whatnot
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and then out of nowhere you'll drive by
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and it's like whoa it's gone once they
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have a construction crew comes in it's
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almost like a matter of days or even a
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week or two they can level a whole area
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like that kind of like mystery fun house
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which reminds me I should go by there
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see what's happening there what they
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built up since they bulldozed that I was
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driving down Interstate 4 you get off at
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the mall of Millennia exit when you're
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heading down I4 from you know Disney
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celebration area and even still on I4 it
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says there's signage up for Holy Land
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including this one right here take a
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look at
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longer and from one fence line to
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another where this big pile of dirt is
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it's where mystery funh house used to be
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was able to come over here a couple days
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after they bulldozed the building and
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they're still starting to kind of uproot
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some of the stuff that sign says it's
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going to be part of the Bainbridge Grand
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departments Banbridge construction is
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doing the grand departments should be
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going vertical soon but I always
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remember this spot as mystery fun
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house another
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wizard themed attraction this was around
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the back of it used to have laser
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tag and used to have a dinosaur themed
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mini golf
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all gone now Interstate 4 traffic back
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to Celebration pretty backed up through
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this
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area for whatever reason there's a Sky
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Rider up there writing some words in the
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sky check them
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out gives you something to read while
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you're in bumper to bumper traffic I
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forgot to go get some new sungl buy some
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new sunglasses while I was out and maybe
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maybe before tomorrow I'll maybe I'll go
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out later and get
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some yeah you can see they're like not
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they're just not straight this little
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thing over here is bent I think these
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are only like
24:02
$5 this is the second pair of these
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aviators I've had first pair I got on
24:06
Hollywood Boulevard I I thought I was
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going to wear them one day cuz I used to
24:08
wear the different style but once I put
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them on I just kept wearing them for
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like a couple months and then those
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broke and then I bought another pair I
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think both pairs I got was like were
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like I don't know less than $10 each I
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never buy expensive glasses anymore
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classic
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car alert
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and also this little
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buggy and some little three-wheel bikes
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there
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too well that's going to do it for
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today a nice relaxing
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day a piece of Highway 192 has fallen by
24:49
the wayside bitten the dust as Queen
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would sing about another one bites the
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dust the Magic Castle has been erased
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from existence
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from the Florida project and a little
25:03
update also some spring training got to
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meet a couple of my favorite players
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from the Rays that were there very
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kind kind of a Cool vibe over there at
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Wide World of Sports to be honest and if
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you go during a weekday obviously
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yesterday was a holiday so there's a lot
25:16
of people there but today nobody there
25:19
it's like maybe 20 people watching The
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Players maybe less than
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that so if you want to get autograph I
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didn't get any autographs not really
25:28
doing the autograph thing but is there a
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turtle down
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there be a turtle in the water down
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there swimming
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along maybe a
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gator no it's just the
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breeze checked in on mystery fun house
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and a little update on Holy
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Land I'll see you in the next video the
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Vlog it is beautiful out here today
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especially when you're not standing
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directly at this side the Vlog
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oh is that a turtle is that a turtle
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that's a
26:04
turtle look at
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it the
26:21
Vlog he's
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over good job turtle