Magic Kingdom Is Changing / New DVC Lounge Opens (Couldn’t Get In) - Walt Disney World Spring Break
Magic Kingdom March 2025
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of this it is Tuesday
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March 18th
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2025 I am heading to Magic Kingdom just
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discovered did not realize I've been
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gone that today the new DVC Lounge in
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Frontier land ground
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level next to Country Bears is open it
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opens today officially I think yesterday
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the day before was a preview did not
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realize there was one but today is the
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official opening day here on the 18th as
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I'm filming this and I am wearing not
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only an appropriate Frontier land
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T-shirt with this cast of characters but
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also an appropriate Frontier land Scruff
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wagon kicking here in the form of facial
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hair which I haven't decided to when I'm
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going to shave but it's looking pretty
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uh pretty wild but ahead over to Magic
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Kingdom I'm inviting you to join me it's
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new DVC Lounge time Frontier lands style
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shall you speaking of frontieres spaces
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I really like how celebration has all
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this green space they built a lot of
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houses a lot of condos a lot of
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Apartments businesses there's plenty of
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Green Space to walk through kind of like
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going through the
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frontier it's a stretch but I'm trying
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feeling pretty good at the moment it's
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11:42 about to
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leave feeling a little frisky when it
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comes to the temperature here little
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frisky temperature but it is by 3:00
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look at this going to get to
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7778 next few hours but right now
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feeling pretty good feeling good all
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right heading under the archway it's a
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beautiful day out not a cloud in the
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sky to get my Frontier land on current
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day Frontier land
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on all right heading into the kingdom of
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magic I'm so curious to see how long a
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wait it is going to be into this new
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Lounge I'm sure there's going to be a
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lot of people trying to get in there
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however can't get in there unless you're
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a DVC member or with someone from DVC
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which is probably only reason they even
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built it is probably just to sell more
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DVC cuz people go I want in there so
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they'll just buy
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DVC start off by walking over here
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because there's some interesting
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developments I don't know what's going
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on going here but probably the past 3 or
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four years there was a massive mound of
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dirt is being leveled off now little
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construction going on I've always
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thought that this would be a good place
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for the Skyliner I've even said that I
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believe the Skyliner will build a
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station right here it may or may not but
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if it does
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happen at least I know in my own mind
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that I thought that's what it was going
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to be so where would the Skyliner go
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from
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here the resorts around Bay Lake or
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possibly over to Wilderness Lodge Fort
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Wilderness end Magic Kingdom Etc or
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maybe future project
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anyway I wanted to show
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this working hard over here right here
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at TTC parking
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lot a lot of changes and a lot of
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progress coming to wdw who knows one day
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I could be B I could possibly
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hypothetically in my own mind be
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boarding a
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Skyliner gondola right
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there or maybe another Resort here who
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knows all right approaching heavy metal
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Mickey
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right here Kevin's here as well back it
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is a DVC day where you spent a lot of
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money to get a free little Coke are you
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ready I'm ready yes well I get more than
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just a little Coca-Cola you get a coffee
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a coffee yeah and a snack sometimes a
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little a bag of lace chips and hope
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there's some good Easter eggs we'll see
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in there but I also get to stay at the
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the resorts yes so yeah can't forget
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about
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that decided to walk through the
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Polynesian
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Village Polynesian hotel and over to the
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new tower we're going to check out the
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new restaurant and then head to Magic
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Kingdom they doing some construction
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over here
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too there it is the new tower right
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there I haven't stayed there yet but I
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have walked by it and evid there's a
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restaurant here and before heading into
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Magic Kingdom to go to the DVC Lounge we
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end up getting a bike to eat at the
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little Bar and Grill that they have at
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the Forefront of the new DVC Tower so
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it's going to be like a DVC day we're
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going to go over to frontierland to the
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new DVC lounge and also at for the first
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time at the at the base of the new DVC
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Tower at the Polynesian Village Resort
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had a little uh little Pokey Bowl little
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sushi in a bowl with rice it was pretty
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pretty dang
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good and then we're going to from here
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we're going to
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walk along the path take a boat go past
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Grand Floridian and then head over to MK
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so you turn here from the new new tower
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past the wedding
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Pavilion and then we're going to go that
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direction towards
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MK getting our steps in before we head
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over into the park walking through Grand
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Floridian well past Grand
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Floridian we going to take the boat
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across
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maybe do two boats today webe do the
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river boat also all right we are now
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going to take the boat and it doesn't go
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a r straight from Magic Kingdom well I
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guess we could have probably got it over
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at the ply but we ended up walking over
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to Grand Floridian we're going to take
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it from Grand Floridian over to the ply
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and then from the
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poly over to Magic Kingdom we're in the
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back kind of it's like a little sunny
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out but we're going kind the back under
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the back little section here so kind of
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nice so going back back to the poly drop
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some people off pick up some other
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people and head over to
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m going
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again there's the exterior of the
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holiday
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dropped off of the ply now leaving the
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py over to MK this island back when
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these Resorts first open had a wave
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machine that would crash waves onto the
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Polynesian Resort only lasted a short
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time I think less than a year there's
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still relics of the wave machine back in
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there there we go nice view mon rail
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going across the front the
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the ringing the bell the ringing of the
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Bells the bell for it took us a while to
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get over here we did lunch took the boat
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scenic view we now we're here it's time
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for a little new DVC Lounge opening day
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opening day we're going to be going is
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right next to the new country bear
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version which is called musical Jam
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Buri all the characters on here there's
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Romeo mcra be liver lives m m grow
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there's Big
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Al continuous show daily and making it
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right down the middle well yeah pretty
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much in the middle of Main Street USA
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going to pop in the Emporium real quick
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and then head over to Frontier land I
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had my eye on this last time I was here
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to this button- down collar shirt very
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kind of 90
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style as well Spirit jerseys I like this
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here you got Donald and Goofy on Space
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Mountain there very
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afraid oh and then this one here this is
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the front of it play actually is it the
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same one yeah it's the same exact one
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two-sided Kevin are you a pen Trader do
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you like pens I used to and then there
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were just so many counterfeit ones it
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like kind of took the fun out of it cuz
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it's like is this real or not well I
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would imagine the ones sold in the store
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are real oh yeah but then when you're
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actually like trading the mystery pins
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and everything with the boards just
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trading is celebrating his 25th
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anniversary what is your favorite pin
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that you have on your board oh that's a
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loaded question I have I have a bunch of
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I have a bunch of my favorites
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I don't have an answer for you it's the
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new Stitch one yeah espe to like I think
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when there's liquid in it it'll show
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like Stitch's bad level it'll illuminate
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oh yeah there we go it glows oh so
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what's the good and the bad level like
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now he's fully bad okay now now he's you
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know he's
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sad got a love
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Stitch these came out these are really
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popular scream tube Furious construction
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is G on on in here now there's like this
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is all barricaded off and then there's a
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hallway here now it's like a new
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hallway yeah just
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wall what are they doing here Kevin
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people upet what are they doing they
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were like reimagining I think it was for
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like crowd control cuz there was like
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not a room and fireworks were happening
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and people trying to get out but it
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doesn't feel like theorum so this is
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permanent no this is like you can down
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right
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here this is just a construction W but
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like the tiling is no
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longer one thing I will say this is the
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most amount of people Elbow Room wise
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that I've ever seen fusy this is like
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cram
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packed it's
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working but like look
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at
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lighting look at that old school
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chandelier right down there you go to
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this you don't like so you're saying you
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don't like it this no the lighting is
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terrible it's like something you'd see
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in like a rental property every rental
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property has that lady here hold this
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and be happy that'll cheer you up I
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think my bad meter is happening right
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now oh yes basball season starts
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soon regular season will be here before
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you know it there's Big Al right there
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strolling through frontierland maybe big
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's heading over to the DVC Lounge which
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is located right there this is the
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weightless line got to wait in this line
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there's people behind us we've got in
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the line you go around this way and you
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check in and then they give you a call
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back time so I don't you know what we
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might not even get in here today how
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long wait do you think it's going to be
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this is going to be an hour probably to
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get to the front of this to check in oh
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to get I'm going to say an hour 10
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minutes to get up 10 to 15 minutes to
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get up there and then I'm going to say
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45 minutes to an hour an hour return
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time let's see right now it is 2:15 us
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getting in line so 2:30 up there to
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check in 3:30 and then by 3:30 we'll be
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in there yeah okay it's opening day
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every it closes at 5: right so as long
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as we're in by 5
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see what happens this is the most time
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I've ever spent underneath this little
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vestibule ever this is the normal DVC
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area where you go and ask you want to
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see something about DVC look over
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here what am I looking at there was like
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a board that told you like coming train
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and everything it's gone here maybe you
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know what maybe it's inside the lounge
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now no spoilers no spoilers if it's not
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in there I'm going to be sad Mass
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looking down Frontier land I'm also
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curious as time goes on
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how many people end up purchasing DVC
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just so they will be curious about
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seeing what the LA I'm sure it's more of
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a promotional type of tool than it is to
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give DVC members a relaxing spot it's a
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dual purpose Lounge but I think it's
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basically because they want to promote
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DVC that's usually how things go
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now I haven't done a cruise yet you
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going to sell me on DVC that's great I
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mean I've already got too many points
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anyway but yeah it's pretty wild this
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area is open once again without the
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shooting gallery in here this is where
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that used to be they closed it I guess
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less than a year ago and now this area
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is once again open I don't
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know this is so wild the turnaround they
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got on this the fact I got it this
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morning did not expect it to be open I
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saw it open today's the opening day
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right they say 2 and 1/2 2 and 1/2 hour
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long we haven't even checked in yeah
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that's once we check in
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but there's a special gift for you Adam
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CU you remember once you get in there
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there a gift it'll all be worth it we
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haven't even checked in yet up here they
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told us 2 and 1 half
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hours and
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hour but maybe again Kevin and I share
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the same cinem maybe they're trying to
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scare people off but not waiting in the
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line I'm going to predict it's less than
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2 and 1 half hours I'm going to say an
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hour an hour I say 1 hour I'm going to
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say 2 hours and uh if you're walk 2
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hours and 29 minutes 1 hour there's a
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band cheering you on for the weight
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now this is M house through here CH
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behind
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you bottlenecking through
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here it's the most time I've ever spent
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in this little section right here
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section here is the getaway Stage Coach
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line for
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DVC book passages on their coaches you
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see
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Gracie for unofficial policy right here
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and then you got all the other theming
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along
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here that clock is not
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correct hold your horses cool your
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heels you got the promoting some other
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DVC spots it is now 2:30 and put my name
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in and they're going to alert me when
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it's time Frontier best kept secret
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right here on the main drag of Frontier
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land and the most popular theme park in
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the world if it's a 2 and 1 half hour
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long wait I don't think it's the best
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kept secret that's true right there's a
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couple standing out here that's been
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waiting since noon they've been waiting
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2 hours and 15 minutes so you know what
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maybe the 2 and 1/2 hour might actually
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be a real time it's 2:30 right now
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exactly 2:30 here is the special pin
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that I got look at this we were just
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talking about pins mckim's Mile housee
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and basically it's him and his wife they
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started a stage Co was a stage coach
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business here in frontierland that's the
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backstory on it now I know there is a
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Tony Baxter Easter egg in here and Tony
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Baxter evil Tony Baer that you see on
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the uh Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
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queue with the mustache I believe he is
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in here in some fashion so he might be
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McKim we're going to find out when we
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get in there but I know I know Baxter
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goes by a different name in frontierland
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on the boats going by love this boat
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only here for a brief little while long
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maybe a couple months long they haven't
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said when the closing date is but this
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thing is going away it's going to be
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weird not seeing this thing on the
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rivers definitely going to be a new era
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of Frontier land Splash mountains Gone
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Big Thunder is down at the moment for a
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refurb for the next year or so Rumor Has
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It Splash mountains completely gone
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Tiana is here there's a big fish down
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there there's a big fish down
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here the rivers of America are going to
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be going away either partially or fully
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no one really knows where the fish going
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to go I I think part of the rivers is
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going to stay
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I don't really know 100% part or maybe
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some or all of the island is going to be
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gone or and or closing well I know it's
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closing and I know the river boat's
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going
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away and I'm also curious if well is
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this part of Frontier land going to
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eventually become something else is it
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going to be like New Orleans
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Square time
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with well you know over by where Mansion
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is and the new Lounge that will not be
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New Orleans Square because that is the
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new frontier land DVC Lounge so I I
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don't know are you ready I'm ready now
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we're gonna do Tiana have you done
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Disneyland yet have not done tias at
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Disneyland cuz I wonder which one's
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better I need to get more wet in
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Disneyland yeah and theirs is struggling
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but ours is working I guess for the most
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part all right we're about to do a
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plummet and a massive
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drop woo
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this today right another
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go I told you would get I may have lied
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I think got wet it's on the mouth on the
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mouth oh Adam you oh buddy Co good oh
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it's so
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gross I either gained 50 years or lost
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50 years of my life by drink my cute
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merchandise here shortcut to the Bayou
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right here Lew there Tiana the other
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Caster characters and you got let's go
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to the party a little nod to Tiana's
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Palace do you think Poco bills will
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eventually become Tiana's Palace like it
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is at Disneyland I don't know I like the
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layout in Disneyland how Tiana looks
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over here at the exit to Pirates evid
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that's going to be the secret new
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entrance to the Pirates bar that is
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going to stretch out here I didn't even
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know about it Kevin was telling me about
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it so you got the little walls up
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here this is
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the we're seeing some concept art I
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assumed it was going to be over at
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Tortuga Tavern but evidently no it's
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going to be right
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here it's going to be behind this wall
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right there TGA Tavern grub and
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grog right over here it's kind of a neat
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little area backside of Peko
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bills then over across the way it's
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going to be the new pirates pirates
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themed bar right
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there I had I had assumed it was going
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to be in here because that's why I
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thought they closed all this down but
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it's going to be across the way next to
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Pirates
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and you have to follow the code of
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conduct for code of conduct a lot of
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things I wish they would bring back at
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the parks but one thing I always point
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out is right over here on the entrance
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to Jungle Cruise that has been closed
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off for strollers for so long I always
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point this out but over here next to
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where the strollers are is a staircase
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that leads down so you go over this way
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there used to be a staircase back in
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back when I was young I would
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walk up and down this staircase and this
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staircase has not been open for five at
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least five or six years I didn't even
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notice that there's a staircase that's
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yeah I remember going down it right
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that's how you would get to Jungle
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Cruise it's just a stroller graveyard
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now this was the entrance and then the
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exit was that ramp going out and this
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has not been used half a decade right
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passing the magic carpets we're going to
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walk around past the Dole Whip stand and
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then head over head over to the river
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boat all right we're still waiting to
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get notification then we can go in the
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DVC Lounge this is definitely a lengthy
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must have patience first day to get in
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the lounge on the frontier Lounge so we
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are now going to be
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waiting to do the Liberty Bell as it
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circles around the rivers of America the
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circle rivers of America tour around the
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island but the island is still active at
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the moment but it will be closing before
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the end of the year in preparation for
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future Frontier land goodness that's
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going to be happening and then maybe
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even another land behind Big Thunder
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Mountain what lies behind Big Thunder
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evidently they strong rumors of a of a
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villain's land that's going to be going
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back there and all the preparations and
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things that's going to be happening to
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the rivers and all that will eventually
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lead to the future of that set land I'm
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just kind of contining to talk as it's
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about to do another honk and a ringing
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of the Bell as it goes by also there's
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an interesting place for the extended
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queue of mansion
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usually all right ring the bell There He
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Go usually the extended queue is right
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over here at this building right there
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that's usually where they extend the
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queue it's very busy today for Mansion
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but evidently they have the Mansion
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queue extended right down there at one
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of the two exits that's one of the two
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exits for the riverbat but I guess
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they're only using one exop paath and
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they're using that as the extended queue
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for Mansion just because I'm here a lot
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I notice things that are interesting and
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I've never seen the queue for Mansion
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stretch down there very often so usually
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it's over there but they opted not to do
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that
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today the island over here with
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the
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windmill nice little
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Vibe Mak for sure the vibe will
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definitely be changing through
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here take a look at that you can see
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part of the whatever they're doing to
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the mountain right there the track yeah
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look at
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that yeah they're redoing all the track
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down there it looks
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like I love that ride you best remove
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them
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I really want to know what lies behind
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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad oh I don't
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see the smoke today on the burning
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cabin I can hear it crackling though I
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do love the burning cabin
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effect oh I see it there it's in there
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you see it smoldering
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honestly I do not think it's looking
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good for us to get in here today so we
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might not be able to get in here today
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might have to come back at another time
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time is 4:29 the last group is going to
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be allowed in at 600 and that's when
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they close the new Lounge I just do not
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see in that time frame that we would get
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in there by 6 so I don't think we're I
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think we're just going to have to do it
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another day give me give me something to
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look forward to other days but checking
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out some of the pens here the what's new
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are all the 25th anniversary ones we got
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the Stitch one right there have been
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collecting quite a quite a bit of the
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Stitch pens I don't have that one I
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don't know if I want to get that one but
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these are not new but these are nice
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little array of
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pens what do you think we should do just
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call it I think we get a do Whip or you
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know what if we do wait we're going to
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look like these guys okay we don't want
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to look like that wait let's get a do
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whip in in the day thought about getting
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a do whip over here but the do whip line
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evidently you can't mobile order do whip
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anymore so you can only do you can only
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mobile order Citrus swirl we're in the
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mood for a d whip so we're going to go
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they go over to the poly ply let ply it
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now we're over in the Emporium in line I
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found the shirt I've never seen before
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Walt Disney World reaching New Heights
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you got Mickey over here going past the
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mountains and and Pluto over here as
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well so I'm going go ahead and get this
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uh get this t-shirt Disney's latest
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animatronic is here look at that I am
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Groot uh see you later balloons heading
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out heading out heading out balloons I
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am heading out all right Resort monreal
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time going to take the resort
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Montreal couple stops contemporary TTC
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and then Polynesian get a do Whip and
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then walk back to the automobiles
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truthfully it was is probably my own
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fault well both our faults getting here
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this late to attempt to go try to get
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into the lounge we probably should have
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gotten here a little earlier put our
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name in all right definitely a shorter
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line over here at the pineapple and I
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than it was in Magic Kingdom Magic
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Kingdom was probably a good 30 people
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deep this is like three
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people honestly gave me quite the
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beastly amount of swirl here so it's
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half D whip half uh ice cream I guess I
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guess that'd be just like a soft serve
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and you went with the traditional the
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float man the float action do with
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float with this usually they put like
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half the amount of do whip action in
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here but they loaded this up all right
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heavy metal
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Mickey it definitely warmed up than what
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it was earlier when I first walked in
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here this morning it's 540 right now
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this is what I4 westbound looks like
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pretty much every day at 540 rush hour
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bottlenecking of
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people coming out of the Disney parks
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heading from Orlando leaving work
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heading out to Highway way
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27 it's a
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mess it's a
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mess there's the Mickey power pole all
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right turns out at 5:38 I got the alert
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on my phone that I could go back to the
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lnge and was able to go in except I have
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to go down visit my parents this evening
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I'd already made plans to do
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that but they did send the alert at
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5:38 we put our names in at 3 30 no
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2:30 so 3 hours and 20
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minutes well 3 hours and 18 minutes
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would have been the way but if I would
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have gone in at 20 minutes till the
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lounge closes 20 minutes later but
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another day another day if I did already
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have prior obligations I would have
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probably stuck around but no big deal
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it'll always be there and now just
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getting back into celebration visited
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with my parents caught up with
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them was over there for quite a few
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hours it's now
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nighttime has reared its head driving
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back home to my Homestead here in town
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Celebration Florida