Efteling Is An INCREDIBLE Theme Park (First Visit) All Day On Dark Rides / Netherlands Fantasy World
First Visit To Efteling Theme Park
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Today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Monday, June 23rd,
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2025. On a very windy, very blustery,
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very overcast day here in the
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Netherlands. I am finally
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going to attend and visit Eftling Theme
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Park. This is a place I have heard about
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for years. I think the first time I ever
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saw this was on Leonard Kenzy's channel
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way back in the day. Love how they have
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this spinning book and a a pen right
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there. You can see the uh the pen is
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moving and writing in the book at the
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entrance into Eftilling. Look at the the
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wild stained glass up here. Look at
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this. You got the tree. You got a guy
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blowing a trumpet right up there. You
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got the castle. There's like no line to
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get in here. Just like that, I'm in. No,
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there's not one checkpoint. No security,
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no bag check. Simple scan in and that's
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it. I am I am now in Eftling. This is
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the guide map. Take a look at this. It
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kind of like folds out like an accordion
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right there. And then you open up.
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Believe this hotel is called the Grand
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Hotel. That's not where I stayed, but
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that looks to be like a newer spot
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there. There's a little meet and greet
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already beginning. It's 9:36. Park was
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supposed to open at 10:00, but I got in
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at 9:30. Here's a general layout of the
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land.
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Here's a very expansive. It looks like
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there are some coasters. I don't know
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how many coasters I'm going to do. I am
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starting right there where the red arrow
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is. going to focus mostly on dark rides
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and experiences and walkthroughs.
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I'm only here for the one day, but I
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would imagine you probably need more
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than that to experience everything. I'll
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consult a guide map, but they have these
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everywhere here posted. If you don't
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have a map, you can look at these little
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little boards
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of this guide map getting a little moist
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throughout the course of the day are uh
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are are pretty high at the moment. And
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evidently, this is the mascot right
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here. You see got the crystal ball
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there. His finger pointed upward. I
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think that might be the mascot. Is now
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it is now full-on raining at the moment.
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So, probably not going to be a busy day
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in here, but I am uh I definitely might
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have to buy an umbrella or something.
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Action's open exactly at 10:00. So,
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decided to go ahead and grab a teeny
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tiny cup of Joe right here. The coffees
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here are a little smaller. Unless you go
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to like a chain like Duncan or
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Starbucks, you get the larger coffees.
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But, I've noticed most the other coffees
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are teeny and tiny like this. stuff.
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First thing I'm going to go on is this
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bad boy right here inside that castle.
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Symbolica is the name of this. And it's
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now 10:04. Park is officially open.
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Lands and attractions have opened. I'm
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moving now. I'm moving forward. It's
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coming down. Coming down pretty good
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now.
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Oh yeah,
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I'm ready to get inside. Trying to get
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inside the door, but it's like a little
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bit of a little jumbled up in here.
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for
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through the palace of fantasy. No, no,
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no. Obey the roof. Thanks.
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It's opening. Okay.
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Look at that smoke and everything.
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Grand entrance.
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But what's happening?
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What's happening with the stairs?
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No, no, no, no, no, no.
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This guy does not want the stairs open.
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He was not happy about that.
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Wish I would have had a little bit
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better view of it, but the side view was
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good, too.
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All right, that was like maybe 15 minute
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wait, but it was definitely in the rain,
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so I'm a little little damp, but it's a
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good way to start. That was a good
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little reveal to start the start the
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queue. One thing I am noticing here
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versus some of the US parks I've been
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in, not a lot of line etiquette. People
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just walk right in front of you.
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Wow. There's three different tours.
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There's a treasure tour, heroes tour,
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and a music tour.
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Heroes tour sounds I think the treasure
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tour would be right up my alley. You
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have to get in one of these three lines.
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You have to get in the queue underneath
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one of these three. The one I'm looking
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for, the treasure tour is called the
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Shatton Tour right there.
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Wow, look at the roof. The
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constellations up there, the planets.
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Got some butterflies over here and a
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paint. Oh,
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looks like a little fantasy land down
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here. Look at these at home. One of the
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ride vehicles lighting up.
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Oh, it came towards the ride vehicle.
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That butterfly looking thing heading
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over into the botanical gardens.
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See what happens here when this Okay.
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One of the ride vehicle lights up. Okay.
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What is happening? There is a whale
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right there.
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What? Oh, it's leaking. It's just
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cracked. It just cracked right there.
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The aquarium cracked.
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That was a whale. That was a fullsized
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whale.
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Not allowed to go any further.
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What's happening right now?
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A room of jewels.
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Like that book is moving right down
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there. So people in the front have all
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the interactive stuff. You're in the
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macro. You don't have the interactive
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stuff as much. Oh, more bottles are
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popping. All right, that's me. Going
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through the going through the wine
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celler now.
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There's a tray of pancakes. She's
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bringing out or he's bringing out the
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pancakes right there. What is this room?
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It's the royal banquet hall. There's
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there's the king ride over this thing
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spinning around now. It's not turning
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into a spinny ride. Yeah. stepped into a
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fullon fever dream in this ballroom
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right here. Just to show the ride
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vehicle. These are the ride vehicles
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right here. I was sitting in the very
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back. Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo
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here. That is a good start to the day.
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That kind of is going to be the course
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of what is going to be happening. I I
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tried to wrap my head around what just
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happened in there. Kind of got off to a
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quick start.
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I'm inviting you to join me to see where
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the rest of this full day leads. Join
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me. What just happened? Shall you? All
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right. This says there's a diarama in
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here. I'm stepping over into the area
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known as Spru Jez Jezboss, which I
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believe is a little fantasy village,
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which might be the original area that
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opened when the park opened back in the
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early 50s, pre- Disneyland. But over in
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here is a miniature diarama and appears
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to be a tiny train track that goes
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around. You got the Dutch windmills over
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here in the castle. And you look up
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there, you can see the train going by at
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a very rapid pace. See if I can get
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another closer view of the train at some
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some portion. Oh, here we go. Little
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miniature train coming by. Love a good
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love a good train or a good miniature
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train. And that's this is the diarama
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portion. Oh, okay. Darkness has fallen
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over the land in this area. You got
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almost like a little pirate ship down
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here on the water. You got a nighttime
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train going by. And I just missed it,
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but there was a little bit of a light.
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Oh, there's the lightning right there.
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Wow.
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All right. Got some mushrooms over here
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that you can walk through. little teeny
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tiny
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mushrooms there. Little little area.
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Here's a kind of distorted looking tree
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with a face up in the in the top of it
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right there looking directly at me. That
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tree is like got a staring problem. You
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can definitely tell this area has been
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around for a long time. This gentleman
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down here doing a little fishing in the
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moat right down there. You can see uh
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Oh, yeah. It's like almost like a little
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animatronic. He's like his face is kind
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of like nodding up and down right there.
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This woman's doing her laundry over
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here. Oh, there's bubbles coming out of
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it. Nice touch. Very nice.
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How are you today?
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There's a duck.
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She has a Is that a real duck?
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Wait, is that a real duck?
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Nah, that can't be a real duck.
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Oh my gosh, there's a duck right there.
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Oh, look over here.
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We got the gnomes
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down here.
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Dwarves. Gnomes.
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Yeah, this would be a good guy. Good
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guy to be friends with.
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I mean, really, this would be a true
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friend because he would not be afraid to
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stick his neck out for you. These are
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the trash cans. These are the trash
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cans. I'm not going to throw away my
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half wet mat cuz I'm still utilizing it.
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But if I wanted to, he would throw the
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map right down in in in his in his
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gullet there. I believe this is
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Goldilocks is right there.
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Goldilocks has arrived here at the side
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of this cabin.
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That is the big bad wolf right there
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disguised in the bed. Don't fall for it,
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Goldilocks. Don't fall for it.
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Oh, what the heck is this? It's like a
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sea creature here. And look down inside
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the mouth there. This this little little
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creature down in here has been eaten by
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this fish. And I guess you catch the
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fish with a feather right there. That's
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what they use as fish food. It's a
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feather right over there.
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Yeah. Look, it's like a fishing pole
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right next to Japetto's workshop. And
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then you got this fish,
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right? Big old fish got the open eyes
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and down inside swallowed. Swallowed
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someone whole down inside there.
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That's a That's so cool. He fell back
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asleep. He's asleep now. Oh, he was
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waking back up. He's waking back up. Is
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opening now.
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This older gentleman with the white
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beard tell a story.
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Oh.
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Yeah.
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Drink.
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He's got a little owl on his feet. See
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it right there?
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That's how you're going to get a little
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laughing spell there. Here's a swan boat
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ride. There's not one person on this
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boat ride. Not one person.
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I don't even know if it's even running.
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Train going by, too. It's moving. It's
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on this little gear shift thing or this
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wheel. Not a gear shift, but it's like
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attached to this which guides the swan
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into the boat here or into the castle
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here on a swan boat. Oh, she's knitting
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a vest.
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quite possibly the shortest attraction
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ever just like that. It is It is over.
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Honestly, might be the shortest
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attraction ever. Either at a theme park,
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amusement park, at a fair, a carnival
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that I've ever been on. That was such a
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quick thing. You can also walk through
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this little side and get a view of her
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as she's knitting up there as well
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without going on the swans. All right.
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More of the trash cans that you stick
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trash inside a human face right here.
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This one has a a bird crow there. That's
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like, you know what? Oh, this is like
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It's like either blowing air out of
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there or it's pulling it in like a
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vacuum. I think that's what it is. It's
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like a vacuum. I got to throw some trash
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over. All right. Take my trash. Take it.
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Oh, look at this. Go, go, go. Oh.
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Whoa, look over there. There is a sky
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ride almost kind of how Cypress Gardens
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used to have one of those. They might I
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don't think Legoland has it anymore.
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Cypress Gardens in Florida had one
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similar to that that kind of went up in
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the sky. I got to do that at some point.
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There is over here there is a peacock
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over here. Right down here there's a
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peacock walking around through here. I
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didn't realize they were going to have
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peacocks. Peacocks through here. All
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right. This is called Drooms Lutch.
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Drooms Vlutch Blue Drooms Vlutch. All
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right. Checking on their site. It says
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there are single rider lines on some
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attractions, but not on this one. I will
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say, however, it seems to be moving
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pretty quickly. Like omnim mover type
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status I've never seen before. Right
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here in the queue is a treat right here.
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You're just walking along the queue. You
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walk right over the root system of a
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tree and a stick.
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I don't think I've ever seen that at a
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theme park before. So, I'm going towards
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number seven, which is right there. But
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number 11, which is up here, it says
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that there is some sort of a Montreal.
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So, once I get done waiting in this
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line, see, my map is already starting to
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kind of fall apart with the dampness a
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little bit. But, yeah, I'm going to do
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this and then I'll see what that
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Montreal is all about. I've been in line
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about 15 minutes and I'm now at this
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point now
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under the cover here,
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but it is again it is moving pretty
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quickly. All right, the wait time
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projection at the front said 35 minutes
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would be the wait time. And I got to say
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they're pretty accurate with that.
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It's been about 35 minutes.
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Looks like this is the type of
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attraction that is dangling from the
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roof. Oh yeah. Look, the ride vehicle is
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like on the roof itself. So look, it's
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kind of like kind of like Peter Pan's
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flight at Disneyland or Magic Kingdom
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where it's like on the top of the roof.
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See how it just kind of like it's like
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on a beam here, but it's like guided by
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the top of there. All right, this is
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pretty exciting. I do not know what's in
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store. There is a liftill here. I'm
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going up a liftill.
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Let's see what waits among the caverns.
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All right, getting ready to turn this
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corner here. Oh, grand reveal of a
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serious
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castle.
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Yeah, look at that. The walls are quite
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uh there's like a little fairy village
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of pixies in here with a couple of
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pixies up here on the top. There's a
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unicorn up here as well. They're dancing
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near the waterfall. This guy's playing
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like a some sort of a musical instrument
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down there. This guy's on the side of a
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tree with a face on it. And this appears
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to be some sort of a time warped portal.
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Oh, this is a really cool effect. Okay,
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keep in mind I'm flying from the sky
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like I'm flying through the air going
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through this portal right here.
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Very lengthy effect here where it feels
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like you're just going flying through
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space.
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Oh, what just happened? That might have
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been the time portal. Oh, what? This is
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a Okay, reveal.
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Epic reveal. Castles in the sky over
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there.
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Wasn't expecting the castles in the sky.
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Continuing on now. Kind of spinning
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around. The ride vehicle's kind of
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spinning just a little bit. Trying to
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appear this way. It's like a granola.
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Oh, no. It's not. I thought it was a
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cookie, but it's a it's not. So,
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okay, now we're going Whoa. Oh, it's
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going fast. It's going like really fast.
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This Okay, it just picked up the pace
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dramatically. Got a guy over there
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swinging on a vibe. This thing is going
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really fast now. The pace has picked up
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three. I don't even know how fast this
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thing is going, but it is moving. Not
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like coaster style, but definitely
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faster than it was at the beginning.
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Like spinning around. Look down here.
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There's some uh gnomes of some sort.
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Some uh goblins or something down in
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there. Yeah. Moving very very quickly.
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Just spinning around. Now we're at
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ground level right now. Going just past
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that little goblin gnome creature. Troll
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creature. I think maybe he just took my
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picture.
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Oo.
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Kind of getting some like ET at
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Universal Florida type of vibes.
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Goodbye.
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Adam. This is about as close as I can
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get to riding ETA Universal Orlando.
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I mean, it has that same similar vibe.
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Okay, I got to say, you can't really see
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I'm giving it a thumbs up, but holy cow,
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that was uh
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that was next level good. That was if it
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wasn't a 40 minute 35 to 40m minute wait
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to get back on it, I would go on this
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thing again. That was topnotch. Well
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done.
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Well freaking done. Wow.
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That was awesome. That was so good. So
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good.
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Highly
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highly recommend that. Wow.
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What was that? That was good. Next up is
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something called Vila Volulta. Looks
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like a little mansion here of some sort.
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And I'm not sure what the wait time is
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on this, but going to get in line to see
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what this is. VA volta it's called a mad
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house right into another room
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the house
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is a hell like the a
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going into the showroom here which is
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basically the third room
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something's going to happen in inside of
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here you got the china cabinet
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something's going to happen in the
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middle these bars are coming down here
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too that's tight
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just stuck stuck. This is very
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disorienting. In fact, this throws my
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equilibrium completely off. I'm actually
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getting slightly nauseous immediately.
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Starting to really get uh I'm starting
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to get a little I don't I don't know
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where to look without Oh my gosh. This
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is not
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This is really disorienting me. This
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thing's completely going around. Why? I
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did not realize this was going to be
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like it is.
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Gosh, I'm going to throw up. I'm going
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to I'm going to seriously going to vomit
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on this thing.
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No,
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that was not what I expected out of
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that. That was nauseating. The thing
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went completely upside down
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all the way around.
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I thought it was going to be some sort
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of a show. It was a Oh my gosh. I am so
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disoriented right now. What? I I had no
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idea what to expect. That was Wow.
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That That was
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Yeah, you have motion sickness. If you
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have any sort of motion sickness, I
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would not recommend this at all. Those
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completely around 360. Oh, now here's
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something I need to go on. Look at that.
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That might be the Montreal they're
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talking about, which is like it's like
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you're in like a little acorn or
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something.
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Hello there. A little squirrel right
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Look at that squirrel. It's like a red
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squirrel. It's like a reddish squirrel.
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All right, I'm off.
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I'm off.
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Nice relaxing ride around this beam.
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Get down upon this swampy area here.
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This is some sort of a I don't know what
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that is. A slug.
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Not sure what that is.
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Very peaceful.
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Feels great out here now. Oh, is that
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one of those trash cans? You get to feed
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the trash can to the human. It sucks it
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in its mouth. Oh, into the real world
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over here. There's the the regular
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traffic over there.
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There's a water wheel down this what
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this direction
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obscured by this branch.
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This whole place is
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a big fantasy land.
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There goes
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the Montreal.
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Oh, look at here.
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They're doing their homework in there.
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It's a classroom full of animatronic
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little figures.
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Some swings over there.
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This map shows you right here
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and where everything can be found. It
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will help you to plan your visit and
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make the most of your time.
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The red winking light on the map marks
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the spot where you are now. This was an
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old guide. In the building behind you is
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the information.
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Besides finding out,
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look at that. The spook slot. Oh, the
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bird's head is nodding. Got to wonder
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what was the spook slot. Do they have
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like a haunted house here of some sort?
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Look at this.
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This is one of the original trash cans
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here with the mouth, the
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the human. Oh, right there. There we go.
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It's a lot of the molds for the heads.
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Very interesting. Very interesting
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place. All right. Evidently, the haunted
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castle or spook slot closed a few years
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ago in January of 22 and was replaced by
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a new show. It's no longer like a
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haunted mansion-esque type thing. This
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is not it, but I wanted to show this
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bird here that you can walk through. So,
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this attraction also, right, these geese
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are just grazing right here on the side
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of this burm. And there is a boat ride
26:37
over there. And anytime there is a boat
26:39
ride on a track that I could sit in and
26:42
take me around in a teeny tiny boat on a
26:46
track, sign me up. I don't know if I've
26:48
ever seen attraction like this where
26:50
like you'll see this through a building.
26:52
Like you'll see boat rides through
26:53
buildings that have like animatronics
26:55
and things. I think like Pirates of the
26:56
Caribbean or Small World and things like
26:59
that where it's on like a railing
27:01
similar to this, but I don't know if
27:02
I've ever seen it in an open lake of
27:05
this magnitude sizewise.
27:08
I just don't know if I've ever seen
27:09
anything quite like that where it's like
27:12
around a full lake and not just through
27:14
like an attraction building. I'm going
27:16
to go right through this cavalcade
27:19
of floating ducks. Not animatronic
27:21
ducks, real ducks.
27:24
You see this on a lot of water rides
27:26
where the ducks get right up there. You
27:28
think you're going to hit the duck and
27:29
then they move out of the way.
27:37
Almost kind of like squirrels when
27:37
you're driving a car. They get really
27:39
close to the car and they just go go to
27:42
the other direction.
27:48
This whole lake is full of ducks. This
27:48
is a lot of ducks. You know, this is
27:49
really an enjoyable time. It's an
27:51
enjoyable day.
27:53
enjoyable experience, enjoyable weather,
27:57
rain has subsided. It really is the
28:00
little things. Like for example, there
28:02
is a swan going right by my boat and a
28:05
swan going right by the other side of my
28:08
boat. There were two swans going right
28:11
beside me. Is this a fish? Whoa. What is
28:14
that? Is that a What is that? A fish
28:16
right there? It is. That's like a koi.
28:18
Okay. This is like the duck cruise.
28:23
This is just
28:25
I don't know if I've ever seen
28:28
this many ducks in one area before. It
28:32
sounds weird to even say that cuz that's
28:35
not something you normally think about,
28:38
but the reality is
28:41
this is a treasure trove of swimming
28:44
ducks through here. I mean, there are
28:48
hundreds
28:50
of these ducks just enjoying their life,
28:53
swimming around.
28:56
They're going one way, the boats are
28:58
going the other way. Coaster coming
29:00
through. Coaster coming through.
29:05
Look at that. Going around. Yep. We'll
29:07
be on the next one. Heading up. It's
29:10
making its arrival down. I think this
29:13
might be a stand up. I don't know if
29:15
there's seats on this one or not, but
29:17
it's going to go sky high and get a
29:19
pretty good bird's eyee view, if you
29:21
will, of the entire park as it kind of
29:23
starts to lower on this little lift,
29:26
this little lift hand, lift arm,
29:29
if you will. Oh, that's neat. It just
29:31
like completely engulfs that little
29:32
walkway there, that little like stair
29:35
step. Stairs, that's the word I'm
29:38
looking for. All right, there are in
29:40
fact seats on here.
29:46
Not even sure. Maybe I can stand. I
29:48
don't know if standing is allowed, but
29:51
yeah, I guess standing is allowed. Other
29:52
people other people are standing. So,
30:00
do the same. A nice little perspective
30:00
here. Upper perspective of Wow, there's
30:03
a lot of green space out here. Look all
30:04
the This is like tucked away amongst
30:08
tons of trees.
30:15
And it cycles around. So whatever
30:17
wherever you're standing or sitting,
30:19
it'll spin around like this. You know
30:21
what? There's another one kind of like
30:22
this is similar. And Knots Knots very
30:25
far has one like this. But theirs has
30:27
like a glass plexi enclosed,
30:30
but a kind of a similar thing. Probably
30:32
goes up about the same height. Got to
30:34
hang on to my hat because gusty. I'll
30:37
take my hat off.
30:46
Yeah. Shout out to uh Bricky who gave me
30:46
this hat last time I saw him. He made
30:49
this Disneyland hat. Hey Bricky, I like
30:52
what he put on the inside here. Best
30:55
remove them.
30:58
Yeah, that is a gargantuan pirate ship.
31:00
Kind of like you see at carnivals and
31:02
fairs. There's also one of these similar
31:05
to Capacity at Six Flags Magic Mountain
31:07
north of LA. It's the same one you see
31:09
that the Griswalds are riding in
31:11
National Lampoon's Vacation. That's what
31:13
that reminds me of. That thing is a
31:15
That's a That's a good size one. That
31:17
takes what you see at a carnival,
31:18
multiplies it times three times the size
31:21
walking parallel to the python. Look at
31:23
that. Circling around.
31:42
What are you saying?
31:42
Oh, is this another trash can? Oh, it
31:45
is. It's a trash can right there. And
31:47
you put another barrel of the the can in
31:52
Very clever. Very clever.
31:55
It makes throwing things away fun. All
31:57
right. The Hollander says 45minute wait,
32:00
but look, there is a single rider for
32:01
this. So, I'll try the single rider.
32:04
Yeah, this is called the Hollander. just
32:07
informed by a team member that the
32:10
single rider is closed. They do have a
32:12
single rider, but she goes, "Nope. Sorry
32:14
to say. Closed." So, do I want to wait
32:18
45 minutes in this?
32:25
I heard it's good, but I don't I don't
32:25
know if it's 45. Plus, I don't even know
32:26
if they let me film on it because of the
32:29
because of the uh the coasteres style of
32:31
it. kind of reminds me of Journey to
32:34
Atlantis. That drop at SeaWorld in
32:37
Orlando,
32:43
at least that particular drop was.
32:43
Sometimes places when it comes to
32:45
coasters are, you know, a little strict
32:47
and wacky about letting people film on
32:50
it. So, I want to wait almost an hour
32:53
and then not be able to even get any
32:55
footage.
32:58
Oh, wow. All right. I decided to just
33:01
get in line and make it happen. Figure
33:05
I'm already here thinking they'd have a
33:07
single rider, but they don't. I can wait
33:10
45 minutes.
33:13
Got to do it, right? All right, I'm now
33:15
inside.
33:17
There's a
33:19
in the inner queue now inside the
33:20
building. Very loud in here. Oh, looks
33:22
like they above here. We're like in a
33:24
cellar or something and there's like
33:26
something up above here like a red
33:28
light.
33:30
Must be like a must be like a wine
33:32
celler or something. I don't know. We're
33:34
in the in the basement or something. Oh,
33:36
something's going on in there. There's
33:37
like a bust or something. Some jewels,
33:40
some uh the blooms of some sort. Getting
33:43
a pretty cool view out here as I'm
33:45
continuing on. It's going to be pretty
33:47
much right on time with the uh
33:49
approximate wait time 45 minutes. I
33:51
think it's going to be about exactly
33:53
that that uh 45minut time on the nose.
33:56
45 minute. I may be making the wrong
33:58
choice, but I'm taking the front row
33:59
here.
34:01
Oh, going up. Going up a little hill. Oh
34:04
yeah. Look at that
34:06
side of a ship here. Is this a drop? The
34:10
coaster part. It is. It's the coaster.
34:13
Holy shoot. Oh, that wasn't Oh, wow.
34:18
What's happening now?
34:21
I thought that was a drop right there.
34:30
There's no turning back now.
34:33
Holy crap. This thing's gaining speed.
34:35
Oh, good lord. Good god. No.
34:40
Holy crap.
34:51
It's going to be a splash. It's going to
34:51
be a splash.
34:53
Here
34:59
it goes.
34:59
Where is Where is it? There it is.
35:12
Actually wasn't that bad.
35:12
Wasn't that bad.
35:15
Get a lot wetter on that than I did.
35:19
Yeah, that drop in. Thought the dark
35:22
ride portion was going to be a little
35:23
longer inside.
35:31
And really my first impression was going
35:31
to be it was going to be like Journey to
35:32
Atlanta Sea Orlando. It really wasn't.
35:36
Really wasn't like that.
36:03
Holy.
36:06
Wow. Wow.
36:15
That's a tough by the looks of it. So,
36:15
there's this right here, which kind of
36:16
has some little bats and like creatures,
36:18
a little devilish little wing creatures
36:21
down there. It's like a music box
36:24
machine. I would imagine this used to be
36:26
their version of the Haunted Mansion,
36:29
now called the Dance Macob. That's the
36:32
building. I think I'll go ahead and go
36:34
inside and see what this is all about. I
36:36
really like the the facade of it. I like
36:37
the building. Oh, wait. It's a 35m
36:39
minute wait. Wait, is there a single
36:40
rider? Does it say open? Is that open?
36:43
The single does that mean open? G opened
36:46
35 minutes. Single rider.
36:50
I think that's what that means.
36:53
Yeah. Yeah, the single rider line is
36:54
open. So, I'm going in. Single rider.
36:57
Just made an announcement that
36:58
whatever's happening has stopped
37:00
working. I don't think it's a ride
37:03
though. I think it's a let a bunch of
37:04
people into a theater type thing. But
37:06
they just made a ghoulish announcement.
37:10
It's like a ghoulish voice said, "Due to
37:12
some circumstance, I'm paraphrasing. Due
37:14
to circumstances,
37:17
the experience will start again soon."
37:20
So, I'm just standing here. All right.
37:21
And just like that, the ride is
37:22
completely shut down.
37:34
Everyone's saying, "I'll go." I like how
37:34
everyone's just like, "You know what?
37:35
We're going to walk through the cemetery
37:37
instead of going back the other way,
37:38
that way." It's just like, let's just
37:39
walk through the cemetery. So, I
37:43
couldn't understand what the
37:44
announcement was,
37:47
but just assuming that everyone's
37:48
hightailing it out, they're closing the
37:50
ride down.
37:55
All right, the cat is purring.
37:59
You hear it purring?
38:12
I know. I'm disappointed, too. Yeah, I
38:12
wanted to go on a ride.
38:15
I know. I wanted to go on a hauntedish
38:18
type of mansion, if you will. Just met
38:20
one of the team members, Reuben, outside
38:22
and he said hello. And he said he really
38:25
wishes it was open. I was asking if it
38:27
was a dark ride. He said, "Not really a
38:29
dark ride. It's more of like a spinny
38:31
teacupy type of thing. Think like
38:33
MadHatter's tea party, but a little more
38:36
a little more spooky and a little more
38:38
uh dramatic than that. And that's kind
38:40
of what it is, but there's like a whole
38:42
show going on there as well with the
38:44
music and everything. Kind of like a
38:46
creepy teacup is kind of how he
38:48
described it. He said possibly come back
38:50
by before 6:00 and it might be reback
38:53
open reback again or reopened again.
38:56
It's 4:15 right now. He said there's one
38:58
other dark ride that I was suggesting to
39:00
go over to and he goes, "Oh, the one
39:02
that you want to the other one is
39:03
actually under scheduled maintenance and
39:05
it's not open." So, another one that I
39:08
had on my list is not going to be
39:09
available as well. But, I'm going to go
39:11
over to their version of what is a small
39:13
world. Their version of It's a Small
39:14
World. Check that out and then check
39:16
back at this right before clos 6. I got
39:18
an hour and a half till hour and 45
39:20
minutes before the park closes. So,
39:21
hopefully I can come back and do this. I
39:23
think that right over there is the other
39:25
dark ride I wanted to go on that is
39:27
currently down for a little while for
39:29
maintenance. But that's the exterior of
39:32
the building right there across the
39:34
water.
39:36
But take a look at this. This is a cool.
39:37
It's like a big marionette right here.
39:40
Even though the ride is not open, you
39:42
can get a little peek at this puppet.
39:45
Big oversized puppet.
39:48
It's like probably what 20 20t tall at
39:51
least.
39:55
It has a little
39:57
the wheels behind there. You guess you
39:58
can push it forward and operate it, make
40:02
them dance and talk.
40:06
That's pretty neat, right? We made it up
40:07
to the extreme far corner from where I
40:09
just was. I was, if you look at the map,
40:12
I was all the way down here. Went up,
40:16
went back up to the middle castle there,
40:18
which was the first dark ride they hit
40:19
earlier this morning. Cut across and now
40:22
back up to go on Carnival Festival.
40:26
Almost like a miniature dune bug. Well,
40:28
it kind of is like a it's like a
40:29
colorful non-ievil doom buggy. And even
40:33
though you're not on a boat going around
40:34
a river, it is kind of similar eerily
40:38
and very very familiar and similar to
40:41
It's a Small World not only at
40:42
Disneyland, but also at Walt Disney
40:44
World at Magic Kingdom in Florida. And
40:47
no Sturman Brothers score on this one.
40:49
They're not singing It's a Small World
40:50
After all, but there are a lot of uh I I
40:52
said very distinct similarities, but
40:55
going in different places around the
40:57
world and things like that. Their song
41:00
was not as catchy. Even though they did
41:01
have a a catchy jingle, was not as
41:03
catchy as the Sherman Brothers tune. I
41:06
will say the depictions of some of the
41:08
people around the world are a were a
41:09
tiny bit more stereotypical than
41:12
Disney's Disney's version of it, but it
41:15
was a really cute ride all in all. I
41:17
really really enjoyed going through it
41:18
and I like the like the slowmoving dark
41:20
ride uh dune buggyes omnim movers type
41:23
style and it was very lengthy. I don't
41:26
know what the length exact was but it
41:28
was pretty close in comparison to the
41:30
Disney boat ride version. Would
41:32
recommend. I'm kind of glad I I walked
41:33
all the way back across the go on this
41:35
and a good comparison that was told to
41:37
me that it's their version of It's a
41:39
Small World is is pretty comparable
41:41
because that's pretty much what it was.
41:43
In fact, there was some stuff that was
41:45
almost like plucked out of the Disney's
41:47
version, like almost like handpicked.
41:49
It's like, you know, let's just let's
41:50
just take that idea and put it here.
41:53
World's Fair is where the original Small
41:55
World happened. The New York City
41:58
World's Fair and then of course
42:00
Disneyland. Disneyland opened years
42:02
after that, not too many years after
42:03
that. Not sure when this one opened. I
42:05
know originally I think this park opened
42:07
in 52, but it was just the front portion
42:09
which was the the section of, you know,
42:12
the the fairy tale area and then the
42:14
other stuff came years after. But
42:16
definitely a lot of similarities to the
42:17
Disney parks. I mean, it's pretty much
42:20
unavoidable when you're going through
42:22
when you're going through the park.
42:23
Anyway, you notice this this clown up
42:26
here that's uh he's got his hat. Well,
42:29
occasionally his hat will go up. You see
42:31
he's got his red nose. He's got his bow
42:33
tie on there.
42:35
And then you'll see sometimes his hat
42:38
will extend up. Now that I'm saying
42:40
that, his hat's not extending up. But
42:43
while I'm waiting for his hat to extend
42:45
up, I want to show this over here. This
42:47
is This is their facade of the exterior
42:50
of their carnival festival.
42:54
All right, clown. You're not wanting to
42:55
cooperate.
43:00
Okay, I got about how many more minutes?
43:00
I got 50 minutes till the park closes.
43:02
So, I'm going to go back over and see if
43:03
I can get on that kind of haunted teacup
43:05
thing and call it a night after that cuz
43:07
the park the park closes pretty soon.
43:11
It's Clown's Hassam. Speaking of
43:13
teacups, there is a pirate ship teacup
43:16
type ride right there. It's pretty much
43:17
like the Madhatter teacups that you
43:20
would see in other places, but it's a
43:21
it's themed around a pirate
43:23
swashbuckling pirate kind of adventure.
43:25
Those things were spinning around pretty
43:27
dramatically a minute ago when I walked
43:28
by. I really got misconstrued and kind
43:30
of went the wrong way a couple times and
43:32
then figured out the map and now I'm
43:34
back over here. I don't know if you know
43:36
what I don't think this is open. Doesn't
43:38
look like it. No, I think it's still
43:39
closed. Get to see the graveyard here
43:41
though. So, this is the Momento Mory
43:43
headstone. This is the non-S single
43:45
rider walkthrough. Even though the
43:47
attraction is not open, get to kind of
43:49
take a peek over in here. Thanks to the
43:51
team member let me in. Everyone passed
43:53
away on the same day 13th of October
43:56
1876.
43:58
1310
44:00
1876 with the day before the month and
44:03
then the year. That's that all the
44:04
headstones all have the same date when
44:07
all of them passed away
44:11
here
44:13
where the conductor is uh laid to rest.
44:17
I think the conductor might still be
44:20
living or maybe he's part of the undead.
44:23
Appears as if the attraction is going to
44:24
open. Park closes in 18 minutes and I'm
44:27
going to get to watch the pre-show here
44:28
before heading in and going on the
44:30
attraction. This will be my last one of
44:31
the eve. Worked out pretty well.
44:33
Attraction is going to reopen now.
44:35
Couple minutes before closing. All
44:37
right. Now heading in. Other people have
44:41
arrived. This is where I was standing in
44:43
the single rider earlier.
44:45
We'll be in the first show now that this
44:47
thing has reopened
44:51
to close.
45:16
Dark. Oh, wow. The team members have
45:16
candles. Candle lovers. Oh my gosh.
45:20
It is dark in here.
45:27
Thank you.
45:33
They do have a little net thing provided
45:33
for foam.
45:47
I was not allowed to film all that and I
45:47
understand why because that thing moves
45:49
pretty quick. Shifts up and down. Kind
45:51
of goes underground, goes up. There is
45:53
stuff happening all around in here. That
45:56
was next level
45:59
awesome. That was 10 times better than I
46:02
thought it was going to be. That was
46:04
really, really well done. Yes, I highly
46:08
recommend anyone that shows up to this
46:10
place if it's into spooky haunted stuff
46:14
to go on that.
46:16
The only thing that's really reminiscent
46:18
of Teacups is the fact that it kind of
46:21
spins around a little bit, but that's
46:23
the only comparison. Wow, that was good.
46:27
That was really awesome. I mean, I I I'm
46:30
kind of at a loss for words on how good
46:33
on how good that just was. It's like a
46:34
little candalaba right here. I mean,
46:36
that was like I've never been on
46:37
anything anything like that before in my
46:41
life. That was that was very original,
46:44
unique, creepy as heck, and entertaining
46:49
and fun. The dance macob. I kind of wish
46:52
I could have filmed it, but while it was
46:53
going, I thought if I was holding my
46:55
camera, I'd be so paranoid about
46:57
dropping this. So, there is a reason
46:58
that they did tell me you weren't
47:00
allowed to have the camera on there. I'm
47:02
kind of glad that they did because I
47:04
think if you lost your camera on there,
47:06
I think it'd be this like a creepy
47:08
finger right here for Candal Labra. Only
47:10
way I can describe it is really kind of
47:12
kind of groundbreaking. I don't know if
47:13
it's groundbreaking. Maybe it's been
47:15
done before, but I never been on
47:16
anything like that. It's a nice little
47:17
like the merchandise they have in here
47:19
as well. There's like a creepy hand
47:21
holding a deck of cards
47:24
right over in here. A lanyard down
47:26
there. or a set of three pins right here
47:28
that kind of it's kind of haunted
47:30
mansiony, right? It's like uh this top
47:33
pin on this one right here, the dance
47:35
Macob. $20 for that. That's uh Yeah,
47:39
that's kind of that's kind of cool.
47:41
Purchased this shirt because I had to
47:43
represent what is probably the most
47:45
creative original attraction I've seen
47:47
in a while. Again, maybe it's just
47:49
because I'm overseas and I'm seeing
47:50
something I've never seen before, but
47:52
that was Yeah, that was that was I liked
47:54
it. That's the best way to describe it.
47:56
I will say that's probably the best
47:57
spinny like let's just use like teacups
47:59
as an example. A teacup s spinny type of
48:02
ride. That is the best version of
48:04
something similar to that I've ever been
48:06
on in my entire life. Yes, I'd rather it
48:08
be a dark ride, but for what they did in
48:10
that, that was something I've never seen
48:13
before. I got to say, I'm glad I'm
48:15
really glad that uh I listened to
48:16
Reuben, the team member said to come
48:18
back over said it might open right
48:20
before close and it did. let me walk
48:22
through the little cemetery over there,
48:24
but I'm glad I did. And now I have some
48:25
uh I got my magnet and I got my shirt
48:28
down in here to document it for
48:31
posterity. I will say it's not the best
48:33
ride I've ever been on in my entire
48:34
life, but when it comes to this type of
48:36
ride, the spinny around type, this is
48:39
next level. Completely next level. I I
48:42
uh got some positive things to say about
48:44
that. Kind of had my doubts when I heard
48:46
the description. I was kind of reading
48:48
up on it thinking, I don't know.
48:52
And then I thought, well, should I just
48:53
leave? Should I go back and check it
48:55
out? So glad I stuck around. That was
48:57
above my expectations. That doesn't
48:59
happen often. And that's going to do it
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for today. Walking back to my hotel now.
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I'll see you in the next video. What a
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great day.
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I'll see you in the next video. The vlog
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is over.