Celebrating Earth Day At My Least Favorite Disney World Park - 25th Anniversary of Animal Kingdom
Earth Day 2023 at Disney's Animal Kingdom
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begins in Celebration Florida as the
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recording of this it is Earth Day
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April 22nd 2023.
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standing outside the celebration theater
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in fact I am wearing a celebration tea
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welcome everyone
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here wearing an appropriate t-shirt for
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the town I live in
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but I will be traversing the very short
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commute over to Disney's Animal Kingdom
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that is celebrating it is kind of the
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Mecca of Earth Day you can tell my voice
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is a little thrown out from last night's
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raised win
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streaming and yelling if you didn't say
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yesterday's episode
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sure
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they wanted to be in the video
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there they go
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not only is it Earth Day but it's also
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the 25th anniversary
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of Disney's Animal Kingdom Dak for short
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I call it AK I'm sending messages I go
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AK not d-a-k but I think the correct
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so acronym lettering is Dak nonetheless
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I'm heading over there everybody you to
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join me
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see what's happening Charlie man I could
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really use some caffeine yesterday I
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only had one cop or one small coffee in
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the morning at my place I made it in a
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Keurig I didn't even find coffee when I
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went over to Saint Pete because I
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totally kind of just forgot about it
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when the game started
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so I am gonna go over to Starbucks and
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get a large coffee
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yeah I'm a little tired today I think as
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I stayed out so late driving back from
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the Tampa St Pete area I've been editing
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this morning and I have not neglected to
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go to the gym and hit the treadmill each
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morning I'm on a little bit of a streak
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doing that if you want to follow along
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in my workout Adventures follow me on
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Instagram adamthewatw on Instagram I've
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been on this kick lately I've not eaten
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fried food and not much sugar a little
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sugar so when I get a coffee I would get
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the the raw sugar so if they were out of
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raw sugar usually I would get two raw
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sugars in there and a little bit of milk
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or cream just a little bit but today
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they were out of that so I just said
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give me one sugar and I must tell you
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having only one sugar in a large coffee
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like this is I think I could get used to
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it but it's kind of a kind of a shock
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at first but I figured you know what
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heck it I will Branch out
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and start I'm gonna bring I'm branching
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out and having less sugar in my coffee I
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don't know if I can go full full black
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coffee but you never know maybe one day
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Branch out because there's branches here
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I know this joke is already overused but
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whatever all right this is interesting
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I-4 Westbound is backed up on the one
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lane but this other lane over here not
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backed up that's different
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also just a heads up I will not be
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eating any of the dessert type treats
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today that are here specifically for the
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anniversary
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how to get away from that habit
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trying to show Sweet Treats at events I
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don't have to show all of them so my
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apologies
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you want to see Sweet Treats being eaten
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by me
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usually I go underneath that archway
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not today I got a Veer off this way
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go to Animal Kingdom the kingdom
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of animals approaching the parking area
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for the kingdom
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of animals
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Animal Kingdom this place is looking
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pretty dang busy parking lot is very
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full
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in fact I think in the past visits I
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don't think I've seen the parking lot
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this full
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as it continues all the way down
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this direction usually it stops right
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about here so everything passed here
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you know from this point on is use the
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empty lot on a normal day
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this is a beehive of activity it's also
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2 30 p.m they did an opening ceremony at
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8 30 a.m which I was not able to make it
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to
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holy cow there's some people here
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including this little
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car q line that I am now a car q that I
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am now at
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well q and Q and line are the same word
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but it's fun to say both of them
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together car q line the farthest reaches
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of the lot
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and of course you see the peaks of
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Everest over there I will be going on
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Everest
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that and dinosaur my two favorite
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attractions here in fact most the time
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it's the reason I come over here but I'm
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gonna try to do a couple other things
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today too
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look at this
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who's third oh you know what park
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hopping started at two we're not Park
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well Park hopping and then also
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annual pass holders who do not have
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reservations are allowed in without a
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reservation at two that's probably what
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this line is I ended up making a
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reservation this morning because I
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thought I was going to get here earlier
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but do not work out according to my plan
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arriving now at 2 30 I'm getting
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tongue-tied I wouldn't even need a
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reservation getting here now
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but I did make one
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I do like the after two No Reservations
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needed
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we almost hear the yeti up there
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growling from here disco Yeti and this
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is it stretching all the way back I just
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now realized that I probably should
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watch off wash off my side mirror so I'm
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kind of stuck here waiting for them to
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direct me to the parking spot check out
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some wait times like Everest it's 40
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minutes
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dinos 50.
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and 40 minutes for the Safari so not
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horrible but definitely not
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not great
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that actually might Ascend a little more
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as more of the people could get in here
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also shout out to the cast members who
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are directing traffic they're doing a
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heck of a job
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you're very stressful
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believing people going Ebbs and flows
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two different Lanes a lot of people are
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actually a lot of people might be
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leaving too
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I think that's the exit route
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YouTubers do a heck of a job they really
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do
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I think we all take it for granted
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sometimes how much magic they provide
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a little bit of gridlock here too we see
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d-a-k
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Disney's Animal Kingdom I just call it
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AK but I think most people realize what
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I'm saying when I say AK MK AK Studios
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Epcot Center
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those are the four
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it's taking a while to get in here
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I did not expect this to be this busy
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this late in the day
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I was wrong okay I veered off and parked
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over here in giraffe 227
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I saw a couple spots I see quite a few
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spots over here in giraffe instead of
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waiting oh look at this there's a Bob
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Ross on this look it's Bob Ross behind
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the wheel of this car
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I bet he celebrated Earth Day
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he was really into painting earthy trees
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and the trams are running here take a
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trams are only running here and at TTC
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Transportation Ticket Center I just love
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using letters instead of saying full
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words
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look at this line cutting their cars
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coming in
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oh very good
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oh my
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wasn't expecting this fun fact I don't
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think I've ever taken the tram at Dak
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you know what heck I'm gonna start
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saying Dak I've got these cones well
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that was as I say Diego this other one
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says Dak
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the jack
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I've never taken the tram I don't think
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I could cut across here
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but the reason the way I'm going to
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remember my parking spot
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giraffe227 there was a TV show called
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227 I'm just gonna pretend the giraffe
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was one of the roommates
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circle circle area there
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I definitely could have walked it
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probably would have been a lot quicker
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but you know what I've never taken the
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ever
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at Dak Disney Channel
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I've never transited that but I took the
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tra Tech
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new experiences here on Earth Day 2023.
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but honestly the one sugar worked out
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perfectly
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I think I'm gonna start doing the one
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sugar thing I think I could get used to
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it we are going to give you you're very
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thirsty and also even though I'm not
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going to be doing any treats today
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so when they make the final U-turn I'm
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going to get off and head towards the
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main entrance I'll go on a couple of
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attractions kind of survey the landscape
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and also purchase some merchandise
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definitely want to get a pin or two
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always like getting collectible
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merchandise from different events a
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signify different occasions you know
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obviously these are kind of like a diary
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for me filming and doing different
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things if I can look back on but also
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having you know little trinkets that
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don't take up much space in the form of
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pins it's kind of like become my thing
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now just get a pen from different events
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Disney pin I throw it right in a bag and
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then later in life I'll be like holy cow
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look at that I got a pin for this at
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that event including Earth Day at Animal
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Kingdom 2023. also not just that with
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the 25th anniversary of this park itself
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it opened on Earth Day
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25 years ago
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in fact it's funny Tampa Bay Rays
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celebrate their 25th anniversary and so
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is Disney's Animal Kingdom what a year I
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am now over here at the base of the tree
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of life there's a rhino here but not
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just rhinos there are a lot of different
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animals carved into the branches as well
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so it can look all around looks like
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maybe like that's a squirrel possibly
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over here is either I think of maybe a
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possum tucked away over in this corner
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and I ended up getting the got
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collectible guide map so I kind of
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browse through there and see what kind
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of events and what kind of merchandise
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what kind of treats that most likely
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that would not be consuming they have
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I want to make a jungle cruise joke but
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I mean I'm pretty cliche with my jokes
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that's the back side of water come on
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25 years of innovation and conservation
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for the past 25 years Disney Animal
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Kingdom theme park has welcomed guests
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from around the world to experience the
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magic of nature celebrate the power of
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each protective beautiful diversity of
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Life of our planet Walt Disney himself
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said quote conservation isn't just the
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business of a few people it's the matter
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that concerns us all
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specialty merchandise commemorative with
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your visit the Anniversary merchandise
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released today at the following
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locations Island Mercantile Discovery
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Trading Company and wambasa Marketplace
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while supplies last and a little bit of
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a line over there so I want to get in
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line before all all the pins are gone
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and also these are the Specialty Foods
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obviously these are going to be layered
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with calories and sweet goodness there's
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a colossal elephant roll there's 25th
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anniversary Earth tart there's a 25th
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anniversary dessert platter oh the birds
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are coming in look at this they're full
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they're coming in right now that's like
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the one of the shows of the birds kind
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of fly around oh my goodness the birds
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are all circling around down there that
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is awesome I've never seen it from this
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angle always seen it from in front of
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the tree alive but I'm like at the base
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of the tree of life right now kind of
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showing that one thing I wish that
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Disney would do for some of these
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festivals in front of some of the the
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anniversaries kind of wish they had more
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Savory items more than just like sweets
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and desserts they just had a couple more
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Savory items they have to be the most
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healthy thing but it just seems like
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it's just really layered with sweets
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maybe just one or two more Savory out of
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some of these anniversaries also is that
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like a gecko or a lizard right there
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there's a bird there's an ant up top
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there's a rhino there's another squirrel
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so awesome
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I thought the birds are taking off they
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just did their show oh my goodness look
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how cute they are over in those trees
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there's three of them over there
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I I you know what I'm drawing a blank on
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what they're called but they are very
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very cute sitting in that tree look at
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him what's looking right at me do
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something looking right at me well they
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were they turned away now that was
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looking right at me all right this line
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does not look too bad so I'm getting in
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line for the 25th anniversary merch
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which does not look too incredibly bad
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it's only like maybe 50 people in front
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of me also I gotta say this place is
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really busy but I feel like most people
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got in line for Merch early this morning
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probably was a lot longer though okay
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they're kind of secretive on the
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character experiences but it says meet
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Moana over Discovery Island but says
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wave to a special guest of Discovery
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Island Discovery Island also and look
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out for additional character sightings
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very vague very very vague and this also
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says you know at 8 30 this morning which
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I was not here for in front of the Tree
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of Life they they did like an opening
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ceremony for the 25th yeah if there's
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one thing about all of us that love
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Disney we also love our merchandise all
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right I'm already seeing the first
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inkling of some of the merchandise Alive
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With Magic 25 there's just a treasure
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Trove of merch I'm sure someone's
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probably already sold out at the you
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know at the start of the day don't
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exactly know what these are this looks
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like the Hellraiser box right here a
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picture like pen head like holding this
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time yeah
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I don't know it's like a I don't take
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pen head an animal kingdom I've ever
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been put in the same thing but that's
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what's giving me giving me Vibes like
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that oh it's like a light up thing you
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put batteries in there
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and then here is the spirit jersey which
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everyone's kind of
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the spirit jerseys are definitely pretty
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popular one day I'm gonna buy a spirit
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jersey but I'm just I kind of run hot
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blooded where I don't really like to
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have like long sleeves on especially now
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that it's spring and summer is
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approaching but that is really really
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cool there's Kevin done I think that's
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Kevin I'm up I think that's her
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Kevin's a female ain't got a bag down
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here I don't know if this is lounge yeah
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this is lounge fall I've got the lounge
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fly bag here got magnets right here of
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course with with all stuff that you get
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usually at the opening guys only two per
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customer these are also magnets like
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fridge magnets here this is also a
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die-cut magnet and there's a little
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keychain over here too for 11.99 and as
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of now there's quite an abundance of the
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spirit jerseys these are interesting
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this is like a this isn't a Tervis
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tumble this is like a wooden wooden base
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thing 29.99 for that this one has a
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pocket on it it's like a pocketed tea
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here it kind of has like the plants and
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foliage and whatnot nothing on the back
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I gotta find pets I need some pens yeah
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there's a full-on cue for pins in here
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just to get over to the pen table for
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now I have made it over yeah quite a few
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years
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I always like the date standpoints
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this Safari one there's a Kevin one
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there's a dinosaur one um
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okay I think three pins are good so this
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one I was told was the pass holder one
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oh yeah it says pass holder on it
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so I might as well take utilization of
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my annual pass holder again get that I
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think the dinosaur one and the standard
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25 anniversary logo or not password
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however but sometimes they'll have these
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throughout the course of the year but
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I've learned with epcot's 40th if you
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don't get some pins they're just gone
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and they never come back and comes a
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restart stocking Carriage unfortunately
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kind of surprised there's not a Magic
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Band if there is maybe it eluded me in a
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Magic Band uh Magic Band Plus
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it's not available
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but I saw Scrooge McDuck and I think
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this launch pad McQuack over there on
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that pontoon
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pulling away
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let's see here and I could see Kevin
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Kevin over here in the distance hi
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there's Kevin come up how freaking cool
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is this
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it's awesome you know I've actually
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never seen Kevin in person I've seen
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videos
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area which I'm hearing
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the dinoland area is going to be going
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away so I'm just going to kind of walk
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through and check out some of the dyno
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area before it goes completely
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extinct
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it's gonna be weird not having a lot of
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the attractions that are over in the
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kind of the fair area of the dino land
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area down the road I mean it's just like
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hearsay I want to say that I don't know
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if Disney's actually confirmed it but
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it's pretty obvious this is going to all
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be changed over time Tampa Jay is here
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of course we're gonna get something from
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Trill bites Trail Bites I love the tear
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in fact I should ask if you had any
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specialty treats or anything today if I
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had the flamingo the cupcake cupcake
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that wasn't special yeah for a while but
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I also did have the Tree of Life cupcake
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you and Chris got here at rope drop at
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like 8 30. you are beasts both of you I
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was up all night with this guy here I
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know I have to hand it to you I feel
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yeah I'm tired yeah boy they have plenty
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of coffee here yeah I don't know here
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but yeah also Chris the girl's here
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Tampa Jay and Chris the girl so you have
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some memories of this area oh my gosh
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and do you want to share I used to work
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here I used to work at primeval world
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yeah
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Triceratops spin over here the Boneyard
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Beyond us
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wow dinosaurs yeah yeah I was a trainer
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as well did you get the dinosaur pin
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yeah yeah you gotta get the Dinosaurs
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the dinosaur pin we've got I think the
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same one you got yeah yeah so memory so
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you guys definitely have a little missed
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out more Nostalgia than most people
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would have yeah and I was also here for
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preview for this part of you've been
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going into the public wow
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wow yeah a lot of memories here yeah I'm
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really glad I got to ride not
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Triceratops that's Triceratops but Prime
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Evil World
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primeval world before it closed I got to
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go on it a couple years ago there it is
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the dino Institute you know what that
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means
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let's go get that Dino this is pretty
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good the wait time only says 25 minutes
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this is beautiful 25 minutes the last
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few times I rode this in the last year
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or so the line stretched all the way
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down there and I always like to point
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out these teeny tiny ceiling fans so you
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worked here why are the ceiling fans so
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small I don't know I think sometimes
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they do like a doesn't this light up
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with like an asteroid storm or something
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it does sometimes
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one thing that's fun about this too is I
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look at these murals in the in the in
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the pre-show up here you get to see
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clear Huxtable yeah the actress that
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plays Claire Huxtable does the pre-show
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with the other guy that says let's go
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get that Dino
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the actress that played Rudy and the
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actor well that's what's up and the
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actor that played Theo there's like
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nowhere to be found
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neither is a bill now I have stated this
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is my least visited theme park at least
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knowledgeable on the facts I don't know
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if this was an opening day attraction it
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is was this opening day
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98. it's called Countdown to Extinction
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oh down the extinction
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which is a fitting name because it is
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now going through a countdown to its
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Extinction
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it becomes Indiana Jones that would be
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cool but I don't think it's going to
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because how would that fit in here we
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just watched the pre-show with Felicia
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Rashad did you know that she was
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proposed to on live TV by Ahmad Rashad
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her husband the sports the sports guy
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that was on live TV no I did not know
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that the underground research facility
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so that video is 25 years old too
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there's a lot of people down there that
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want to go get that guy now
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I've heard of the flux capacitor that's
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the vortex
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capacitor look at that the vortex
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capacitor
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no I'm not wearing glasses I'm gonna
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take off my hat I'm gonna take off your
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hat
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that's removable
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what is that
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identify oh what is that thing
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yes because this one's a vegetarian
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s
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in 90 seconds
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I really love that ride kind of like
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Indiana Jones and Disneyland but it's
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almost like a little too rough it's a
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pretty rough and scary ride yeah and I
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cannot imagine the next ride that goes
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in its place they might use the same
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ride technology but I think they're
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gonna like mellow it out a little bit I
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don't think they're going to have a ride
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that's that rough or that scary again
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kind of like Alien Encounter at Magic
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Kingdom how scary that was I think once
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they get rid of the scary they're not
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gonna put another scary thing and get in
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there you know what I've never noticed
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I've always noticed this like turtle
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prehistoric Turtle but look up here
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there is there is the scary Dino right
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there
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how have I never noticed that before
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and I have photo pass on my AP so there
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is for posterity me Tampa J right there
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in the front being frightened up there's
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a ride vehicle going up the track now
24:54
usually when it gets to the top of the
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track you can hear these switch track
24:57
click and then the other one will drop
24:58
in I do need to go on Expedition Everest
25:01
at some point today there it goes
25:04
foreign
25:15
I decided I gotta go ahead on Expedition
25:15
Everest they said it's a 40 minute wait
25:16
I'm gonna predict there's probably a
25:17
little less than that yeah nothing
25:18
better than a Yeti Bigfoot Museum when
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you walk through here that's one of the
25:22
best things about this ride is the queue
25:24
look at that look at look at him over
25:26
there the mysterious mystical Yeti and a
25:31
counter with the yeti
25:33
experience
25:35
obviously at Disneyland the Yeti's name
25:37
is Harold I don't know what this I mean
25:39
obviously disco yet
25:41
I don't know if there's actual name for
25:43
the yeti other than disco yet disco yeah
25:45
maybe it's Travolta I think it's
25:47
Travolta it could be yeah look what he
25:49
did to that little Tape Holder right
25:50
there that hard hat I mean good Lord
25:53
look at this face look at those fangs of
25:55
those hands right there with the claws I
25:58
don't know what's scarier the dinosaur
25:59
on Dino or the yeti on exhibition
26:03
numbers oh dear
26:13
pretty good now on the 15th anniversary
26:13
of this ride which was a couple years
26:15
ago I wrote it 15 times today I will not
26:17
be riding it 25 times in a row just once
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once as good enough
26:22
one thing I've never noticed before is
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the steam that goes off the back of the
26:25
engine I don't know why I never noticed
26:28
that before it was like a burning rubber
26:30
smell
26:31
why have I never noticed that before is
26:34
that something new they've added
26:37
so we're getting on that ride
26:48
just like deja vu it's a moment ago I
26:48
just said
26:50
a couple years ago on the 15th
26:51
anniversary of this ride I wrote it 15
26:52
times in a row I will not
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be riding it 25 times today never again
26:58
I just like repeating myself
27:03
and just to be on the safe side that's
27:03
true off we go here we go they're waving
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goodbye
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guys
27:20
seven this this row says row seven four
27:20
seven five seven five four that means
27:22
we'd be four seconds over there you can
27:24
barely see it okay now it's gone
27:37
man this track has not been fixed yet
27:37
they're having to fix it you know what
27:39
Adam I think there's
29:06
it's a great ride oh man that's so good
29:06
I need sunglasses I can't see there you
29:08
go always a good time one of my favorite
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rides on property and probably probably
29:13
my favorite ride I mean dinosaurs are
29:15
closed second well probably neck and
29:16
neck if Expedition Everest here at
29:18
Animal Kingdom and why have I never
29:21
noticed this right up here it's a Fang I
29:24
never noticed that here in the gift shop
29:26
before that's very interesting right
29:28
underneath the yeti that is ripping
29:29
apart the ride track you think they
29:31
would figure out how to get that fixed
29:32
after all these years the yeti just runs
29:34
a muck around here I don't think they're
29:36
Yeti to fix that yet nice I think we're
29:39
gonna make our way over to Avatar area
29:40
get a bite to eat
29:42
food back there they got some kind of
29:44
healthy options at the restaurant back
29:45
there you guys are teaching me something
29:47
new I have never walked into Pandora
29:48
from this angle before ever
29:51
I didn't even know that this little
29:52
Bridge walkway was preferred way but
29:54
it's a great shortcut
29:56
I never knew it existed if you're coming
29:58
here for the first time I don't
29:59
recommend like walking in the back way
30:01
but this is this is a nice wow
30:04
now do pontoons ever go through here
30:08
I don't think so just because of uh
30:15
okay you know what does come through
30:15
here right now though is this duck
30:17
making its way directly towards us I'm
30:20
going to name that duck pontoon
30:22
I like it
30:24
that's quite tastic
30:34
look at that
30:34
just be lining it over towards me this
30:37
duck
30:38
he likes you Adam he really likes you
30:40
yeah when you walk in here you would
30:42
just assume that you were going to get
30:43
swarmed by mosquitoes and bugs
30:47
but there aren't any it's all part of
30:49
the effect it's all part of the illusion
30:51
the noise illusion through here
30:54
it's a bamboo how did I not know this
30:58
pathway existed before how did I not
31:00
know that oh
31:02
did I not know this is my least visited
31:04
Park out of all of them I feel like I
31:06
need to change that yeah it dumps out
31:08
back over here near the restaurant and
31:11
try to grab a bite to eat down over here
31:13
we are in southullies Cantina and we had
31:17
to do mobile order there is nothing but
31:19
mobile order here you cannot get the
31:20
regular line so we had to order outside
31:22
wait a little bit and we're going up to
31:24
mobile order pickup five get money all
31:27
right this is what we're dealing with I
31:30
went with a bottle of water Smart Water
31:32
a little dressing over here and I got a
31:34
chicken grilled chicken salad I could
31:38
not find a calorie count surprise it I
31:40
don't know why Disney hasn't have
31:41
calorie counts I went to Epcot the other
31:44
night and couldn't find calorie count on
31:46
something and no calorie count here at
31:49
the Cantina as well but I think this is
31:51
probably it was pretty healthy in
31:52
comparison to what I would have usually
31:55
gotten usually gotten before I think
31:57
it's a little bit of ranch over there
31:58
but I would guess this is probably I
32:00
don't know a thousand calories I've been
32:02
punching in 1200 on random occasions so
32:04
I think he answers out here say 1200
32:07
calories and this evening in here is
32:09
pretty dang cool you cannot come in here
32:11
unless you make a without making a
32:13
mobile order which makes me believe what
32:15
happens if you don't have a smartphone
32:16
would you be able to eat here at this
32:18
restaurant if you don't have a
32:19
smartphone and we weren't even allowed
32:20
in here until until we made the As we
32:22
ordered food right yep
32:25
now the real question is how many
32:27
calories do you think this will be I'm
32:29
saying a thousand calories
32:31
I'm gonna go low I'm gonna say 800 800.
32:34
now obviously Avatar was not opening day
32:37
but I just kind of wanted to walk
32:38
through here look at the floating
32:39
mountains always like looking at the
32:41
floating mountains and I love this area
32:42
through Avatar the area of Avatar I
32:46
guess the correct name would be Pandora
32:53
it's so beautiful back in there
32:53
all right Tampa Jay and Chris had to
32:54
leave they've been here since rope drop
32:56
at 8 8 30 a.m I'm heading over to Safari
32:59
before it closes for the year
33:01
showing 20 minute wait
33:04
it's actually not too bad oh they close
33:05
at seven
33:07
kind of just in time it's like 6 53 park
33:09
closes at eight they don't do night
33:11
safaris anymore so they only do dusk
33:13
safaris
33:26
boarding one of these very soon
33:26
I know like one of Ariel's sisters from
33:29
The Little Mermaid I'm Gonna Be Your
33:30
Safari tour guide out here at harambe
33:32
Wildlife Reserve now of course we do
33:34
that and those cameras if you are going
33:37
to be taking any pictures today
33:39
I definitely have them ready too because
33:41
these animals are pretty much moving
33:43
around all over the place and I won't be
33:45
able to stop for every single animal and
33:47
speaking of animals we have animal
33:48
safety to go over to if anyone did bring
33:50
snacks aboard please start to put them
33:52
away for the health and safety of our
33:54
animals
33:55
and we are going through their home so
33:57
we do want to be respectful guests as we
33:59
are so it's not just keep your indoor
34:01
voices in the truck we should be pretty
34:02
good but please do not shout out to
34:05
these animals no whistling snapping
34:07
clapping making any weird animal noises
34:09
back at the thousands almost 3 000
34:10
pounds which is surprisingly some of the
34:12
smallest in size compared to some other
34:14
types of rhinos
34:18
cool
34:20
barely ever seen
34:23
no these are the greater kudus hanging
34:26
out here too they kind of look like deer
34:28
but they're gonna be a lot larger than
34:29
the commandeer they'll get up to about
34:31
like 750 pounds now Bongos male and
34:34
females will have horns on the top then
34:36
for about eight minutes and they'll come
34:38
up for a second and then officially go
34:40
back down
34:42
a group of hippos is called a blow it
34:45
sounds like a very unfortunate name in
34:46
my opinion don't let that cute flub
34:48
fully It's All Pure muscle that I got
34:50
going on over there
34:51
now we're going to be making our way on
34:53
over here keep on looking on your left
34:54
that's where the Nile crocodiles are
34:56
some are going to be in the water some
34:57
are gonna be on land they blend in
34:59
really well with that rock wall there
35:00
too
35:01
a lot of people are super intimidated by
35:03
them I totally get it we hear lots of
35:05
scary stories with what they're capable
35:06
of doing especially with their jaws
35:09
alone but I'm here to talk about some of
35:11
the positive things because believe it
35:12
or not they do have positive qualities
35:14
to them too they're actually very
35:16
protective of each other and very family
35:18
oriented as well hyenas um they're able
35:21
to eat about one third of their body
35:23
mass in just one meal they eat a ton of
35:25
Andreina I can't figure it out what is
35:27
which always look at a zebra's nose to
35:30
figure it out all of our zebras here
35:31
have a prominent black tipped nose
35:33
meaning they're all black with white
35:35
stripes
35:41
simple terms I can think of their
35:42
function of the horns is quite literally
35:43
like a personal air conditioner on the
35:45
top of their head to help them stay nice
35:46
and chill they're feeling a little bit
35:48
too hot out here by the Afrikaans which
35:50
is a type of South African Dutch
35:51
language that was used same lots of the
35:53
animals that we actually know of today
35:54
so you might hear me talk about the
35:55
language a little bit more but some
35:57
other animals we might see later on but
36:00
it literally just translates to a wild
36:02
beast because they are so close just for
36:04
a second I am gonna turn my mic off just
36:06
because I don't want to startle any of
36:07
them from the back
36:17
thank you all so much for letting me do
36:17
that for them sometimes they get a
36:19
little bit spooked
36:20
um compared to some other flamingos you
36:22
might have seen before and that's just
36:24
because they are the biggest in size I
36:27
challenge you to try and look out and
36:29
see if you can find some of our younger
36:30
flamingos if you didn't know flamingos
36:32
are born with dark gray feathers and
36:34
black legs it takes up Flamingo like two
36:36
to three years to fully gain their pink
36:39
coloring which they of course get mostly
36:40
from their diet of brine shrimp okay so
36:44
the one the female that is actually
36:45
right next to him that is his sister
36:48
they're the only those two are related
36:50
so a male lion's name in Swahili Simba
36:54
that's how they name the character for
36:55
the movie thank all the females in your
36:57
life these are the real girl bosses they
36:59
do all of the work they're the ones that
37:00
do most of the hunting while the males
37:02
just kind of stay back Mosey on do
37:05
whatever they replenish loads of
37:08
different animals including my personal
37:09
favorites that we did not get to see on
37:10
this round unfortunately was the African
37:12
painted dogs definitely look them up
37:14
between every single before it's so
37:15
stinking cute but I do want to give
37:18
extra awareness to them just because
37:20
they were not seen and they aren't my
37:21
favorites as of right now there is about
37:23
less than 7 000 painted dogs left in
37:25
Africa and guess what they're actually
37:27
already going extinct and roughly 13
37:29
different countries that they should be
37:31
in an Africa right now that's mostly
37:33
because of in stranglement in traffic
37:34
and I took the tram in I'm gonna walk it
37:36
back look at the sky
37:38
a little bit of a walk across the
37:39
parking lot but awesome
37:42
the sun is starting to set
37:44
the cloud formation up in the sky
37:47
it was a good day glad I showed up
38:04
this is interesting this dinosaur
38:04
parking area
38:05
is that 222 or question mark question
38:07
mark question mark oh
38:09
it's two two but from here it looks like
38:11
question mark question mark question
38:12
mark and that's gonna do it for today
38:15
from Disney's Animal Kingdom
38:18
made it back to my area actually I
38:20
wasn't in 227. it's actually in 232 or
38:24
233
38:31
but I'm still in the giraffe the reason
38:31
I thought it was 227
38:33
is because this says 227-232 up top
38:36
that's all the giraffe area
38:38
nonetheless
38:40
same general vicinity but I remember the
38:42
227 because the TV show 227 and I just
38:45
pictured a giraffe living there
38:59
I'll see you in the next video the Vlog
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is over