Riding My Bike Around Disneyland - Anaheim Resort & Convention Center After 6 Weeks of Closure
A ride around the Disneyland Resort area , including the Anaheim Convention Center and Hotels . April 2020 .
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welcome everyone Adams the woo here
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today's adventure brings me to Anaheim
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California that is the convention center
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right back there
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this particular section is blocked off
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which is the parking area at least one
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of them Toy Story parking before
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Disneyland I'm not going to do a precise
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every nook and cranny around the
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perimeter of the property but just out
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for a ride on my bike day three going
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out and getting some fresh air
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soaking in the ambience the sights the
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sounds and the Sun of Southern
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California is supposed to get to 95 96
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degrees today it's gonna be a warm one
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I'm inviting you to join me as I just
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cruise around and see what can be seen
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shall you I have also found a new
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adapter to hold the GoPro in so might be
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a little better it's still a test in
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progress but sound might be a little
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better than the previous few episodes
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the Anaheim resort this is a layout of
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the land if you will
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currently I am standing right there
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parking lot is that section just above
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Orangewood Avenue if I cruise up a bit
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more
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you have Disney way to tell a Disneyland
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drive over there and Disneyland right
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there in the center of the screen so
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I'll be going north from where I'm at
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not too far up three-quarters of a mile
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maybe the signage states that the parks
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are closed indefinitely till further
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notice
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over the years I have visited this
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particular building more than on a
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couple dozen occasions and never in all
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my years for obvious reasons have I seen
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this courtyard barren in this nature it
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is accessible I see one or two other
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people walking hitting their steps in
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there it is a different feeling to say
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the least
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the next event I was looking forward to
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and have tickets to Star Wars
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Celebration at the end of summer cross
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on my fingers that still takes place d23
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VidCon WonderCon all of those
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conventions take place right inside
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these doors
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usually lots of cosplay out here in this
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pathway
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you hear that not only are there birds
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chirping but there's an owl there's an
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you can hear an owl nothing but nature
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sounds and that man-made water fountain
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back there
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I'm noticing this with a lot of places
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they have sections where you can't drive
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a vehicle up onto the premises but you
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can walk through or ride a bicycle you
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can trek around you just can't take a
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car I want to see those little
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stanchions over there this metal pylons
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just walk through I maybe saw half a
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dozen folk probably far distance on this
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entire section of land
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from this angle you can see the former
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Tower of Terror guardians of the galaxy
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on the right and the not the backside of
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water but the backside of Radiator
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Springs racers and the Alpine in a
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little motel one of the many
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accommodations around here that are not
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currently accepting guests
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this is patella coming up to harbor now
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the cross streets of Katella and Harvard
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there's CVS Pharmacy is open for
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business sounds of the leaves crunching
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under the tires
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where the buses adventure from the Toy
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Story lot that bus is a normal city bus
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but the Disney buses have faulted
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operation
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they would pull right over into that
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section and dropping you off the park I
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am certainly not only looking forward to
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the reopening of the Disney properties
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but also Jim boys tacos love that place
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what you're looking at on the other side
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of the road and those hedges is the
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rideshare drop-off point and you can see
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there goes no monorail on that beam
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Denny's is available for take-out
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however which means you could order and
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pay there and then find a curb down
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there to sit on and enjoy your meal
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while looking at Disneyland if you so
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choose about as close as you're going to
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get
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Wow even Mickey D's next to the Camelot
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Hotel Campbell Inn & Suites I thought
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for sure this would be available for
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drive-through but its reopening soon
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pour it into that banner freeway traffic
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not too terribly bad
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at the moment now it might not seem like
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much for a seasoned professional when it
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comes to
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coming out of the bike
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but combining the last two days of me
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doing this a little soreness in the
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bones going up that incline doesn't look
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like much but a little bit of a leg
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workout
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it is pretty neat that this the
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structure is still sitting here outside
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the cast parking garage well if our team
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doesn't get parking garages there is
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still some traffic flowing through the
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interchange here leading to the parking
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structure but considerably less this is
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usually backed up around going here if
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the light is stopped cars will go from
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there all the way up around that bend
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on a normal day at any given time
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aspires at galaxy's edge which can be
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seen prominently normally when you're
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going into park look at that
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yeah here car couple cars
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a little activity but not much bypassing
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on the structure when they don't get
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dropped off out front which is my normal
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my normal method I will park on that up
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or try to park on that upper level to
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get a overview a lookout galaxies at
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Star Wars land
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when it all reopens this is gonna be
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very interesting to look back upon when
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the Tiki Room is accessible once again
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and these flowers made me think of the
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Tiki Room right how can you not after
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you exit your vehicle and make your way
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down the escalator you get on a tram
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below that particular point and the tram
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that's the pathway right there it goes
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directly under where I'm standing
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I press the button but I really don't
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want to touch it
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I'm sure it's been stated and thought by
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more than just myself well I don't know
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how many people have been down there
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quite a few have been down just survey
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the area you know local residents and
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those who just curious to see but the
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area is like and to use the phrase that
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it is like being a Twilight Zone episode
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kind of is it's different it's the first
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time I've been to this area since gosh
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I've been a few couple months before I
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went to Florida and closed those parks
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out on their final days at Walt Disney
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World I was not here for the last day
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before all this everything's hard to
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take place so I haven't seen any of this
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with my own eyes in a couple months and
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so this is the first time back not how I
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really want to see it but it is very
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interesting very interesting
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sidenote none of those lights have
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stopped beeping they've been going for
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about ten minutes
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every intersection all those lights
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through here they're all making that
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beeping noise and normally right through
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this section you can hear Splash
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Mountain music permeating the atmosphere
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there goes no monorail
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now while there are plenty of open areas
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that I get right through that are not
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closed off you know sidewalks etc I am
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NOT gonna go on to these properties of
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the hotels it's gonna keep my distance
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that look from afar from the sidewalks
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the normal city sidewalks a lot of
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rumors speculation opinions thought
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processes when the parks as well as
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these hotels will they open at the same
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time or will they open separately
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nothing has been announced
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I am certainly ready for some in credit
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coaster that once again a rears its head
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I'll be there and one positive aspect
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this is a good way to see parts of the
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premises that you don't normally say
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like part of one of the largest Hidden
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Mickeys out here this is one of Mickey's
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ears the other ones over there under the
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backdrop of DC I get to see it from an
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aerial view to really understand what
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I'm saying
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beautiful fear here
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ladies trees incredible or no pun
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intended credit kosher is off to the
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left even back when it was California
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screamin they had the scream tubes which
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are still there to this day just to keep
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all the the bellows as you're dropping
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the noises I'm kind of walking over into
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the local neighborhoods
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lots of construction taking place a sub
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of the neighboring businesses and future
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hotels everything still moving forward
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as it should be
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a pretty good photo-op spot still on the
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regular sidewalk and this sign rarely
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used anymore a former entrance that a
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signage is still up a guest don't go
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through here even when it's open
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it is very uncommon and not something I
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really enjoy doing I always try to show
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a monorail on a beam if the beam is in
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frame however there is no possibility of
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that current day this is the harbour
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entrance you see the gate is closed I'm
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also noticing that waltz star right down
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here a little walk their own version of
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the Walk of Fame is covered up kind of
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covered up in some fashion it's another
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good angle of guardians you can kind of
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see the front facing part there to the
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far right that looks in from the park
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you just see from the park so many great
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hotels here just in this neighborhood
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even though I live only a few miles away
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I always want to stay at them just to
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kind of get the experience cuz they are
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so close you know always have to say on
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property there's a lot of spa she could
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say I just was in a short walk by the
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parks like this one this castle where
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the candy cane in which virtually pretty
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much butts up right to the backside of
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Radiator Springs so close you might be
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asking yourself Adam what you'd be
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asking me this hypothetically Adam on
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that said day when these parks reopen to
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the general public to the ticket holders
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or to Annual Pass holders will you be
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there at that moment
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we preface this by saying if I am up to
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the attic which appropriated help knock
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on imaginary wood everything continues
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as planned I will be there oh yes
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whether it be a week or two which not
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holding any sort of breath on that one
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but if it is yes definitely yes whether
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it's a month whether I hope not a year
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I'll be there with bells on
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I'm not gonna I'm not really gonna bring
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any bells so speaking of bells ring that
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