I’m Not Allowed At Epic Universe - Finally Talking About Universal Orlando 8 Years After Trespass
Universal Orlando Thoughts
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here. As
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the recording of this, it is Saturday,
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April
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5th, 2025. This
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is the 8-year anniversary of an event
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that happened to
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me, 8 years ago to this very
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moment. Universal Orlando, Orlando.
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Universal Universal Studios Florida, I
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believe, is what it was originally
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called. The Ride the Movies campaign. I
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love that era. Opened shortly after
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Disney MGM
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Studios. Timeline of me not being
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allowed to go to Universal
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Orlando. I never have talked about this.
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The last time I ever mentioned it
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publicly was eight years ago when I went
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to the opening. It was the grand opening
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of the Jimmy Fallon Ride Through New
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York attraction. The Rock was there.
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I never was able to go on that ride. I
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don't know if that's a good or bad
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thing, but have not that's been open
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eight years. I was there and because
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what I assume I was never given an
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actual definite answer on why I was told
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I had to leave and was not allowed to
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come back. I had a trespass warning
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which I will show when I get back to my
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homestead. I still have it in a
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file, but I am assuming it was because I
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filmed inside the former empty
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Nickelodeon Studios. And then also on
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the same day, these were over on the
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Adam the Woo channel. This is the Daily
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Woo. Back when I was doing two channels,
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now I just have the Daily Woo. Same day
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I was with a producer friend of mine who
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is still in the industry. And before I
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start, I'm not going to give any names
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before I start talking about
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him. I called him and I discussed it and
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I said, "Do you mind if I bring this up?
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It's been 8 years. A lot of people don't
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even realize I can't go because today is
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also the opening of Epic Universe, the
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unofficial media event. Now, I do not do
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media events. Even if I was able to go,
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would not be there today. I'm more of a
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going when the park opens kind of
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person." That was that way with Galaxy's
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Edge opening events. I'm just more of a
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pay my way in kind go kind of person.
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That's just the way I've always
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approached
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things. But I got to thinking 8
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years when is the cut off point or is
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there going to be a cut off point?
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Because I've never been given an answer.
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I've never talked to a physical human
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being other than the security that day
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that told me pulled me backstage,
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explained that they needed me to leave.
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Now
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granted also I'm inviting you to join me
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as I discuss this. Shall you? Really is
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amazing. It's been 8 years.
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Eight 8 years. And to be honest, I
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haven't even thought about this for
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probably the last four years. I'm going
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to get on Mini Marge and drive around my
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glorified golf cart here through town.
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Before getting into it, I really am
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amazed how quickly time goes by.
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I it's just incredible in my mind that
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eight years has passed. In two more
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years, it'll be a
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decade. I mean, I'm even willing to wait
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two more years as long as I just know
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what's going on. 2012 was definitely a
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different time on YouTube, different
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time in my life. A lot of the decisions
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I made, they say the internet is
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forever, I would not make today. I would
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handle things a little bit differently.
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I think one of the one thing I would
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definitely change was how I presented
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and showed both of those now extinct and
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gone
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places. Really not the best videos. The
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Nickelodeon video still on still alive.
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10 minutes long. I can't even watch it.
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It's just so cringe. So so bad. If I
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knew that all of this was going to be a
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whirlwinded from that, I would have
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definitely shown more, presented it
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better. It's hard to go back and watch
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early on videos. And that that's that's
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not a good one. Other than that, I can't
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say I regret anything that I've done
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over the life. You always learn from
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your experiences. You learn from
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your good decisions, bad decisions,
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mistakes.
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It's just, you know, it's just an
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interesting how the timeline went on it.
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So, I did some backstage exploring
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at Disney World
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201 well two late 2010, 2011 and
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2012 and then into Universal. The
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difference is with
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Universal, I technically had permission,
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which I'm not sure when 8 years ago when
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they pulled me aside and made me leave
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and hand me the paperwork that they knew
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that that was the
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case. Now granted, I probably wasn't
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supposed to film inside those buildings,
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but I definitely did not sneak in, did
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not break in, and I walked in with a
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lanyard along with my
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buddy who was renting out the facility,
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his company was, and that's how I got in
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into both places. To be completely
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honest, I am very grateful, content,
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happy, and
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forever, forever blessed that I am able
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to go back to Walt Disney
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World because the rules that were broken
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there probably should not have fallen on
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their good graces again. And I was
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shocked after 2 and 1/2 years. I had a
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lawyer send a letter and they approved
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it and said, "Come on back. Don't do it
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again." I have not done that again and
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everything seems to be fine now after I
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was let back in. Two and a half years.
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Early 2013 was told I was not allowed to
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go to Disney World anymore. Crushed me.
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Just pulled the heart out of my chest.
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Stomped on it. I
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thought this is my youth. This is my
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memory core memories and I'm never
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allowed to be here. So being able to go
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back and summerish of 2015.
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Amazing. and I've been going ever
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since. Been going to Universal
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Hollywood many, many years. Been an
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annual pass out holder out there. Now,
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after I went in the
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Nickelodeon and did the Jurassic
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walkthrough encounter, I can't remember
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what it was called, a triceratops
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encounter, which was the same
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day. And because I had the lanyard and
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because producer Finn was with me, he
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had a lanyard also.
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And after we did Nickelodeon, he goes,
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"Is there anywhere else in the park that
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you would like to go? We have permission
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to go anywhere, even backstage and film,
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because my company is renting out for
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quite a price, the studio where
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Nickelodeon used to be. So I said, "Oh
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yeah, let's go check out the the old
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dinosaur thing." So we went back there.
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There was a guard. We walked through the
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shrubs and they go, "Oh, no guests
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allowed back here." And then showed the
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lanyard. It was kind of like Wayne's
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World.
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you know, both of us. And he said, "Oh,
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you have
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credentials. Come on in." So, I went in,
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filmed in front of the guard and
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producer
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friend, uploaded the Nickelodeon video,
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I think the next day or maybe a day
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after that, and then a couple days later
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on the main channel, the Adam on the Woo
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channel, put up the the dinosaur
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walkthrough. Fast
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forward five years, not quite five
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years. That was July of 2012. And then 8
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years ago, which would be
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April 2017, after being a passholder for
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5 years at Universal Orlando, going to
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all the horror nights leading up to the
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I might have missed one year. Constantly
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at HHN Orlando, also buying the annual
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pass or the seasonal pass for
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HHN. I probably was in the park hundreds
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of times. Nothing was ever said. And
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then the
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day Jimmy Fallon, did I say Jimmy Kimmel
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earlier? Jimmy Fallon the Rock was
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there. And I guess because there was so
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many, you know, corporate execs there,
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someone noticed, said, "That's that
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guy." And they escorted me out, gave me
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the paperwork, and I'm assuming, again,
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I've never gotten an answer on why if it
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was because of Nickelodeon. I I mean, I
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think that's what it is. if I was a
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betting man, but was never told this is
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permanent. This is forever, what to do
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about possibly talking to someone, about
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getting back in, if there's ever a grace
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period or a cut off
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point. I don't know if 8 years is long
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enough, if I've proven
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myself, but I just I wanted to put that
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out there. A lot of people are asking
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when and if and why I'm not at Epic and
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if I'm ever going to go to Epic. And the
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answer currently right now is no. Now, I
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am allowed to go to Universal Hollywood.
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I guess two separate parent companies.
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And just like when I wasn't allowed to
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Walt Disney World, I was allowed to go
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to Disneyland, which I was really
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nervous about going to Disneyland the
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first few times. When I wasn't allowed
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at Walt Disney World, I thought the same
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fate was going to happen there. But
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evidently different coast and they just
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think differently when it's even though
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you've been chastised on one coast the
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other the other coast is a little more
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lenient and evidently that goes well for
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me currently at Universal Hollywood. I
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always have a I have a soft spot for
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Universal Hollywood. I love it. lived in
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LA for many, many years, and I will
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continue to go to Universal Hollywood to
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all the events and
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HHN, but buying a house here in
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Celebration a year and three or four
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months ago, a little over a year ago, it
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got me thinking, what does the future
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hold? Again, this is not something that
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really is on my mind. The only reason
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I'm thinking about it is just simply
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because I'm seeing everyone
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post getting into Epic today. And I must
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be honest. Let's say if something
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happened. Let's say in two years. Let's
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say in two years they're like, you know,
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it's been 10
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years. It's Let's talk about it. I can
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wait two years. 10 years. The first
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thing I would do is not go to Epic
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Universe. I would go straight to the ET
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attraction and ride ET. And I would go
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look at the Back to the Future 3 train.
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And I would just walk around the
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original
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park and be grateful. But ET would be
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the one. I would probably not even go to
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Epic Universe for a little while. Even
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the monstrous things looks kind of looks
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kind of neat. But just being back in the
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original park again. This is all
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hypothetical if that will ever
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happen. And I kind of wish I would get
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an abrupt no from something or
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someone. It's almost as if there's no
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contact. I can't get any contact and I
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have never gotten an answer on why or
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when this could change or if it will
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change. Never ever did I think I'd get
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back into Walt Disney World. And that
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happened. And after I got back from
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Disney World, it was after
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that is when I was told I can't go to
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Universal Orlando anymore. It was after
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two and a half years of not being at
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Disney
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World. So going back into Universal, I
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thought, "Oh, it must be fine." I was
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never really
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as concerned with the Universal aspect
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as I was with Disney
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World. I will say dis
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stuff
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far wilder than
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Universal in my opinion, the Disney
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stuff off the I was going off the rails
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for a while. Again, this is the only
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time I've ever ever talked about this or
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mentioned it since that day. Obviously,
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I do a daily vlog, so when it happened,
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I was getting kicked out of the park.
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Talked about it then. But since then,
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with the exception of maybe replying to
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one or two comments, I have never ever
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spoken of this publicly online video
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form, any kind of social media post,
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anything. But I have been
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asked pretty often the last few days
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when I'm going to be going to Epic. I'm
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not. I also won't harp on this anymore.
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I won't talk about this anymore unless
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something changes. Everything from here
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on out. We'll be behind the scenes
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if or there is any
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contact, you know, to to get this
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figured out. It'll all be off the
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record unless I get it unless I get a,
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you know, unless I'm told it's never
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happening and then I'll obviously
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announce it's never happening or I maybe
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maybe in a year or two you'll see me
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walking through the gates, walking past
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the the new globe. I'm old school. I
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remember the globe that was moved
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supposedly moved to Universal Hollywood,
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the one that used to sit in front. Now
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it's a different globe. Things have
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changed in eight years. I don't even
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know what it's like there. I really
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don't. It's been a while. Yeah. So, just
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to reiterate, the answer is no. I will
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not be going to the new expansion, the
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third gate, if you will, of Universal
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Orlando. Continue to go to Universal
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Hollywood as long as they'll have me,
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which I seem no issues there.
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I just wanted to clear up the timeline,
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the confusion, and let a lot of people
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know who maybe didn't see the events
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from 8 years ago transpire through video
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form. Just so you know that that's what
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happened. That's why I don't go to
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Universe Orlando. That's why I don't go
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to Islands of Adventure. And why won't
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we go into Epic
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Universe? Now, if I could snap my
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fingers and reverse the decision, I
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would uh I would do that. If I had a a
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genie that can make a
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wish again, I would probably go back in
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time and redo that monstrosity of a
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horribly cringy video of Nickelodeon. I
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would present something a little bit
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better. Would I change my thought
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process and not do it? No, I'd probably
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still do it and uh take
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the take my
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licks. Would I do it now? Absolutely
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not. Did I do it then? And do I regret
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it? I did it and I don't regret
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it. I just wish I wouldn't have done it
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in such a bad fashion. Garbage.
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10-minute video, I think, has 1.7
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million views. That has
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just detained me from being able to to
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go to a local park that I would
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definitely frequent on a semi-regular
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basis when I'm in town that I had a lot
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of memories at.
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And I guess I could probably the best
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thing would have been to maybe be a
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little more transparent about how I got
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in. But, you know, I don't want to throw
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anyone under the bus, especially then
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get anyone else in trouble. And that's
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why I put it all upon myself, even
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though even though there's someone with
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me. That's about it. That's all I wanted
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to discuss. Kind of short and
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sweet. And I'm fine with any decision if
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no decisions ever
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made. It just is what it is. I've been
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used to it the last eight years without
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hearing anything back. I will also say,
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so I did hear back the first couple
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years. In fact, the the lawyer that sent
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a letter to Disney World and they they
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sent a letter back to him and he goes,
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"Hey, I got this. I still have that on
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file also of Walt Disney World saying,
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"You're welcome back. Please listen to
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cast members and follow the rules and do
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not go into any areas that there are
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signs saying you're not supposed to go
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into. Do not go backstage
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anymore and I have stuck by that those
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rules. So after that happened and then
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the Universal decision was made after I
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was let back into Disney. Had the same
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lawyer send a letter for the first
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couple years was denied and then haven't
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tried since. I take that back. I think I
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tried on the fourth year also but since
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then I don't think I've tried since
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then. Just to clarify I believe in
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punishment. I believe when
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you you do something that is frowned
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upon, there could be
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repercussions. Not saying that I don't
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understand the
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decision, but I just wonder if 8 years
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is enough. Is 8 years enough? Is 10
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years
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enough? I
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feel rehabilitation in 8 years can be
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done.
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10 years
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especially. I'm thinking 10
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years. Will ET still be open in two more
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years? That's all I want. I just want to
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I want to go on that attraction one day
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if it ever happens. If it doesn't, I can
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live with
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it. If it ever happens, I just want to
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hear those
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words. Welcome
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home. You've arrived.
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The problem is I don't think you're
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allowed to film. I think it's against
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the rules to film on ET. Or at least it
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was 8 years ago. Maybe they've changed
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it. What if I got let back? I'm thinking
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hypothetically. What if I got back in
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and then the first day was tempted to
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film on
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ET and then I got
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retranspassed.
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Dang. I wouldn't I wouldn't be able to
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film on ET cuz if not that's breaking
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the
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rules. I just have to ride it and to
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talk about it. Maybe I could get I'm I'm
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thinking as if I'm going to get back in.
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I'm not going to get back in. Why so
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sad? Minions. Also, I'm going to be
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leaving town very soon, minions. So, I
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will not be here for Easter. I know
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you're in your Easter Easter bet
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Easter outfits here. You're in your
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bunny outfits. I will not be in town for
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Easter. I'll be
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leaving
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soonish to depart for California for a
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day and then one day layover and then
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I'm going to international destination.
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Don't be sad, minions. It's okay. I'm
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not
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sad. Just giving the timeline. Just
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giving the
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info. You going to still stay sad? I
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know. I miss you here in Orlando, too,
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Minion. I'll see you in the next video,
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Minion. And everyone else, the
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vlog is over. Bonus footage. I guess I
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should show City of Orlando Police
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Department the trespass warning. This is
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the bottom portion of it here
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saying was warned in their presence to
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stay off the property located
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at Universal Orlando 1000 Universal
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Studios Plaza, Orlando, Florida
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32819. To
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include, see, it doesn't have an end
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date. to include Universal Studios,
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CityWalk, parking, Islands of Adventure,
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Resort Hotels, and all capitalized
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underlined Universal Orlando property.
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Taking that to mean epic
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also. I mean, it's getting so dated that
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it's getting worn out, but you can see
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right there
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4517. I mean, it's getting so faded. I
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need to take a photo of this so I
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actually have all the infocus. is just
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going to keep just going to keep getting
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worn down. 8 years ago to the date it
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was at
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noon according to
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this. And here's all the information
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here. Reason. Okay, here's the reason.
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In unauthorized
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area. That's the reason in unauthorized
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area. Oh, here we go. Indefinite. Okay,
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that's the answer. 4517 indefinite. I
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guess that
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means I don't know.
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Eternally. Okay, that that clarifies
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that. Well, indefinite does that mean
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forever or does that just mean until a
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change is made? But how do I get a
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change
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made? 4517. Again, it's just very
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unusual that it is the same day of the
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epic previous eight years.
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It's like this day means something in
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the space-time
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continuum. Or it could just be
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a incredible coincidence.