Saying Goodbye To TEST TRACK Before It Closes At EPCOT- Weird Tron Version Final Days / My Last Ride
Test Track is Closing at EPCOT
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of this Wednesday June the
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12th
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2024 I'm wearing an appropriate t-shirt
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because I am heading up to one of the
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Walt Disney World theme parks Epcot
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Center but only going to pop in for a
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very brief moment cuz I have a lot to do
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today bright and early in the morning
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going to be leaving the state in a
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rental car dropping off my car later
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this evening but not before visiting
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with my parents
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going to their spot however I it would
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be a fail if I did not go and pay my
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respects say my last goodbye to the
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current version of test trck Epcot test
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trck 2.0 a version that started in 2012
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for a decade no a Dozen Years wow I
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forgot what year it was for a minute a
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dozen years that version of test track
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has been happening and in less than a
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week it's closing that version's doors
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forever there's not really a lot leaked
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out about what is going to be the next
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iteration of it but this is the last day
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that I'm going to be in town to make it
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happen where I can go on that ride SL
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attraction one that I have been on dare
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I say 2 3 400 times over the last 12
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years and today's my final ride of test
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track 2.0 before it's completely changed
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gutted switched around so I'm going to
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go do single Rider on that which
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hopefully it won't be too bad of a wait
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and then head to my parents hang out
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with them for a while catch
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up drop my car to get some maintenance
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done over the next couple weeks and then
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head back home start packing to leave
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bright and early in the morning long
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intro I know also got a haircut brought
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the stash back it's road trip time but
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first test track join me shall you also
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even though it's overcast it is very
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humid and
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balmy and the mosquitoes when I was
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standing over there next to those trees
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a lot of mosquitoes are starting to
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formulate I've only been back a few days
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and I'm not complaining about that I'm
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going to be gone for 2 weeks leaving the
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state into hopefully a couple a couple
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degrees cooler
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temperatures yes I know I bought a house
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in Central Florida doesn't mean I like
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this doesn't mean I like the late spring
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into summer and early fall weather
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temperatures I don't know I'm
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weird don't like
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humidity and now I'm going to go get a
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hot coffee what's wrong with me self
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pumping gas nozzle here the art deco
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7eleven in celebration
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$3.19 a gallon let's call it 320 a
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gallon they're coming along with the
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progress they replace that pylon that
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pylon on they repl a lot of the top
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portion over there you can even see some
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of the construction items happening over
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here yeah I just want to top off my gas
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tank that way when I return I got a full
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tank not going to be driving my car
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while I'm going so I'm taking a rental
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car picking it up a little bit later
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from the rental place but it's nice when
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I get back to have a full tank exclusive
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blend now I know I usually sometimes if
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I go to the parks and Epcot I'll get you
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a joffre or Starbucks or something like
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that but I'm sure it's probably going to
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be rather busy and I'm kind of a little
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bit of a time crunch cuz I got so much
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to get done today so I'm going to go
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ahead and get the coffee and again
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single Rider will be happening for test
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track which hopefully won't be too long
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of a wait from what I was seeing the LA
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the day it's going to be closed is the
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17th so the last operational day is the
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16th less than a week away so
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countdown's on oh dang there's something
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you don't see every day here on W drive
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it's one of the cabins they're
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transferring and moving it then the
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truck broke down so given it a jump is
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that one of the Fort Wilderness cabins I
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think it might be the old
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cabins
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wow in movement well kind of it's being
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moved but now it's stuck but of course
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since I'm leaving town will not be here
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for that final day which I'm guessing
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will probably be the 16th whenever they
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say that an attraction is closed on a
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date which is the 17th just to heads up
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if you show up on the when what they say
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the ride is closed it is not the closing
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day it is when the attraction is closed
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so if it says the 17th you always want
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to show up the day before so the 16th
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but I won't be here so this is my final
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day piping hot caffeinated beverage
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Chie you know a lot of people well when
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you think of mustache you think of Bert
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Reynolds you
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think Walt Disney trying to think who
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else Bert Reynolds Walt Disney magnet Pi
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Tom
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celic but when I just was doing the
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intro and I saw myself in the the camera
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looking back at me I was thinking of
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Dabney colan rip recently passed loved
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his movies he always played the same
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kind of character in a luor 9 to5 I
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think my favorite Dabney Coleman was in
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clo and
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Dagger great movie filmed in s Antonio
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Texas I'm not not saying I look like
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dabn Co I could never be as cool as that
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guy but when I see the stash I think of
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a few people and I think
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Dabney is one of them
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cheers always wanted to meet that guy I
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never did I always wanted to meet him I
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am going to walk it instead of taking
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the tram it's not too far goodness
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gracious look at those storm clouds over
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there I can get in and out before all
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that starts a brewing I think I can
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already hear a little Thunder which
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means I should probably go ahead and get
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over there because when it start starts
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precipitating and thunderstorms started
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Brewing they will close test trck due to
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inclement weather so I want to get on
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and off that thing before it shuts down
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and then goes through a delay was hoping
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to get a little monreal going by but
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right now is over there in the station
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so I'm just going to settle for this
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work
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truck there goes the work truck
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I do like this overcast this though
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hello anytime the Sun goes the golf cart
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glorified golf cart it's another not
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mini Marge but yeah also I noticed that
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they removed the plaque over here that
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was dedicated the opening of Epcot it
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used to be right here I noticed the
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other day it is erased from existence
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and now there is a planter over it what
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happened to the opening plaque and the
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dedication to this magical Epcot place
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it's gone the plaque's gone and
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exhilarating thrill Ry that I'm
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hopefully going to be able to get on and
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a full cup of caffeine flowing through
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the bones doesn't get much better than
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that oh perfect perfect monor rail shot
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as this is going by test track straight
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test track straight ahead I can hear the
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car is going so it's open currently yes
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this will all be completely redone and
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rethe no more Tron S type of stuff of
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course this opened way before Tron over
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at Magic Kingdom but yeah that's kind of
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what they were going for single Rider
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and lightning lanee Don't Mind If I Do
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all right turbulent Thrill Ride that
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features a series Automotive testing
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slippery Road surfaces rapid accelerate
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oh I think the thing just shut down I
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think it just shut down yeah they made
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an announcement but I can't tell if it's
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going to stop or not also how do they
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know everyone in this line is single do
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they check like a relationship status on
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My Disney Experience app or something
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yeah of course I'm kidding but also
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666 it's the mark of the
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beast I definitely don't want to be in
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that route yeah all of this is going to
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be completely redone re themed I am
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actually single Rider Road number seven
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I only waited about 10 minutes as long
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as the ride continues to be operational
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and doesn't also by going singer Rider
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you not you can't do this in the in the
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q line up front I would imagine all this
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will change too as well here a bustle up
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my last well maybe I'll get one more
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time I only waited about 10 or 12
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minutes
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an extreme weather
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sequence there used to be lightning
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there
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capability
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test now let's see how your vehicles
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when it comes to their efficiency
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system Neon Trees are going away
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respons more Neon Trees
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the
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truck went outside
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now the door is not closed
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woo
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used look at that grand reopening
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October 2018 on that
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sign grand reopening 18 I thought it
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thought it was redone in 2012 maybe they
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touched it up a little bit in 18 also
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this oh number
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27 wonder if the riverdal ever rode this
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that went in that vehicle screeching
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weasel side project of
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river a deep
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C I think Billy Joe has a 27 Tattoo
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actually green
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de that's it I was I had number
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28 this vehicle will be completely
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different next time I'm on this oh
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there's a little air pop right there I
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was just informed by cast member this is
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the Proto type car is that what the
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things on the front are no it's the Dig
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it's like this oh okay that's cool thank
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you you're
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welcome you too I got the Prototype car
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number 28 is the Prototype car who
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knew pretty cool wonder if the number 28
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will be the Prototype car when the cars
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are redone the re themed there goes the
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Prototype
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car all right track I don't think I'm
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going to do it again I'm going to head
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out but you were always fun even though
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you were turbulent through ride the
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features a series of Automotive testing
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environments including slippery Road
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surfaces rapid acceleration sudden
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breaking sharp turns and of course don't
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forget steeply banked curves also we
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Chevrolet be the sponsor of this what's
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your score design in motion give it a
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spin and the Chevrolet showroom yeah I'm
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sure this entire showroom will kind of
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be changed this car will probably not be
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here also I wonder how many cars they've
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actually sold people get off the ride
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and they see a sports car and then they
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think you know what I think I'm going to
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buy a sports car I me some people some
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people might there is a Corvette right
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here this a sweet
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Corvette for a little bit longer only a
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few more days goodbye test track 2.0 you
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I shared a lot of memories here but I
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never purchased a car from your showroom
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I always like this to it reminds me of
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spaceship earth over here and I believe
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this is a nod to progress City this has
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to be a nod to progress city right I
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mean that kind of looks like Walt
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original vision of Epcot even though it
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also kind of looks like the Superman
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Fortress of Solitude ice spikes this is
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neat there's a radio controlled vehicle
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from this current version of test track
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this is going to be a collector's item
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soon enough can also get a mechanic set
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right here so you even have the three
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there you got all the boys you got
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Donald in the back just scared out of
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his mind Goofy's having the time of his
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life and Mickey his ears are just waving
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in the breeze right there you can build
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your own custom vehicle with this
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version of test track I keep saying this
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version because this version is not
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going to be around more less than a week
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now so if you're in the area you're
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happen to be here on vacation definitely
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get your final rides in look at this
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there's a transportation bus right here
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with Mickey sticking his head out the
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side you also got the Disney Bus the
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Disney Cruise Line bus got some Sky
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Skyliners over here The Parking Lot Tram
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this is cool I have one of those mine's
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an older version of that that particular
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monil have a couple different monre
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rails but this is pretty awesome too
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four piece diecast metal set parking lot
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tra I need to probably get a test track
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pin if they have this version of a test
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track pin I'm not sure if I have one but
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I don't think I do ooh an automotive
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badge official Automotive designer badge
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from this version of test track oh yeah
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you know I got to I got to I got to
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freaking do this right I close the
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curtain just to show what it looked like
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right there you got the test track logo
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on there and insert money tap the
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card all right I'm doing
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this going in $7 per photo okay I got a
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few different options I got the thumbs
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up I got
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the puffing my cheeks out and then I got
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to look into the side one
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so got that one that one's kind of good
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and I kind of like that one that one's
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kind of like what's over there I think
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I'm going to do that one or you know
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what I don't know the big thumbs Up's
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good that one I'm going to go with this
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one that's what I'm going to do oh
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there's me right there hello there it is
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official I really hope they print this
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out it just doesn't go to the My Disney
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Experience app hopefully oh I can get a
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mug made too alarm will sound of
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tampered
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with select your pose print your photo
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share code
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oh it says it's printing okay it says
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it's printing right here your badge will
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be I got I'm going to have a freaking
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badge I'm going to have a test track
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badge I'm going to have a
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badge how long does it take to print all
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right I am an official Automotive
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designer look at this I guess I'm just a
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designer I didn't know I thought I was a
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race car driver but either way I have
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this for posterity a little
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souvenir would imagine the final day
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which I won't be in town for a lot of
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people L be lined up to get these photos
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but I hit it on a day a few days before
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closing was able to do a single rider
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for 10 minutes and 2 minutes to get my
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official Automotive designer card and I
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don't believe I have the test track
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press pennies I have a press pen a
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couple press Penny books dollar each for
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all eight for
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$5 might not be using those logos
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anymore and they will probably I don't
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know it's tough to tell because this fwn
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is a kind of well that's the that's the
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current that's the current font I think
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I'm just going to go ahead and get all
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get all eight of these all eight of
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these for five bucks it's worth it all
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right they are pressing them
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now crushing them up spitting them out
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right there into the
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SL all right there they all are got all
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eight of them in there they're kind of
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all scattered
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around and while I'm over in here I'm
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noticing that they also have right up
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here they
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have goofy behind the wheel of the pen
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so I think I might end up getting one of
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these as
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well well you know what that kind of It
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kind of well I guess it is yeah it is it
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is the font from the current version so
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we'll go ahead probably grab one of
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these too and see if they have any
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others okay I actually found a few other
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items as well I found a few other items
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that I'll show a little bit later but I
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ended up getting a little a little
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collectible car and there was two
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different pant so I got that one pen I
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showed and I got another one that has
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Mickey in it as well and of course I got
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the let me show this real quick too the
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logo here a little TT test track that
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logo which probably I mean I hope they
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keep
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that this is the former world of motion
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building of course world of motions was
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a great dark ride back in the day yeah
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had Horizons world of motions and
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spaceship earth so just think of how you
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know iconic spaceship earth is with all
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the animatronics and stuff Epcot got rid
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of two other rides similar to that to to
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for Progress that's that's progress deer
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but at least we still have spaceship
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earth and test track and even the new
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test track 3.0 will be in the the former
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world of motion building even though
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there's no maybe they put some animatron
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it'd be kind of nice if they put some
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slow-moving animatronics on a fast
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Thrill Ride oh yeah um on the way out I
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ended up uh catching the monil as it was
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pulling into the station and I wanted to
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show the pin that I got the other pin
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I'll show everything
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momentarily and then I was walking out
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to the parking lot catching that same
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monil as it is leaving the station
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walking
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out also pulling in
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a total of
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11,477 parking spots oh wow that's a lot
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they were just saying how many parking
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spots there were I didn't really catch
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how many it was
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but the cast member on the back of the
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tram doing their Spiel they added how
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many parking spots there were I forgot
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to I wasn't I was talking and then I
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could kind of overhear it and then the
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other person that was walking next to me
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was like
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wow all right
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I got to continue the
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day run a couple errands go to my
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parents
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house catch up with them and then
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eventually end up at the airport to get
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my rental car are there other other
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places to get a rental car the reason I
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do it from the airport is because a lot
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of other rental places close at a
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certain time and sometimes I never know
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how late in the day I'm going to get
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there today I'm going to get there in a
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timely manner but the airport rental car
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place is open super super super late and
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you can prepay and I like to have have
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my stuff prepaid way ahead of time with
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some of the other smaller pickup places
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you can't prepay so I kind of like to do
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the out of side out of mine thing so
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that that's why I'm choosing to get it
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from the airport and a lot of and the
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hours are really late so if I got there
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really early or dropped off really early
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or really
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late that's why I'm choosing to go to MC
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also might have something to do with the
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fact that I just can't stay away from
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airports I just I've been to a lot of
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airports may just drawing me in like a
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tractor bab I am really really happy
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that tomorrow I'm not getting on a plane
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however I'm going to have a car going to
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go at my own pace I can bring a little
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more than I usually bring because I'm
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bringing the same car back
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home it's going to be nice it's been a
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while since I've done a road trip in a
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car and I am really it's needed and I'm
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really looking forward to it really
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looking forward to it oh look at
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this
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a person behind me there kid was like
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choo choo train choo choo train
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it is kind of like a choo choo train a
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magnificent Highway in the sky choo choo
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train get you a little
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snackage now while I was in the park it
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didn't rain on me however when I was
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exiting test track they were making the
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announcement that there was inclement
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weather possibly on the horizon and by
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waiting in line did not guarantee a spot
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that you would get on and it would
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possibly mess things up so I perceive in
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the future there might it might not be
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running certain portions of the dice so
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glad I got got on there nice and easy
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very quick like my final
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ride on this version of test track SE
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test track here's my merchandise Hall
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the diecast vehicle here I also got a
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couple pins I showed the one in the
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store and the other one in front of
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where the Montreal was going by
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it has the logos on the current logos
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again there is some
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artwork concept art but you just know
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you know Disney you never know with
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concept art if it's going to turn out
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the way it is but really hasn't been a
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whole lot shown on what they're going to
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really have on the new the new version
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of the attraction and how long it's
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going to be down
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for a year year and a half 6
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months I don't know Splash Mountain
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going over into Tiana which I haven't
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been on that yet and I'm not doing I
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didn't do any I'm not doing any of the
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didn't do the media preview I didn't do
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the cast member preview I'm not doing
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any any annual passholder previews
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because I'm leaving
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town but they got that up and running
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pretty quick so maybe they'll get the
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new version of test track up but this
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was my merchandise haul
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there also when I go to rip my car what
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if I just hand them this instead of my
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regular driver's like
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that would probably work right they'd be
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like hey I'm an official Automotive
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designer they' be like that's nice can
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we see your regular Florida driver's
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license please I'll be like look at this
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sweet Dabney Colman stash though be like
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that's nice ID please sir I was just
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discussing with big the foot what his
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favorite version of test track was the
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first version or the second version and
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I was really surprised with his answer I
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have made it to the Orlando
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International Airport and I have to say
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I am really happy and content I'm not
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getting on a plane today I've been
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flying so
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much so much recently I'm just here to
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pick up a rental car and I'm also kind
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of curious how many flights are canceled
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or delayed because look at that weather
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up there
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inclement to the overload oh man look at
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this look at all those
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Reds all those Reds delay delay delay
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cancel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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flights on here are either delayed or
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canceled I mean it happens a lot but
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yeah again glad I'm not getting on a
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plane today the iconic
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Fountain caution wet
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floor kind of hitting the old Open
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Road America
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I want to hit some back roads up too
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going to be some nonb backroad days too
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but I'm going to definitely try to do
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some small town Back Road
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stuff I'm
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ready not every video is going to be
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small town Back Road stuff but there's
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going to be some dang look at this one
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lot of red on that
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my rental car LEL so many options all
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the rental car companies are down here
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on this level I I don't know if they all
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are but a lot of them
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are go on this entire level
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raindrops are definitely falling on my
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here wait wait wait beautiful Fountain
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over here I don't recall this being on
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previous times it looks like a mouth
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spitting
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water up there
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no water in that
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one this one however very beautiful
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bubbling
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up the lights on oh there's even a
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little sham over
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hey bral car
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achieved this will be my
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vehicle for the next 2
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weeks look at those clouds just look at
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those
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clouds made it back over into
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celebration into town now think I'm
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going to go in the Publix and get myself
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a little dinner go home relax I need to
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do some laundry I need to pack prepare
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for tomorrow morning's departure by car
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new pins Acquired and placed on the
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board along with all my other
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ones pen collection continually growing
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at some point I'm going to have to add
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another
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corkboard to the wall here in the
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corridor of
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goons well that's going to do it for
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today thanks for watching
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