EPCOT is Changing Dramatically - Construction Update & What’s New at Walt Disney World Theme Park
EPCOT Update May 2021
Transcript
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today's adventure begins precisely at
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noon
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as a recording of this wednesday may 26
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2021 and
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traffic looks to be flowing pretty good
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at this hour
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i pour westbound past power pole mickey
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i don't really have a major game plan
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for today
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probably some construction updates will
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be happening as well as
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what's new in epcot center which i
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managed to get a reservation for
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so that's the park i'm heading to and
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also might meet up with a few friends
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and between that last take and this one
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i have picked up a guest from his hotel
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see if he can just give a hint
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pxr what pxr
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pixar ah okay as
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i was focusing on this dog windshield
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wiper on the back of this car
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a very friendly pup right there except
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it's just an arm extension it's not even
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it's not even waving no he's not he's
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just extending his arm to him oh you
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know what i bet you that's hooked up to
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the windshield wiper
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it is is it so when it goes i want him
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to wave that'd be awesome
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it just needs to rain for him to be
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waving
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is it raining flying welcome everyone oh
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someone's honking
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adam the woo here parked in a maze
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37 you remember where we parked yes i'll
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remember
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maybe i don't know i took a photo of it
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as well okay then i'll remember to look
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at your folder and then
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it's a good rule it's a good rule of
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thumb yes very good
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very good no matter where you are just
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take a picture just take a photo for
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posterity yep
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exactly so as i stated i have no real
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game plan
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you don't really have a game plan no i
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don't i'm just going with the flow meet
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up with a few other friends in a bit
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just see how the day goes yep and this
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has gone
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that's gonna go off might get some food
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show some construction yep monorail
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still not running
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oh by the way relaxation stations as of
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a day or two ago i've gone away there's
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no such thing as relaxation stations
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anymore
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you don't have to wear facial covering
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except in restaurants
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and on attractions yes in queue in line
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progress yeah we're moving along invited
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you to join me
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shall you i said that differently i'm
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inviting you to join me
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shall you that's better that's better
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never scared the first one
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now i went one step above where not only
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a hat
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straw hat i also have the umbrella also
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temp checks are gone
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still have the tents up up there by the
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way this is charlie i forgot to
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i don't know if they if they caught the
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hint or not they might not caught the
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hand dxr big star charlie here
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charlie charlie is here what a glory
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what was your first thought when you saw
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spaceship earth the other day you came
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the other day for the first time first
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time it was just
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awe-stroking i mean it it doesn't look
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that big
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to see it live and it's just incredible
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photos
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photos and videos don't do it justice no
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it doesn't oh this is
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blowing away there's a mary poppins
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yeah i was gonna say you're doing a mary
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poppins i could be there you go are you
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burnt
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yeah sure i'll get a kite i'm gonna go
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fly a kite
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you've been told that a lot no go fly a
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kite take a short walk off a
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short pier you know that's
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it a long walk out for short beer been
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told them all and
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fancy meeting danny 702
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underneath spaceship earth hello your
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umbrella was kind of spaceship earth-ish
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well it's reflected it's one of the
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reflective ones yeah yes i swear these
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help so much
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it's like five degrees cooler i need to
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get one of those this is a little a step
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up from the ones they sell in the park
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however it is not as good as the
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reflective one
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yeah it's so reflective you're like
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shadowed out there
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but i stepped over i don't what do you
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have planned for today i think i'm gonna
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eat some weird stuff
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you can eat some weird stuff yes yes
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you're gonna have to try some weird
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stuff with me because i'm a little bit
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afraid to do it okay i might try a
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one weird item one we're not i'll get
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two weird items
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well i'm gonna try one weird item and
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then i'm gonna focus
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focus maybe i'll have charlie can try
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one weird item oh come on i'm a picky
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eater you know that
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charlie
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that's true you could get that would be
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he would be a good culprit
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to eat to eat a weird item you know i'll
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like say oh this is awesome have you
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guys tried then
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i could say oh yeah this is oh good try
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it
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i'm gonna try to focus on some of the
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the updates on construction like over
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here was the electric
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umbrella see what i did there umbrella
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this used to be the electric umbrella
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but it's going to be like the new past
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there is going to be the new
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mouse gears which has a new name over in
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that area and then where
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the fountain used to be and the
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starbucks and club cool
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all that is gone i think the new club
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cool is going to be ending up
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over in here but yeah electric umbrella
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a lot of memories in there
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it was a restaurant it has now been
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erased
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from existence all right yeah just said
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no real rhyme or reason just kind of
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going where the wind blows and the wind
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is blowing just a bit still no sign of
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the monorail going by
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interesting fun fact these beams here
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which i learned from my friend world of
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micah
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who does a lot of updates here in the
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parks once he stated it
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made total sense it is placed here it's
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the same height
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as the monorail beam over there so when
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they're bringing in the construction
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trucks from backstage
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you know let's say it's coming the truck
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is going from this way or vice versa
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the truck is in the safe zone to not hit
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that beam which is the same height
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as that beam if that makes any sense
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whatsoever and
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they have reopened the little pin
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station which was underneath
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spaceship earth but they have this
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planter all kind of stanchioned off with
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the walls and whatnot spaceship earth is
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quite operational and open
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to be to be ridden any opinions on when
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the monorail might come back
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i'm always wrong i'm always wrong too
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that's why i ask others
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i thought it would be when they did park
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hopping i thought it was going to be
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january 1st
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which was park hopping oh so okay then
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yeah yeah you're right it was the same
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day
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now i'm saying by october 1st 50th
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anniversary
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we'll have the monorail back and i think
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capacity well
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jpec hinted that capacity will be
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increasing very soon so
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we got that to look forward to it really
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is so interesting not to see
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communicore over here anymore
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communicore
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no longer exists that was the structure
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well it referred to what was inside but
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i always referred to it as the structure
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that was kind of like a big
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circled o if you will on both sides
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there's only one side of communicore
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left and it's over there where i showed
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a moment ago where
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the mouse gears the new name of mouse
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gears is going to be that they're doing
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well i'll walk over there on the other
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side and show what's still left of
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the former communicator building but all
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this area here is going to be
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i believe a moana water exhibit
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right in here you're going to be able to
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walk all the way through here and you'll
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be able to see by standing way over on
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the other side of that tree
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near the pavilion where figment is
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you'll be able to see spaceship earth
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and all explored from way over there
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which is going to be awesome
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now i have heard it said by many people
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they all share the same opinion
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the part of the reason the monorail is
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not running is because you'd be able to
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see
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directly down in great detail to all the
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construction that's happening there in
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that
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center piece and that is a lot of land
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and they probably don't want to have any
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spoilers on what's taking place in there
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so they're not really pushing the fact
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that the monorail
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is happening at the moment that's why
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you do not see it going across
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this beam there's no factual evidence
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that that is the reason but it does make
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sense
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they figured you know why russia let's
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get the work done and then
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let everyone see it but nonetheless
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appears to be a real beehive of activity
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down in there i really cannot wait for
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guardians of the galaxy to open
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that is going to be a breakthrough in
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technology when it comes to a coaster
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the old ellen's energy adventure which
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you can see the little blue tiling on
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the roof
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that's that that's the old attraction
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which was massive on its own
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that's going to be just the cue and the
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pre-show
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for the guardians coaster which is that
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big building which is made and painted
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to blend in with the sky
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behind it and of course spaceship earth
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there hiding behind the beam and all its
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glory
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also side note michael jackson once
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laid right across here and took a
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photograph right there
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michael jackson after he was up there in
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the rainbow tunnel probably in the same
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photo session or the same week or two
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well in the same time frame you know
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maybe the same month
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in in the same age bracket of that of
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era he was right here he was laid down
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getting a photo shoot
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with the pvc fountain behind him
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pretty cool oh check it out a little
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behind the scenes here flower and garden
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festival still happening and there's
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water in the plants are those are those
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petunias
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yeah i am really excited for the future
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well no pun intended this being future
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world of what's going to be behind these
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walls once this is all completed
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a very expanse see there's the other
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section of
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what was communicore right over there
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getting a new paint job and
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refurbishment being all cleaned up ready
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for the future now there was an
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announcement back at d23 the last one
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d23 that happened that the world well
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the word
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future world was going to go away it
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wasn't going to be called future world
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anymore i do not know
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if that is still going to be the place
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but here's a quote by walt you can dream
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create design and build the most
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wonderful place in the world but it
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requires people
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to make it a dream of reality i guess
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walt said that that's what that's what
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states right there and directly behind
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me the soothing sounds of progress
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yep you can hear it behind me a little
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work going on back in there
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and there are no more relaxation
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stations for example over in here since
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openings in july this was a designated
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relaxation station with a cast member
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and everything now
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it's just open for everyone to walk in
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and out of and this was the entrance to
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mouse gear and i'm assuming it's going
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to be the entrance to the new store when
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that is finally completed that door over
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here
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and of course the play pavilion which
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was the old wonders of life pavilion is
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coming soon which you can see right over
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there it's that silver dome in front of
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the new guardian well we'll we will be
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the guardians of the galaxy ride now
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somewhere in here will be the entrance
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to the space 220 restaurant but i'm not
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really sure where the entrance will be
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and now heading back over to the journey
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to imagination pavilion gonna go up and
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get a
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drink up in the little soda up in the
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dvc
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lounge dvc lounge up top there that
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pyramid
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and there was a little bit of a wait
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list but they have texted me back and
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said that there is availability it's
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good because i'm pretty thirsty now it's
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a little
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a little warm out here now that i'm up
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here i wanted to show that picture of
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michael jackson next to the fountain
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and i have opted for not just one but
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two mr pibbs
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up here have you ever been up to this
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lounge before no you never been up to
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lounge it's my first night
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yeah you can get uh get your cheese it's
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there as well yes pretty cool
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here comes charlie powder cream soda and
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a powerade
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very cool would you you get two drinks
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too charlie drinks a little salt what'd
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you get
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i got pip you got two pibs two pips the
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pibb crew
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some cheez-its yeah pretty cool in here
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right yeah
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nice and air-conditioned pretty cool
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ambiance the sun right up there glaring
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but
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not too not too toasty in here that they
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have the air blasting pretty well
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we're gonna take the elevator down now
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the
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and from this direction gonna go past
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the empty monorail beam
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over into world showcase and see what's
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happening around the
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different countries got the friendship
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boats going by the new harmonious barges
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over there they look almost like they're
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ready for some action this harmonious
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bar just yeah i can't wait till that
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actually rears its head and that new
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fireworks show happens across the lagoon
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a very impressive waterfall back here
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the backside of canada it kind of roars
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up over the top it's kind of hidden back
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here if you don't walk up the stairs
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you would never know this is back here
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next to the movie about canada
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the queue line that you kind of go
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through the catacombs there
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to go watch the film but this is a very
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very impressive piece
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and it's right here on the back side of
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the canada
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pavilion it's always nice to just sit
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and watch the waterfalls
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just taking a stroll through world
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showcase not a bad way to spend the day
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very sunny though not a lot of cloud
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formations good thing i have the hat and
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the umbrella
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walking back now over where ratatouille
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is going to be opening october 1st of
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2021
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see they still have the walls up here
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and they have the skyliner going
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directly
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overhead this area is open
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at the moment but you can't go back in
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that section even from here you can't
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well you can see the shadow of the
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skyline are going over but you can see
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the neon sign
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right up top if you just kind of like
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look off in the distance to the
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to the side of the eiffel tower over
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there yeah it's going to be exciting
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when this opens
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50th anniversary of walt disney world
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which is october 1st 2021
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is when epcot is going to open up the
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ratatouille
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attraction
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right over there
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these walls will come down everything
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will be
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quite operational and if it was
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nighttime you'd be able to see the neon
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lit up right there
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the chef is it gas gustos
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gustos gustos gustos
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that's gonna be fun it's a trackless
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riddle kind of similar to
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mickey and minnie's and rise of the
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resistance different theming obviously
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same sort of technology and just
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thinking always look back on this moment
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and recall how weren't able to go on the
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ride or the attraction
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and only able to walk to this point
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that's what's always neat about
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kind of seeing stuff and documenting the
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present now but what will be the past
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and then looking back and saying
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gosh this has been open for a long time
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but there was a time when it wasn't open
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it's just the way my mind works i don't
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know it's just kind of a weird thought
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process sometimes
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and up until recently you couldn't even
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walk back this far they had
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some planters up here stopping anyone
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from walking and a wall
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walking back in here
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umbrella's up umbrella's up
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amigos and inside the gift shop and a
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little snack area where they have bakery
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items
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they already have merchandise for the
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remy's ratatouille adventure as well
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these are probably been here for a while
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but i rarely step into this little up
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falling over over there yeah right here
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this
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little pastry area with some food items
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back in there yeah hardly ever go back
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in this pavilion for for one reason or
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another hardly ever step in here
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looks like something's happened over
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here in morocco you can hear like a
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little work taking place behind this
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wall
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now it's a little confusing you would
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think you would not be able to go past
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here into that section of morocco where
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the fountain was but there is an opening
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over here and they do allow people
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to walk back though so you just got to
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follow the line of edges
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and then back around the back where they
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have changed something back there which
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was
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kind of a infamous spot let's go see if
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it's
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what happened to it now right over on
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the other side of these hedges they're
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doing some work to that fountain
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they just continue following it around
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and they're going to go through this
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archway
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into around the back corn oh it's kind
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of hard to get my umbrella through here
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this is like i feel like i'm in the
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shining i feel like
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jack nicholson walked jack torrance
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walking through the shiny
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and there won't be too many photo ops
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here in front of what was here
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stretching all the way to the top
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they've kind of removed it and placed a
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door there so
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it's been erased from existence you
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can't picture it i can't picture it
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that's a good thing that's that's that's
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why it was removed was it yep it's no
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longer there
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they best they best removed it
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i think it was a good idea because it
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was becoming quite the hot commodity
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was it for photo ops so that's probably
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why they caught wind of that and said
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you know what
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you best remove them from the side of
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the wall
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now it's just a door to what i don't
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know something i want to point out over
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here in the japan pavilion
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there is a moat and it's really kind of
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goes
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unseen like a lot of people don't walk
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back here but look how completely
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impressive the structure is
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and the size of it just like the
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magnitude of the the building itself
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with the moat it's kind of tucked away
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kind of like the canada waterfall
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but this is a very tall building leading
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into
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you know the gift shop that's back here
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through these doors
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and you know this the uh the warrior
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over here
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yeah pretty dang cool isn't it and
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here's kind of a look at what harmonious
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is going to look like
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reimagining the future water and
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fireworks
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you can see the barges over there
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there's also barges here with some
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heavy machine reconstruction equipment
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there that they are utilizing
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but yeah right we're looking across the
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lagoon this is what it's going to look
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like when it's all completed and finally
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rears its head and look who has joined
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the party
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and the umbrella crew well you got the
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hat which i have
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yes katie also has joined the umbrella
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crew
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oh yours is one of the reflective ones
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also this is the best thing ever i need
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to get one of those
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i don't even have my umbrella out right
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now wow that's slipping
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i need to like put this back up hold on
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that's how it's done just like that
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that's the big daddy um
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now right up here is a new stand which
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has a little dessert item
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it is a gelato stand you can see is
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quite a congregation of people lining up
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to get some
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what'd you say you wanted a lot of
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gelato you want a lot of gelato
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i do i can barely see you underneath
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that umbrella there we go okay now
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you're visible you can still get a peek
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at some of the flower and garden stuff
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like lady and the here i do recall
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there used to be some sort of stand here
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but that stand
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has been removed i just love the
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appearance of all the how many umbrellas
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are out right now
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gonna go ahead and take a little boat
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ride through the mexico pavilion see the
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three caballeros which
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i've heard the animatronics are back no
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longer under maintenance the three cover
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animatronics are back that's what the
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rumor is anyway the thing i really love
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about this pavilion is
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it's daytime outside but inside here it
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looks as if it is nightfall
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and once you go through the gift shop
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area you will go through the queue line
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and once you are going through the queue
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line you are bored onto the boat
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and you will go past well when you're
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going past the
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the volcano which has a hidden mickey up
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in the top of the
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what is it what do you call it the top
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of the steam that is emitted from the
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top of the volcano
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once you pass that you go through a
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couple different little corridors
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through some cavey areas
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and you will be seeing you know just a a
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mishmash of items with the three cable
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heroes on the different screens
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mixed through here and then when you get
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around to the end you will see really
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the only fireworks during this time
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frame there are fireworks playing
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or not playing but are showing up on the
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roof line up there and below the
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are those animatronics which yes
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confirmed have been replaced
18:56
the three caballeros sitting here for
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all to see
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and all their glory singing their song
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and no longer
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no longer just like uh whether they have
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like little cardboard cutouts
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no more cardboard cutouts they are full
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on animatronics and all their glory
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quite operational definitely very happy
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to see them back
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oh yeah three cavallieros new mexico
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pavilion
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good to have you back fellas every time
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i walk past this and see this empty beam
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i really miss the monorail the epcot
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loop monorail i know i keep saying that
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and reiterating it but
19:29
true story here's another good view of
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the guardians pre-show building
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formerly energy ellen's energy adventure
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now i did not start the day with a
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piping hot caffeinated beverage
19:38
but i'm ending the day with a piping hot
19:41
joffrey's actually we're all doing
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joffrey's
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except danny opted out of joffrey's
19:46
getting too late for caffeine
19:47
it's getting too late for caffeine you
19:49
ride that coaster over there but it's
19:50
when it's finally all said and done
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oh yeah you'll come back and ride it oh
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yeah i'll come back and write it katie
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said she would not ride it
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nope never spencer are you down for some
19:59
guardians
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i'm pretty down yeah we should scan our
20:02
hands my hands won't scan
20:05
i like what you did there what's his
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name rocky rocky rocky
20:08
i was thinking of a beatles song rocky
20:10
right here rocky raccoon yeah remember
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the beatles white album is all about
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animals yeah it is and there will come a
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day when we won't be able to walk this
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way this is technically backstage and
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once the construction is completed this
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will
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had to change the camera battery it died
20:23
but i was saying that this will all be
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well from over from this point over will
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be backstage
20:29
this is all just a temporary solution
20:31
because you cannot walk
20:33
past where the fountain used to be in
20:34
club cool and all that and the starbucks
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was so at some point this won't be
20:38
walkable like this looking over there to
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the pyramid you can actually see a
20:41
little crane up there a little
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construction
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taking place and there's going to be a
20:46
statue of walt disney right on the back
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side of spaceship earth which i am
20:50
looking forward to
20:51
finally epcot center is going to get an
20:54
homage and a statue to the man himself
20:56
that created this idea and just to show
20:58
an example there are a lot of these
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replacements here for the six feet
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it has decreased to three feet and some
21:04
of the attractions i've noticed even
21:05
today even
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at joffrey's test track and once i'm
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walking around
21:09
the place markings have been removed
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they are starting to pull up
21:13
the place markings and they do not exist
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it's just a matter of time before none
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of that it's just all a thing in the
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past
21:20
looking towards the future and that's
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gonna do it
21:23
for today from epcot a little short and
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sweet video a little construction update
21:28
if you will
21:29
enjoyable just kind of seeing some of
21:31
the changes and looking forward to
21:32
what's to come
21:33
we'll see the next video the vlog is
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over