Staycation Day Three - Marriott Hotel at Anaheim Convention Center / Walking Distance To Disneyland
Staycation Day 3 . Anaheim Marriott at Convention Center with Pool View.
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welcome everyone adam the woo here to
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date number
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three of this series on anaheim
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hotels that are in close proximity to
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the disneyland resort
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without technically being on property
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within
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walking distance however and i found a
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spot
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this evening about to go check in about
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20 minutes
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give or take at the forefront of the
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convention center right there in the
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courtyard
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should be fun i'm inviting you to join
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me
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shall you and just because i'm staying
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one evening in each of the places during
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this series
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traveling pretty light just need one
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back i end up returning home
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after check out each morning and then
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later in the afternoon going to check in
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that's where i'm heading now you're
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right big the foot i have been here many
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many times to a lot of conventions
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never stayed on site however first time
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for everything
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arrived at the very tall anaheim
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marriott hotel
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specific address 700 west convention way
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and i will be on the opposite side of
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what i'm looking at
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i have a pool view on the eighth floor
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just parked and now heading up parking
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was an additional 26
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on top of the other fees i'll tell you
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about once i get to the room
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peeking up over there is the main entry
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to the convention center
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not a bad commute and the next block
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over is disneyland
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very unusual seeing it empty like this
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there's a fountain over here
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and of course the iconic fountain in
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front of there
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definitely not a beehive of activity
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at the moment which is probably why
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the price was really good
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which is one of the main reasons i
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wanted to go ahead and do this
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during this time frame
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because once everything kind of gets
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rolling again
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it won't be anywhere near the same price
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point just
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just to guess there are no numbers
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inside the elevator
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you press what four you're going to on
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the outside
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time for a room tour
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starting with the obvious over here
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a little shower
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very fancy not sure what that is
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but up here
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that is the shower nozzle
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shower head i guess
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plenty of extras down there also a hair
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dryer
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cups of water oh and the most important
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thing
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oh that's not a coffee maker i thought
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it was going to be a coffee maker
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but it's just for ice maybe a mini
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fridge
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okay no mini fridge let's check in here
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got the safe down there
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ironing board thermostat on the side of
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the wall there
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and then looking inward got the tv
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they're mounted against the side got my
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stuff right down here on this little
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drawer
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a desk lamp two beds even though it's
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just me for the evening it's the same
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price
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whether you get a queen a king
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two doubles or two queen beds
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so that's what i opted for there are
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three lights here but you'll notice for
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whatever reason one of them
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does not have a bulb in it
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this this one here also is missing a
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bulb which is totally fine
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i don't really need i don't need a lot
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of illumination
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inside this is this is nice
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oh yeah total was well with the
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exception of the parking that i
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mentioned a moment ago
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total was 131. 22 of that
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were for extra fees and for taxes
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all in all based on my first impression
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i think it's a
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heck of a pretty good deal and i'm kind
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of centrally located
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i just go a block that way i can see dca
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i'll be able to see
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incredi coaster kind of the backside not
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the back side of water
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but the backside of radiator springs
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will walk over there momentarily
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peruse the convention center ground out
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this way
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got a view of the pool which i'll show
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as well as
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a block in that direction got joe's
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italian ice
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a tasty treat i'm gonna i'm gonna do all
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this give you the tour
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the brand on soaps and shampoos and
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conditioners is
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something called this works always
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fascinating to see how each place has
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their own
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has their own products that they that
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they put in their rooms
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found the mini fridge right there abso
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cold
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and also a little wipe down
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sealed up and the remote is
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as well no coffee pot however
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dang even though i can't make a cup in
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room
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all of these spots are active during
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these times including down in the lobby
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the market cafe which proudly serves
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starbucks oh dang
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they closed at four
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fail because it is now 4 23 whoop just
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changed
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probably not a lot of people drinking
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hot caffeinated beverages in the as the
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evening rears its head i do like the
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plug-ins here
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for a power and for
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oh you got the the cords for your cell
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phone
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pull back the drapes there is this whoop
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it's just bar put that upward
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clamp it there
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nice pool view no reservation needed i
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i asked if there's an hour hour and a
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half allotted
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for each guest they said nope just feel
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free to go down there whenever
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and as you can see there's there's no
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one down there at the moment
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pool closes at 10 p.m
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and panning upward you get a view here
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of the rest
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of anaheim under the haze doesn't seem
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to be
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quite as smoky and hazy
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as it was yesterday looking over the
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tops of these building oh there's some
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solar solar power panels
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crystal cathedral off in the distance
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i notice immediately next to me on the
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other side
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there are some guests staying there they
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have their stuff out on the porch but
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this way doesn't appear to be anyone
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else on this
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at least as far as items being displayed
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outside
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oh yeah that's going to be nice probably
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probably do this last
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what if they have a hot tub i'll see a
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hot tub i only see a pool
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some in the shade and some out in the
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sun even though there's not a lot of sun
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out at the moment
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equipped with two seats on the porch
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a little table there in the middle as
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you
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look downward and then over into a
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housing development
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residential section
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right over there what if i could see
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joe's from here
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would be right about right about over
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there now that building's obscuring it
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i'll walk over to it though a little bit
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later
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even though i've never stayed here this
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does look familiar because
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a couple years ago at a vidcon i had a
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few friends who
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had a room went to meet up with them
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they let me walk out here and look down
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upon the pool just for a few minutes
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before we went back over to the
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convention
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and let me tell you there was a much
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more bustling
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scene taking place down there this
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entire place was
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packed about to head downward
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looking in that direction nice little
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couch here punch the
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see i'm going to one
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okay it has has the arrow
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it's gonna be the end one
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that's where i just was before i
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kind of wander around off-site let's
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show down here
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and i'll come back a little later and
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take a dip in there
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plenty of seating arrangements out here
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and
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quite a bit of shade not that it's
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needed at the moment
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went through the lobby now i'm heading
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through this section
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this is the marriott's own convention
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area
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see that says marquee ballroom
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fedex office a hertz rent-a-car
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stand out there
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is where i parked and walked in
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and the fitness center which i think at
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the moment is also not
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quite operational it's located down here
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pretty nice facility really good when
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all these kind of reopen
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the nice little additives to have during
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your your stay
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current time 4 45 and
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i state that just to give you a little
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perspective the
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your bearings on how long it's going to
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take to walk over
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to where downtown disney parking is
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it will be completely accurate because
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i'm gonna you know i'm gonna stop and
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film a few things
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but i'll walk at a decent pace just to
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just to give the example of the commute
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during nightfall it's gonna be awesome
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to just
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meander back out here do that a little
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a little bit later on take a shortcut
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take us out to catella
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i really miss events wondercon
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vidcon star wars celebration was going
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to be a couple weekends ago
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d23 which this year was not taking place
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really crossing my fingers then next
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year next summer
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that happens here
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and just that suddenly
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that's radiator springs just past that
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tree line
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took a total of six minutes to get to
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this
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entrance that's not utilized anymore and
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i get to the downtown disney area
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you follow this pathway of palm trees so
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i'll walk up to that corner also
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really is such a unique looking facility
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over there isn't it
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strolling along
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disneyland drive it's been 13 minutes
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since i left the hotel
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there's an overview on the street corner
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and right over there
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is where you currently park to go to
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downtown disney heading back now i just
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checked
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looks like joe's has extended their
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hours so i'm going to do that after the
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pool
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i'm going back to take a dip
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i need to get a little hydrated wet my
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whistle here i got
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a few different waters from the front
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desk
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just need to change into my bathing suit
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and the pool will be all mine
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i'll be the only one down there that old
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no complaints at the entry point starts
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off at
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two feet and makes its way over to four
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feet here yeah four feet
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one inch and then back over to three
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feet over there
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so it doesn't really get too deep it's
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mostly shallow
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through the hole oh there is a hot tub
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very decorative pool towels
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as well i like the shape of this how it
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just kind of angles this way
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underneath this little overhang
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and then over into that section there
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kind of
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i don't know what i guess you could say
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maybe like a almost like an l
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kind of backwards l possibly there's a
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little
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little noodle down there floating this
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was cleverly disguised
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from where i was up in the room you
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never know this was underneath here this
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makes me happy
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first walking in it is a little brisk
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i brought my own towel too i got my
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monorail towel there
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and there's a little a little like a
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greenhouse it's not a greenhouse but
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almost looks like a
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atrium there greenhouse behind where my
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seat is
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and i'm just kind of trotting through
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the water
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there is no there is no deep end just
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goes to right about
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a little more the waist waist deep well
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right now it's waisty
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at three and a half feet so another
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another foot when you get over into
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there
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oh yeah that's how it's done nice
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these types of pools are they're
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basically made for more for like hanging
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out almost like a
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party scenario where no one's really
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swimming they're just kind of wading
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around you have your drink
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you have your your beverage and you're
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just
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just kind of relaxing i am sitting
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completely
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on the floor i'm still my head is still
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above water yes i'm sitting on the
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ground
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true story not floating i'm sitting
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paddle to your heart's content keeps you
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afloat
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or you can just
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let it do its own thing or the lights
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just i don't wear those lights on a
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minute ago
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maybe the lights just turned on or maybe
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they were on and i just didn't notice
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oh there we go
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it's working oh there it goes started
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then it stopped and now it's going again
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it's toasty in here
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states you could have up to nine people
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in here
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it'd be still be rather comfortable this
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is a good-sized hot tub
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well it seems to be flopping a little
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more than it was oh it's really
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it's kicking into high gear now
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oh yeah suggestions like right on the
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middle upper back
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peeking through is a look at the rooms
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up there
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there's a little high rise and there's
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also a lower level
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on that end
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uh
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peacefulness
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got the bubbles protruding against the
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lower back
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got the heat permeating those two that
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combination
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it's a wonderful thing after drying off
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i realized that
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my room keys were left in my pocket so
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this would be a test
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will chlorine and water
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affect the fact that these will work
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let's see
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i'm very glad even though a lot of
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facilities on these properties are not
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open
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all of the pools have been thus far i'm
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gonna get ready and
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walk the half a mile or so get a little
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treat
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i could take my car however parking
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where i'm going to is rather limited
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in that area and it's not too far of a
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walk so i'll just
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take a stroll right over there is toy
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story parking
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temporarily closed and just going to
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follow
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harbor boulevard down about a light and
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a half maybe two lights
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doesn't look too busy it's about about a
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10 12 minute walk
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sometimes this line stretches all the
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way down the sidewalk
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but now there's only maybe a dozen 15
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people in line
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total not a long wait totally worth a
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stop off when you're in this neck of the
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woods
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love this place a regular sugar-free
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orange
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what if i can make it back without it
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melting that'll be the real test
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on the time factor of how far of a walk
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it was
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i won't start nibbling on this until i
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get back
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seems to be holding up pretty well
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just right up here and then turn him
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within view it's the crow
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i'm gonna consume this outdoors next to
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the fountain way down there
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not this one
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it's a purple hue projecting onto the
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water i can see it
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hasn't melted at all i'm happy to say
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it's all still
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intact it's not
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either changing or it look kind of a
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it's more of a bluish tent
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hasn't melted at all it's still very
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solid
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so
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time to head back up to the balcony
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lights down there but there are no
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lights on any of the balconies
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look over on the horizon the shroud of
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nightfall
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has reared its head
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my way across there
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very nice
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you'll see there are no lights on any of
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the balconies
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including this one
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which is kind of nice i still have
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plenty of this left
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still in no way shape or form has melted
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getting a glare of the the lights
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going up through the railings here on
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the porch
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and it's making an interesting design
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across my face
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it feels nice out there's also a
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full-size mirror in here
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which i didn't show earlier i got to
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thinking this would be a great spot
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when the conventions are happening if
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you're staying here and
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basically just walk out go in go inside
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the next building over
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and then afterwards in the evening you
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could you could get together with
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a lot of other friends and acquaintances
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head down to the pool
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everyone that's at the convention and
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everyone that's staying at the hotel
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it could all just mingle down here might
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be quite a while before
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anything like that takes place not the
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mingling but
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when it comes to conventions and those
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type of big events
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who knows what the future holds that's
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