The ReOpening Day of EPCOT - Disney Theme Park / Return To World Showcase & Future World July 2020
A visit to EPCOT on ReOpening Day July 2020.
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welcome everyone out of the whoo here
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today's adventure will take me back to
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one of my favorite theme parks ever the
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reopening the grand reopening of Walt
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Disney World's Epcot Center as of the
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recording of this July 15 2020 I am
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ready
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inviting you to join me
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Magic Kingdom open about a week ago as
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well as animal kingdom now its app gods
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turned shallow you getting some
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accessories together rain is forecasted
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so bringing along the umbrella the bag
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that I use to store extra camera
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batteries fell apart so now I'm
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utilizing that one to take with me all
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right off I go rope drop is slated for
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11:00 a.m.
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even though there won't be an opening
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ceremony current time 9:40 does not
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appear that there's too many vehicles
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lined up here not letting anyone park
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yet so have to circle around and do a
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u-turn so getting here a tad bit early
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doesn't make a difference
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closest place to really weight would be
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the solar McDonald so kinda hang out
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here for a moment just about 10 a.m. now
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drive-through is the only thing open but
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it looks like a park here alright wait a
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few minutes I'll head back over and just
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like that 15 minutes later yeah this is
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this is more like it seems as if not
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before one hour prior to opening so
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anything an hour until they're letting
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cars in the lock leaf that's my guess
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no sign of the monorail on this loop yet
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but current time 1024 this is a sight
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for sore eyes like already see the news
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helicopter up in the air and while I was
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waiting to park almost next to me
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Jackie's super enthused I think I'm
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gonna meet up with a lot of friends here
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today I think that's gotta happen I
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think yeah quite a few of us have
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reservations I know this is we're gonna
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be good it's a historic occasion there's
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so much happening here I have I have
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this for a shield from the rain got my
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sunglasses and of course fancy cap I'm
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making my way up towards the screening
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hello thank you so much 98 degrees right
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on track current time 1036 and they're
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already letting guests in wait they're
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waving me over very good to be back got
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my historic park map hello good morning
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thank you so much good to be here how
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great is this everyone saying welcome
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thank you so much you're welcome thank
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you for having us hello
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everyone is clapping and everyone is
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just in such a good mood ten minutes
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till the first attraction opens
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spaceship earth oh they're letting us
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they're letting them let people in oh
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this is exciting current time 10:50 so
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going in just a little early Venetia she
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I really almost can't believe I am
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boarding this right now this is this is
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rather unbelievable he's telling a story
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over there he's spinning some yarn this
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was gonna go down for reefer but they
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changed their minds thanks so much
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fellas thanks so much at exit a lot of
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the interactive areas are closed also
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the screen is still going so if you're
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going to get your photograph taken it
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doesn't show on with any kind of facial
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coverings does not really register in
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the in the be end video as you're
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descending now that I say that I am
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noticing a few up there that did
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register but this one for me did not it
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just kind of blurred my whole face out
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Danny 702 has arrived did your did your
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facial covering end up showing up on the
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video at the end mine did not did yours
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so yes but it come a braids off
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and I just looked crazy still no sign of
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the monorail not yet anyway not yet the
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live for Mouse gear looks a little
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lengthy at the moment come back to this
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the experience inside the former Odyssey
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building is still quite operational
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going ahead now do a loop around world
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showcase grand fiesta tour time don't
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mind if I do
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go here mouth and nose when coughing and
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sneezing certainly enjoy this pavilion
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it almost seems like nighttime during
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the day indoors that's interesting they
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have it set up with the arrows you have
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to go this way in and then the exit
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would be that way this boat ride has my
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name all look at this this is almost
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like I feel like I'm at like a carnival
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right now the cube a relaxing cruise
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supposedly that volcano sometimes will
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emit a smoke stack hidden Mickey
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continuing my way around the lagoon here
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all the interactive experiences over
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here at the coca-cola refreshment stand
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are put away I really haven't seen this
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much elbow room through here and
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probably about a decade or so cruising
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along are a couple of the miniature
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trains along their tracks
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Nate got himself a shaved ice
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well-flavored you get blue raspberry
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blue raspberry shaved ice with sweet
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milk which flavor did you get well I'm
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not getting me raspberry yours is very
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delightful looking it's very delightful
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tasting I was here on the closing day of
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World Showcase at Epcot as well as here
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during the morning hours and later in
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the afternoon I ended it at Magic
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Kingdom so I am experiencing both Magic
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Kingdom a few days ago and now Epcot
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reopening so pretty cool a lot of the
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stages with the musical acts are not
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happening this one's all draped off
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check it out the friendship boats are
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also operating today that's that's cool
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I'm so used to seeing one of my favorite
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acts here with the chairs and the and
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the guy who blowing the whistle they
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were a staple here for many many many
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years gotta wonder if the Mary Poppins
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area will be built back up here in a
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timely fashion it was originally
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proposed at d23 but I haven't heard too
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much about it since this is incredible
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I've never been here in the whole time
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I've been coming to Epcot I've never
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been able to go in this building it's in
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this little back section away from World
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Showcase what are we about to witness
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right now oh wow check this out nice it
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smells really good though with all the
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food options that are permeating from
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the booths
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there's a little section over here with
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this cart and flower bags
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something you do not see well in the
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past you did not see in recent years
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back when they had the double decker bus
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that used to run through with the
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characters that was the last time that I
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can recall but now there is a
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horse-drawn carriage cruising through
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here and a car you can see there across
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the bridge and it has Pluto Mickey
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Minnie and goofy as they galavant
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directly towards me and then passing by
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all waving at all the guests happy to
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see everyone back again including me
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it's a pretty cool experience made my
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way over to the journey to imagination
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attraction located in the lower levels
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of this pyramid building very glorious
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and those clouds up above starting to
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formulate and I see things all you need
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is a little
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imagination there's no word dream finder
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anymore but they're still figment and I
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was like think he was kind of the Mickey
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Mouse of this Epcot Center back back in
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the day they don't really promote him as
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much but he's still here
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hanging out in his little sections it
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does not appear as if the monorail will
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be quite operational today heading from
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this point back to World Showcase near
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the American adventure stage where the
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janitors will be performing in a section
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they don't usually perform at now that I
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think about it no Park hopping is
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allowed so I guess it does kind of make
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sense not to have this running at the
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moment from TTC to here
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no DVC sale salesman staff here the gift
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shop is also kind of tapered off and but
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their spaceship earth heading back over
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to this direction just to just heard a
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little rumor that there are some other
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characters on a little grassy hill over
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by the pier of right journey of
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imagination pyramid now all of these
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experiences are very random there is no
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time frame there's no slotted exact
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moment when they happen you just have to
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catch them when they when they happen
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looks as if one of the winnie-the-pooh
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has a butterfly net he's trying to catch
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some butterflies no luck so okay here we
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go get it dad what was it a success up
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no no butterfly in there basically
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trying to tell a story which I miss joy
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but least I saw poo at least I got a poo
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session up that's the one you have on
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right now so happy I'm wearing it and
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this this looks like this is a new one I
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haven't seen that design and you got the
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mugs the glasses there and then the
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retro old-school one down here which I
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still yeah and at some point I'm gonna
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get these for my collection going
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towards the land a nice relaxing boat
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ride doesn't look like too long of a
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wait I'll walk on
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about to hop on a frozen boat well boat
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that takes us into the frozen attraction
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every time I ride this I think of
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Maelstrom and you know it's pretty neat
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that the track and the boat itself is
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exactly the same in the layout whoo and
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it falls back and then the final drop
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all that is the same so it brings back
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some fond memories of the Maelstrom days
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looks as if they have illuminated
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spaceship earth upon exiting now but it
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looks like it's all lit up it's been fun
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it's been it's real fun
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