Celebrating Disneyland 65th Anniversary in Nearly Empty EPCOT at Walt Disney World - July 17th 2020
A visit to EPCOT on the 65th Anniversary of Disneyland.
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welcome everyone adam the woo here
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as of the recording of this it is july
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17
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2020 the 65th anniversary
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of disneyland in anaheim california
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however that theme park
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walt's original magic kingdom
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is currently closed not accepting guests
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however i got to thinking his second
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vision was epcot center
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now he did create a a bigger
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and larger version of his very first
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disneyland park here but he was really
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into epcot and i was able to get a
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reservation so i'm going to celebrate
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the birthday or anniversary depending on
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how you look at it of disneyland
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in california my favorite of all the
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parks
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i'm going to celebrate at epcot center
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i'm inviting you to join me
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shall you sidenote the west coast parks
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were slated to reopen today
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but it got pushed back so we got the
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next best thing
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and none of these parks out here would
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have ever been created
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if it were not for the success of what
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originally was shunned
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by critics out there
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kind of neat how that works also just a
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heads up a couple days ago they added
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more
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reservations for annual pass holders and
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resort guests so
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check it out online passing by this
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hollywood studios billboard here usually
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the ride vehicle is moving and shaking
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but
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not right now this solar grid
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makes up a very large hidden mickey
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from an aerial view you got to see it
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from the sky
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but right there that's all one big
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hidden mickey
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rope drop 11 a.m it
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is 10 59 right on schedule
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they will ask when you go through this
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section if you have your reservation
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just so you know you need that to get a
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to gain access and i haven't confirmed
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or heard
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the precise percentage of what
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they're loading in the gates at but it's
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low very low
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and still no monorail here at this
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this particular location
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i like the walt disney world monorail
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better at epcot here
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and i like the monorail at disneyland
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better there
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the monorail depth that goes around
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epcot the loop just fits in perfectly
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oh he's guiding me in there
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thank you hello
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all right a little far up perfect
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got it everyone's so happy i love it
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if i was in california i would most
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definitely be
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at downtown disney which is reopened
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even though
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even though the parks are not downtown
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disney as i have quite a few friends
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that are going to be attending
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and celebrating on that coast maybe even
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hanging out in the esplanada so i'm
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looking forward to seeing their updates
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and their videos
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when those are posted as for me
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i need to get a hat i lost my hat
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yesterday and there's also a retro
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t-shirt here
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at this property that's over in mouse
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gears that i had my eyes on they did not
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have my size the other day so
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hoping today that i can rectify that
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before the last few months
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kind of reared its head i always had
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this internal policy of never showing a
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monorail beam
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without the transportation device on it
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all that's out the window now because
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the monorail is not running
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there goes no
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monorail i said it three times
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if it's like beetlejuice maybe it will
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appear and the reason for that
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is no park hopping is currently allowed
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so there's no reason to go from ttc
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around the loop and get dropped off here
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you just have to park
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in this particular parking area at last
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year's d23
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also in anaheim they announced quite a
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few
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changes that were going to be taking
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place here and one of them
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i really am looking forward to is a
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statue of walt disney
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on the opposite side of spaceship earth
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i don't know if that's been put on hold
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but i cannot wait
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for walt himself to be represented
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in the park right on right right over on
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spaceship earth
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this was this was his passion
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to have walt in human recreated form
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in front of us is going to be that's
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going to be a glorious day
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the popular catchphrase is it was all
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started by a mouse
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reality never lose sight of one thing it
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was
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all started by a man with a vision
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with snow white and the seven dwarfs
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cinderella big success
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and creating the studios in burbank
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moving on to the creation of disneyland
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and then walt disney world
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and he never got to see epcot completed
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oh what it would have been like
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if he would have been here and had his
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hands
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in the creation of this wonderful place
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thank you good morning
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good morning
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recently they have capitalized all of
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the letters again bringing it back
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old school also net gators are not
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allowed you have anytime you wear facial
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covering has to go over
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the ears time for my screening 97.1
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i really wish he could have seen this
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with his own eyes
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wouldn't have been precisely how he
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envisioned it but
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you know in close in a lot of ways i
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think he would have enjoyed it
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whether you refer to it as the
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experimental prototype community of
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tomorrow or the experimental prototype
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city of tomorrow like he did
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we can all agree that it would not have
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existed if he didn't
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think of it himself gonna head into
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mouse gear now and see if they
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have that retro t-shirt i had my eye on
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that was a success
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i'm not seeing a wait time of any time
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posted the interactive design screens
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are not being utilized at the moment
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just pass on through
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there is no fast pass system during
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these times
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as well everyone is in one single line
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thank you as well as
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plexiglas screens here i find all this
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very fascinating this this time frame
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we're in
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here's the design i was talking about
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now this is the first
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large t-shirt i purchased in probably
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about a year
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but i might not be able to fit in for
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another week but i used to do 2x and now
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i'm wearing a 1x
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and hopefully i can squeeze into this
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soon i have not weighed myself in a
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while i'm waiting till i get home to
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california to
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use the scale they're only letting one
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party per car so i might get my own
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vehicle
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be interesting to see if that works out
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that way
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just one thank you number one
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oh this might be happening i might get
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my own vehicle on test trap
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oh heck yeah
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this is different
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oh man here we go again
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yes i have my own
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freaking car
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oh man that was an experience
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all by myself no one else who did this
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no one just me
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just me and the whole vehicle what's
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that next that was
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incredible
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yes i am completely in the zone there in
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every way
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and these are able to be utilized at the
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start and end of every attraction
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there are a few future projects i'm
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curious to see if we'll still continue
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and take place
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like the three-story item here in the
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middle kind of near where club cool used
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to be
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haven't heard too much on this i know
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the mary poppins area
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has been put on the back burner and
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hopefully walt's statue that is what
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it's supposed to look like when it's
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done that is the proposed
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style of it there really is hardly
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anyone out here today
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seeing these pavilions like this really
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is something else this is
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this is historical you know walt love
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miniature train so this is a nice little
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tie-in
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and i wonder if he ever would have
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thought how successful these places
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would have become and he passed away
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when disneyland was only 11 years old i
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for certain know he would have loved
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this one the american adventure
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kind of keeping up with the same vein of
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great moments with mr lincoln which
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totally blew
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people's minds when that came out i
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always like to point out the hidden
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mickey down there on that little grate
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there in the waterway next to the koi
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fish see it's very tiny but it's there
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this reminds me so much of world
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showcase circa 2000. i guess i mentioned
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that year and have fondness for it
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because that was the first time i ever
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got an annual pass to the park that was
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way before
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ratatouille was even a thought process
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of popping up back here
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thank you for your cooperation it's so
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good to see the friendship boats
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cruising by the character of alice is
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utilizing the stage over here where the
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british invasion
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british revolution used to perform the
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cheeky place in southern california
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known as oceanic arts the two gentlemen
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created both of these items and they had
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them transported over here so a little
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socal
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here in florida at least that's what
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they told me when i stopped in there
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well it's probably been a couple years
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ago now when they share that info with
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me pretty dang cool
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i am very happy and thankful to be able
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to
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be on site here things are different
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that is an understatement but just being
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on property
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being able to go in some attractions and
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visit
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some of the iconic spots around walt
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disney world has been
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amazing in my duration of this florida
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trip
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the monorail not cruising around is
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really a dramatic
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a dramatic a dramatic missing moment
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among many others some restaurants are
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not open those have been converted into
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relaxation stations
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but as stated florida
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disney parks are open california
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not yet in fact not just the disney
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parks out there
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but no theme parks out there so this is
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a blessing and a very unique situation
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something i will remember the rest of my
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life
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nothing like it was in years past and
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nothing like it will be
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again once everything comes back
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to the usual i bumped into resort tv one
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share with me some uh some of your
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thoughts on the experience out here at
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this timeframe
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so it's interesting it's not the epcot
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that you're used to
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but it's thoroughly enjoying and but
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relaxing because
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there's nobody here it's nice and so
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it's nice just to stroll there's a lot
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of things not open in the world showcase
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and things like that
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the middle section of course is gone but
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i'm not strolling around here
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it doesn't look like they really did
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much construction when it comes
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to this during the downtime honestly i
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don't think they did much of anything
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yeah so you know that is a little bit
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disappointing i do hear rap chewie's
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opening eventually so that'll be nice
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and today you know what today is on the
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on the west coast right yes disneyland's
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birthday happy birthday
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i am here celebrating i was thinking
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about going to magic kingdom
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but i figured this was this was walt's
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passion project
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just like disneyland was so i opted for
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her epcot
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good choice it appears as if the doors
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are open
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for the pixar short film festival up
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there
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the hopping water that goes through here
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is not but the
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pvc fountain is quite operational looks
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like 10 minutes for the seas with nemo
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and friends
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at disneyland this is located in the
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former 20 000
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leagues attraction but here you sit
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inside a clam for one
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shell of a good time i know it's a
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stretch of a joke but i always like
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using it and i actually prefer this one
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as opposed to the anaheim burger just
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something about it i really enjoy
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oh my goodness look at those things did
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you know that john ritter opened up this
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pavilion for the special
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truth and still to this day it's a nice
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little area to get out of the sun get
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out of the heat that florida
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central florida heat and humidity i'm
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not going to get this but this is
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this is a really jawsome t-shirt you
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know in a lot of ways spaceship earth is
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like a
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is like the continuation of carousel of
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progress so that's a nice little tie-in
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as well
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absolutely no wait time it is a walk-on
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doesn't get a whole heck of a lot better
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than that does it
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in fact the father and daughter from
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carousel
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are in there kind of like a little
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hidden easter egg if you will
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actually this is them right here play in
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the musical instruments the father and
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daughter
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from carousel of progress did you know
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that upon exit
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noticing the entire screen here is
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turned off
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i moved to southern california in 2015
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just after new year's eve from 14 to 15
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and that was the 60th anniversary in
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fact on
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the anniversary day they did it was the
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last of the 24
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hour overnight celebrations
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and 2015 was quite possibly
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my best year i've ever had
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as an adult you know i had some memories
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as a child that i really
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look back fondly on but as a full-grown
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adult 2015 was amazing the 60th
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anniversary and living only a few miles
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from
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disneyland in anaheim it really
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holds up that year hold a special very
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special place in my heart i was really
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looking forward to the anniversary of
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the 65th
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it was not meant to be but we're
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carrying
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on and
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things will continue back three or four
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months ago when
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current situation all kind of started to
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begin
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all i could think of was
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well as long as disneyland is open for
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by july 17th it'll be okay
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but i have restructured my mindset on
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that
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no matter when disneyland opens it will
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be okay
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no matter what everything will
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continue in time i really do hope all
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the annual pass holders and friends
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acquaintances
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out there were able to go to downtown
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disney today and at least celebrate a
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little bit of the 65th
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originally i said i was going to
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purchase a new cap
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i did not do that i failed i forgot as
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the day progressed
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that's okay i had i had the trusty
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umbrella
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here which doesn't always you think it
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would work really well but
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it the sun does seep through that as
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well so the hat
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almost kind of provides double the
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protection
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from the rays disney is an interesting
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part of
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my life i grew up with it my family
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going on vacation from other states who
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would travel down here and go
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to the parks but over time living in
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california
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disneyland has become my home as a local
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resident i prefer
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the west coast parks more than these
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these are more of a
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vacation what they call the vacation
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kingdom of the world
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all other theme parks more or less
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utilize this as the plateau the
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crescendo
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of what they expect to be like the the
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top it's really a it was a
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groundbreaking
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thing now there were some themed
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attractions
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before walt came up with his ideas
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but none at that escalated point where
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it's just the that all are measured
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by love walt disney world
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a lot a lot of good memories here
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favorite parks
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paper park mgm studios epcot of course
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are my two favorite parks here
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in florida and out in california what's
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original
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magic kingdom of disneyland happy
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anniversary
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happy birthday 65 years
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i am looking forward to the day it
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reopens as are
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so many others it is a
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it is a great local type
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of park and the original
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never forget that even though some will
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say what's a little bit smaller
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there's only two parks as opposed to
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four or you count the water park so
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there's even more than four parks
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downtown disney is just a little stretch
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it's not a huge disney springs
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it's more intimate and more
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personal in a way and being local and
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living
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about a mile or two from that property i
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am very grateful and thankful to be able
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to go there whenever i want as well as
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here
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when they're open very grateful that's
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going to do it for today
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if you enjoyed this particular episode
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and this tie-in
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of epcot center walt's vision
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his second vision disneyland being the
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first
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and then obviously buying a lot of
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property
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out here
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to expand upon for the other park
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but he he held epcot in high regards
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if you if you enjoyed the tie-in between
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this place and
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the west coast give it a big thumbs up
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it lets me know
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you care i'll see you in the next video
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the vlog
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is over there goes mickey on the bus