The Solar Powered McDonalds at Walt Disney World has Opened - New Eco Friendly Fast Food Experience
A visit to the new Solar Powered McDonalds at Walt Disney World.
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welcome everyone adam the woo
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here today's adventure will take me over
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to a brand new
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just opened a few days ago mcdonald's
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on disney property and rumor has it
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well it's probably it could be a fact
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but i'm hearing
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that it is solar powered
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and a very unique design for the
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structure itself
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i'm very interested in checking it out
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and then afterwards gonna roam around
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disney springs and
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see some stuff do some a few a few other
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things
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inviting you to join me
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shall you bring along a few accessories
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here including some recharge
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batteries and umbrella because you know
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it's florida and you pretty much need
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that
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on summer days about to head under this
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archway
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no stopping they have
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i was being instructed by the navigation
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system
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now i do remember back to a time when
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this was completely different as far as
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the facade goes
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it used to be have a lot of animals
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because it's located just about a half a
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mile or a mile from the entrance
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to disney's animal kingdom and they've
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changed it considerably
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this is a lot more sleek i won't say
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futuristic but a totally different
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design than what was here it's gone
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through
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a few different incarnations lots of
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information
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plaques along the ground and plenty of
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outdoor well outdoor indoor seating it's
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kind of a makeshift open air
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yeah this is really nice the ceiling
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fans up top which are not
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quite operational at the moment probably
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provide quite a bit of circulation
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not really sure what these are maybe
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tables the seats might have been removed
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very sleek looking however most of the
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plants are native which means they will
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thrive in florida and require
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less water appears to be some pedal
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power machines over here next to the art
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not the golden arches the
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green foliage arches it's called an
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energy spinning bike there is one
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and then two and a mechanism here in the
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middle if you don't want to sit and
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pedal you can use your hands has over 1
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700 square feet of plant covered walls
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that clean the air provide cooling
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effect and increase
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biodiversity i was just informed if you
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start to pedal the arches start to light
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up
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you can see it better at night and the
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more people you have if you have all
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three mechanisms going
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the more light is exuded it seems to be
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working oh yeah you gotta look closely
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but you can see it getting the lights
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going on in there the different color
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lights
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tough to see obviously because of the
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sunlight but pretty neat
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this wood screen is sustainably
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harvested and light
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lightly charred for natural protection
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also just realize they don't open for
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about another half hour so i might have
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to
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come back well technically more like 45
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minutes
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i'll wait it out i i could use some
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caffeine and this is a
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view from the front angle i'll walk
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around the other side try to give all
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the different perspectives
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there's a billboard down at the end of
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the parking lot stating the hours are 11
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a.m
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to 8 p.m but starting tomorrow
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it's 8 a.m now that the theme parks
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around here are starting to
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reopen they're going to open the
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mcdonald's a little earlier in the day
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you would think this might be a
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drive-through but it's not a
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drive-through it's just a thoroughfare
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the drive-thru was around the other
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angle and these are just a couple rows
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here
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you got the the mcdonald's logo the very
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large m so the golden arches on this
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side
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lots of plant life here you got some
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some shrubs
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and some foliage plenty of parking
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yeah this is just this isn't a
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drive-through to see the drive-through
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is way over there this is just after you
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get your meal
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and you oh i'm completely incorrect i am
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completely
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completely incorrect that says pick up
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two
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pick up one okay so this is a
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drive-through of some sort
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yeah this is the drive-through and
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because that it just
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didn't wasn't recognizable to me because
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they're not quite open yet
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okay this makes more sense one
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drive-through
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two drive-through and three
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drive-throughs
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which means this must just be
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for pull through traffic see the arrow
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there
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so far lane the drive-through line and
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the other ones
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for constant traffic and maybe parking
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oh bus parking there we go right there
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this answers my question
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bus parking only no idling
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here in these larger spots
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would be where the buses would park
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i'm not the only one showing up a little
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early
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at first i thought they were going to
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order then i realized that
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they were a little confused by the hours
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like i am
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you got the m up there kind of dangling
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around
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and that car was just in at the order
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window and i thought well maybe the
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drive-thru is open
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but it's not they pulled off they'll
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probably return as well
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the solar powered plates there there's
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one there
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there's one above me
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soaking in some rays there's a whole
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line of them
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a few more on this and
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i believe the entire roof
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acts as a solar panel as well they are
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using the
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the lcd new school versions
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of the menu boards here which is
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probably convenient because you can
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change them out from time to time
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digitally
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instead of redoing a complete menu board
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harnessing the power of the sun with
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1066 solar panels above you
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that's enough clean energy to power this
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restaurant for a full
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year
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the outside of all the all the walls
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are plants
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going all up the side there got some
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ferns
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at the tippy top
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street lights are also hooked up to
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those panels as well you can see the
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the street lights there protruding
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outward on each and every one
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of them this company really has changed
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their outlook and their design and their
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styles and what they serve over the past
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decade or maybe even the last five years
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a considerable difference now
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from you know 10 15 years ago
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to say the least i mean in no way would
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it be considered a health food
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establishment
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but they do have some options all i will
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be getting however
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is a coffee a little cream a little
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sugar still watching what i eat and just
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you know so this is really not my forte
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for the time being but i have consumed
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a lot of mcdonald's in my day and will
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again but for now
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gotta stick to the plan so just a little
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coffee once they open the doors
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caffeinated warm beverage my acclimation
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to being used to
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florida humidity and the heat of it
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has diminished considerably i am a
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little
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toasty the sun is permeating right now
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which for this establishment is a good
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thing because you know it's
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it's solar powered if you so choose you
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can do curbside ordering that's also
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available and they have a couple spots
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reserved for drive-through if you order
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a
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larger meal and need to pull around
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located on the corner of osceola parkway
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and
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buena vista drive those are the
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coordinates
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directly on disney world property
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good to see this place reopening
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the park's very very soon but for now
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downtown disney well
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disney springs they refer to it here as
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in mcdonald's at a few resorts and
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other things might have to go wait in
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the shade over there
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momentarily and hit right here to
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the side is the so they got these little
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they're called barrack they're called
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acme barricades they weren't cones but
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they're close to it
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and right here is this sign that states
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the the hours
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the temporary hours this really would be
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a great hangout spot
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got plenty of plenty of area plenty of
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elbow room the architecture is very
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stylish hop back in the rental car for a
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moment
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get some much needed air conditioning
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about 20 minutes give or take thought
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about thought about departing and then
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returning
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but it's kind of away from everything
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else you know it's a few miles from
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really anywhere else that
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that i can really go to at the moment so
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just makes sense to just kind of wait it
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out
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i'm craving that coffee though soon
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very soon i often wonder why i drink
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piping hot coffee in the summertime
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i think it's i think it's because i just
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like the taste of it i do like iced
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coffee but i also like it when it's
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really
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really warm the flavor of a warm coffee
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and it kind of helps curb your appetite
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a little bit too i've discovered
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at least at least for me i'm really
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curious now to see the inside of this
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place
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it's almost time about eight minutes to
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go
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this door is designated as the
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mcdelivery pickup area only the main
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entrance
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is down this way pretty neat to think
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that the entire roof line is a solar
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panel
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a really nice guster here now the
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ceiling fans are moving very quickly
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they have turned them on it feels good
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under here windows being wiped down
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keeping everything clean
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just just about time a little cloud
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formation formulating up there after all
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this waiting it has really piqued my
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interest on what the interiors look like
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i spent quite a bit outside looking at
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the exteriors
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around the perimeter of the property but
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now i'm inside
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just taking a quick little gander
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what's indoors not outdoors
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pretty cool in here caffeine in a cup
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accomplished
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mccafe style oh yes
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it's not as toasty as it would have been
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spent a little time inside talking to a
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gentleman that worked
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on building the construction of this and
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other of these establishments for a
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little bit a little while
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he was saying believe he mentioned they
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were going to open back in april and
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then
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obviously with everything taking place
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they had to
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kind of put it off but they're they're
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open now
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it cooled down a little bit i didn't
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want to
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didn't want to remove this in there
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so just decided to come out to the car
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because i did that it's not it's not
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steaming
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which it's not it's it's i'd say it's
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between
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moderately lukewarm and piping hot so
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like
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three quarters hot which is fine
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most important thing is getting that
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sweet caffeine in the belly
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just to give a little perspective it is
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five miles from where i just was
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over to where i'm heading still on walt
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disney world property
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considerably different than the anaheim
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property riding parallel to the skyliner
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it's moving the skyliner is going
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there's the balloon up there in the sky
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it might be just me but that kind of
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reminds me of back to the future font a
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little bit
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is it just me right and it's good to see
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not only the signage but quite a few of
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these they are not allowed to
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verbally state out loud what what it is
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but it was
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96.8 i was 98.1 the other day 96.8 now
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so
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doing pretty good i definitely want to
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go up on the upper level of world of
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cloak
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cloak coke i was just informed that they
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will not be opening till around noon so
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i gotta i got a few minutes about 20
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minutes so i can just kind of roam
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around until then but the rooftop view
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is pretty pretty awesome up there it's a
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good spot so i'll probably end with that
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on the way out
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looks as if disney style the doors to
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this are open so i'm gonna go in there
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quite a few items in there including
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this bag that i purchased for one dollar
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this reusable bag and what's inside
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i'll show you in a little bit when i get
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back to the car
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and this is just a quick peruse of the
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other items that are in here not
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everything but just a few that i'm going
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to showcase that i enjoyed kind of
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laying my eyes upon and from the ceiling
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is a sky bucket and then down below
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ground level is a photo
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op of a teacup that you can get a
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picture and i opted not to but they do
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have a teacup here on the ground
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for photos you know what i think i'm
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gonna get myself a hat this will help
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considerably keeping the sun off my neck
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and now up to the roof all this makes me
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wanna try a soda but i'm gonna resist
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i'm gonna totally resist
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store and beverage bar pretty good view
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from up here you can see the bus
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transportation
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areas there for loading and unloading
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and off in the distance
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rainforest cafe and then panning from
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this direction
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looking over slowly past planet
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hollywood
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towards the fountain and the balloon
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currently is just sitting still because
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the wind might be blowing a little bit
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too much but this is the rooftop view
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it is a little bit of a challenge you
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know sporting this the
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a good portion of the morning and then
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this adding some heat to the noggin but
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makes up for it by you know the sun
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coming down here and being being blocked
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and if i put
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my glasses on i am full in
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cognito this was a little more than i
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would
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usually pay for a t-shirt but i did get
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the annual pass discount which i believe
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was around
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20 and i like the retro version the 25th
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anniversary of
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magic kingdom when they dressed up
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cinderella castle like the birthday cake
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it was like another give or take thirty
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dollars for the hat
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and then a dollar for that all all had
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an annual pass
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discount that's gonna do it for today
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someone's waiting on my spot so okay
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they're moving on
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ring that notification bell and if you
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