Finally Going Home After Five Week Trip - United Airlines Flight To Orlando / Traffic Stress In LA
United Airlines LAX To Orlando
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today's adventure begins in the hallway
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of the new DVC
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Tower Discovery Tower at the Disneyland
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Hotel as a recording of This TGIF is
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Friday October
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6th
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2023 checking out heading to the airport
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and flying
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home to Florida goodbye for now
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Sorcerers cap it's 6:30 a.m. so it's a
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little little early and I don't know how
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traffic is going to be it is a Friday it
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should I don't know it hopefully it
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won't be too too too bad but you just
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you just never know our flight departs I
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think at 10:30 welcome everyone Adam the
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woo here I am trying to order a ride
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share vehicle in Uber it seems a little
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more difficult than I thought it would
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be at 7:00 a.m. on a Friday hopefully I
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can find one if not I can try to order a
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taxi perhaps nonetheless I will be
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heading home today after 5 and 1/2 weeks
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gone from Central Florida first started
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off going to at Atlanta at the end of
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August for Dragon Con and from there
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been kind of bouncing around today my
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mom and I are flying
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back she was she's been with me for the
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last 15 days of those 5 and 1/2 weeks
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it's going to be good to be home
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hopefully tonight if all goes well I'll
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be sleeping in my own bed at my own
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place in Celebration Florida I'm
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inviting you not to be at my place in
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Celebration Florida in the bed or
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anything like that but on the plane and
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in the travel day and heading over there
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join me
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hopefully this thing approves shall you
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all right none of the half a dozen Ubers
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that are in the area are accepting I
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think there was a time when they didn't
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really know they where they were taking
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you and possibly because it is a Friday
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none of them want to go over that far so
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none of them are accepting I tried even
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the the standard one even the XL all
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those different ones so over here at the
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main entrance they have ordered a taxi
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and they said hopefully a taxi should be
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here in a few minutes so taxi might be
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the way way for it to happen it is 6:48
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right now uh a little stressful but
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it'll work
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out all right was just told the traffic
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not the traffic but the taxi is in route
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so should be getting over to LAX in a
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timely manner I'm guessing it's probably
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going to be at least an hour hour and 15
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to get over there and then by the time
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we get through the checkpoints and check
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in and everything it'll be it'll be
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getting pretty close the time to
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time to
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center all right ended up being probably
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a about twice what an Uber would be but
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at least we got up here because man that
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would have been we starting to get
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stressed out with the Uber is not
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showing up all right at least little
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checkpoints through here don't look too
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bad all right looking for our flight to
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Orlando is that it
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1042 I think that's ours gate
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71a that was definitely a quick and
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painless walk through of the
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checkpoints take one at
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all all right this is our gate 71a I'm
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going to go inquire I don't know if the
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first class seats come with the United
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Club most of them don't but I don't know
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if I've ever flown United in that seat
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section so I'm going to go ask and see
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if Mom and I can go inside the club
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never been in a club before all right
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that was a noo so it's if you have
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international first class which is kind
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of how the other Airlines and it's
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additional fee but it's not that big of
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a deal because we just sit out in the
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regular area but I figur if it was
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included did we would do that but check
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out the uh this mural over here of the
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Hollywood Sign everyone is welcome
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discover La Hollywood I'm going to be
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leaving this area and heading back to
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Central Florida it is going to be nice
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to get home it's always good to travel I
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travel a lot but it is always nice as
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Dorothy said there's no place like home
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and then I'll get restless and I'll
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leave again soon after that's I just
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know how that's how it works but I'm
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going home and we got in with plenty of
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time I always get really nervous when it
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comes to l Angeles International Airport
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because sometimes it could really
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there's one time I missed a flight
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because traffic was so bad and the
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checkpoints were so bad got I left early
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and still didn't make it so I get really
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paranoid when it comes to the getting
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here and two of my favorite words when
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it applies to Flying somewhere on time
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boarding time at 10:02 departs at 10:42
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it is currently 8:21 plenty of time and
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I'm really thankful that that taxi
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driver he first goes you flying to John
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way and I go no no no we're going out of
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LAX I could see in his face he was like
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oh okay and I think I'm going to get
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some coffee here at Ashland Hill and my
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mom wanted a Diet Coke so I got her a
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Diet Coke and I got myself a coffee oh
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there's also clatch coffee but I went
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with this coffee oh dang there's even a
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ry's Donuts in here look there's the big
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donut right up there and Hilltop there's
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tons of coffee spots I went with the
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first one I saw which was the Santa
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Monica coffee place oh look at
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this there's a food
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collection I like a good collection of
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food got the California merchandise
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right over there check out these little
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pillow things that have the Hollywood
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sign on it Beverly Hills on it it has a
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surfer riding a bcle it has the the
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Hollywood stars the I love La pretty
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neat I never used those but those are
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those are cute now this is not the
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flight that I'm going to be getting on
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but I always like to show a couple
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different planes they're all different
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sizes same airline I flying out United
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my mom and I are going to be up both
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have window seat I think she always
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likes to get the aisle seat if possible
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but this is not the one we're going to
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be on and this is a water vending
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machine check out all the different
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Waters that well there's one energy
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drink up the top a lot of it's just
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mostly just water a water vending
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machine also that sun glare with the sun
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is now fully aroused out there fully up
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in the air maybe that's not the right
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terminology but yeah if I didn't have a
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piping hot caffeinated beverage maybe
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I'd maybe I'd order one of these from
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the vending machine that'd be fun ah
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here's a here's a better angle of
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another one in fact you can see the
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whole all the different gate Gates over
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here for United as well o check out this
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Douglas Machine down below which is a I
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don't know if it's pulling that's like a
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taxi unit of some sort usually the taxi
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units are a little bit smaller but
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evidently this is called a United super
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tug it's what it's called on the front
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there a number four a super tug A
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Douglas super tug United oh you can see
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the mechanisms working down there yeah
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United super tug United definitely goes
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the uh the extra mile when it comes to
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the tugging mechanisms a little bit
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bigger and and stronger than a super tug
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ended up purchasing a pack of Trident
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gum spearmint flavored here I have this
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on the takeoff and Landing so my ears
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don't pop it's just kind of gets the
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kind of jaw moving helps the the ears
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when elevated on the up and the up and
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the downs but I always like to show
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certain airports at cell gun was a lot
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of airports do not sell gum LAX sells
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gum now our flight will be at some point
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pulling up here to
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71a right over there be pulling up here
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very soon it boards in about 50 minutes
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and this will be the little gang way we
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walk up and down oh I think I hear
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it I see it and I hear it pulling up
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to the
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gate right there there it is they're
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putting a little
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pylon stanions down there you see the
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pilots down in below this is going to
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move forward attached to that door and
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then everyone is going to get out of
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that door that's the door mom and I will
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be going into so momentarily this
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accordion style thing will be pushing
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its way up there people will be exiting
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do a quick little clean off of the plane
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and then we'll be oh I hear an
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alarm oh you know what it might be oh
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yeah check it out check out the wheels
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there oh it's the alarm letting everyone
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know that this thing is
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moving so it's sliding
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over behind the
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scenes of this accordion there's a
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there's a technical name for it but I
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like to call it the accordion here at
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71a at
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LAX oh and then they shift that around
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there's an operator that Maneuvers
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it
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around and you can see the top of the
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the very iconic little Archway over over
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there and the control tower I guess the
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that over there the top of that used to
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be a restaurant it's not an acurate
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restaurant anymore never was a control
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tower maybe it was a control tower I
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don't know I don't really know but
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things pulling up
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there slinking up to it you got the
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little me the little Tugboat mechanism
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down there pushing the pylon in all
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right I'm going to go back and sit in
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the seat and wait for time to
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board and this stuff is exciting to
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me there it is attaching itself smushing
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up against the side of the plane here at
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37-9 9 Max for those keeping
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track ready to get home
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yep ready to get home last leg you're on
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your last leg yep sitting group one
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welcome aboard please seting group
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number one on blueing for 1621 service
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to Orlando sitting group one welcome
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aboard all right heading in we are
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sitting in seats 5 a and 5B both in the
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same Row 5 a and five
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B I don't know if the stickers are still
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active or
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not as you're placing your bags in the
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overhead bins please take note of the
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picture on the back of that bin and
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place your bags on the besid just like
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you would as a book on a bookshelf that
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way we get everybody's bags onard all
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right starting off with some water and
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some
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OJ
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has the United envelope right there on
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the side of
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it I'm also noticing they have a really
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good selection of movies a ton of
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movies this is just the B
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section a pretty good uh arrangement of
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TV shows TV shows are on another bracket
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but these are just the
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movies of just scroll through them here
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this they even have even have the
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Florida project on there film in CMI
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it's pretty awesome and we're almost
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ready to go so please put away your
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carrying nscl large Electronics like
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laptops be sure items you place under
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the seat in front of you they completely
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under the seat keeping the air around
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your feet clear feel free to keep using
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and charging your phones and tablets
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just make sure there an airplane no
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either place in your pocket or help you
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see next show please unplug all your
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devices the announcement the screen
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won't work well they have all the Harry
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Potters on here which is awesome little
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Hocus Pocus there as well I think they
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even have they have all the Indiana
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Jones including the new one over here
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Mom said she wanted to watch the new one
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kind of half tempted to throw on a
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little
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uh kind of half tempted to watch that
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Crystal Skull I don't want to watch that
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I was half tempted to watch Temple of
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Doom while has seen Temple of Doom so I
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might throw that on yeah even have all
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the Lord of the Rings I mean that right
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there would really get rid of a lot of
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time on the playe that would really like
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eliminate the entire flight the things
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Bo are pretty pretty long Orlando
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weather currently uh 81° with a forecast
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high later on of about 88 go ahead
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settle in make yourselves comfortable
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welcome to the friendly
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Skies good to be not in the skies yeah
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assume we'll be in the skies right now
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we're still on the tarmac
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it's a good word
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tarmac so all customers who choosing to
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fly with us today our entire United
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team's here to make sure they have a
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great flight while service are caution
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safety is our top priority so please
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take a minute to review the safety card
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out your seat please also pay attention
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to the fing safety video you hear
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frequent flyers each aircraft types
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different 737 Max 89 current time at
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home is 1
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39 and this is going to be 5H hour
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flight 4 and 1/ half hour flight so
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it'll put us there around 6ish 6
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10ish obviously there is a 3-hour time
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difference cuz right now it is 10:39
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a.m. here in soal and we're in Hawaii
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it's 3 hours even earlier than us so
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it's only 7:39 Hawaii where we were
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10:39 where we are currently and 1:39
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p.m. at the moment where we're going
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just going to take four and a half hours
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to get there it's very confusing again I
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must say they have some impressive
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Classics on here they got a little
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Terminator one which is great that's
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right Stand By Me even look at this
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classic here early Tom Han darl Hannah
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Splash yeah I think I am going to go
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with a little Indie though
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let's see I saw oh look at this classic
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Romancing the Stone hey Ira kids here
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with the
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broad look at those Snappers rub Without
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a Cause oh Renfield I heard that was
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really
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good maybe I'll watchh RI light just
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located right above you if you
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accidentally press your call button just
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press it again to turn it off thanks
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again for flying with us and I'll be
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back with more details about today's
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play once you're in the air welcome to
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the friendly Skies friendly Skies I am
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I'm going to be making a uturn and
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heading
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back Inland and then heast
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and even with the sign's off please keep
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your seat belt fast and we'll see in
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case I'm unexpected turbulence please
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also try to keep the ey on Galley areas
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clear and use a rush and located in your
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cabin when possible remember that b move
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around doing takeoff so be careful note
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the overhead bins you can now use your
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laptop and other large devices if you
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lose your phone or other your device
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under seat ask a flight time to help
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find it please do not move the SE this
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get damage your device in its
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battery once it's safe to do so and in a
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couple of minutes we come through the a
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drive cometary beverages for today's
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selection we have some water juice soda
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if you're drinking coffee or tea please
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just tell us if youd like any cream or
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sugar we also have alcoholic beverages
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available for purchas in our economy
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cabinet as a reminder drinking personal
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alcohol you brought for is not permitted
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recycl is part of R Skies program so
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please separate your recycl and we come
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around throughout the flight now feel
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free to sit back relax enjoy the
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friendly service on today's flight and
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let us know there's anything you do to
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make your
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thank
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you this it's a hot towel to wipe your
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face off it's a hot towel to wipe your
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face off and your hands off before they
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bring the meal
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the mountains what I'm looking at the
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mountains from up
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here I'm liking on the back of this
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little information thing here says turn
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your planes on airplane mode I like the
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photo the artistic rendering of
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the 2001 or actually probably a late
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'90s cell phone over here flip
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phone also do not bring pocket TVs
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lighters
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walkman's or remote control cars however
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it's always a good idea whenever you are
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seated to keep the seat belt Loosely
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fing about you just in case we encounter
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any unexpected pumps right now we're
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showing about a 5minute early arrival
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time into the Orlando International
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right anada of
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meal and a
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salad what do you think that is crumb
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cake crumb cake blueberry crumb cake it
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looks like but I don't know if I'm just
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guessing
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looks pretty good yeah very
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nice all right mine has
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arrived also has some Sesame ginger
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dressing here mom was saying that this
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she thinks this is crumb cake also has
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the butter thank you very sweet thank
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you
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got another glass of water got the salt
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got a little sanitizing
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wipe enchiladas they also had another
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option which was tofu I didn't really
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feel like eating tofu so I'm going with
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a little enchilada action
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ladies and genten C we're ahead to begin
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our initial descent at Ed Orlando area
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to go see the house
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of Cent weather Orlando is a goodful
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Florida the day uh mostly sunny skies
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about
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90° sh heavy on the ground and 22 the
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hour which all goes according PL it's a
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heavy schedule
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48 48 I take this off cash you say fly
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with us we Tru appreciate your business
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we love to see you future
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this is kind of an interesting like sun
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flare against the clouds there in the
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middle Sun's like hitting bouncing off
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the haze and then going different
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directions H it might not show up on
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camera to be
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honest
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we got about 20 minutes left and we'll
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be arriving in Orlando soon so the seat
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belt sign will remain on for the
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remainder of the flight please help us
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get ready for landing by putting away
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your carry names taking your seats and
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fasten your seat belt food and beverages
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must be collected or put away for
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landing and will be kind by collected
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remaining
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yeah I love flying and just seeing cloud
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formation oh there's a rainbow down
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there barely see it being obscured by
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the cloud the clouds just obscured it
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other's
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downtown now I'm getting my
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bearings and that double chime indicates
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we below 10,000 ft and they will be
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landing soon so please put away your
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carrying nams including laptops sure
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items St under the seat in front of you
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fit completely under the seat keeping
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the area around your feet clear feel
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free to keep using charging your phones
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and tablets just make sure they're an
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airplane mode neither plac in pocket or
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Hell re seeing exro please unplug all
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device in the outlets will check your
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seat belts fasten BR your seats up and
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move your headrest back to its original
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position store your personal device
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holder and put away your trade tables
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and video monitors if you're a c in EXO
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we encourage you to open up the window
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shade for landing FL tight for the cabin
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for come on be
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seated little bit
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yeah back in Orlando after 5 and a half
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weeks I'm never home literally I'm never
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home I think before this trip I was gone
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like 3 weeks home a week and then before
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trip before that I was gone a month and
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a half and only back a week
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I think I've been home like 2 and 1/2
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weeks out of the last 4
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months that's part for the course I like
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a new
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series whenever I fly looking for
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swamps okay looks like we're doing a
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little bit of a U-turn here as well
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doing a little
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yeah doing a U-turn to make our approach
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the central Florida
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landscape very green and
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a grand circle tour
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around central
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Florida just doing a loopy loop around
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this
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air travel is amazing how you can go
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coast to coast in like 5 hours when
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you're in the air you know not including
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loading time and waiting around layovers
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and all that but you know what I
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we like to be the first to welcome you
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here to Orlando the home of the happiest
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place on Earth Gator Land the local time
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here is 6:18 p.m. please stay
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comfortably see until the seat belt
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signs off you may continue us and charge
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your phones and tablets but if you're
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seeing an exro please do not plug your
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device into the outlets don't forget to
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check your seat back pocket and carry
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around your seat to make you have all
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your belongings be careful in opening
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the overhead pins once we arrive at the
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gate our airport team will be more than
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halfy to answering questions you might
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have your feedback is your children
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anything that you do not want left on
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the plane again thanks so much for
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flying with us see you again in the
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friendly SK
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soon all right have deboarded the plane
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this is not the plane this is another
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plane that was already here but it is in
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the same gate section United it was a
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good flight and then there is the
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control tower at MCL Orlando
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International I going to take the
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monreal over or at least a beamed maybe
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a double rail I can't
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remember over to the pickup point and
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then drop my mom off and then go get my
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car all right over to the gate link the
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gate link is now arriv here we go we got
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the sun over there well the sunet over
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there the other gate link going by and
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this is in fact a one rail
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they call it the gate
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link it's a link between Gates that
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makes
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sense oh yes I've missed you to
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Orlando I've missed you too also there
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are a lot of people in here that took
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the gate link busy in here also never
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noticed this before city of Orlando
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Orange County Florida not Orange countyy
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California there's went from Orange
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County to Orange
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County well we were in LA county but we
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were in Orange County at Disneyland went
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up to Orange County or or LA County to
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the airport there LAX but now this is
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dedicated in
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1981 random
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fact current Florida time 17 minutes to
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7
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it's definitely a little more humid here
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it is a little later in the day
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definitely feel a little bit of the
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humidity but it's not super warm it also
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is you know it's a little later in the
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day and the Sun is kind of starting
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to what
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up yeah it's good to see you
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too big the
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foot
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Nightfall it's been a long travel day
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obviously
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the time change makes it seem later than
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it really is it's 8:30 p.m. in Central
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Florida 5:30 p.m. in SoCal where I flew
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out
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from
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2:30 p.m. in Hawaii where I was for 8:
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or n
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days I'm going to have some jet lag not
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knowing what time it
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is I'm
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back 37 38 days 39 days 36 Days 38 who's
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counting 40
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days oh a long time I've been gone I am
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tired of flying places
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need to not be on as many planes for a
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while