Something Big Is Happening on International Drive Orlando -Tour of What’s New & Former Attractions
Orlando International Drive March 2021
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welcome everyone adam the woo here
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today's adventure
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begins here on at this spot on
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international drive
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and i'm going to be cruising up and down
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i drive that is it is affectionately
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known as
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starting off right here at the orlando
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eye i believe it was called the orlando
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eye now it's called
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icon orlando this gargantuan
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ferris wheel which can be seen off in
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the distance
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there icon park is going to be going
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through
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some changes if you will including
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not only the world's tallest drop
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not a drop coaster a drop ride where it
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takes you to the top and you plummet
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as well as the world's tallest slingshot
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that will shoot you up almost to the
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stratosphere that
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it's not this isn't technically a theme
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park but they're almost getting around
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stating that they are a theme park by
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turning it into a makeshift one without
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affectionately or no being
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called there's a lot of that's a lot of
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affection that i'm mentioning
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a theme park but in all reality this is
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turning into
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a central florida amusement park of its
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own
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accord i'm inviting you to join me as i
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show this a little bit as well as
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renting one of these newt
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scooters which in celebration florida
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my east coast home they have
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gotten rid of the newt brand
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scooters that you can rent i do have the
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app you pay a
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i believe it's by the minute so i will
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be procuring one of these
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and just gonna careen around
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i drive i did this a couple months ago
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but there has you know
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progression and whatnot also i did not
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go past
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too far past the world's largest
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mcdonald's i went down
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this direction towards the convention
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center so i think this time i'm just
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going to go
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just a brief way that way and then go
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all the way down towards
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desert land and then back should be a
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very lengthy
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ride through on one of these scooters
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i'm inviting you to join me
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it's nice out it's kind of cool so i'm
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wearing the hoodie
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but it feels good feels real good not
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too warm not too cool
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just right join me shall you
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also in this complex
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where this will be it says coming soon
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and you can see they have the pylons
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have already started to be placed
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this is breaking news the pylons are
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being put in place
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with the huge ferris wheel in the
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distance and it is a real beehive of
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activity out there they have the heavy
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equipment
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they are creating entertainment for our
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future
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needs the world's tallest slingshot ride
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and drop tower
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coming to icon park now where i'm
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standing is over here
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in this corner right up here so right up
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there that is a
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artistic rendering of what it's going to
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look like now i still have now i've been
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on the ferris wheel
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more times than i can count but i have
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still not done the sky
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flyer which you start here at ground
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level and you go all the way to the top
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on those swings i still have not built
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up the gumption
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to do that so going to take so it's
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right there it's over there
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i believe right now they are loading up
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for the next passengers
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so i'm going to go ahead and and rip one
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of these and just
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scoot around right here when i have one
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two three four
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five six to choose from after looking on
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the app where they show
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where they are residing where they are
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kind of stanchioned in place
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there are not as many of these on i
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drive as there were
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at the end of the last year when i did
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this before so they're starting to
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become a little more obscure
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maybe i'll get this one this one right
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here is known as
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axel right there could be axl foley it
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could be axl rose even though
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it's spelled a little bit differently
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i'm going to go with axel here i'm going
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to scan it
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and go
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okay i think it just unlocked it does
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like an uh
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o sound meaning that maybe it didn't
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work but
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no it is it is working in fact if i
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kind of pull this i don't know why it
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does the uh oh sound
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but after i get the kickstand put the
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kickstand up
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and then let's see see if it's working
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okay it's not working maybe uh maybe
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that one isn't working
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huh you know what maybe you're not gonna
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get let me see if i can get a little
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more jump start here
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there we go there we go okay it's
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working it's working
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it works
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seems to be a little activity here at
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the helicopter tour
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building they're tearing out some trees
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resurfacing
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the entire area now there used to be a
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little railroad a little touristy
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railroad that would go by here
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i always like to to go by here and and
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take a look at the protective
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nest protective nesting hawk that is in
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this area
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he said it says proceed with care now
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that nesting hawk
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would probably be up there the nesting
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hawk
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could definitely get a bird's eye view
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of all this this might not be a
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helicopter tour place anymore
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you can see the helipad is over that way
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i'm kind of just
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pulling this along with me i'm not
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standing on it at the moment i
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went about a block or two down where i
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started but yeah
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this could be this might be something
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something new down the road now nesting
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hawk just stay where you're at
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i'm gonna show dave and busters which
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used to be race rock not a lot of race
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rock paraphernalia left it was an old
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attraction that's gone by the wayside
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but if you're ever at old town in
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kissimmee
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next to fun spot there is a race rock
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throwback
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a truck pulling one of the carnival
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rides
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still says race rock on the side kind of
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a deep cut if you're ever there
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gotta look for it it's like a scavenger
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hunt kind of like trying to find the
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nesting hawk i have heard if you keep a
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keen eye out through these parks you'll
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see a lobster just kind of driving up
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and down the strip here maybe it's true
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oh yeah look
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there's the lobster right there it's
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heading over to
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icon park perhaps okay see you later
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lobster good to see you i have heard the
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rumors and evidently
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you do cruise around here look at all
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looking at all this painting down here i
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believe they have something up their
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sleeves for some construction
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through this area on the corner of sand
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lake and international
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and i can cross over now it's giving me
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the giving me the go-ahead to cross
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okay across it but i believe the
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okay let me get across here and then
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i'll explain
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crossing this major intersection
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okay i'm almost there okay
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i made it a few years ago they announced
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that right over here
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behind what is now a perkins that they
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were going to construct
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one of the largest roller coasters
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in existence now i'm saying that because
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i'm not 100
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confident but it was going to be a very
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steep roller coaster right here on the
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corner of sand lake
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and i drive across from what was
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the was stated as the world's largest
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mcdonald's it is no longer called the
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world's largest mcdonald's nor
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is it the epic mcdonald's two names that
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this had now it's just
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a two-story mcdonald's you can see
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ronald up there
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give it a little wave how's it going
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ronnie
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oh look at that you can see up there you
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see the swings way off in the distance
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people are up on them right now
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no thanks but yeah to get back to my
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point right next to hogan's beach shop
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was where that coaster was going to be
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those plans have been scrapped that will
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not be happening
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it has been stated the best of my
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knowledge that the company that was
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going to do it
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decided it's not going to work out there
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will be no roller coaster
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buy that company here on this corner
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sorry hulk hogan it would have been well
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maybe actually it may have taken over
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hogan so maybe hogan's happy about that
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if i ever see hogan i'll have to ask him
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what his thoughts are on that which
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i've never met him personally i did see
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him when he did a a meet-up i didn't
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meet him
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at the meet-up but i was in the back of
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this parking lot when he entered into
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this building
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and he called me brother he said what's
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up brother
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which kind of made my dad got to be
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honest really like the architectural
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style of this denny
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denny's i'm not sure what it's referred
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to as but i really like the fact that it
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has the
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the bricks there in front and almost
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what looks like a chimney style it's not
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a chimney
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it kind of looks like a chimney style
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now across the way as the bus pulls out
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of the way
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this gift shop was used in problem child
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2. you can see john ritter and junior
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walking out of that very spot true story
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there is a
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zombie outbreak facility
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right over there yeah it says zombie
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outbreak
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there's no one in the parking lot at the
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moment and there's a titanic
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artifact exhibition now i've noticed
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with the titanic exhibits that are all
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over the u.s
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they usually do not allow filming but
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they're pretty neat nonetheless if you
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ever get a chance to check them out
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this is pirate's dinner adventure it's
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not a pirate's dinner show
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it's an adventure
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i do not believe they have they have
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reopened
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since all this however or maybe they
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have hold on guys
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safety first wear your goggles
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and put a mask on i'm not really sure
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what happened just then but here in
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pirate town
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never know what's gonna happen i'm
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walking
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am i walking the plank i'm walking the
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boardwalk
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that whatever that those gentlemen were
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driving did not have a hood on it
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there is a little spot right there that
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is available for rent there is no
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business and it'd be kind of a neat
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little little roadside
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spot as well as i am now crossing
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over into the city beautiful orlando
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well at least this is where the sign is
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might not be the technical
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designated pinpoint but right here next
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to
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gator golf says the city beautiful
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welcome to orlando yeah he just wants to
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give out he wants to give some hugs here
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the gator just wants to give some hugs
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and there's little baby
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alligators down in here look at this
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those little teeny tiny
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gators right here along i drive hey
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hey little teeny tiny gators live gator
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okay that says that's just not that's
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not the pluralization
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it just says gator how's it going
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oh thank you i see the turtle down there
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nice the turtles in there he was
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commenting on how he liked my beatles
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shirt i'm wearing a beetle shirt today
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i don't see any beetles down in there
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though oh i see a turtle though up
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you almost made it the turtle almost
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made it they took a tumble down in the
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water
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keep on trying turtle you've heard the
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story of the tortoise and the hair you
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can do it all right best selector
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that's a left turtle well you're not a
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you're not a tortoise though you're a
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turtle
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who's gonna try it again does turtle
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always try to get up on the
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on the ledge yeah
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go turtle go go turtle go
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go go go you got this
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you got this turtle you're almost there
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so close oh my gosh i wish i could help
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you wish i could lean over and help you
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you almost got this your buddy's right
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there waiting come on
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we all have faith turtle you got this
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don't tumble back
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come on turtle we're all watching
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i don't want to make you nervous we're
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all going to give you a nice little
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round of applause when you make it up
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there oh no come on gators leaf
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leave the turtle alone this is pretty
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riveting
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i know everyone is on the edge of their
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seat just like he's on the edge of the
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concrete
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come on turtle
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oh my gosh you got this buddy
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you got this
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oh man you are struggling
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oh
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all right turtle
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gotta wait for the water goes a little
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higher maybe that's what it is now the
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water would
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water being higher wouldn't help
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i just spent the last few minutes
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watching a turtle
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trying to get up there
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i'm gonna i'm gonna utilize this photo
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off as well
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look at this see i'm inside look i'm
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inside the gator's got me
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the gator's got me
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as i was leaving the guy working there
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at the golf place said he's gonna put a
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little rock
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or a brick under there to help the
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turtle up but he's got a
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he's got to make sure he doesn't have
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all those little gators come after him i
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have to find somebody that can
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i could step down in there and get the
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turtle up on the dry land
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this cow is probably wondering why is
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there an
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alien up top next to that hotel kind of
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peeking up i was just over at that gift
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shop
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but this cow is thinking that alien gets
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all the attention
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i'm showing you some attention gal how's
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it going you're closer to the road here
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though so you
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probably more noticeable maybe
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like a beacon this lighthouse
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is right here along the side not that
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lighthouse ever has the
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lights on this is a tourist attraction
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ticket center
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right over there you go in there and get
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some attraction tickets all the theme
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parks here in florida
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are open space shuttle up there on the
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side of that wall
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and some disney teas for 4.99
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you see one of the planets is up top as
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well and this place
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is now available as well the forum
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of fear it was a dinner experience
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but it's a little startling one
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you can see almost looks like maybe
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creature from
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one of the lagoons hey maybe not i could
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they may not have any of the universal
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monster stuff in here but there is
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right there there is some some kind of
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theming that is still
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left over here and they had a tunnel of
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some sort
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that you would walk through but it's not
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anymore this is located at 6362 and it
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is available this dinner show
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has fallen by the wayside it would have
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been neat to do i didn't realize there
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was a
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dinner show of this magnitude here on i
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drive also i have to wonder if this lady
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has any realization that she is sitting
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right on the beach
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underneath the where the engines will
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blast of this
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that cannot be good that will do more
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damage than
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the florida sunrise get away from
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the end where the engines emit their
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smoke
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just a little just a heads up not good
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to sit there
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oh nice and ice cream cone here on the
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side of the road as well
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twisty treat they have six flavors yeah
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that looks
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looks tasty right it is very odd
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to see this modern day because
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this property used to be wet and wild
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which i frequented on more than a dozen
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occasions in my youth
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in fact i now i'm just kind of i'm just
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kind of thinking out loud
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this sphere item on the top of that
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hotel over there i think that was seen
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in a music video
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that was filmed at wet and wild
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i may be way off base with that so don't
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quote me
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on that i believe i'm going to turn
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around at the next major intersection
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i'm not going to go all the way to
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desert i'm going to go up one more city
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block
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and turn we i've been i've been out here
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for a while so i'll start making my way
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back
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i feel as if this is running out of
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battery
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so i might have to end up hoofing it
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because i don't see any more of these
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to pick up a fresh one
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okay get back on this thing and going
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yeah right over in here was the parking
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lot
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for wet and wild and guests would walk
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directly across
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this intersection in droves over to to
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hit the slides and the wave pool
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and the lazy river yeah i remember the
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parking lot used to be
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right here for many many many many years
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also give a little
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nod to skull kingdom which is where this
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ihop is now
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there was an attraction called
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skull kingdom yep
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true story right there man
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i missed the ambiance and the look of
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skull kingdom
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skull kingdom oh this is great congo
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river golf it almost kind of looks like
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it has like a
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almost like a jungle cruise style boat
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outside and look at the trunk of that
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tree
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there is an old machete a face in the
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side of that tree it's almost like a
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tree of life
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up there and i believe that plane has
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deterred from its course and landed
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obscurely
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in the side of that rock this shows some
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of the interchanges here we have i-4 in
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the florida turnpike
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up ahead you can see volcano bay at
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universal off in the distance there not
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on universal property we're pretty close
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in fact there goes one of their buses
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now going over this hill over i-4
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and onto universal property right over
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this little hump
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this is as fast as it goes let's say
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maybe
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five miles per hour at the moment
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heading up here to george's music where
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there is a delorean
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out front oh he got a little kick there
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oh he picked up first back he had a
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little spurt
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yeah take a look at this now it's not
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time machined out
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this thing has been here for from as far
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back as i can recall
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under the sign that states musicians
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superstore delorean motor company
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right there the emblem on the front
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pretty close to the entrance to
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universal studios
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except this was not a time machine doc
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brown has not gotten his hands
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on this one it looks like it appears to
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be stuck there in the back the tires
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like embedded down into the
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to the mulch looks as if the same person
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who painted a lot of the gift shops on
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highway 192
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also put their handy work here on the
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side
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of this one i'm pretty sure it's the
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same oh you know what i didn't even
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notice at first there is a shark
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right there you can see it on other
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opposite sides of the shingles
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yeah the shingles go right through the
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shark's mouth
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nice and around the side is a
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drive-through
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for this food this food place there's a
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and some fish right there i don't know
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if they utilize this drive-through but
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it's themed out
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very very nicely when you're while
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you're waiting in your car to get your
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food
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you can talk to the fish and that
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couple of tortoises there swimming
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around monumental movie land hotel
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now i've never stayed here the only i'm
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not really seeing any theming around the
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movies
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maybe inside there could be but the sign
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does state
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movie land hotel if you ever show up
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however do not park here
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now i guess here you might be able to
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but no parking
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here or yeah so this plant
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right now you're gonna have to move
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foliage
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there is no parking your roots
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here i think it means from that corner
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over to that corner because there is
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this little
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turn in here monumental movie land hotel
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interesting a very inconspicuous
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dairy queen right here next to this
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well the supermarket is no longer there
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but the dairy queen
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still going the supermarket had cameras
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yeah just very queen looks it's like
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kind of hidden over the corner of this
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there's definitely a lot less traffic
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out here than what i am used to the
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roads are very very clear
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that is for sure there is like not a
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whole heck of a lot
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of activity and commuting and
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bumper-to-bumper traffic
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at the moment definitely something in
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the future for this sidewalk area look
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at all the markings and the flags
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all through this this area
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i'm riding one-handed it sounds like it
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would be simple
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but trust me it's not it's good thing
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this
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thing is not going at its full full
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potential speed because this is a lot
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more difficult
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than you would think i should probably
22:37
stop doing this and go back to doing
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the two-handed the two-handed
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also my mode of standing
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is the the feet on either side like this
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sometimes i'll even go a little closer
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together this way
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okay sure i guess you were wondering oh
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someone's up on the slingshot and this
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is not the one that's happening over at
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icon park
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this is a different one but this is kind
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of a representation of what the one
23:06
icon park will be but what much much
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taller than this one
23:09
still not a whole heck of a lot going on
23:11
back in here what was volcano island
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miniature golf yeah it looks exactly the
23:17
same as it did a few months ago when i
23:20
passed through here in fact until then a
23:22
few months ago i didn't even realize
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this was back here
23:26
in all my years i never realized this
23:28
was kind of tucked away
23:30
it is just off off the road
23:33
you know just like the i drive right
23:34
over there yeah just sitting back here
23:37
waiting for someone to purchase it and
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bring it back out of extinction
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it could happen there's the volcano
23:46
right there see the fascinating thing is
23:48
right on the other side of this property
23:50
is interstate 4 and on the other side of
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interstate 4
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is volcano bay universal's water park so
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two volcano attractions within
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100 yards 200 yards to each other about
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to head back over the cross streets here
24:04
of sand lake and i drive
24:06
i think i'm kind of wrapping this up in
24:07
just the the right amount of time
24:09
because those clouds over there in the
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distance
24:11
they look like a storm is formulating oh
24:13
i got the i got the green i can go now
24:16
i made it back to my original spot they
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are just putting in another
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beam as well yeah
24:23
they've even progressed a little bit
24:24
since i was here i don't know how long
24:26
it was out for a pretty good while
24:28
cruising around i need to turn this
24:29
thing off now and see what the charge
24:32
will be
24:33
but it's not not fully charged see what
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the charge will be
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that
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oh my gosh it's going in the ground look
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at that it's like a jackhammer almost
24:51
that thing is pushing that all the way
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into the ground or at least as far down
24:58
as they need it to be
25:03
this is going to distract me from
25:03
turning this off i'm being charged by
25:05
the minute
25:06
but i cannot turn away from this
25:09
something you do not see every day
25:10
unless you are a construction worker
25:12
working on a project i don't see this
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every day
25:18
is it going to go down to all the way
25:18
down parallel to where the other ones
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are
25:21
that's a long way to go okay the one
25:23
guy's telling him to hold
25:25
hold okay i'm gonna go
25:28
park these back over here park this one
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back over here
25:31
and it's spot here put the kick stand on
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yeah i took axel out for a spin
25:46
axel
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26:25
good old newt scooter
26:25
they don't have a celebration anymore i
26:26
am not partial to any particular one in
26:28
fact that's still the one i've ever
26:29
utilized
26:31
if there were other brands i would take
26:32
the other brand it doesn't matter to me
26:34
as long as there's something to hop on
26:36
pay a few dollars cruise around
26:40
look at that i don't know if i'll do
26:43
that i might i might
26:44
i might get the gumption one day
26:52
i get the gupta one day and go up do the
26:52
do the
26:52
slingshot and other sword effects
26:56
see in the next video the vlog is over
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okay you couldn't hear it but it just
27:02
made a noise
27:04
it just made a noise of turning it off
27:06
now i just got to check the
27:08
the status how much it
27:11
how much it was i'm going on the app
27:13
right now and looking up
27:16
what it was ride history
27:20
okay axel
27:27
oh dang 40.95
27:27
i went 6.2 miles took me an hour and 35
27:30
minutes
27:31
as a recording of this that's the date
27:35
forty dollars 95 cents
27:39
it was fun though and yes it does appear
27:42
as if
27:43
they have put that one all the way down
27:45
in the ground
27:46
look at that that is a fantastic piece
27:50
of machinery
27:53
to make that happen
28:07
the fascinating thing is the only thing
28:07
above it are beams you wouldn't think it
28:09
would have that much
28:10
like pressure but the pressure comes
28:12
from that little mechanism right there
28:14
which pushes all that into the soil
28:18
wow i am that
28:22
that's heavy duty