Retro OVERLOAD At Universal Studios Hollywood Fan Fest Nights - Amazing After Hours NEW Event 2025
Universal Fan Fest NIghts
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Today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Sunday, April 27th,
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2025. Walking up this very steep
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hill to Universal Studios Hollywood, the
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Allseeing Minion Eye. Welcome everyone.
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Adam the Woo here. I'm going to be going
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to my second and final night of this
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event, Universal Hollywood FanFest,
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which started a couple days ago. I went
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to opening night. The ticket I bought is
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good for 2 days. So went one went the
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opening night, skipped a day, did some
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other stuff yesterday and then tonight
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going to do some things I did not do the
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first night and try some treats and food
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which I did not eat anything at the
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event the first night. So looking
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forward to that and just see what I
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miss. I'm inviting you for my last night
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here at Universal FanFest 2025. First
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night was amazing. Hopefully tonight is
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good as well. Join me, shall you? I do
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not have early entry today, which is at
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5:30. It's 5:27 right now. They do have
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an annual pass, which will let me in.
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The park closes at 6:00. The event
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starts at 7:00. So, as long as I get
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through the gates at 6:00, I go to
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Starbucks, grab a coffee, hit the gift
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shop until the event starts at 7:00. So,
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that's why I'm popping in over here a
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little before the event starts at 7:00.
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I also do not have front of the line or
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anything. I in before 6:00 and was able
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to just go to a little stand and pick up
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my 700 p.m. My access to the experience
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begins at 7:00 p.m. So went to
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Starbucks, my coffee, ready to rock the
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hat I was wearing. I bought this and
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wearing this the other night. I'm not
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wearing it today, but this I didn't see
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yet. This is something new. It's also
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interesting that they have the part
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three shirt there, but then they also
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have the vest that Marty always except
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in the movie it's red, not orange. I
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don't know why they have an orange one.
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In the movie it's red, but on the back
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it is kind of neat cuz on the back it
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has the has the logo on the back, but
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that's kind of that's kind of fun. We go
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there. This is the hoodie I'm wearing
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tonight. I was wearing it the other
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night, too. Universal FanFest. If you
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don't see the back, this is it right
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here. I kind of like it. I like the
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color like the the color scheme of the
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event. The purple there and the the blue
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the bluish purple kind of morphing in
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together. But yeah, this is what I'm
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sporting tonight as well. Bought this
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the first day I was in town. All right,
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they're now making the now closed
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announcement. It is a really quite a
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cavalcade of people going in, going out.
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Have like a little what I thought was a
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corral area over there, but that is a
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line for the gift shop. That's wild,
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right? If you have a regular Universal
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ticket for $49, you can upgrade to the
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FanFest nights. I know one of the things
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I did not do the other night was going
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to Harry Potter where they have some new
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characters they don't normally have
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during regular, you know, regular time
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at Universal. They have some couple new
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characters that are over in there. Also
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down in Super Nintendo World is Yoshi.
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So, standing over here along the the
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ledge, kind of looking down at the the
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new coaster, Fast and Furious coaster is
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going to be opening into next year. Kind
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of perusing down from the top and then
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going down the escalator. So, at some
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point want to head down and see Yoshi,
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which most likely will be down in Super
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Nintendo World, which is right down
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there. So, at some point, going to end
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up heading down there. Still have a half
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hour till my event starts. I was
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thinking maybe I could start getting
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some food, but the palace over here is
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closed at the moment. Maybe Mel. Go
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check out Mel's. This is kind of
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interesting. Over here at Mel's Diner is
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where they have the Back to the Future
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foods, a flux capacitor patty melt right
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there. Doc Brown's chicken pop pie, time
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machine melt, tuna melt, the out of time
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cookie. Oh, should I get patty melt?
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Looks good, but also the Doc Brown's
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chicken pot pie sounds pretty good. This
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chili cheese dog, which is not BTTF
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themed time machine melt speed limit
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88. Maybe I'll I don't think I think I'm
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going to pass on the I'll show the
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cookie, but I think I'm going to I think
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I'm going to get something s I'm in a
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savory mood. Turns out that they are out
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of the cookie at the moment. They said
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they might get some a little bit later,
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but I was handed this and I purchased
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this for $20. Refills all night with
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this thing for 20 bucks. When I was down
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in Hill Valley, they were out of the
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cookie as well. So hopefully at some
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point I can get the cookie, but they
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have some stuff down in at Toad Stools
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Cafe. They have a little Mexican
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restaurant. This is all part of FanFest.
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There's a lot of food. A lot of food
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here. All honestly, I didn't really know
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how the flux capacitor patty melt was
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going to be when I first saw it. I
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thought, "H, this might not be that
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good." But then I ended up taking a bite
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of it, and you know what? It was
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honestly pretty dang good. I only ate
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like one or two fries. The fries, I feel
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like fries are some just a filler. But I
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like the patty melt. It took a little
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while. Took about 20 minutes for them to
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make. I said they were a little bit
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backed up, and I kind of interested to
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see how the rest of the food prep goes
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the rest of the evening. We're going to
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head over into Harry Potter now and try
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to see if I can see one of the couple
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different creatures are going to have
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this evening. Yes. You're welcome. Don't
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tell my boss about this. All right.
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Now the extended queue which what is
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normally Kung Fu Panda which is on the
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back side of Harry Potter where they
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have a event in here. It's not Kung Fu
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Panda. It's something for FanFest. I
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didn't do this the other night. So I've
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never been in this extended queue before
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to be honest. Kung Fu Panda never uses
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this extended queue. So, this is this is
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a little more popular, the country band.
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Yeah, this is what I'm waiting in line
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for. 25 minutes. And then we also have
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this that I did not do the other night,
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the Grand Pirate Gathering. And then I'm
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going to try to do Red Alert again. I
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did that the other night, but I'd like
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to do it like to do it again. And then
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at 9:00, at 7:20 now, but the first show
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at 9:00, they're doing a Hogwarts castle
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hallway
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show. This is a little creature I just
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met over in over in Potter. I thought
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there was more than one, but I'll check
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back over there a little bit later and
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just just say I'm not familiar with
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anime, so I'm kind of out of my element
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on this one, but I want to check it out.
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The Hunger of the Cursed. Really go all
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out. The Hunger of the Cursed. He
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embarks on a journey from becoming a
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host of a powerful curse, learning how
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to fight alongside fellow
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students. Not familiar with it, but
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looks interesting. Yeah, looking at some
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of the other foods. I think I definitely
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want to get over to Quirks Cafe and try
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some of the Star Trek stuff like Vulcan
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fritters. They also have a tripble
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truffle
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trio. The trouble with trouble truffle
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trios are probably has probably not fat
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free. Trouble with troubles. That's a
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that joke didn't probably work as well
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as I thought it
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would. All right, it's moving now. This
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event just gets me. It's like a little
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tease for
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HHN inside the Kung Fu Panda stage. A
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couple years ago, they did the Megan
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show and then they did the the Chucky
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thing.
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story. Everything got really, really
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quiet.
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That was a really long show with waiting
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in line and the show. It is now 8:00 and
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I got in line a little after 7:00 when
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the event started. I feel like that was
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a lengthier show than Kung Fu Panda. I
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think Kung Fu Panda is kind of like a
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much quicker rotation. So I imagine the
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line is going to get really long
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throughout the night cuz that seemed
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like twice as long as Kung Fu Panda. Now
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over to Red Alert now. Not much of a
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line for this. Going on to the
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Enterprise and someone has arrived. I'm
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so stoked. Justin has arrived in my
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area. Oh, thank you. Here you go. Thank
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you. I've never seen somebody salute
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with the uh with the Vulcan live long
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and prosper. I like that.
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That's a new one. Noticed this the other
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day. The Shovelcraft right here. I'm
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glad you're here because you've actually
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seen Next Generation. I've only seen all
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the original series. I love Next
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Generation. Unknown engine.
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What is the unknown? I don't know. It's
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unknown. Nobody knows.
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We should also probably give a strobe
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light. Strobe light and extreme
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flickering lights and noises warning.
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So, a lot of strobe lights. If you're
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sensitive to that, just a heads up. This
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whole this whole
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night. It's going haywire. It's giving
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us a typing caffeinated beverage. All
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this old tech is malfunctioning.
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Computer, analyze the energy signature
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of the anomaly. It's nice. Whatever this
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thing is, it's on the move. Sick beta
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engineering unable to complete
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transmission. Now, the coms aren't
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working. Uh, everyone, uh, I am very
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sorry about the disruption to your tour,
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but as you can see, we are going through
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something right now. Uh, I'm going to
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send you directly through to
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engineering. They should be able to
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figure out what's going on. And you
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should be safe there. You're going to go
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straight through those corridors right
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there. Stay in your groups for safety.
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I'm going to remain here and see what I
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can figure out on my
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own. Be careful.
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She's Major. Is she related to Bones?
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No, she's Major, dude. She's Major.
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Okay.
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over this ship. Get to the turbo as
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quickly and as safely as you can go.
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That is the most upset Vulcan I have
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ever seen.
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Not acting very logically.
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control. What do we do?
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Shield is responding. We are completely
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locked down. Translation request
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confirmed. What's happening?
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Establishing calls. What? Who's doing
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that? The entity is accessing the ship's
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universal translator. Standby for
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incoming transmission.
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Greetings. We need no more. There is
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currently no entry for this life form in
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the Federation database. Wait, what?
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It's kind of neat. On the way out, they
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have the USS Enterprise Black as well.
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My brain. Oh. Oh, my brain. Oh, wait.
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They're stuck. The door's stuck. The
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door's stuck.
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Woo. You got to watch the next
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generation. That was much better than I
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when I went on opening night. Much
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better. Really? They didn't have They
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didn't have it all dialed in. Okay. Next
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generation is my Now I got to I watch
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original series now. I watched Next
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Generation. We're going to Yeah, we went
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opening night. We're going to It was
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awesome. Right. That's what I heard is
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the best. We're going to get some hot
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butter.
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Yeah. The other night I stayed down
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there like Oh my gosh. Thank you.
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You ran out of on opening night. You ran
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out of this. Yes, yesterday too. I
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worked day shipped yesterday.
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This is a piping hot butterbeer. It is
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piping. How often does he get angry?
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Okay. Ready? Ready. I'm ready. Yeah.
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You know exactly when he's got to have a
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little anger spell.
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At the shrunken heads up there. Reminds
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me of everybody's mother-in-law. I I
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stay with him longer than my marriage.
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You stay You stay with this wartthog
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longer than your marriage. Cuz I've been
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here I work with company 16. I work with
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9 years. My last for five. Heading down
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to the lower lot. Going to do a little D
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and D Dungeons and Dragons. We were
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hoping to see one of the other creatures
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in Harry Potter, but right now there new
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the other ones aren't out, but we'll go
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back a little bit later. What do you
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think of the What do you think of the
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hot butterbeer? I've never had the hot
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butterbeer. Hyping hot butterbeer. It's
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good, right, dude? Way better than the
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cold. All right, going down the massive
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escalator. Just met some people who said
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Yoshi was out. Super Nintendo World. So,
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going to go beat Yoshi and then do You
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didn't do You didn't do D and D the
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other night. No, I did not. I did Yoshi.
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I mean, I saw Yoshi. You did Yoshi? I
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didn't but I didn't I did D and D.
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Heading now into Super Nintendo World
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Hope to see Yoshi or something. What is
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it? It's a scavenger hunt of some sort.
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You're really dressed appropriately,
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Kevin, to be down here, by the way.
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Shirt. We got the power of power there.
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Very nice. What is it? It's a It's a
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scavenger hunt for Yoshi's. Oh, I see.
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You find the Yoshi eggs around Super
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Nintendo World. You find all the little
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ones. They give you stickers. Then you
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get to complete a sticker. Then you can
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go into a secret room and meet a colored
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Yoshi. There's green Yoshi coming out
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there. We got Yoshi coming out the door
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doing a little meet and greet with
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everybody. I've seen a green.
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Good old Yoshi. Oh, he's doing a little
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dance. Yoshi. Yoshi. Yoshi. Yoshi.
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Oh, it's Luigi. You're strutting it.
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Luigi, you were always my favorite.
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Luigi. Luigi. Don't Don't listen to what
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I said. Mario, you were always my
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favorite, Mario. Mario, you were always
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my favorite. Actually, Luigi's always
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been my favorite.
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Mario Luigi Luigi Luigi Luigi. Mario's
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like, "No, no, not Luigi."
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They got a little They got a little uh
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animosity going on.
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See you,
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Luigi. Mario, Luigi. Luigi. Luigi.
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Luigi. Luigi.
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Bowser. Bowser.
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Whoa. Watch out. Heads up. Started
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something. I scared Louisiana. Now,
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Princess Peach is walking in here. Wow.
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Hello there. Hello, Princess Peach. Man,
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we are just getting lucky with all the
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characters. Head out of Super Nintendo
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World now. And I think we're going to go
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over to Dungeons and Dragons. You good?
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Getting winded. I almost choked on this
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water. We're walking back here to do a
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little There's nobody back here. Look at
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There's nobody back here. You know who
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would have enjoyed this? There's no one
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who would be proud. Look, there's no one
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back here. Guardians of Justice sworn to
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oppose dark forces.
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It's time for a little D and D action
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going on over
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here. That is that right
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there. And here I
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am star.
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What? He threw it out. A bunch of
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You're a terrible
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place. I know you want to go. Give me
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the best insults.
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supposed to be moving down. What are you
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doing? Come on. Oh, there we
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go.
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Well, certainly going to heat them back
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there,
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it
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burns lying down, right? Let's go in
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here.
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no. But don't worry, I'll make sure your
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death
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I can't see
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you. Leave me over there. I can't
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see. My baby vicious woman now. Insult
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him.
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Get out of my
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sight. I'll protect you.
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buckets of
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The dragon stuff's in my bag and your
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stick is right here.
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Foolish rockery and evilina. Did you
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really think you did this yourselves? It
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was I, La Star Shadow. What is the
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light?
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Nothing can stop me now. Light it up.
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Welcome to the cult of the dragon.
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your
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goal.
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Sorry. What did you say? Yes. That was a
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good one. What' you think? I do
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genuinely now I'm looking forward to
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horror nights after seeing that puppet.
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Universal just keeps like whoop up in
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the game. Yeah, that puppet at the end
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is awesome. That thing was soon as I saw
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that I'm like h right around. I don't
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know what that was, but now I want to
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buy a bunch of Dungeons and Dragons
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stuff. Going back up to the upper lot
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now. Saw Dungeons and Dragons. Met Yoshi
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and now we're going to do some other
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stuff. Eventually end up in Hill Valley.
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There's still a lot to see. Let's go
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back over to Wizarding World. Got plenty
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of time. I'm going to see Wizarding
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World. See another one of the See
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another one of
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the creatures. Another butterbeer.
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Another hot butterbeer. Back over into
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Hogsme into the Wizarding World of Harry
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Potter. The castle's all lit up. Also,
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very hard to sell a dragon. Not many
20:47
buyers, I
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say.
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Okay. Anyone like to come say hello?
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Oh, wow. I think he might be getting
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prepared to blow fire. Everyone watch
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step back. Step back. A step back. Oh
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wow. Oh well. That's it. I'm very
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excited. Communicating with if anyone
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knows dragon how to speak to him.
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Oh, I might have saw the reflection of
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himself in the lens there.
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I think so.
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possess my noise.
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Do we have any Slytherins in the house?
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Slytherin.
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I'm Slytherin all the time.
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Save the best for last. I said, "Do we
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have any Ravenclaws in the house?" Yeah,
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man. That guy, he's uh stoked. He's team
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Ravenclaw.
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Do you know what house you are? I'm team
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Snufflepuff.
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I really Whenever Whenever Dobber shows
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up, I wonder what you would be. I wonder
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what your house would be.
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I don't know. Slither hat. You need to
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go find the sorting hat.
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You need to go find the sorting hat.
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You ought to be. He's talking to you.
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It's a sorting hat.
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Perhaps you are wise, keepers of truth.
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Definitely not you. Definitely not
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just on my Maybe I'm a Ravenclaw. I'm a
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Ravenclaw like a spinner.
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The champion. Who am I shall win?
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Raven. Oh, they knew I was here. They
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knew I was here. Let's go.
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Yes.
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Nice. That's the always
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shout, which is what Snape says. The
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famous Snape line.
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Sweet. Love Snape. Snap's a slither.
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Snape with a slither. That's why
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everybody wants to be Slytherin cuz a
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snake.
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I love snakes.
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No. Snake. Oh, snake. Snake.
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Now you just got to finish watching all
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the all the movies. You've only seen the
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first three. I haven't even gotten
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really good. I might have seen number
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four and then Lennon was reading a book
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and then I would watch the movie reading
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and then he stalled out years ago. More
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and more dark and evil. I've seen the
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first movie like five times. Not Dark
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and Evil. No. Yeah. The other ones, that
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was more like a kids movie. And then
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part seven is two parts, so it's really
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two movies. There's really eight of
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them. Okay. Not counting Fantastic
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Beast. Sounds like a lot of work. It is
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a lot of work. It might not be worth it.
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Yeah, it's worth it. Okay. It's worth
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it.
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You have to watch Star Trek the Next
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Generation. Okay. And that is more
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hours. That's our homework assignment.
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All right. Cosplay families happening
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over here. Universal FanFest night.
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cosplay. That's what I think is cool
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about this is they allow cosplay in.
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It's kind of neat. 2025, the first ever
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year of Universal FanFest nights. This
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nice little uh sign right over here.
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Thank you, Doc. We are well on our way.
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But since time traveling can be a little
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disoriented, here are some traveler tips
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to help you blend in. Remember, you're
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in a different time period. It's
24:34
1955. Engage with the folks at Hill
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Valley. If you recognize the What are
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you going to do about it,
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but I spent the last couple hours of the
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night, stayed up pretty late.
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The event stopped at
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2 and was ended up leaving probably
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about
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1:45 1:50ish, which is pretty late for
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me. One time I really stay up that late
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if it was a special event or HHN or
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something like that. In fact, I don't
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even know if I stay at HHN that late,
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but really wanted to soak in my last
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time being able to go down to FanFest
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and into the Hill Valley area. But I
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also wanted to really showcase a lot of
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the other stuff I didn't really show as
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much of the opening night. It's really
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amazing
25:30
that able to walk around Courthouse
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Square, which is a place for many, many
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years, well my whole life since ' 85
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when I was 11 years old, first saw Back
25:39
to the Future completely blew my
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mind. There's always a place that I
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really wanted to to visit and see. And
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I've done tours on the tram and seen the
25:49
spots and I've done the VIP tours and
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you've been able to walk around for 5,
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10, 15 minutes tops on those if you're
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even lucky enough. But, you know, four
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out of five times you don't even you're
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not even able to get down here. So, a
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complete event where you're able to stay
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the entire time, 700 p.m. if you wanted
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till 2:00
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a.m. Well, 1:30 is when they kick you
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out, make you get back on the tram to go
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to the top. But, I mean, that's that's 7
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and 1 half hours that you could spend in
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Hill Valley.
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Just just
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amazing. They really knocked it out of
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the knocked out of the park. Universal
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doing what they did.
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Every time I have a great spot. As long
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as I don't have any witnesses, I should
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be fine.
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See you in the future.