First Time At Downtown Disney in 2021 Was Unusual - New Changes Coming / Annual Pass Renewal Update
Downtown Disney Anaheim January 2021
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welcome everyone adam the woo here
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today's adventure will take me over to
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downtown disney a place that i have not
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returned to
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in nearly two months now seven
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seven and a half weeks close to eight
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weeks so two let's call it two
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months and there has been quite a few
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changes
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announcements and things that will be
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happening that i want to see
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with my own eyes
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annual pass holders aren't going to be a
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thing of the past here in southern
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california
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and there is a special magnet with every
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purchase that they are giving away i'm
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going to try to procure one of those
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also rainforest cafe is going to be
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turning into something related to
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you want this
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something related to this film well this
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series of films
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that's exciting i'm gonna head over
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there i'm inviting you to join me
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shall you that's right big the foot i
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did a ride around here
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well around the perimeter last week but
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i haven't been on property since
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mid-november give or take
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what if they're still charging ten
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dollars to park looks kind of mellow
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as pulling in it's only 10 24. they've
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been open for about a half hour
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give or take
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they were cones oh yeah it looks like
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they are i see
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they might be still charging ten dollars
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that's confusing with the arrows going
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the other way but i am going the correct
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direction
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ten dollars yep confirmed still charging
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ten dollars
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and i'm not sure big the foot why is it
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only 14 miles why not 15 miles per hour
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speed limit
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it's a good question i always head over
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to the far end of the parking lot
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so i can find a spot next to the
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galaxy's edge van
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everybody else kind of heads over near
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the front end
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i always get the little tucked away
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section back here in the corner
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i went ahead and grabbed my hoodie
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supposed to get a little cooler and
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very windy today within the next couple
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hours is supposed to be
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very gusty see what happens
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but in case in case the temperature
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drops i want to be prepared
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i love this i want to cruise around in
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this thing
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i don't think that's a possibility but
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it'd be neat if this is my personal
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vehicle
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and around the back i always like to
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show this the license plate
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states go to disneyland
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uh-oh it's expired
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just like the aps sad trombone
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i kind of put this off for a little bit
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after returning from florida
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simply because after being out there on
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the east coast the experience here is a
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little
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a little tougher to swallow you have to
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take it with a grain of salt
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they have also implemented no eating
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hello
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or drinking on property gotta get it to
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go
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and they have rerouted this how's it
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going
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they have rerouted this where the entry
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point is this way
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so to reiterate if you purchase anything
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i'm curious to see what's even open
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you cannot consume it on property you
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have to go back
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to your car or off site
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still have all the implementation
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right there with the guidelines on that
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signage
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wonder if any well i'm wondering a lot
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of things
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because it has been a while disney
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springs
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is fully operational
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out in orlando area here is a different
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different situation different scenario
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you got the markers here still you know
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all this
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is how it is on the east coast just
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basically the eating and drinking and no
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no more pass holders
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should be some merch in here if it's not
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already bought up
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let's see what kind of passover merch
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still exists
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and there is the order stated right
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there first time i've seen this sign to
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see no food
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or beverages
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have a good one
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yeah weekdays much different when it
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comes to crowd levels than the weekends
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considerably less folks
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this time of day on a weekday the
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possibility of rainforest cafe
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starting to once again rear its head has
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gone out the window it is now going to
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be turning they haven't announced a date
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yet
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but they're going to start shifting
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everything over from the star wars
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trading post and making this a themed
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outpost the star wars trading post
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outpost
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it's going to be good when it's all done
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i could really kind of i could kind of
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see how they're going to morph this into
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the star wars
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universe i was talking about the other
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day with someone then there used to be
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boats in here miniature boats at one
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point on the side of rainforest i think
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maybe possibly
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i had kind of gotten used to the fact
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that there wasn't going to be a monorail
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for quite some time
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here at anaheim but starbucks not being
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open starbucks closed not just the first
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location here as you walk in but the
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other one
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closer to world of disney really kind of
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yeah it's it's tough to wrap my head
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around not having starbucks
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open it's wild standing by the fountain
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in front of carthage circle i am
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noticing over here in front of this
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starbucks they have placed
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some merchandise and they have
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stanchioned off that area
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you can no longer walk down towards
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soren dang and also that way towards
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cars land you can no longer get a view
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of that kind of obstructed by the
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foliage
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there's carthage and you can walk down
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hollywood boulevard still
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off the page is now open since last time
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i was here and you can walk a little
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farther past the section
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since last time i was here you can go
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right up to the trolley car itself look
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at this
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and into this area as well check this
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out this signage gives me old school mgm
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studios vibes
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even though it is a much more modified
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experience than how it was in the past
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it is still nice to just wander around
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the old hollywood sections and give
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those those old-school
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hollywood vibes i i love it i just love
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kind of wandering around in here
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and just soaking in the the feels of how
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it used to be
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kind of how it was when walt first
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arrived here suitcase in a dream
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am i right walt as i exit it is really
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gusty
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the gustiness of the wind has really
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started to show
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i ended up dipping out a little earlier
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than i had planned
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once i got in there and i saw that you
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know mostly establishments were not even
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accessible or open and the ones that
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were
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like jamba juice places like that you
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weren't even able to purchase
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a beverage or a food item i would have
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had to have left
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the premises i just the the vibe
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kind of made me think i i forgot all
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about the
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even getting my annual pass magnet i
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want to cut into a couple of
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gift shops including the back lot
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store didn't go in world of disney but
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went in a couple of
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of others and totally forgot it skipped
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out of my head that i was supposed to
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get the annual pass holder the last
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annual pass holder magnet just once i
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was once i was in there
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and i started to kind of see especially
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after being in florida and
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even the modified version of what was
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before i went to florida a few months
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ago
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before the new regulations for the state
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happened it's just
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i didn't really know what to do in there
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kind of it kind of
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kind of took me by surprise i didn't
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think it was gonna i didn't think it was
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gonna hit me that way
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it's almost like
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as i stood there in the esplanade and
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looked into disneyland
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i thought this isn't open it's not open
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yet florida's open
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i don't understand any of it i don't
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understand it at all i don't understand
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what the heck why one place can another
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place can't and i should state i
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am no expert i do not know how
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everything works
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i am a novice when it comes to to any
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sort of
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information on any of this
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that's the top of my sunroof flapping
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oh right up here i just saw one of these
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little wash i call them washboard sides
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it just skid across the parking lot
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yeah it is getting it's getting windy
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i don't believe you're supposed to be in
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the middle of the road signage
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you're in the middle of the road i know
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big the foot it's not it's not every day
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that i'm a
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loss for words and don't know how to
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really express how i'm feeling about a
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situation
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but that was just that was unusual
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i didn't even film that much in there i
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didn't know what to film
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didn't even know what to say
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once everything kind of gets back to a
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semi-usual
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you know game plan i'll probably return
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but until then
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it is different now i do understand not
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having the attractions and the the rides
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open i kind of get that
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but purchasing a churro and then leaving
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the premises to eat it that's
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that's different and it is in no way
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shape or form disney's prerogative
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or reasoning it's more than that
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they're just going off of what they can
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and cannot do
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back to my place now just a little
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update on my premier passport the coast
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to coast
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i call guest services and they said i
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can either
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renew it well not renew it but push it
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forward
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into a florida ap but i have to do it on
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site at disney springs
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and i'm currently in california as well
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as there is an option where
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another service not guest services but
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someone else from the the annual
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pass holder support will call me back
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over the next seven days and they
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should be able to charge me
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for the florida price for another year
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as of now this expires february 8th
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so if they don't do it over the phone i
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have until february 8th
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to renew it at disney springs
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in florida
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we'll see what happens i'll keep you
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posted i'll see in the next video
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the vlog i should put this in a frame
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this is like a collector's item now
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thing of the past the vlog
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is over