HUGE Changes To Disney World - Shortened Backward Train / Frontierland Walls & Test Track Soft Opens
Disney World 2025
Transcript
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here. As
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the recording of is TGIF, it is Friday,
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July 11th, 2025. I'm heading back over
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to the Disney World parks today. Epcot
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and Magic Kingdom. Not in that order.
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Probably Magic Kingdom first, then pop
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over to Epcot. Do a little Montreal
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loop. Check out the train at Magic
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Kingdom, which very unusually due to
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construction of the Rivers of America
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just closing down. The train goes
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backwards. So, I'm going to do that.
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Maybe get some pin trading accessories,
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head over to Epcot, do a lap around
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World Showcase. Who knows? No real game
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plan, but I'm inviting you to join me as
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I head back to Walt Disney World, shall
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we? And as I mentioned yesterday, I
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ordered a corkboard that I'm going to
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put right down there just to have my
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Mickey pens. And when I'm over either
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over at Magic Kingdom at the Frontier
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Land Trading Post or at Epcot, the trend
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painting under trend pen trading what
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what did I say? Trend painting. Pen pen
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trading store underneath Spaceship
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Earth. Might get some books for my pens.
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Getting ready to head out now. It's
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10:00, 83°, but it's going to get up to
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90 92
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by 4:00. Little toasty. Little toasty, a
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little humid. Summer is here. Honestly,
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it's probably going to feel way hotter
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than 83 out there or 94 in a few hours.
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It's a toasty one here in Florida.
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All right, going to get moving.
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I love that I have a ceiling fan in the
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living room. I have to have I I love
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having fans on me. I don't know. Just
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something I like having a breeze on me
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at all time. I can't be the only one.
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And I'll most likely get a coffee a
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little bit later. But today is slurpie
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day because it's 7-Eleven.
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Hey, bro.
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>> Hey, how you doing? Hey, you know it's
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got to be something special when it
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pulls me away from a piping hot
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caffeinated beverage.
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7-Eleven on 71 day. It's a little
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different than the rest of the theme of
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the video will be, but you got to you
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got to go with the the 7-Eleven action.
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Mine is melting
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all down my hand. I've also noticed the
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size of the slurpies have gotten
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smaller, the freebies. And a few years
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ago, you used to be able to fill up an
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entire whatever jug you could bring in.
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>> Anything you wanted to bring in.
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>> And Jim's here. Dune buggy gym also
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slurping down a slurpee.
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>> I got Coke. What'd you get?
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>> This is the Green Day Klunk slurpee.
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Slowly approaching.
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I drew a blank on what this is called.
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The archway. the archway up here.
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I'm not driving.
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I'm in the dune buggy gym car. Not his
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dune buggy. I don't know how to react,
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but I'm actually in your automobile and
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not a dune buggy. But going underneath
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the archway
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and heading into the kingdom of magic
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and then Epcot
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cast members are out.
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>> Good morning.
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>> They're Mickey hands at Disney. Oh,
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>> what's your hands for today?
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We got extra fuel.
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>> Is that what it is?
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>> You got it.
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>> Yep.
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>> We'll see you soon. Hi there. High five.
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>> Thank you. See you.
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>> I'm looking at the dis my Disney
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experience app and it looks like they
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have gotten rid of all of the water at
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Rivers of America. I can't imagine how
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they did it that quick, but there is
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grass showing there. Oh yeah. pull into
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the station there, the Montreal. Looks
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like I'm aboarding the Richard F.
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Irvine.
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>> No, there hasn't been many times that I
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have utilized the peak season ramp on
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the upper level. Maybe less than half a
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dozen. I would say maybe five times tops
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have I ever been here where I've been
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able to like walk off the top ramp
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instead of going off the bottom. All
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right, this is kind of neat. I think
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it's been a couple years since I was
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here at the right time to go off the top
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level down. When they first built these
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and they removed part of the railing
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over there, I thought they were going to
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be doing it all day every day, but they
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only do it in peak times.
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Check the app now. Let's check the map.
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Are the rivers still in there?
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Does not look like it. Nope. It's all
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just grass right there. And it's
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definitely not going to be on the on the
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legend either.
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Look at that. Isn't that wild? And there
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is a Main Street vehicle running. So, I
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think we're going to go ahead and jump
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on. You ever done the Main Street
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vehicle before?
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>> It's your first time.
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>> We're not going to fill up my car,
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unfortunately.
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>> Oh, okay. Take it back. Take it back.
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>> If you want to meet up to the station,
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we'll come back over here.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Ah, there's the castle. The Florida
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castle. So, a key thing today is
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attempting to find shade. It This sun is
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scorching out here. All right, the wall
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is now up completely around starting at
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Mansion over here and stretching all the
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way through Frontier Land. The walls are
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up completely blocking everything off of
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Rivers of America. Is there water in
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there? Is there not water in there?
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Definitely weird to see all the walls
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that are completely surrounding the
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rivers. I remember years ago they
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drained the rivers. They redid the beam
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that the boat ran on and that took a
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while. That took like a what 6 months to
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a year? It seemed like a year and even
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that they didn't put the walls up. So
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it's definitely very interesting to see
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the walls completely up and surrounding
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it. Right. Clearly I spoke too soon.
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There still is water over here. They
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have not they have not completely got
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the fence all the way around. This is
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very interesting. So this little dock
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area of Frontier Land is nonfenced off
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yet. But over there near former Splash
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Mountain Tiana's Bayou Adventure all
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fencing. and then over to over to Big
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Thunder Mountain. All walled off, but it
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haven't they haven't got the walls this
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far yet. So, that answers my question
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right here. Look at this. I still get
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some pretty good uh pretty good views
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over here while you're kind of just for
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the the last get a last little soak in
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of Tom Sawyer's Island over there. Now,
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Tom Sawyer is not even over there
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anymore. It's just uh it's just an
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island. Not even uh not Tom Tom and Huck
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Finn are not over there anymore. That is
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wild. You can even see the back side of
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the walls that are up there on the
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little docking platform. And they're
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handing out DVC fans right here. Don't
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you feel special? You have a DVC fan.
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Right there. That's kind of a neat idea.
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They're promoting the cabins at Disney
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Fort Wilderness right there.
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>> Waiting to see if it's going up right
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there. No wall on this section, but then
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it starts right here over by Tiana's
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Bayou Adventure. And then you just wrap
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around the side and it's all all walls.
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Have Big Thunder Mountaining on it. It
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says, "This here is the wildest ride in
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the wilderness." Dreamers at work. These
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signs over here. Let's see what this
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one. Thanks for bearing with us to the
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bare end. Little Country Bears
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reference. Probably all Frontier Land.
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Probably all Frontier Land type of
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quotes through here. It's pretty
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interesting that a lot of Frontier Land
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is out. So, Rivers is gone, the island's
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gone, Big Thunder Mountain, Railroads
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under construction, lots lot over here.
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This little side is just uh empty and
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not being used and under constru
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construction update. Barnabas T. Bullion
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has closed down Big Thunder Mountain
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Railroad. Will this reopen? No one
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really knows officially, but you be
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patient now. You be patient.
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Nice and quiet over here in this area. I
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like it.
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>> All right, so this is the first update
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of the train. I was thinking that the
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Frontier Land train station would be
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opened, but it's not. It's all closed up
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as well. So, evidently the train just go
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must go from Main Street
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to Tomorrowland and back. Hello, Romeo.
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Good to see you. Hair looking on point
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as always. Always very fashionable.
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Always a pleasure.
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Ooh, nicely done. Okay.
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Okay.
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I love it. Thanks, Romeo.
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Good to see you as always. On to the
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people mover. Canad
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get out of the elements again. Cannot go
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wrong with the mover of peoples, also
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known as the people. After this, we'll
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get on the train. Oh my gosh, they got
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rid of the little area there with the
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fly the navigator ship and all that. The
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the the cooling area. What the heck?
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That's bizarre. Wonder what they're put
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in there. That's interesting. I wonder
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what they're going to put down in there
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now. I wonder if anything's going to
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What the heck?
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I can't believe they got rid of that.
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And the rumor was that that was the old
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Fly the Navigator screen used spaceship
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that they repurposed, the one from the
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MGM days, but it's gone now. So, that's
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probably in a dumpster somewhere. I
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doubt it'll be making another
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reappearance. Right now over to the
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Fantasy Land station, elevation 102 ft
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where the train is going to take us from
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here to Main Street and I think Main
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Street and back. So it goes one way and
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then back. One way and then back. One
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way and then back. Train runs every 20
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minutes. Goes from point A here over in
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the circus area over to Main Street and
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then back. So every 20-minute intervals
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we'll be back here. It's going to be
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interesting because I am so used for
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years seeing the train coming this way,
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but it's about to come around the bend
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this direction when usually it's going
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that way. It's about to pull back into
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the station in reverse. You hear it? I
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can see it through the shrubs right
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there. This is very unusual. Look at
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this.
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And it really there's not a lot of
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people on the train right there. There's
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not a lot of people. like a pretty uh
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Okay, so basically it's going that
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part's going forward. This part is going
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in reverse. So really they've adjusted
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the seats where there's like some that
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are in reverse and some that aren't in
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reverse. So it just depends on which way
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you want to sit and which way you want
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to go. Look at this. This is so bizarre.
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They've completely adjusted
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them to each one is like alternating
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frontwards and backwards. You should be
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able to see the train. Hello. Should be
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able to see the
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the front of the train pulling into the
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station right here. Walt Disney
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Railroad. Walt Disney World Railroad.
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Walt Disney World RNR. Let's see. Walter
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Elias Disney. Back in the train up into
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the station right there. All right,
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maybe we'll get a part might get a
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little
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That works.
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Hi.
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Pull it into the station backwards. It's
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the backside
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of
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water
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or the back side of the train.
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Let's go. Give me that steam too. It's
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definitely different. They have taken
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both the seats, combined them. So, this
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card has seats that are going backwards
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and seats that are going frontwards.
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Only one stop on the train. We're going
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to get off at Main Street.
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Have the Montreal to Epcot. Do the Epcot
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loop. I haven't done the Epcot loop in a
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while. From here to Epcot. to a complete
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stop and I give you the words all clear
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indicating it is safe to exit. Once
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again, for your safety, please remain
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fully seated and fully on the train. We
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are still in motion at this time. Thank
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you. Remain seated.
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>> All right, we took one Montreal. We got
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to get off of TTC and grab another
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Montreal and head over to Epcot. Getting
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a roof. Getting a rooftop view of TTC.
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Is it pulling into the Montreal station?
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Epcot Montreal is out of service. Man,
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you've never done the Epcot loop.
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Montreal and it's out of service.
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>> Pull it back.
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>> We got to take the bus. Wonder if we can
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take the Montreal back. Wonder if it'll
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be working later. We're going to miss
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the Epcot loop, though, because whenever
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you take this to Epcot, you pass
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Spaceship Earth and you can see bird's
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eyee perspective, which you won't get
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from the bus.
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So, that stinks.
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>> We could just drive over to Epcot.
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>> Just drive it. Just drive it.
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>> I don't want to.
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>> Let's take Let's take the uh the
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non-dune buggy over to Epcot. Cruising
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over to Epcot. Over here is where the
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Disney buses fuel up. There's also a
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rental car place right over here. And
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the Speedway, which has a nice little
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mural. We're going to get some to
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hydrate ourselves. And the thing I like
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about this, it has the bumper sticker on
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the bottom where it says vacation
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kingdom of the world right here. You got
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the family up there with the kid's got
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his Mickey ears on. Yeah. You got the
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castle right there with scrim around it.
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Look at that old that old truck right
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there parked in front of there. One of
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the construction workers.
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Contemporary being built. Montreal beams
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being put in. Look at the Haunted
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Mansion right there. The Haunted
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Mansion. City Hall,
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Main Street, USA.
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>> Oh, yeah. That's the Tiki Room over
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there.
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>> So, that's uh that's the tiki room right
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And then that up there.
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What would be that big?
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Looks like a Montreal beam, but that's
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going in a circle. So, I think it's a
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Montreal beam.
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I don't know what that is. Is it the
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progress of
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>> uh that might be where the rockets are?
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Uh, and then the people mover.
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>> Oh, space.
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>> I don't think it's Space Mountain. I
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think that that's where the rockets are
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on top. And I think that's the platform
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where the people mover loads on.
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>> I could be wrong. The blueprint is
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showing what that picture is.
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>> You think that's Space Mountain?
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>> I think it's Space Mountain. Yeah.
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>> Okay. Wow. Look at the blueprint
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compared to what the
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>> Oh, you're right. You're right. Wow.
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That's Space Mountain. Wow.
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>> Look at that.
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Early Space Mountain.
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What? How many people actually walk in
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here and just look up? Probably none.
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This is meant to be. It's free slurpie
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day in here, too.
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>> Look at this. Here we go.
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>> Let's grab Let's grab another one. Can't
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go wrong with a little slurpee action on
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71.
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This is those French fries on this
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chillmeister hat. Yeah, this Montreal
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started to pull out of the station. Now,
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this is the same loop that we were not
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able to get on back at TTC, but over at
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Epcot,
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Montreal light blue teal is just stuck
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right there
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on the beam
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for whatever reason.
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That's interesting.
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Wonder if anyone's on it besides the
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pilot.
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It's not moving. It's like a still
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photo. Oh, always got to get the
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mirrored reflection here underneath
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Spaceship Earth. Something I always do
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when I walk in there. I always like to
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see myself in the mirror of Spaceship
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Earth. Hello, me. All right. over in the
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UK pavilion now. And I want to stop over
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inside the tea caddy and get some
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Twinning tea right over here. Now that I
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have my kettle, I can get some Twinning
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tea. Yes, this is officially my first
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time walking around World Showcase,
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seeing the Eiffel Tower where I can say
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I have been up in the real Eiffel Tower.
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I have been to France. This is like a
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whole It's a whole new experience seeing
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this being to the real country. Oh yes,
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the Eiffel Tower. You cannot go up in
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that one. that is just uh made for
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looks, but pretty interesting to to see
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it now that I'm back here. And I kind of
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get this pavilion a little bit more than
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I understood it before cuz I've now been
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to France.
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I think we're pretty much in the hottest
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part of the day right now. It is it is
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scorching out here. We have decided to
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pop into the Regal Eagle Smokehouse
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1876 craft drinks and barbecue. I'm
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going to pass on the craft drinks, but
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I'm definitely going to get some BBQ.
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Oh, the AC is kicking in here. This is
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what we're dealing with right here.
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That's yours. That's your BBQ platter.
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>> And that is my sandwich on Texas toast.
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>> Look at that
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>> right there. There's the beans. Burnt in
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beans
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>> right there. You got cornbread. You got
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a little sausage. You got some pork,
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pull pork. You got some other What is
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that? A rib?
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>> How much for one rib? Yeah. This is how
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it's done. I don't eat barbecue too
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often, but I figured we're going to be
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going on the American adventure.
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Right next to it, waiting for the next
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show.
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Little mac and cheese. You got the
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spicy. You got the regular. This
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sandwich is huge. They call that a
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platter.
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>> Yeah, platter. All right. Barbecue
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platter. Nice. And this is the
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assortment of teas I got. I got the Earl
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Gray English breakfast. They were out of
17:47
the regular, so I had to get the extra
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song. They're extra strong. But the cast
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member, she was from England. He said
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that most people in England when they
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drink English breakfast drink the extra
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strong. So, but they do have it in at in
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a regular nonextra strong English
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afternoon and Prince of Wales 20 in each
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of them. I got a sample pack I ordered
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that showed up yesterday, but I really
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like the English breakfast style and the
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Earl Grrey, so I got a little more of
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those. So, all right, time for food.
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That's how baked beans are done.
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Nice smokehouse flavor. Very hot.
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You see the steam
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blowing off of it
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and the mac and cheese
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mac and cheese. Try a little bit of your
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sausage. Try that. Heyo.
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That was good. This track is technically
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closed, but we went to one of the cast
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members and they said just go around by
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Mission Space and go in. So, they might
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be soft opening it. So, we're going to
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walk around past these little misting
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fountains. Look at this. They're going
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to let us go on. They're going to let us
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go on. Soft opening. We're going to do
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it. All right. This is wild. We are
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walking right into test track. Soft
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opening. And there's hardly anyone in
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here. We just walked in. This is wild.
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There's no wait. There's no
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announcement. There's like no Hello.
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Thank you. Thanks for having us. This is
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uh this is really a nice little treat
19:44
right here that we're going to be going
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on this with absolutely no wait time. Be
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the shortest weight time I've ever ever
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had on test track. This is just luck of
19:53
the draw. Was not planned. We were
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walking by. Jim asked the cast member
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who's riding today. What did he say? You
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are.
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>> Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Seat belt check is
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happening. Please remain seated with
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your seat belt unplanned. This is new.
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You can see into the queue now. Look, I
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think the word's getting out. Look, the
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queue is filling up so quickly. Word is
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getting out around the park. There was
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no one in line, but now everyone's
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running over here.
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This is test track 3.0, third version.
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>> I'll be your guy on today's and I'm your
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automated vehicle. Welcome to the test
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track.
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>> Thank you. Thanks for having us.
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We've always been dreaming about the
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road to tomorrow.
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>> That's where I came home.
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>> Okay,
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>> let me show you how I see the world.
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>> By using advanced cameras and sensors,
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vehicles are constantly scanning the
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road ahead.
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>> Here we go.
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>> Nicely done.
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>> Surprises, huh? I was built for this.
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>> I've got a ride track.
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Smart road activated.
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>> Power transfer complete.
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>> smart roads are just the beginning.
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>> All right, back in Dune Buggy Gyms
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non-dune buggy.
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I got the camera plugged into a charger,
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so my DJI Pocket 3 is working again.
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About
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halfway through the ride, this this
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croaked out. My batteries my battery
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died, so I had to use my phone for a
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short bit. But doing the outro now.
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Driving back driving back home to
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Celebration.
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I don't know what I think about the new
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test track. I think I have so much
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nostalgia for part the this test track
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2.0. It was kind of weird not not having
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that in there. But it was the new one
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was good. But only thing I did at the
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very very end, the showroom section was
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pretty boring. It wasn't kitschy or
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unique or anything. It was just some
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cars just sitting in an empty room.
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Like we're on test track right now. The
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way you're driving.
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>> All right, that's going to do it for
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today. We had a full day. did a lot of
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stuff.
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I don't even remember everything we did,
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but we did a lot.
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The sun has drained me.
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>> Brutally hot.
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>> 93.
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Thanks for watching. See you in the next
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video. I'll probably title this one
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something to the effect of
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test track soft opened. I had a magic
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moment and my battery died
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halfway through.
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The blog is over.