My Flight Experience Back To Florida - Checking Out Sheraton Universal & Delta Airlines Window Seat
Delta Flight Back To Florida
Transcript
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Today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Tuesday, April 29th,
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2025. Checking out of my hotel here at
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the Sherin
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Universal, pretty close to the gate of
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Universal Studios
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Hollywood. 7:02 a.m. and I need to start
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making my
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way to
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LAX to catch a flight. believe 10:55 it
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departs. And with traffic, I'm guessing
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probably going to take me an hour to get
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over there. Then I got to drop the
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rental car off and take the rental car
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pool. Morning. hot tub down here. Didn't
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have time to utilize either one of them.
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Doing FanFest and doing other things
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yesterday. I do like a good hot tub
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though. It's early. My sleep pattern has
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been a little off just simply because of
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the international trips. And even though
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I've been back from South Korea for over
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a week, I've been gone from home for
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what, 22 days? 3 weeks? More than 3
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weeks, give or take a
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day. I'm ready. I'm ready to get home,
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to be honest. Got my bags all packed up.
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Everything's crammed in there and ready
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to
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rock. Time to go. This is much needed
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today. Yeah, sleep's a little off. We're
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sleep around 2:00.
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Got up about
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536. Had to finish some editing,
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etc. Comcast Universal's over there. The
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theme park's behind me. The Hilton is
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behind me. And then there's
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this magnificent fountain. It's almost
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like the Walk of Fame with the stars
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down there, except there's no names on
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it.
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Remma car is in that parking structure
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right there. Got to get moving. Cheers.
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Taking the elevator to the fourth floor
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of the
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structure. The sun is just now peeking.
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Peeking up
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returning this
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rental. I do like the Sheridan,
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but Universal Hilton is definitely my
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first choice, but last couple nights had
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to go to switch to the Sheridan cuz
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there weren't any rooms left at the
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Hilton those
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nights. I extended my trip by two days.
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Was going to fly home Saturday and
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decided, you know, I'm already here. I
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should do FanFest nights a second night.
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So I I did it Saturday night just cuz
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how I mean probably never get that
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opportunity to go down into Hill Valley
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again from Back to the Future all night
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like that. That was that was something.
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So glad I stuck around a couple extra
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days. But I'm again I'm ready to get
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home. Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo
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here. And now I just realized that this
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is in fact my rental car, not the other
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one I just showed. Travel day LAX to MCO
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Orlando International and then home. I'm
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inviting you to join
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me. Shall you? And one last peak. Not
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sure if I'll ever stay at the Sheridan
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again, but I was mentioning how Telly
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Saval Telly Savales lived here
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yesterday. His room, as far as I can
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tell, was over near the pool on the top
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level, kind of right over here behind
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this tree. So, he walked through a
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hallway over there. My room was on the
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lower level over in the in the far
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corner. Yeah. KJack himself lived lived
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here. Ah, Hollywood. Some neat stories
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here. Almost to the rental car place.
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Took about an hour and 10
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minutes to get from Hollywood to the
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rental car place that's near LAX. And
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then I got to drop it off and then take
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a a bus over to the airport. About an
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hour and 10 minutes. Traffic's pretty
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bad.
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All right, arrived at the car
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return. It's about a 5 or 10 minute
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depending on traffic bus ride over to
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the airport from
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here at the National Alamo Enterprise
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drop off and pickup. Plenty of buses.
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There's a constant row of buses. Plenty
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of buses. All right, it's
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8:37. So, not 10 minutes to the airport.
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I just talked to the associate and they
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said it's going to be about 25 minutes.
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The traffic's pretty bad. 8:37 now. So,
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I'll probably be there a couple minutes
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after 9. Should be all right there. My
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flight's at 10:55 departure. Boards at
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10:15. Hopefully the the lines aren't
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too
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this. I can hear it, but I don't see it.
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Oh, there it is. I return my keys.
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Just checked. I have my wallet.
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Sunglasses are on my shirt. Cell phone's
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in my pocket. Chargers are in my
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bag. I'm good to go. All right. Got
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dropped off. That actually wasn't as
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bad. A little less than 25 minutes.
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About probably 15 or
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20 over here at
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T2. Delta has two gates, two and three,
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I believe. I'm at the second second
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terminal. Few minutes until 9. Leaving
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Los
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Angeles, leaving
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LA, come back to Florida. There are a
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bunch of arrivals. I'm taking
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departures. This is it right up here.
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23B on time. Second from the top.
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Looks like it's going to be flight 867,
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10:55, gate 23B.
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I got here in plenty of time. We'll see
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how the checkpoints are. We'll see how
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my luck
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is going through
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security. I'm going to say I'll be all
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right. I think I'll be
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okay. Plenty of time. Plenty of time. I
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made it through. It's
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9:21. Took a little little longer than I
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thought, but it wasn't too bad.
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Honestly, it wasn't too bad at
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all. Got my Crocs on. Easy to take on
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and off. Usually whenever I do a flight
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travel though, I throw the Crocs on as
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opposed to tennis shoes that I wear most
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other days, but easy to slip on and off
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when you go through the
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checkpoints. 23B. I'm looking for
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23B. Don't think I'm going to pop in the
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Sky Club lounge today. I already had a
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goodiz coffee. I'll grab another coffee
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on the
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plane and my plane boards.
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40 minutes. So, let's go over to the
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gate. Pace around a little bit. Like to
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pace before a flight. I didn't need to
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show my passport today cuz I'm not
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flying international. All
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domestic. I guess on like May 7th, I
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believe the sign said if you do not have
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a Real ID license, driver's license that
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they will not let you through anymore.
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So, you have to upgrade to the Real ID.
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And I asked, "Could you just let me know
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if my driver's license is a Real ID?"
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And they said, "Yep." It has a little
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star in the corner. You are all set with
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the real ID. Obviously, if I didn't have
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a real ID, I could just use my
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passport. That also works,
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but always changing the rules. But I'm
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good. Some artwork through here. Or
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maybe photographs
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perhaps. I think it might be close-up
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photos of stuff. I don't know what that
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stuff is, but yeah, there's three
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different big photos here on the walls.
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ready to start get making my way home.
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I'm pretty excited to get home. After
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about a week there, I'll probably start
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thinking where else am I going to go
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home? But yeah, for now I want to go
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home. It's a little update. They do sell
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gum at LAX. Some airports don't sell
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gum. I'm going get myself some Trident
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chew on the takeoff and landing. My ears
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pop on that. So, this this makes your
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ears not pop. Favorite words when taking
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a flight are is the words on time.
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on time.
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DL
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867, departs at 10:55. It's currently
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9:30. I believe that is my plane right
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there. Other landed. The guests are
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going to get off. We'll clean the plane
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very quickly. I get it ready for
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everyone that's going to be on my flight
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here at
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23B. A much smaller aircraft than the
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one I took from South Korea to Orlando.
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That thing was massive. This is the
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biggest plane I've ever been on. And
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that was a 13hour flight. Well, 13 hours
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there, 11 11 hours back. This is only
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going to be like a 5 hour flight. So,
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less than half the time. I usually
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download podcast and watch movies on the
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plane. But today, I'm going to listen. I
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downloaded the Mark Hoppus from
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Blink182, Fahrenheit 182 audio book that
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he narrates himself and just released I
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think within the last month. It's a
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7-hour listen and my flight's about 5
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hours, so it'll get me through most of
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it. The boarding has begun. I'm sitting
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in seat
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5A. Believe it's a window seat. I always
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try to get the window seat. Wasn't able
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to when I flew from South Korea back,
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but I believe 5A is a window seat. I
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always like filming out the window. Take
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off land.
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everything.
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Please step out of the aisle to allow
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the pass to take your side seat quickly
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and safely. If you're having trouble
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locating a place for your bag, look at
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your sport bag on it side like a book on
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the bookshelf. If we can't find a place
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for your bag, we'll be happy to check it
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to a final destination. Good morning and
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welcome aboard.
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We have a fruit and cheese. Now, they
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are serving a meal, a chicken in my seat
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section, but I don't really feel like
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eating at this time. So, if you'd like a
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more detailed menu, you have one on your
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feedback screen. I guess that was for
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purchase, a fruit and cheese plate, a
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chicken salad sandwich, and our plate
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fuel boxes. Thank you so much. We will
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be coming through the
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Uhoh.
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position. Your headrest is lower and
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aisle armrest are in the resting
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position. If your seat has a video
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monitor that extends from the armrest,
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it
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Thank you so much.
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All right. It sat on the tarmac after
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landing for probably about a half
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hour. Not too bad, but definitely was
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not an immediate pull up to the gate. It
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is now 7:15 after getting off the plate.
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7:15 7:15 Florida
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All right, got to take the gate link.
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Which way do I go in the gate link? This
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way possibly. Yeah, this
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way.
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Maybe this says
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exit. The gate link. The mock rail.
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They call it the gate link here.
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Orlando and everything that makes
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Orlando.
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Every time I land back here, it just
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always feels so good to be home. I love
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leaving and going and doing things, but
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just returning back to MCO is just such
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a nice feeling. As I get off the gate
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link, I just feel like I'm almost to the
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courtyard with the fountain and the US
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flag. Just Yeah, no place like
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home. That's that's the
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saying. And then I go stir crazy and
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then I want to leave again. But for now,
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there's no place like home.
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I know. I just arrived. or I just have a
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row
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arrived. I arrived. I am now here and
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have a
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ribbon. But I'm noticing how empty it
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is. Like no one's like the lines to go
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for
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departures pretty pretty mellow. And I
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have ordered a Uber. Should be here
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soon. Is trying to connect to my driver.
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Here's a safety tip.
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Get another coffee, too. I've noticed
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too whenever you go to if you go
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anywhere fast food, any quick service
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place, any coffee shop, 99 out of a 100
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times the associate when they tell you
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the total, let's say the total is $6 at
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any quick service fast food place,
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they're always going to or even a
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convenience store, anything. 99 out of a
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100 times the associate will say it's
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going to be
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$6. It's going to be
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$3. It's going to be
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$299. I've just noticed that every
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person that's ringing up your total with
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the exception of one out of 100. So 99
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out of 100, that's that's the percentage
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I'm saying. That sounds extreme, but
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when you get the coffee, let's say it's
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$6. They'll say it's going to be
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$6. At least that's my my experience.
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Not the total is
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$6. I think it's just a comfortable way
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of telling someone that's the
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total. It's been that way for
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years. All right, back home now. This is
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the the haul I got from my LA and South
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Korea trip.
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I got this before I even went to South
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Korea. I got the Morrison Hotel Doors
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vinyl at Amoeba and then went by where
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this photo was taken, which is something
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I like to do. And then also got the
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vinyl of that thing you do. I got that
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in at the Orange Circle where the movie
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was filmed. And then I picked up this
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K-pop band just because the cover looks
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so
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awesome in Soul, South Korea. So, I'm
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interested in giving that a little spin
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on vinyl here while I'm going to be back
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home for a little bit. And then, of
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course, I got the car caricature here
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from South Korea. The person did this in
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like 60
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seconds. So, pretty decent for only a
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minute. And then I got a couple jibbits
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for the Crocs. I was at Disneyland on
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Easter. I got that. I went to FanFest
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Back to the Future. I got these pins. I
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got these at the orange
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circle antique shop. I bought some
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Korean gins
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singing. Brought that back. Got this at
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the antique shop. These were in boxes in
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my bag, but I took them out. I now have
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a couple new coffee mugs. A new the
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brand new Universal Studios Hollywood
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coffee mug. And then also the Warner
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Brothers coffee mug. Got a series of
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magnets from my tra from my travels.
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Korea, the Everland theme park, the Soul
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Tower, went to the DMZ, the
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demilitarized zone. I even got some
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North Korean money that I got at the
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DMZ. And I didn't realize how much or
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how many South Korean bills I brought
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back. Got a cavalcade of bills. I always
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try to bring home a lot of currency from
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all the countries I visit.
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We go put these down on
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the put these down on the shelves or the
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cabinets downstairs. All right, there it
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is. The South Korea magnet section along
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with my other international. Been doing
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pretty good on the one country per month
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international
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travels. More to come next month which
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is right around the corner. Started off
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in January. I went to Bise. What was it
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like eight days or so? Nine days.
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got a few from oh actually I just got
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one from Bise and then I went to London
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at the end of January and did some
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England stuff for a week. Then I went to
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Ecuador in February and did some Ecuador
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stuff as well and then
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March I did
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Canada Vancouver area and
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then Soul South Korea. I love these
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cabinets with all the all the magnets on
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them. Well, that's going to do it for
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today. Thanks for
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watching. Another
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country next month will be happening.
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I'll add more magnets and more
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memories and more
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episodes. It's fun traveling. Thanks for
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watching. I'll see you in the next
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video. The vlog is over.