Empty International Drive Orlando Tour - What Attractions Are Still Open / Theme Parks Aerial View
A visit to International Drive Orlando to see what is currently open . A number of businesses and attractions were closed but a few remain at the moment .
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welcome everyone Adam is the whoo here
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it is an interesting time right now
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across the world across this country and
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as well as others social distancing is a
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real thing but I'm also trying to stay
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active do things see what is open in the
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Orlando area where I currently am
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stationary at the moment do not know
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what my travel plans will be
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International Drive will be my focus
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today there is way less amount of people
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here now than there usually is including
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this big ferris wheel so I'm gonna start
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by going up in that and just see how the
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day progresses I'm inviting you to join
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me shall you now that thing is epic and
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while I am not the only one boarding
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this there is not a large crowd
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that's for sure I am also the only one
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in some time all by myself social
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distancing could be any more antisocial
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than I am
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right now the only one on here and
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probably one of a dozen tops on the
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entire the entire attractions going to
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get a really good view of International
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drives and the surrounding areas and
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what is taking place and new traffic
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crowd levels wandering the streets and
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just kind of get a bird's eye what's
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taking place
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this would be looking around the back
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entrance to that particular parking area
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off at the distance on the horizon here
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pass this grassy field is a golf driving
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range you can also see a little bit of
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the Convention Center and then panning
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to the front courtyard
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the fountain and I drive this facility
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here has quite a few vehicles and it's
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parking lot
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still open and active at the moment the
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relatively new sky ride which our swings
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that take you way up to the tippy top of
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that of that point does not appear to be
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opened Universal Studios Florida while
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Universal Florida I believe they refer
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refer to it as Ripley's Believe It or
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Not down here
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you can see the sign there on the
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backside of its property downtown
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Orlando waiting over there as the crow
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flies wouldn't be too far looking at you
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and
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one spot I believe
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with that swing and
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slingshot kind of zoomed in just a
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little bit more over onto universal see
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fall cane obey that is what that
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mountain
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is on the far left of the screen there
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you see the coasters and off to the
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right
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just a little bit more
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if you'd notice any particular landmarks
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tucked away in there there are no ride
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vehicles obviously going up and down
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those rollercoaster
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while it's stagnant in the park
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the interstate traffic is flowing not
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too bad there not a lot of congestion
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now going down I drive starting back at
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that Ridley's going up usually this is
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much more bumper-to-bumper
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what used to be designated on them as
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the world's largest McDonald's there on
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that corner you can kind of see the Demi
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sign up above it they no longer call it
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that they change the name that no longer
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recognize it as the largest McDonald's
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but it is a big one
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still continuing out
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center of the screen is my drive
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and back up into the universal area if
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you notice the yellow see-through globes
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fear it's hard to see but right over in
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that section to the right of it I
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believe is where wet wild used to be
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that has been torn down as a new Resort
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Hotel it has reared a tub
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check out the parking lots sometimes
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it's tough to find a spot
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that is not
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and it's not what is taking place today
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however
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trans-friendly trying to find a spot for
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your car way up here the convention
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center looks teeny tiny but it's not
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that place is massive spaceship earth
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Epcot Center
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so out of my peripheral vision
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temporary is coming into frame
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some of the attractions from SeaWorld
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can be seen
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it is a strange noise this pods making
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an unusual noise now I don't really know
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what that is but I have deduced it
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- maybe the air-conditioner there is
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there are air conditioner units in each
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of these
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as seen there so that's what that might
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be I was also I stand corrected the
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swing is moving that would that would
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cause me not to sleep for a couple of
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weeks afterwards just me personally
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to take a lot of gumption I mean I don't
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know maybe out of you or whatever
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probably I'm just guessing but that
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tower that tower might possibly be
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Orlando International Airport the
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control tower
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I've been trying to think of things to
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do in this area have not decided but
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I'll be going back to my home in
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California my parents live out here and
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your travel plans travel accommodations
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whether it be driving or flying or just
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what will be open is a little up in the
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air I'm hung up in the air - so if I'm
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where I think you know home up in the
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air good bye so I just see what is still
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open until everything completely shuts
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down and I was happy to see this for now
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is aunt very content that I have
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and Mary contends that there is that
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before-mentioned a Sikh
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the sport is hot I've been here in the
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past and usually there is quite the
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congregation of folks down there oh wow
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there's like there's water tripping on
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the side of the window most likely just
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condensation from the air conditioner
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see the
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it stopped dripping but you can still
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see it cut up going down the side
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Starlin was like making a racket
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these ladders here
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hopefully they do not need to be used
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when it guests probably just for
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maintenance reasons
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just keep those platters
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don't need those ladders everything's
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flowing thanks moving fine
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almost to the ground this hotel was very
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castle like obviously attractions that
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are open are on a day to day basis news
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throughout the country and the world is
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changing rapidly
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ups going in wiping off the railings
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keeping everything clean
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and stay clean
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it's good
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and by doors have okay hey have a good
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one
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thank you
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believe it or not Ripley's is closed
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looks as if this decision was made
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effective today as are the recording of
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this although those swings continue to
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go up and down they are still moving you
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know it's an interesting timeframe when
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you pull up to a fast-food restaurant
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and you don't know if it's one of the
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ones you can go indoors or drive-through
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only and that answers my question
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I had hopes of going up to the upper
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level to see Mack tonight the the
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singing moon who chimes in and sing some
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classic songs however the upstairs play
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area which leads to him completely
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closed off also the elevator to get up
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there is not accessible and if you were
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to get a drink you do not pour your own
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drink there is an employee Hogan's beach
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shop is open it's also interesting to
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note the billboards that are placed up
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here none of these parks are open and
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they're changing
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yep none of those parks or attractions
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are currently open they're being
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promoted UFO has landed at bargain
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planet and this soccer player I think it
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was used to be a basketball player but I
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think that was holding a soccer ball
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makes huge soccer ball they are not they
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are not operational
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this gift shop however is oh my goodness
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hello there
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this is a real-time view of the road up
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there goes a car even though this former
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mall has nothing to do with what's going
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on used to be the art agon supposed to
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reopen at some point there's a new mural
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going up currently being painted as we
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speak or as I speak
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this outlet malls still going not as
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many shoppers as normal but still quite
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a few out and about
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well Funspot is completely open and a
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lot of cars are here there's a lot of
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people here at Funspot seems to be in
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full full go mode that's not really the
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technical term but you're turning and
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the coaster in full effect
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putting enough credits on here to ride
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the ferris wheel oh yeah I love some
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Ferris wheels and I would wager that I'm
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gonna probably get my own compartment my
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own pod on that as well a little elbow
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with breathing room right for a moment I
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was thinking I might be the only one on
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the entire thing but that's not true
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there are others on board well at least
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like now that I stated that I don't see
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anyone
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well maybe I will be the only one on
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this thing
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might have a might have the whole thing
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place oh oh no I see someone there's
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someone on there who come out the only
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one to be completely honest I didn't
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think I would get anything really
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accomplished today happy to see that not
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only this but I can see the one earlier
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way over there of it let me show you how
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the distance between the one I wrote a
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little bit earlier and
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the nice breeze
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feels good wind is my hair to the breeze
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bullets right in my face
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there's that volcano just off to the
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right of that structure and more of
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Universal Orlando over there
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that's a tough one what probably my most
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ridden attraction would be if these
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smaller type of needle marks this is
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probably number one very rarely will I
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see a ferris wheel and not board it
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should compile a list when I probably
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forgot how many I've got but it was
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probably in the hundreds or close to it
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looking for food you're looking for food
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I can tell that's gonna do it for today
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